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Saturday 7 June 1958AmateurYear in Review
Carr wins the Amateur
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Monday 2 to Saturday 7 June 1958
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R212°/10°C · wind 33 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 13.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/10°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/8°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R512°/8°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R612°/8°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 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
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Alan Thirlwell
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1922-02-22, Inchicore, Ireland; Ireland; age 36 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