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Sunday 19 August 2018AmateurYear in Review
Hovland wins U.S. Amateur
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Monday 13 to Sunday 19 August 2018 · 118th U.S. Amateur; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill (Aug 13-14); match play Aug 15-19 at Pebble Beach; 36-hole final Sunday Aug 19
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R623°/14°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R721°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 28 · 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
- Devon Bling USA · lost 6 and 5Fell 5 down after Hovland won the 4th with a birdie from the ice plant and took Nos. 8-11; was 4 down at lunch, and a double bogey at the 29th hole all but ended it 119th U.S. Amateur Championship Record Book (USGA media guide 2019)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Devon Bling
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 August 2018
I checked with my range finder, and I saw the Swinging Pete logo on there, and I was like, okay, that's my ball, I'll head down there and see if I've got a shot.
USGA U.S. Amateur Record Book 2019
19 August 2018
I always thought I had a pretty good vocabulary, but I'm lost for words
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 August 2018
It's just the beginning, it's not the end. Now I get to look forward to the U.S. Open and the Masters, so that's definitely a lot of positives coming out of this week.
The golfer
born 1997-09-18, Oslo, Norway; NOR; age 20 that week; world No. 5 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 5 as stated by the USGA record book (2019)).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet