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Saturday 23 August 1919AmateurYear in Review

Herron wins U.S. Amateur

Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August 1919

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

The weather

13 h 17 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

The name over time

  1. U.S. Amateur

1895–2026 in our record, 126 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

U.S. Amateur

Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Davidson Herron

5 & 4Final

Runner-up: Bobby Jones

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1897-10-16, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.; United States; age 21 at the win (year page)

Davidson Herron’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