Golf Network News
Sunday 26 July 1981Women’s majorsYear in Review
Bradley wins U.S. Women's Open
La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July 1981 · purse $150,000 · winner's share $22,000
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/18°C · wind 21 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 7 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.
150 started, 70 (cut at 153) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
La Grange C.C., La Grange
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Beth Daniel
The golfer
b. 1951-03-24, Westford, Massachusetts, United States; United States; age 30 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