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Saturday 9 June 1973AmateurYear in Review
Siderowf wins the Amateur
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Wales · Monday 4 to Saturday 9 June 1973
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R616°/13°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Peter Moody
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1937-07-03, New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 35 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