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Friday 2 May 1890AmateurYear in Review
Ball wins the Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 30 April to Friday 2 May 1890
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Johnny Laidlay
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1861-12-24, Hoylake, England; England; age 28 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet