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Saturday 17 September 1938AmateurYear in Review
Turnesa wins U.S. Amateur
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 September 1938
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
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- 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
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Pat Abbott
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1914-01-20, Elmsford, New York, U.S.; United States; age 24 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