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1961 · date not yet researchedAmateurYear in Review

Bonallack wins the Amateur

Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

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The name over time

  1. 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

Turnberry (Ailsa), Turnberry

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Michael Bonallack

6 & 4 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: James Walker

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1934-12-31, Chigwell, Essex, England; England

Michael Bonallack’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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