Golf Network News
Sunday 30 August 1998AmateurYear in Review
Kuehne wins U.S. Amateur
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Monday 24 to Sunday 30 August 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
13 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 65 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 70 · 18.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/16°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/18°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R726°/18°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0.2 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom McKnight
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1975-09-11, Dallas, Texas, U.S.; United States; age 22 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