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Saturday 28 August 1937AmateurYear in Review

Goodman wins U.S. Amateur

Alderwood Country Club, Portland, Oregon · Monday 23 to Saturday 28 August 1937

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 16 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° 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. 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

Alderwood Country Club, Portland

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Johnny Goodman

2 upFinal

Runner-up: Ray Billows

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1909-12-28, South Omaha, Nebraska, USA; USA; age 27 at the win (year page)

Johnny Goodman’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