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Saturday 15 August 1981AmateurYear in Review
Inkster wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon · Monday 10 to Saturday 15 August 1981
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R142°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R237°/18°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/16°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/14°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/15°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R630°/15°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Waverley C.C., Portland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lindy Goggin
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California, United States; United States; 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