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Saturday 23 June 2012AmateurYear in Review

Dunbar wins the Amateur

Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Monday 18 to Saturday 23 June 2012 · 36-hole stroke play at Royal Troon and Glasgow Gailes, then match play at Royal Troon; 36-hole final Saturday 23 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

17 h 13 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R114°/7°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/9°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R317°/9°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R414°/12°C · wind 32 km/h ENE, gusts 61 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R514°/12°C · wind 31 km/h WNW, gusts 47 · 20.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R614°/12°C · wind 39 km/h WSW, gusts 65 · 13 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

  • Matthias Schwab AUT · lost 1 downLed by one after the morning 18 and was one up with two holes to play, but Dunbar won the last two holes Alan Dunbar (Wikipedia)

288 started, 78 made it

Same week

Men's amateur championship

The Amateur

Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Alan Dunbar

1 up (36-hole final)Final
1 up (36-hole final)Margin

Runner-up: Matthias Schwab

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

BBC Sport

I have done all I can do in amateur golf. I want to give pro golf a go.

Alan Dunbar, quoted in BBC Sport, 25 June 2012. The report

BBC Sport

It is a tough event to win with so many players taking part over two courses. You need a few breaks but I played a lot of good golf.

Alan Dunbar, quoted in BBC Sport, 25 June 2012. The report
The golfer

born 1990-04-30, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland; NIR; age 22 that week.

Alan Dunbar’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet