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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).
- R116°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/13°C · wind 30 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 9.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R515°/12°C · wind 38 km/h WNW, gusts 60 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- 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
Runner-up: Sam Hutsby
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com
20 June 2009
I needed him. He helped me a lot. He was good with the choice of clubs and keeping me calm.
Golfweek (Alistair Tait) via AmateurGolf.com
20 June 2009
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.
BBC Sport (quoting the R&A website)
20 June 2009
I didn't sleep much last night, thinking about what this would mean.
The golfer
born 1993-04-19, Negrar, Italy; ITA; age 16 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet