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Saturday 6 June 1998AmateurYear in Review
García wins the Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 1 to Saturday 6 June 1998 · R&A results book: 1-6 June 1998; 36-hole stroke play at Muirfield and Gullane No.1, then match play; 36-hole final
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 course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R29°/8°C · wind 30 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R311°/7°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/10°C · wind 26 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/10°C · wind 23 km/h ESE, gusts 39 · 14.6 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
- Craig Williams WAL · lost 7 and 6Beat Simon Mackenzie, Jaco Olver, Rafael Vera, Geoff Ogilvy (4&3) and Ben Mason (3&2) to reach the final, then lost the 36-hole final 7 and 6 R&A results book 1984-2012
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Craig Williams
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 18 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet