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Saturday 5 September 1992AmateurYear in Review
Dundas wins the Amateur
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Monday 31 August to Saturday 5 September 1992 · end: the 36-hole final was played 'on Saturday' (Independent, 7 Sep 1992 edition) = 5 Sep 1992, and 'yesterday' in the 6 Sep report; start: first qualifying round reported as 'yesterday' in the Independent's 1 Sep 1992 digest
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 46 km/h SW, gusts 79 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 37 km/h WSW, gusts 59 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/9°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 33 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/10°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R515°/10°C · wind 35 km/h WNW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/8°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 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
- Bradley Dredge WALlost the 36-hole final 7 & 6 (five down at lunch; match ended on the 30th hole) The Amateur Championship - Wikipedia
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Dundas
Runner-up: Bradley Dredge
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
6 September 1992
Augusta here I come,
The Independent
7 September 1992
To win the Amateur I knew I couldn't hold back. I decided there would be no fear. I picked a spot and just hit it.
The Independent
7 September 1992
Everything had been going so well and all of a sudden I didn't know where the ball was going. That result hurt.
The golfer
SCO; age 18 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet