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Saturday 7 June 2003AmateurYear in Review
Wolstenholme wins the Amateur
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Monday 2 to Saturday 7 June 2003 · R&A results book: 2-7 June 2003, Royal Troon / Irvine (36-hole stroke-play qualifying over both courses, 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
17 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 45 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 33 km/h S, gusts 59 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R517°/13°C · wind 33 km/h S, gusts 59 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R616°/12°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 44 · 1.5 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
- Raphael De Sousa SUI · lost 6 and 5Beat Eric Ramsay by one hole in the semifinals, then lost the 36-hole final 6 and 5 R&A Championships and International Matches 1984-2012
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Raphaël De Sousa
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1960-08-21, Egham, Surrey, England; ENG; age 42 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet