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Saturday 20 June 2009AmateurYear in Review

Manassero wins the Amateur

Formby Golf Club, Formby, England · Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2009 · 124th Amateur Championship; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Formby and West Lancashire, then match play at Formby with a 36-hole final on Saturday 20 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

16 h 48 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. R116°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R219°/12°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R315°/13°C · wind 30 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 9.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R415°/12°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R515°/12°C · wind 38 km/h WNW, gusts 60 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R614°/12°C · wind 28 km/h WNW, gusts 46 · 2.9 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

  • Sam Hutsby ENG · lost 4 and 3Three down at lunch after losing the last three holes of the morning round, fell six down after 25 holes, won the 31st and 32nd with birdies and lost on the 33rd Manassero claims British amateur (BBC Sport)

, 76 made it

Same week

Men's amateur championship

The Amateur

Formby Golf Club, Formby

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Matteo Manassero

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

Runner-up: Sam Hutsby

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com

I needed him. He helped me a lot. He was good with the choice of clubs and keeping me calm.

Matteo Manassero, quoted in Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com, 20 June 2009. The report

Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com

I think my start to the second round today was more important than the final three holes this morning. That gave me a good lead.

Matteo Manassero, quoted in Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com, 20 June 2009. The report

BBC Sport (quoting the R&A website)

I didn't sleep much last night, thinking about what this would mean.

Sam Hutsby, quoted in BBC Sport (quoting the R&A website), 20 June 2009. The report
The golfer

born 1993-04-19, Negrar, Italy; ITA; age 16 that week.

Matteo Manassero’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet