Golf Network News
Sunday 27 August 1989AmateurYear in Review
Patton wins U.S. Amateur
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania · Tuesday 22 to Sunday 27 August 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
13 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/23°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/14°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0 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
Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Danny Green
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1967-11-20, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, U.S.; United States; age 21 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