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Saturday 1 June 1946AmateurYear in Review
Bruen wins the Amateur
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Monday 27 May to Saturday 1 June 1946
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/12°C · wind 26 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 7.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/11°C · wind 34 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/10°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R514°/11°C · wind 29 km/h SSW, gusts 56 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R615°/10°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 46 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 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
The Amateur
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Robert Sweeny Jr.
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1920-05-08, Finaghy, Belfast, Ireland; Ireland; age 26 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