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Saturday 30 August 1941AmateurYear in Review
Ward wins U.S. Amateur
Omaha Field Club, Omaha, Nebraska · Monday 25 to Saturday 30 August 1941
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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/18°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/15°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/17°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 48 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R533°/20°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R634°/24°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Omaha Field Club, Omaha
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Pat Abbott
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1913-05-01, Elma, Washington, U.S.; United States; age 28 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