This Day in Golf History: July 29
The 3rd U.S. Senior Women’s Open will be held this weekend at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut. On this date in 1956, Kathy Cornelius won the regular U.S. Women’s Open, the fourth run by the USGA, at Northland Country Club with Kathy Cornelius winning over Barbara McIntire, an amateur, by seven shots in an 18-hole playoff.