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Welcome from the
Western Golf Association

Since 1899, the Western Golf Association has
been proud to conduct the Western Amateur, an
international championship as prestigious and
challenging as any in the game of golf.
This week, we welcome our 2021 Western Amateur

contestants to historic Glen View Club, a site that
played a critical role in the very founding of our
organization. Glen View Club was one of 11
Chicago-area clubs that came together to form

the WGA in 1899. Later that year, it hosted the
first Western Amateur championship, won by Kevin Buggy John Kaczkowski
President & CEO
Chairman of the Board
David Forgan, as well as the first Western Open. Western Golf Association Western Golf Association
Glen View Club hosted the Western Amateur again
in 1905, when H. Chandler Egan was the winner. We wish all of our competitors well in their quest for
The 1902 U.S. Amateur and the 1904 U.S. Open were greatness this week, and we offer a very heartfelt thank
also contested here. We’re excited to watch how this you to Glen View Club’s members and staff for hosting
classic layout — with influences from legends of golf this 119th playing of the Western Amateur.
architecture like Herbert J. Tweedie, Tom Bendelow,
Harry Colt and Donald Ross — challenges today’s
talented amateur players. Best Wishes,

We’d also like to thank Glen View Club’s members Kevin Buggy
for being reliable supporters of youth caddying and Chairman of the Board
the Evans Scholars Foundation, which the WGA Western Golf Association
administers. Since 1930, 87 Glen View Club caddies
have been awarded full tuition and housing Evans John Kaczkowski
Scholarships, including seven students who are President & CEO
attending leading universities nationwide this year. Western Golf Association
Over the next few days, this field of 156 players will
compete in a grueling format designed to identify the
very best. Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet, Jack Nicklaus,
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods all toppled fields of
their peers to have their names etched on the
George R. Thorne Trophy.

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