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unusual facts about British Amateur



Lakeside Golf Course, Oklahoma

The US Amateur, the British Amateur, the team NCAA Championship, the individual NCAA Championship, the Walker Cup, Western Amateur, PGA Championship, American Cup and World Cups have occupied positions of prominence on the modest mantel alongside such less opposing trophies such as the Oklahoma Open and Oklahoma Amateur.

Pebble Beach Golf Links

It was an historically important win, as Nicklaus tied Bobby Jones with 13 major titles; a lifelong amateur, Jones' major titles were in the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.


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Fahrudin Kuduzović

Fahrudin "Faz" Kuduzović (born 10 October 1984 in Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-British amateur footballer who currently plays for Eintracht Trier in the Regionalliga West amateur league in Germany.

Hartlepool Golf Club

The course record of 62 was recorded on 8 August 1997, by professional golfer Graeme Storm, the 1999 British Amateur Champion, who learned the game there.

IC 391

The British amateur observer William Denning discovered it in the late nineteenth century, and described it as faint, small and round.

Mark Kaylor

In 1980, Kaylor won the British Amateur Boxing Association Championships and went to the European Junior championships in Rimini, Italy.

NGC 3982

In 1998, the light from a supernova in NGC 3982 (later called SN 1998aq) reached earth and was discovered by British amateur astronomer Mark Armstrong.

Noel Trigg

Trigg began boxing as an amateur from the age of nine and fought to a high standard winning both Welsh and British amateur titles, his British champion medal was awarded to him by Field Marshall Montgomery.

Peter B. Lawrence

Peter B. Lawrence is a British amateur astronomer best known for his popularization of astronomy on the BBC's The Sky at Night with Sir Patrick Moore, Paul Abel and Dr. Chris Lintott.

Szymanek

Nik Szymanek, British amateur astronomer and astrophotographer

Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw

His younger son, Marshall, was an excellent sportsman, having been British Amateur High Jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High Jump on three occasions, as well as having represented England in rugby union in 1874.

Tony Boxall

Anthony Gordon Boxall (Tony Boxall, 1929–2010) was a British amateur photographer, known for his portrayal of Gypsy life in Britain in the early 1960s.