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Saturday 8 June 1985AmateurYear in Review
McGimpsey wins the Amateur
Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch, Scotland · Monday 3 to Saturday 8 June 1985
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/9°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/9°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R311°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R410°/5°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R511°/4°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R612°/4°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 4 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Garth McGimpsey
8 & 7 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Graham Homewood
To par and margin not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet