Golf Network News
Sunday 31 August 1986AmateurYear in Review
Alexander wins U.S. Amateur
Shoal Creek Club, Birmingham, Alabama · Tuesday 26 to Sunday 31 August 1986
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 13.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/21°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 13.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 41 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 37 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/15°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 30 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R619°/15°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 13.7 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
Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chris Kite
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1953-02-20, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.; United States; age 33 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