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Saturday 14 September 1940AmateurYear in Review
Chapman wins U.S. Amateur
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Monday 9 to Saturday 14 September 1940
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 12 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/13°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
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
Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Duff McCullough
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1911-03-23, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 29 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