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Sunday 30 August 2009AmateurYear in Review
Byeong-hun wins U.S. Amateur
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Monday 24 to Sunday 30 August 2009 · stroke-play qualifying at Southern Hills and Cedar Ridge C.C. (Broken Arrow, Okla.), then match play at Southern Hills with a 36-hole final on Sunday 30 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
12 h 50 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).
- R131°/21°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 31 · 16.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/20°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/18°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R726°/18°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 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
- Ben Martin USA · lost 7 and 5Three down after a 77 in the morning 18, won the first hole of the afternoon but bogeyed six of the next seven and was closed out on the 13th hole of the second 18 An defeats Martin, wins US Amateur (AmateurGolf.com)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Martin
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2009
I was like, "Stop talking, dad, I'm focused." He was talking about wind is left to right now and you've got to keep it low. "I know that, dad."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2009
Right now at least I won, so I can't feel anything in my leg right now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2009
I don't think I hit a green until No. 9 in the second 18, so it was going to be hard to make a comeback when you're putting for pars all day.
The golfer
born 1991-09-17, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet