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Saturday 14 September 1963AmateurYear in Review
Beman wins U.S. Amateur
Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa · Monday 9 to Saturday 14 September 1963
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/19°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 41 · 13.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 16.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/11°C · wind 26 km/h N, gusts 48 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R517°/8°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R623°/9°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Wakonda Club, Des Moines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: R. H. Sikes
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1938-04-22, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; age 25 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