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Saturday 9 June 1979AmateurYear in Review
Madill wins the Women's Amateur
Nairn Golf Club, Nairn, Scotland · Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 June 1979
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 26 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/9°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 8.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/8°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Women's Amateur
1893–2026 in our record, 123 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's amateur championship
The Women's Amateur
Nairn, Nairn
2 of 5 researched
Winner
2 & 1 (18-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Jane Lock
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1958-02-01, Coleraine, Northern Ireland; United Kingdom; age 21 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet