Golf Network News
Saturday 6 June 1987AmateurYear in Review
Mayo wins the Amateur
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland · Monday 1 to Saturday 6 June 1987
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/9°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 42 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/9°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 8.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R514°/10°C · wind 32 km/h ESE, gusts 58 · 13.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R612°/10°C · wind 29 km/h SSE, gusts 55 · 16.3 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
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Mayo
3 & 1 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Peter McEvoy
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