Golf Network News
Sunday 15 July 1979Women’s majorsYear in Review
Britz wins U.S. Women's Open
Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 July 1979 · purse $125,000 · winner's share $19,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/19°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/21°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/22°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 32 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
153 started, 56 (cut at 152) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Debbie Massey, Sandra Palmer
The golfer
b. 1943-01-01, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet