Golf Network News
Sunday 15 September 1991AmateurYear in Review
Wolstenholme wins the Amateur
Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, England · Tuesday 10 to Sunday 15 September 1991
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/10°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/12°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/15°C · wind 38 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R618°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Ganton Golf Club, Ganton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
8 & 6 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Bob May
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1960-08-21, Egham, Surrey, England; England; age 31 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