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Saturday 19 June 2010AmateurYear in Review
Jeong wins the Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 June 2010 · R&A results book gives 14–19 June 2010, but AFP reports a Saturday semi-final and a Sunday final (19 June 2010 was a Saturday), so the final day is left unset; stroke-play qualifying at Muirfield and North Berwick, match play at Muirfield with a 36-hole final
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
- James Byrne SCO · lost 5&4Struggled with ball control in the crosswinds of the 36-hole final as Jeong putted superbly; Jeong closed it out with a birdie at the 32nd hole, his tenth of the day Jin Jeong becomes first Asian to win Amateur Golf championship (AFP via Deccan Herald)
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: James Byrne
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1990-02-02, Busan, South Korea; KOR; age 20 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet