Golf Network News
Sunday 16 July 1989Women’s majorsYear in Review
King wins U.S. Women's Open
Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Lake Orion, Michigan · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 July 1989 · purse $450,000 · winner's share $80,000
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/13°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 36 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/13°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 17 · 0 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.
156 started · cut 150
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course), Lake Orion
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nancy Lopez
The golfer
b. 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States; United States; age 33 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