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Sunday 17 August 2025AmateurYear in Review
Howell wins U.S. Amateur
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Monday 11 to Sunday 17 August 2025 · 125th U.S. Amateur; 36-hole stroke play on the Ocean and Lake courses, then match play on the Lake Course; 36-hole final Sunday
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/14°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/16°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R722°/15°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 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
- Jackson Herrington USA · lost 7 and 6Fell four down after the first 18 (Howell won five of six front-nine holes, incl. an eagle at 7), then bogeyed the first three holes after lunch to fall six down Georgia teenager Mason Howell wins US Amateur, youngest champion since 2009 (AP, via Fox Sports)
312 started
Same week
Men's amateur championship
U.S. Amateur
The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jackson Herrington
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
AP (via Fox Sports)
17 August 2025
To have my name next to these other names on this trophy is unbelievable. To be next to somebody named Tiger is an unreal feeling.
AP (via Fox Sports)
17 August 2025
At the end of the day, I still have to go sit in a classroom for eight hours these coming months
AP (via Fox Sports)
17 August 2025
He played good, and I didn't play great. It was unfortunate I was that way, but I learned a lot about myself.
The golfer
USA; age 18 that week; world No. 362 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 362 at the start of the week, as stated by AmateurGolf.com).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet