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Saturday 19 September 1959AmateurYear in Review
Nicklaus wins U.S. Amateur
Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 September 1959
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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/6°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 38 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/6°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/4°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/9°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Charles Coe
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 19 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