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Sunday 6 August 1989Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Geddes wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Ferndown Golf Club, Ferndown, England · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 1989 · purse £120,000 · winner's share £18,000
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/14°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/13°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/14°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 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
Weetabix Women's British Open
Ferndown Golf Club, Ferndown
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Florence Descampe
The golfer
b. 1960-02-05, Huntington, New York, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet