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Sunday 13 July 1980Women’s majorsYear in Review
Alcott wins U.S. Women's Open
Richland Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 July 1980 · purse $140,000 · winner's share $20,047
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/27°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R238°/26°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R340°/26°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R437°/27°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
150 started, 60 (cut at 153) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Richland C.C., Nashville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Hollis Stacy
The golfer
b. 1956-02-22, Kansas City, Missouri, United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 2nd 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