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Saturday 19 June 2021AmateurYear in Review
Shepherd wins the Amateur
Nairn Golf Club, Nairn, Scotland · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 June 2021 · 126th Amateur; field reduced to 144 because of COVID-19, both stroke-play qualifying rounds at Nairn; 36-hole all-England final 19 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 44 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).
- R116°/11°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 70 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/9°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/10°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/8°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R618°/11°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.7 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
- Monty Scowsill ENG · lost at the 38thEight up after 17 holes and four up with four to play; hit a tree off the 36th tee and lipped out for the title, then three-putted the 38th Shepherd claims dramatic Amateur Title (The R&A)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Nairn Golf Club, Nairn
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Laird Shepherd
Runner-up: Monty Scowsill
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
The R&A
19 June 2021
To come back from eight down through 17 holes, I mean I was honestly more concerned about not making an embarrassing record-breaking defeat.
The R&A
19 June 2021
The last 18 holes I thought 'I'm not going to win', but at least I could get a few highlights that I can watch on YouTube one night!
The R&A
19 June 2021
The tears are probably for the tough times I've had over the last few years. It's never nice as an athlete when you feel like you are going backwards, like I was.
The golfer
ENG; age 23 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet