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Monday 28 August 2000AmateurYear in Review
Quinney wins U.S. Amateur
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Monday 21 to Monday 28 August 2000
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/13°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/14°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/17°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/17°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/17°C · wind 9 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R728°/19°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 20 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R825°/21°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 29 · 1.7 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
Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: James Driscoll
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1978-11-17, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.; United States; 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