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Saturday 23 June 2018AmateurYear in Review
Rebula wins the Amateur
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland · Monday 18 to Saturday 23 June 2018 · 123rd Amateur Championship; 36-hole stroke play at Royal Aberdeen and Murcar Links, match play at Royal Aberdeen; 36-hole final Saturday 23 June
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/9°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 44 · 15.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/8°C · wind 42 km/h NW, gusts 81 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/10°C · wind 29 km/h NW, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R617°/10°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 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
- Robin Dawson IRL · lost 3 and 2Trailed 1 down at lunch and 5 down after nine holes of the afternoon; won back holes as Rebula faltered at 13 and 15, but Rebula's bunker save at the 16th ended it Rebula wins 123rd Amateur Championship (George Herald)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Robin Dawson
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
George Herald
23 June 2018
I had the opportunity to close out the match at 14 but my four-footer horse-shoed back to me. That was brutal because all you want to do is close it out and your mind does crazy things.
George Herald
23 June 2018
He said this would open doors for me and told me to go out there, to have fun and grab the opportunity with both hands. He's awesome.
Golf Monthly
23 June 2018
I wasn't really clawing my way back into it in the end, Jovan was giving holes away. But to be fair to him, it was a great up and down on the 16th to win it.
The golfer
born 1997-07-22, Western Cape, South Africa; RSA; age 20 that week; world No. 192 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 192 as stated by Golf Monthly).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet