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Saturday 17 September 1960AmateurYear in Review
Beman wins U.S. Amateur
St. Louis Country Club, Clayton, Missouri · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 September 1960
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/9°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 36 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/18°C · wind 6 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 4.4 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
St. Louis Country Club, Clayton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Robert W. Gardner
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1938-04-22, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; age 22 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