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Monday 5 September 1977AmateurYear in Review
Fought wins U.S. Amateur
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania · Wednesday 31 August to Monday 5 September 1977
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/22°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/21°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 24 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/20°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 34 · 6.5 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
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Doug Fischesser
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1954, Portland, OR; age 22 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