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Saturday 18 September 1965AmateurYear in Review
Murphy wins U.S. Amateur
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Wednesday 15 to Saturday 18 September 1965
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 55° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R135°/22°C · wind 25 km/h SE, gusts 53 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/25°C · wind 29 km/h S, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/22°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 48 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 44 · 2.8 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
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Dickson
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1943, Brooklyn, New York; United States; 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