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Saturday 15 September 1956AmateurYear in Review
Ward wins U.S. Amateur
Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, Illinois · Monday 10 to Saturday 15 September 1956
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 69 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/14°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/13°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 4.1 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
Knollwood Club, Lake Forest
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chuck Kocsis
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1925-12-08, Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.; United States; age 30 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