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Saturday 28 August 1954AmateurYear in Review
Palmer wins U.S. Amateur
Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan · Monday 23 to Saturday 28 August 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
13 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/20°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 33 · 9.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/14°C · wind 24 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 7.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/12°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Robert Sweeny Jr.
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; 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