Golf Network News
Saturday 31 August 1974AmateurYear in Review
Pate wins U.S. Amateur
Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey · Monday 26 to Saturday 31 August 1974
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/23°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 18.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 12.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/19°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 21.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 0.1 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
Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: John Grace
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1953-09-16, Macon, Georgia, 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