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Saturday 26 August 1950AmateurYear in Review
Urzetta wins U.S. Amateur
Minneapolis Golf Club, St. Louis Park, Minnesota · Monday 21 to Saturday 26 August 1950
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/9°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/8°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 43 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/12°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 61 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/9°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R619°/10°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0.1 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
Minneapolis Golf Club, Minneapolis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Frank Stranahan
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1926-03-19, Rochester, New York, U.S.; United States; age 24 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