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Sunday 9 August 2020AmateurYear in Review
Zhang wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland · Monday 3 to Sunday 9 August 2020 · Played on schedule; qualifying cancelled by COVID-19, all-exempt field
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 13.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/21°C · wind 27 km/h NW, gusts 65 · 83.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/21°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 27 · 23.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/22°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 14.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/22°C · wind 6 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R730°/21°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 24 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Gabriela Ruffels AUS · 38 holesDefending champion lipped out a 3-foot par putt on the 38th hole (Woodmont's ninth) after Zhang got up and down from 95 yards to halve the 36th. Rose Can Close: Zhang Dethrones Defending Champ Ruffels in 38-Hole Thriller (USGA)
132 started, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Woodmont C.C. (North Course), Rockville
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gabriela Ruffels
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
USGA (championship recap)
9 August 2020
On the course, I'm pretty stone-faced. I really don't have any emotion.
USGA (championship recap)
9 August 2020
I actually hit it on my line, but it was heartbreaking to see it horseshoe out.
The golfer
born 2003-05-24, Arcadia, California, U.S.; USA; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet