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Sunday 28 August 2011AmateurYear in Review
Kraft wins U.S. Amateur
Erin Hills, Erin, Wisconsin · Monday 22 to Sunday 28 August 2011 · 111th U.S. Amateur; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Erin Hills and Blue Mound G&CC (Wauwatosa, Wis.), then match play at Erin Hills; 36-hole final Sunday 28 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
13 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/17°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 38.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/20°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/17°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R723°/13°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 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
- Patrick Cantlay USA · lost 2 downCame back from 4 down in the morning round and led 1 up with four holes to play, then made 5 at the 250-yard par-4 15th and three-putted the 16th to lose the lead; lost 2 down U.S. Amateur Championship, August 28, 2011: Patrick Cantlay (ASAP Sports)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Erin Hills, Erin
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patrick Cantlay
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 August 2011
Making the Walker Cup team is just amazing, but I couldn't have done it without winning here, I don't think. And I'm just really excited to go over to Scotland and beat those guys up.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 August 2011
He walked up to me on the green and told me, "see ya in Scotland." And I was like, wow. I didn't know what to say.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 August 2011
I made back-to- back-to-back-to-back mental mistakes out there, and combine that with some poor physical shots, and I threw away the golf tournament on 15 and 16 and wasn't able to recover on 17 or 18.
The golfer
born 1988-10-05, Denton, Texas; USA; age 22 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet