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Sunday 26 August 1990AmateurYear in Review

Mickelson wins U.S. Amateur

Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 August 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

13 h 07 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R129°/15°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R226°/15°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R327°/12°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R429°/14°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R532°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R633°/14°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Phil Mickelson

5 & 4Final

Runner-up: Manny Zerman

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1970-06-16, San Diego, California, USA; United States; age 20 at the win (year page)

Phil Mickelson’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