Golf Network News
Sunday 1 September 1985AmateurYear in Review
Randolph wins U.S. Amateur
Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, New Jersey · Tuesday 27 August to Sunday 1 September 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
12 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/22°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/19°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/16°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R622°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 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
Montclair Golf Club, West Orange
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Peter Persons
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1964-05-13, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.; United States; age 21 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