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Friday 30 April 1897AmateurYear in Review
Allan wins the Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 April 1897
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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
Muirfield, Gullane
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Jack Allan
4 & 2 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: James Robb
To par and margin not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet