Golf Network News
Sunday 2 September 1984AmateurYear in Review
Verplank wins U.S. Amateur
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Oklahoma · Tuesday 28 August to Sunday 2 September 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
12 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R140°/23°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R242°/25°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/22°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R437°/23°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R535°/23°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/22°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 9.3 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
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sam Randolph
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1964, Dallas, Texas; 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