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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).

  1. R114°/10°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R215°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 18 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R317°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 21 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R417°/11°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R517°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. 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

  1. 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

Stuart Wilson

4 & 3 (36-hole final)Final
4 and 3Margin

Runner-up: Lee Corfield

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today

This is as good as it gets. Playing in the Walker Cup was a great highlight, but that's a team game.

Stuart Wilson, quoted in Golf Today, 5 June 2004. The report

Golf Today

I felt this might be my year, playing on a course I know so well.

Stuart Wilson, quoted in Golf Today, 5 June 2004. The report
The golfer

born 1977-07-18, Scotland; SCO; age 26 that week.

Stuart Wilson’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet