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Sunday 24 August 2003AmateurYear in Review

Flanagan wins U.S. Amateur

Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August 2003 · 103rd U.S. Amateur (USGA record book: Aug. 18-24); stroke-play qualifying at Oakmont and Pittsburgh Field Club (record book prints 'Blawnok, Pa.'), match play at Oakmont; 36-hole final Sunday 24 August went to the 37th hole

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 14 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R126°/16°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R228°/15°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R330°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R431°/18°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R526°/20°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R626°/15°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  7. R725°/14°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. U.S. Amateur

1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.

The ones it got away from

  • Casey Wittenberg USA · lost at 37th holeFour down after the morning 18, he fought back to square the match by winning the 36th hole, then hung his 7-iron approach right from the rough on the first extra hole (the 10th) and Flanagan two-putted for the win; he blamed a three-putt at the 34th (16th) U.S. Amateur Championship, August 24, 2003: Casey Wittenberg (ASAP Sports)

Same week

Men's amateur championship

U.S. Amateur

Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Nick Flanagan

won on 37th holeTotal
37 holesMargin

Runner-up: Casey Wittenberg

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

To go up all day and lose in a playoff would have really wrecked me. I was just relieved to get it over.

Nick Flanagan, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 24 August 2003. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I honestly really have no idea how I have won, but I have. I'm very happy.

Nick Flanagan, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 24 August 2003. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

16 cost me the match . The 16th the second time around it cost me the match.

Casey Wittenberg, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 24 August 2003. The report
The golfer

born 1984-06-13, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2004; age 19 that week.

Nick Flanagan’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

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