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Sunday 2 June 1996Women’s majorsYear in Review
Sorenstam wins U.S. Women's Open
Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina · Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 1996 · purse $1,200,000 · winner's share $212,500
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 46 · 5.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/10°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/10°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/12°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 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.
150 started, 62 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kris Tschetter
The golfer
b. 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; Sweden; age 25 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