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Sunday 26 August 2007AmateurYear in Review

Knost wins U.S. Amateur

Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Monday 20 to Sunday 26 August 2007 · 107th U.S. Amateur; stroke-play qualifying on The Olympic Club's Lake and Ocean courses, match play on the Lake Course (par 70, 6,948 yards); 36-hole final Sunday 26 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 02 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R124°/16°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/15°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R327°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R426°/15°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R525°/15°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R622°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  7. R722°/13°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 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

Same week

Men's amateur championship

U.S. Amateur

The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Colt Knost

2 & 1Final
2 and 1Margin

Runner-up: Michael Thompson

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Yeah, it's been an unbelievable summer, USGA-wise. This is the ultimate goal always every summer to win the U.S. Amateur. And I finally got one.

Colt Knost, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 26 August 2007. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

And then my caddie told me I was due for a chip in on 14. And he's been telling me that for the last few days. And I come so close all week and I finally just drained one.

Colt Knost, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 26 August 2007. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Almost just kind of relieved the week is over. I'm not terribly disappointed that I lost. Runner-up still sounds pretty darn good.

Michael Thompson, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 26 August 2007. The report
The golfer

born 1985-06-26, Garrettsville, Ohio; USA; turned pro 2007; age 22 that week.

Colt Knost’s player card · Source

Top 10

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What’s in the bag

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