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Sunday 20 August 2017AmateurYear in Review
Redman wins U.S. Amateur
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Monday 14 to Sunday 20 August 2017 · 117th U.S. Amateur; stroke-play qualifying at The Riviera Country Club and Bel-Air Country Club, match play at Riviera; 36-hole final Sunday Aug 20 went to 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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/17°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/18°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R625°/19°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R725°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 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
- Doug Ghim USA · lost on 37th holeWas 2 up with two holes to play, but Redman holed a 60-foot eagle putt at the 35th and birdied the 36th; Ghim drove into the rough and bunkered his approach at the first extra hole and conceded after missing his bogey putt Doc Redman sinks 60-foot putt en route to U.S. Amateur win (AP via ESPN)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Doug Ghim
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2017
Yeah, if you get here, it is a privilege to feel that pressure coming down 18 with a chance to send it to extra holes.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2017
I didn't even think about it really. All that was going through my head was about making the putt and putting a good stroke on it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2017
I mean, I wouldn't be entirely truthful to say that I expected him to make the putt, but I did entertain the possibility.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
20 August 2017
It was a chess match, except your golf ball isn't moving like a pawn should on the board
The golfer
born 1997-12-27, Raleigh, North Carolina; USA; age 19 that week.
Top 10
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What’s in the bag
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