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Sunday 18 August 2013AmateurYear in Review
Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Amateur
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts · Monday 12 to Sunday 18 August 2013 · 113th U.S. Amateur; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at The Country Club and Charles River C.C., then match play at The Country Club; 36-hole final Sunday 18 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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 26 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/12°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/12°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/13°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R726°/14°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 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
- Oliver Goss AUS · lost 4 and 3Led 1 up early, trailed by one at lunch, squared the match on the 19th but lost the next two holes and never drew level again; lost the 32nd and 33rd holes USGA 2014 Media Guide, U.S. Amateur chapter
312 started · cut +4, 64 made it
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
The Country Club, Brookline
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Oliver Goss
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2013
What's next for me is go home and chill out for a few days. My legs are tired. My legs are definitely tired, that's for sure
AP via ESPN
18 August 2013
I also think it's quite strange that I had my little brother on the bag, and most people have been saying we're a bit like Ouimet and Lowery. We're both really small. I kind of see the resemblance.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2013
It's probably the best display of putting I've ever seen in terms of difficulty of putt and meaning of putt, as in like pressure. He definitely did his job this morning.
The golfer
born 1994-09-01, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; ENG; age 18 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet