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Saturday 4 September 1948AmateurYear in Review
Turnesa wins U.S. Amateur
Memphis Country Club, Memphis, Tennessee · Monday 30 August to Saturday 4 September 1948
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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/23°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/20°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/20°C · wind 9 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/21°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/20°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 52 · 20.7 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
Memphis Country Club, Memphis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ray Billows
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1914-01-20, Elmsford, New York, U.S.; United States; age 34 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