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Saturday 9 June 1984AmateurYear in Review
Olazábal wins the Amateur
Formby Golf Club, Formby, England · Monday 4 to Saturday 9 June 1984
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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 26 km/h NW, gusts 43 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/10°C · wind 34 km/h WNW, gusts 59 · 8.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/11°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/11°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R618°/11°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Formby Golf Club, Formby
2 of 5 researched
Winner
5 & 4 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Spain; Spain; age 18 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