Golf Network News
Monday 30 August 1993AmateurYear in Review
Harris wins U.S. Amateur
Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas · Tuesday 24 to Monday 30 August 1993
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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/24°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/23°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/24°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 10.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/23°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 8.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R633°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R733°/22°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 30 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- 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
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course), Houston
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Danny Ellis
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1952-06-12, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.; United States; age 41 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