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Saturday 10 June 2000AmateurYear in Review
Ilonen wins the Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Monday 5 to Saturday 10 June 2000 · R&A results book: 5-10 June 2000; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Royal Liverpool and Wallasey, 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
16 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/9°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 63 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 51 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R512°/10°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R618°/10°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0 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
- Christian Reimbold GER · lost 2 and 1Lost the 36-hole final 2 and 1 after beating David Ryles 1 hole in the semi-finals (no match report found) R&A Championship Results 1984-2012
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Christian Reimbold
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1979-12-18, Lahti, Finland; FIN; turned pro 2001; age 20 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet