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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).

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The name over time

  1. The Amateur

1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.

The ones it got away from

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

Stephen Dodd

5 & 3 (36-hole final)Final
5 and 3Margin

Runner-up: Craig Cassells

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

born 1966-07-15, Cardiff, Wales; WAL; turned pro 1990.

Stephen Dodd’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet