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Friday 7 June 1912AmateurYear in Review

Ball wins the Amateur

Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, England · Monday 3 to Friday 7 June 1912

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

16 h 11 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. 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 North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!

2 of 5 researched

Winner

John Ball

won on 38th hole (36-hole final)Total

Runner-up: Abe Mitchell

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1861-12-24, Hoylake, England; England; age 50 at the win (year page)

John Ball’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet