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Saturday 24 June 2017AmateurYear in Review
Ellis wins the Amateur
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Monday 19 to Saturday 24 June 2017 · 122nd Amateur Championship; 36-hole stroke play at Royal St George's and Prince's, match play at Royal St George's; 36-hole final Saturday 24 June went to the 38th 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
16 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/19°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 66 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/15°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/16°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 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
- Dylan Perry AUS · lost at 38th holeWon four straight holes from the 22nd and led by four with five to play, but bunkered at the 32nd, lost the 34th and 35th, missed a 10-foot par putt to win on the 36th, then hit into a deep swale at the 38th and made double bogey Harry Ellis wins British Amateur with Memorable Rally (AmateurGolf.com)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dylan Perry
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
AmateurGolf.com
24 June 2017
I needed to hit a good chip on 15 and I did. I needed to hit a good bunker shot on 16 and I did. Luckily, I hit those shots first and kept putting the pressure on.
Today's Golfer
24 June 2017
It's unbelievable, I can't believe what I have just done but you should never give up and never give in
AmateurGolf.com
24 June 2017
I played good all day and then down the stretch – that's what the pressure does to some people.
The golfer
born 1995-09-10, Southampton, England; ENG; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet