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Saturday 17 September 1955AmateurYear in Review
Ward wins U.S. Amateur
Country Club of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 September 1955
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/14°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/12°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/18°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/19°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 22 · 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
Country Club of Virginia (James River Course), Richmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bill Hyndman
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1925-12-08, Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.; United States; age 29 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