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Saturday 18 June 2011AmateurYear in Review
Macpherson wins the Amateur
Hillside Golf Club, Southport, England · Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June 2011 · 116th Amateur Championship; 36-hole stroke play at Hillside and Hesketh, then match play at Hillside; 36-hole final Saturday 18 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 gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/12°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 48 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R515°/11°C · wind 30 km/h SSE, gusts 49 · 7.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R614°/12°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 37 · 4.2 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
- Michael Stewart SCO · lost 3&2Went one up at the first, but Macpherson won the 6th and 9th to lead and never trailed again; Stewart struggled with short putts and pushed drives, and the match ended on the 34th green Australia's Macpherson Wins British Am (AmateurGolf.com)
288 started
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Hillside Golf Club, Southport
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Michael Stewart
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)
18 June 2011
I can’t believe it just yet. It feels pretty good to bridge the gap of 57 years. I hope there are a few proud Aussies having a barbeque,
AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)
18 June 2011
As hard as it was to believe, I had complete confidence that it was going to happen for me this week. I did a really good job of staying out of my own way
AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)
18 June 2011
I didn’t play well today. I was dire, this morning. I don’t know what it was. I just didn’t feel comfortable over the ball,
The golfer
born 1990-08-07, Melbourne, Australia; AUS; age 20 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet