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Sunday 3 September 1978AmateurYear in Review
Cook wins U.S. Amateur
Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey · Tuesday 29 August to Sunday 3 September 1978
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/23°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/22°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/17°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 60 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/15°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/15°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 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
Plainfield Country Club, Plainfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Scott Hoch
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1957, Toledo, Ohio; 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