Golf Network News
Sunday 31 July 1983Women’s majorsYear in Review
Stephenson wins U.S. Women's Open
Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 1983 · purse $200,000 · winner's share $32,780
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R137°/24°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/23°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/24°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/23°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 1.1 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.
151 started, 66 (cut at 156) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: JoAnne Carner, Patty Sheehan
The golfer
b. 1951-12-22, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australia; age 31 at the win (year page); 3rd 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