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Saturday 22 September 1962AmateurYear in Review
Harris wins U.S. Amateur
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina · Monday 17 to Saturday 22 September 1962
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 20.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/13°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 0.2 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
Pinehurst Country Club (No. 2 Course), Pinehurst
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Downing Gray
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1941-09-27, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.; United States; age 20 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