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Saturday 23 August 1952AmateurYear in Review
Westland wins U.S. Amateur
Seattle Golf Club, Shoreline, Washington · Monday 18 to Saturday 23 August 1952
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/8°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/8°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/9°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/12°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/10°C · wind 6 km/h E, gusts 12 · 0.8 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
Seattle Golf Club, Seattle
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Al Mengert
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1904-12-14, Everett; United States; age 47 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