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Saturday 4 September 1971AmateurYear in Review
Cowan wins U.S. Amateur
Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 September 1971
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 full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/19°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 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
Wilmington Country Club (South Course), Wilmington
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Eddie Pearce
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1938-10-28, Kitchener, Ontario; Canada; age 32 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