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Saturday 9 June 1979AmateurYear in Review
Sigel wins the Amateur
Hillside Golf Club, Southport, England · dates null: no saved source states them; Wikipedia cites the Glasgow Herald of 11 June 1979 via Google News Archive (banned host, not used)
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Scott Hoch USA · 3&2lost the final (R&A prints 'Scott Hoch (USA)') The Amateur Championship information - R&A (saved copy mens-amateurs/_src/amat1/randa_info.html)
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Hillside Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Scott Hoch
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1943, Bryn Mawr, PA; 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