Golf Network News
Sunday 28 August 1988AmateurYear in Review
Meeks wins U.S. Amateur
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia · Tuesday 23 to Sunday 28 August 1988
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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/17°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 41 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 40 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/12°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/15°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R625°/17°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 54 · 21.2 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
Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Danny Yates
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1965-01-15, San Bernardino, California, U.S.; United States; age 23 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