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Saturday 13 September 1947AmateurYear in Review
Riegel wins U.S. Amateur
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Monday 8 to Saturday 13 September 1947
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 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/13°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/12°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/15°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/15°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 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
Del Monte Golf & Country Club (Pebble Beach), Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Johnny Dawson
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1914-11-25, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.; United States; age 32 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