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Saturday 29 May 1954AmateurYear in Review
Bachli wins the Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 24 to Saturday 29 May 1954
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/8°C · wind 29 km/h SE, gusts 47 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 44 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/10°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 34 · 17 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/10°C · wind 27 km/h ENE, gusts 45 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 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
The Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: William C. Campbell
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1922-04-02, Albert Park; Australia; age 32 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