Golf Network News
Sunday 15 July 1990Women’s majorsYear in Review
King wins U.S. Women's Open
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 July 1990 · purse $500,000 · winner's share $85,000
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 45 · 16.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/19°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0.2 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, 63 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course), Duluth
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Sheehan
The golfer
b. 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 4th 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