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Sunday 6 June 1999Women’s majorsYear in Review
Inkster wins U.S. Women's Open
Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 June 1999 · purse $1,750,000 · winner's share $315,000
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/22°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/22°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/22°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/23°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 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.
150 started, 63 (cut at 144) made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Old Waverly G.C., West Point
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sherri Turner
The golfer
b. 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California, United States; United States; age 38 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