Golf Network News
Saturday 1 August 1981Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Massey wins Pretty Polly Women's British Open
Northumberland Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Thursday 30 July to Saturday 1 August 1981 · purse £19,000 · winner's share £5,600
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/9°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's tour event
Pretty Polly Women's British Open
Northumberland Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne (Gosforth Park)
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Belle Robertson
The golfer
b. 1950-11-05, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.; United States
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet