Golf Network News
Sunday 16 July 1995Women’s majorsYear in Review
Sorenstam wins U.S. Women's Open
Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 July 1995 · purse $1,000,000 · winner's share $175,000
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/10°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/10°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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, 76 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Broadmoor G.C. (East Course), Colorado Springs
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Meg Mallon
The golfer
b. 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; Sweden; age 24 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