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Sunday 2 September 1979AmateurYear in Review
O'Meara wins U.S. Amateur
Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio · Tuesday 28 August to Sunday 2 September 1979
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/19°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 12.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/19°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 39 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R625°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: John Cook
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1957-01-13, Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA; United States; 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