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Sunday 18 August 2019AmateurYear in Review
Ogletree wins U.S. Amateur
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina · Monday 12 to Sunday 18 August 2019 · Stroke-play qualifying at Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 4; match play from Wednesday Aug 14; 36-hole final Sunday Aug 18 (morning 18 on Course No. 4, afternoon on Course No. 2)
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/21°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/23°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/23°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 26 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/23°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R630°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 8.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R733°/23°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0.1 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
- John Augenstein USA · lost 2 and 1Led 4 up through five holes and led for 29 of the 35 holes, but Ogletree squared the match at the 31st, went ahead at the 32nd, and Augenstein three-putted the 35th U.S. Amateur Championship Record Book 2020 (USGA)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: John Augenstein
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2019
I showed a lot of resilience out there and never gave up. Kept telling myself I'm going to win this tournament, and just always believed that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2019
Everyone on the team always says, Andy's blood pressure has got to be negative, but I'm always just pretty mellow and usually don't get too nervous.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2019
But I can live with myself hitting an aggressive putt, trying to make it and losing. But I can't live with myself if I leave that short and he makes. I don't regret that.
The golfer
born 1998-04-03, Little Rock, Mississippi; USA; turned pro 2020; age 21 that week; world No. 120 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 120 as stated by the USGA record book (2020)).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet