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Saturday 19 September 1953AmateurYear in Review
Littler wins U.S. Amateur
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 September 1953
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 03 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).
- R135°/17°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/18°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/19°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/19°C · wind 31 km/h SSW, gusts 57 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R631°/15°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 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
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dale Morey
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1930-07-21, San Diego, California, USA; United States; age 23 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