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Saturday 30 June 2012AmateurYear in Review

Meadow wins Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship

Carnoustie Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 June 2012 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying 26-27 June, match play 28-30 June; 18-hole matches including the final (LGU/OCS, AmateurGolf.com)

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 21 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R115°/10°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/12°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R316°/12°C · wind 24 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 20 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R417°/13°C · wind 30 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R517°/12°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

144 started, 64 made it

Same week

Women's amateur championship

Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship

Carnoustie Links, Carnoustie Links, Carnoustie, Scotland

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Stephanie Meadow

4 and 3Total
4 and 3Margin

To par and runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Irish Golf Desk

It's been a dream month for me,

Stephanie Meadow, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 1 July 2012. The report

Irish Golf Desk

I didn't putt well in the morning semi-final win over Georgia Hall but that lunchtime session made the difference for the final.

Stephanie Meadow, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 1 July 2012. The report

Irish Golf Desk

I'm having a fantastic time of my life and I want to play on the LPGA Tour when I am a little bit older.

Stephanie Meadow, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 1 July 2012. The report
The golfer

born 1992-01-20, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2014; age 20 that week.

Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet