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Sunday 22 August 2004AmateurYear in Review
Moore wins U.S. Amateur
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Monday 16 to Sunday 22 August 2004 · 104th U.S. Amateur (USGA record book: Aug. 16-22); match play at Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), with Winged Foot's East Course the stroke-play co-host; 36-hole final Sunday 22 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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/19°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 15.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/16°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/20°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 30 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/17°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 15.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R724°/14°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 27 · 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
- Luke List USA · lost 2 upLed Moore by as many as four holes, but Moore holed a birdie putt at the 33rd (15th) after List missed from about eight feet, List misread par putts at 34 and 35 and Moore birdied 35; List said he misread three putts in a row U.S. Amateur Championship, August 22, 2004: Luke List (ASAP Sports)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Luke List
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
You know, I'm not really sure. Wish I could bottle it up and save it, whatever that was.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
I've always heard there's two types of people: People that are afraid of winning and people that are afraid of losing. I'm definitely not afraid of winning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
I was hitting the putts actually where I wanted, which I had been doing all week, but I misread, I guess three in a row that really cost me the tournament.
The golfer
born 1982-12-05, Tacoma, Washington; USA; turned pro 2005; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet