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Saturday 20 June 2026AmateurYear in Review
Grehan wins the Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026 · 131st Amateur; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying at Royal Liverpool and West Lancashire (R&A report dated 16 Jun), 36-hole final 20 Jun; start date inferred from the two-day qualifier ending 16 Jun
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 44 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/15°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/18°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 58 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/13°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0 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
- Matt Moloney USA · lost 1 downLed 1 up at lunch; fell three down after three-putting the 33rd, won the 34th and 35th, then halved the 36th in par Stuart Grehan defeats Matt Moloney to win The 131st Amateur Championship (The R&A)
Same week
Men's amateur championship
The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Matt Moloney
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
The R&A
20 June 2026
This morning I got off to a really slow start. I was really struggling with my swing and lunch came at a good time to reset.
The R&A
20 June 2026
I'm going to be buzzing for The Open. I'll love it. I'll absolutely love it. It hasn't really sunk in yet.
The R&A
20 June 2026
I'm tired. I'm ready to get home.
The golfer
IRL; age 33 that week; world No. 46 that week (World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) No. 46 as stated by The R&A).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet