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Saturday 19 September 1964AmateurYear in Review

Campbell wins U.S. Amateur

Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 September 1964

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 01 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R120°/7°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/9°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R320°/8°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R425°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R521°/16°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R619°/16°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 12.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland

2 of 5 researched

Winner

William C. Campbell

1 upFinal

Runner-up: Ed Tutwiler

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1923-05-05, Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.; United States; age 41 at the win (year page)

William C. Campbell’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet