2012 Event Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969 2012 Event An amateur astronomer in Peterborough, England, discovers a new, Neptune-sized exoplanet 1997 Event 97th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel 1996 Event 96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1995 Event 95th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1994 Event 94th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1993 Event 93rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris 1992 Event 92nd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard 1992 Death Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer 1991 Event 91st U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges 1991 Event New York Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft 1991 Event John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award 1991 Event Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video 1990 Event 90th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson 1989 Event Amateur Athletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records 1989 Event 89th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton 1989 Death Bert Oosterbosch, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer, dies at age 32, of acute cardiac arrest 1988 Event 88th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks 1988 Event Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils 1987 Event 87th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair 1983 Event 83rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel 1982 Event 82nd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel 1980 Event 80th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton 1980 Event Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1979 Event 79th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara 1979 Event Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires 1976 Death Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 1972 Birthday Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ 1990 1970 Event Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) 1969 Event U.S. amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61) 1969 Event U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1969 Event 69th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk 1969 Birthday Duane Bock, born in Southampton, New York, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur New York State Open 1968 Event 68th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher 1968 Birthday Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer, Gippsland Ladies Amateur 1968 Death Lawson Little, amateur golfer (U.S./British Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 1967 Birthday Oswald Drawdy, Hampton, South Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Carolina Amateur 1967 Birthday Ben Fouchee, born in Kuruman, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Africa Amateur 1967 Event Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1967 Event 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1965 Birthday Luc Rochefort, Trois-Rivieres Que, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur Quebec 1965 Birthday David Bolton, born in Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Lando Mem Amateur 1964 Event Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament 1963 Birthday Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1992 Australian Amateur Champ 1961 Event 61st U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus 1960 Birthday Patti Rizzo, born in Hollywood, Florida, golfer, Mexican Amateur champion 1980 1959 Event 59th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus 1958 Birthday Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer, 1983 Victorian Amateur Champ 1958 Birthday Maureen Madill, born in Coleraine, Nothern Ireland, golfer, British Open Amateur 1979 1957 Birthday Bert Oosterbosch, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer 1954 Event International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China 1950 Event Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League 1950 Event West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation 1950 Birthday Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995 1948 Event Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) 1947 Event U.S.S.R. joins International Amateur Athletic Union 1947 Event Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 1947 Event Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ 1946 Death Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1943 Death Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1941 Event Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro 1941 Death AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 1941 Event Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized, California 1935 Event Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1933 Event Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist 1930 Event 34th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones 1928 Event Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming 1925 Event 29th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones 1918 Birthday Patty Berg, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1938 U.S. Amateur 1913 Event 19th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers 1912 Event IAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden 1911 Birthday Richard Chapman, golfer, 1940 U.S. amateur, 1951 British amateur 1910 Event Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1904 Birthday Ted Mack, born in Denver, Colorado, TV host, Original Amateur Hour 1901 Birthday Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer, 4 time British Amateur champ 1897 Event Michael Eagan wins 1st U.S. national amateur handball championship 1887 Event Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established 1887 Event Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms 1880 Event Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England 1877 Event 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club) 1874 Birthday Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1871 Event 1st U.S. amateur outdoor athletic games (NY) 1869 Birthday James E Sullivan, founder, Amateur Athletic Union 1868 Event 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) 1864 Birthday A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer 1797 Birthday Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map
