Golf Network News
Sunday 13 July 1997Women’s majorsYear in Review
Nicholas wins U.S. Women's Open
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, Oregon · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 July 1997 · purse $1,300,000 · winner's share $232,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 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, 64 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nancy Lopez
The golfer
b. 1962-03-06, Gibraltar; England; age 35 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