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Saturday 5 September 1970AmateurYear in Review
Wadkins wins U.S. Amateur
Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon · Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 September 1970
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 8.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 4.2 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
Waverley Country Club, Portland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Kite
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1949-12-05, Richmond, Virginia, USA; United States; age 20 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