Golf Network News
Saturday 10 June 1989AmateurYear in Review
Dodd wins the Amateur
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Monday 5 to Saturday 10 June 1989
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R111°/9°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R212°/9°C · wind 28 km/h N, gusts 47 · 13.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/8°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/9°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 24 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/9°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R616°/11°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0.8 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 Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
5 & 3 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Craig Cassells
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
age 22 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