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Saturday 2 September 1972AmateurYear in Review
Giles wins U.S. Amateur
Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Wednesday 30 August to Saturday 2 September 1972
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/19°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/18°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 33 · 0 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
Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mark Hayes
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1943-01-04, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.; United States; age 29 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