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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).

  1. R115°/12°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 48 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R219°/10°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R318°/12°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R416°/11°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R515°/11°C · wind 30 km/h SSE, gusts 49 · 7.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. 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

  1. The Amateur

1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.

The ones it got away from

288 started

Same week

Men's amateur championship

The Amateur

Hillside Golf Club, Southport

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Bryden Macpherson

3 & 2 (36-hole final)Final
3 and 2 (36-hole final)Margin

Runner-up: Michael Stewart

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)

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,

Bryden Macpherson, quoted in AmateurGolf.com (R&A release), 18 June 2011. The report

AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)

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

Bryden Macpherson, quoted in AmateurGolf.com (R&A release), 18 June 2011. The report

AmateurGolf.com (R&A release)

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,

Michael Stewart, quoted in AmateurGolf.com (R&A release), 18 June 2011. The report
The golfer

born 1990-08-07, Melbourne, Australia; AUS; age 20 that week.

Bryden Macpherson’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet