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Saturday 15 September 1951AmateurYear in Review
Maxwell wins U.S. Amateur
Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Monday 10 to Saturday 15 September 1951
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/11°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/16°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/19°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 54 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 7.4 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
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joe Gagliardi
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929, Abilene, Texas; United States; age 22 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