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Saturday 27 September 1930AmateurYear in Review
Jones wins U.S. Amateur
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania · Monday 22 to Saturday 27 September 1930
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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
Merion Cricket Club (East Course), Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Eugene V. Homans
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; 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