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Saturday 3 September 1949AmateurYear in Review
Coe wins U.S. Amateur
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Monday 29 August to Saturday 3 September 1949
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/16°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 25.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 32 km/h WSW, gusts 74 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R630°/12°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 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
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Rufus King
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-10-26, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.; United States; age 25 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