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Sunday 20 August 2023AmateurYear in Review
Dunlap wins U.S. Amateur
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Monday 14 to Sunday 20 August 2023 · 123rd U.S. Amateur; stroke play Aug. 14-15 at Cherry Hills C.C. and co-host Colorado G.C. (Parker, Colo.), match play Aug. 16-20
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/13°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/17°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/17°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R534°/20°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R635°/18°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R735°/17°C · wind 24 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 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
- Neal Shipley USA · 4 and 3Tied the match with a birdie on the 18th before lunch, then Dunlap played the afternoon front nine in 5-under 30 and won 4 and 3 124th U.S. Amateur Championship Record Book (USGA, 2024)
· cut E
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Neal Shipley
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
USGA (U.S. Amateur Record Book 2024)
20 August 2023
It was the putt on 9 for me, to be honest with you. I think it halted his run.
USGA (U.S. Amateur Record Book 2024)
20 August 2023
Nick played great, and he just made a lot of putts on me this afternoon. That's what it takes to win these things.
The golfer
born 2003-12-23, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; age 19 that week; world No. 9 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) No. 9 as stated by the USGA record book).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet