Golf Network News
Sunday 24 July 1988Women’s majorsYear in Review
Neumann wins U.S. Women's Open
Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 1988 · purse $400,000 · winner's share $70,000
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/23°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 62 · 15.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/22°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 23 · 17.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 1.9 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.
152 started, 67 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Sheehan
The golfer
b. 1966-05-20, Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden; Sweden; age 22 at the win (year page); 1st 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