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Saturday 28 May 1932AmateurYear in Review

Forest wins the Amateur

Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 23 to Saturday 28 May 1932

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 48 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° 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

Men's amateur championship

The Amateur

Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers), Gullane

2 of 5 researched

Winner

John de Forest

3 & 1 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Eric Fiddian

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1907-03-31, London, England; England; age 25 at the win (year page)

John de Forest’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