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Saturday 9 June 1990AmateurYear in Review

Muntz wins the Amateur

Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 4 to Saturday 9 June 1990

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

17 h 11 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R114°/10°C · wind 30 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/8°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R313°/7°C · wind 44 km/h SSW, gusts 78 · 9.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R413°/8°C · wind 40 km/h WSW, gusts 68 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R513°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R617°/11°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Muirfield, Gullane

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Rolf Muntz

7 & 6 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Michael Macara

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

age 21 at the win (year page)

Rolf Muntz’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