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Saturday 6 June 1998AmateurYear in Review
García wins the Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 1 to Saturday 6 June 1998
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R19°/8°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 35 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R29°/7°C · wind 30 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R311°/7°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/10°C · wind 26 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/10°C · wind 23 km/h ESE, gusts 39 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
7 & 6 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Craig Williams
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1980-01-09, Castellon, Spain; Spain; age 18 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