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Sunday 22 June 2014AmateurYear in Review
Neil wins the Amateur
Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland · Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2014 · 119th Amateur Championship; stroke-play qualifying at Royal Portrush and Portstewart, match play at Royal Portrush; 36-hole final
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/12°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R616°/11°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 42 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R717°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Amateur
1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Zander Lombard RSA · lost 2 and 1Hit 16 greens in the morning but missed at least six birdie chances and was all square at lunch; lost four of five holes from the 28th to fall 4 up with four to play British Amateur: Neil tops Lombard in finale (Golfweek via AmateurGolf.com)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce), Portrush
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Zander Lombard
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
Golfweek via AmateurGolf.com (said on the eve of the final)
21 June 2014
I never thought I could have this good a season. All the events I've played in and all the work I've done has built up to this event, to this moment, this final. I feel this week is my time.
The golfer
born 1996-01-16, Blairgowrie, Scotland; SCO; age 18 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet