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Sunday 19 August 2012AmateurYear in Review
Fox wins U.S. Amateur
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Monday 13 to Sunday 19 August 2012 · 112th U.S. Amateur; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Cherry Hills C.C. and CommonGround G.C. (Aurora, Colo.), then match play at Cherry Hills; 36-hole final Sunday 19 August, decided on the 37th hole
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/15°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/13°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/15°C · wind 26 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/13°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/11°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R728°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 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
- Michael Weaver USA · lost in 37 holesLed from about the sixth hole and was 2 up with two to play, lost the 35th to a Fox birdie, lipped out an 8-foot par putt on the 36th that would have won, then lost the 37th to a Fox birdie U.S. Amateur Championship, August 19, 2012: Michael Weaver and Steven Fox (ASAP Sports)
· cut +2, 64 made it
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Michael Weaver
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 August 2012
He had about eight feet for par to win it and win one up. And I mean it was like dead center from my angle, and when I saw it bounce out, I kind of gasped a little bit.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 August 2012
Definitely two down with two to go and then winning 17, 18 and then winning the first playoff hole and making a 20, 25-footer, that's the definition of being foxed.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 August 2012
I hit a good putt, hit my line, and I mean just ‑‑ for it to lip out like that, I would rather it just not even have hit the hole.
The golfer
born 1991-01-14, Greenville, South Carolina; USA; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
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