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Sunday 4 September 1966AmateurYear in Review
Cowan wins U.S. Amateur
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania · Wednesday 31 August to Sunday 4 September 1966
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/21°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/19°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/20°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 52 · 2.2 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
Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Deane Beman
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1938-10-28, Kitchener, Ontario; Canada; age 27 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