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Saturday 30 August 1969AmateurYear in Review
Melnyk wins U.S. Amateur
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 August 1969
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/10°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/14°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 5 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0 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
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Vinny Giles
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1947-02-26, Brunswick, Georgia, U.S.; 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