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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).
- R114°/10°C · wind 30 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/8°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/7°C · wind 44 km/h SSW, gusts 78 · 9.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/8°C · wind 40 km/h WSW, gusts 68 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R513°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- 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
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)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet