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Saturday 5 June 1999AmateurYear in Review
Storm wins the Amateur
Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, Northern Ireland · Monday 31 May to Saturday 5 June 1999
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/10°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 7.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/11°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 17 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R513°/8°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/8°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 17 · 0.8 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
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle
2 of 5 researched
Winner
7 & 6 (36-hole final)Final
Runner-up: Aran Wainwright
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
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