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Saturday 14 September 1946AmateurYear in Review
Bishop wins U.S. Amateur
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Monday 9 to Saturday 14 September 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
12 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/22°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/12°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R621°/9°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 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
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Smiley Quick
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1913-01-10, Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.; United States; age 33 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