Golf Network News
Saturday 2 June 1956AmateurYear in Review
Beharrell wins the Amateur
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
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
Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
1 of 5 researched
Winner
John Beharrell
5 & 4 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Leslie Taylor
To par and margin not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet