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Saturday 5 June 2004AmateurYear in Review
Wilson wins the Amateur
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Monday 31 May to Saturday 5 June 2004 · 109th Amateur Championship (R&A: 31 May - 5 June 2004); stroke-play qualifying on the Old and Jubilee courses, St Andrews; 36-hole final Saturday 5 June
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 18 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 21 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/11°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R517°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R618°/11°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 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
- Lee Corfield ENG · lost 4 and 3Three down at lunch, won a hole back early in the afternoon but fell five down with eight to play after Wilson birdied the 8th and 10th (26th and 28th); won the 12th, then his putt spun out at the 14th and Wilson closed it out on the 15th (33rd) Wilson earns invites with British Amateur win (Golf Today)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lee Corfield
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
5 June 2004
This is as good as it gets. Playing in the Walker Cup was a great highlight, but that's a team game.
Golf Today
5 June 2004
I felt this might be my year, playing on a course I know so well.
The golfer
born 1977-07-18, Scotland; SCO; age 26 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet