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Saturday 18 September 1926AmateurYear in Review
Elm wins U.S. Amateur
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Monday 13 to Saturday 18 September 1926
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° 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
- 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
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bobby Jones
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1901-03-20, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; age 25 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