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Saturday 28 July 1979Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Sheard wins Women's British Open
Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 July 1979 · purse £10,000 · winner's share £3,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's tour event
Women's British Open
Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mickey Walker
The golfer
b. 1951-09-21, Durban, South Africa; South Africa
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet