Golf Network News
Saturday 4 June 1994AmateurYear in Review
James wins the Amateur
Nairn Golf Club, Nairn, Scotland · Monday 30 May to Saturday 4 June 1994
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 67 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/10°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/11°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 16.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R613°/9°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0.3 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Nairn Golf Club, Nairn
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gordon Sherry
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1973-01-27, Poole, England; England; 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