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Saturday 1 June 1957AmateurYear in Review
Jack wins the Amateur
Formby Golf Club, Formby, England · Monday 27 May to Saturday 1 June 1957
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/8°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/9°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/11°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/10°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R616°/12°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Formby Golf Club, Formby
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Harold Ridgley
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1924-01-17, Cumbernauld, Scotland; Scotland; age 33 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