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Saturday 19 September 1936AmateurYear in Review

Fischer wins U.S. Amateur

Garden City Golf Club, Garden City, New York · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 September 1936

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 01 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° 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

  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

Garden City Golf Club, Garden City

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Johnny Fischer

won on 37th holeTotal

Runner-up: Jack McLean

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1912-03-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.; United States; age 24 at the win (year page)

Johnny Fischer’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