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Sunday 25 August 2002AmateurYear in Review
Barnes wins U.S. Amateur
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Monday 19 to Sunday 25 August 2002 · 102nd U.S. Amateur (USGA record book: Aug. 19-25); 36-hole stroke-play qualifying on the South and North Courses, match play on the South Course; 36-hole final Sunday 25 August
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 17 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).
- R120°/15°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/19°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 33 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/19°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R727°/17°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 21 · 0 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
- Hunter Mahan USA · lost 2 and 1Two down at the lunch break and later four down; holed a 40-50-foot eagle putt at the 30th (the 12th) to get back within two, but Barnes birdied the 13th to go three up again and closed him out 2 and 1 on the 35th green U.S. Amateur Championship, August 25, 2002: Hunter Mahan (ASAP Sports)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Hunter Mahan
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2002
I'm on top of the world right now, in my book. I've won a couple tournaments in my life, but the way I feel right now is unbelievable.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2002
And now I'm -- I mean no one can take this away from me now. That's all I have to say. They can do whatever they want, but they're not taking it away from me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2002
He just played like he wanted to win. And he just -- I think he would have beat anybody today, the way he was playing.
The golfer
born 1981-02-06, Stockton, California; USA; turned pro 2003; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet