Golf Network News
Sunday 6 September 1981AmateurYear in Review
Crosby wins U.S. Amateur
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 September 1981
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/13°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/12°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0 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
The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brian Lindley
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1961-10-29, Hillsborough, California, U.S.; United States; age 19 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