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Sunday 15 August 2021AmateurYear in Review
Piot wins U.S. Amateur
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Monday 9 to Sunday 15 August 2021 · 121st U.S. Amateur; stroke play at Oakmont and co-host Longue Vue Club (Verona, Pa.); 36-hole final Aug. 15; 7,811 entries
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/20°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/22°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 54 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 52 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/21°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 10.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/19°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R724°/16°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 22 · 0.2 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
- Austin Greaser USA · lost 2 and 13 up after 27 holes; bogeyed the 29th-31st (11, 12, 13) as Piot won four straight holes from the 28th ASAP Sports transcript: Austin Greaser, August 15, 2021
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Austin Greaser
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2021
It's the greatest feeling in the world. I mean, as an amateur it's the best thing you can do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2021
But I told myself on that tee box, I said, I'm going to play this nine 4-under.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2021
Then I just made some mistakes there on 11, 12, 13, just bogey, bogey, bogey. That's never going to look good on the scorecard.
The golfer
USA.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet