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Glen View Club Evans Scholars Profiles
Five questions for Jordan Theriault and Ale Zuleta
How did you get started caddying of persistence, personability, teamwork,
Jordan Theriault
at Glen View Club? patience, and gratitude. In other words,
University of My six older siblings caddied at Glen caddying was the catalyst for life-lessons
Notre Dame
View, so I followed in their footsteps, that inspired me to seek academic
Class of 2022 and I have been caddying for eight years. success, ultimately affording me the
Major: It seemed as if every day they came opportunity to earn an Evans Scholars
Chemistry home laughing about stories from Scholarship. These are the reasons I
hanging out in the caddyshack, continue to come back to Glen View
but they also thoroughly enjoyed Club’s caddying program year after year.
learning from and working with the
members. It seemed like a dream What do you like about being a caddie?
working atmosphere. I wanted to I love the relationships I have developed
Jordan Theriault caddie to really share in their joy and with fellow caddies and members. Before
Jordan Theriault is a rising senior at the accomplishments. Looking back, eight caddying, I was never that interested in
University of Notre Dame, majoring in years later, I can proudly and undeniably the game of golf, but over the last eight
Chemistry and minoring in Theology. say that I was not disappointed. I have seasons I have learned to appreciate and
Jordan grew up in Glenview, Illinois. made memories and friendships in the admire the sport. I love how it brings
Things you may not know about Jordan: caddyshack that I will cherish for a very people together. I have also learned
He is the youngest of 10 siblings. long time. I have made meaningful some critical life skills—patience, hard
Loves the Chicago Bears. His favorite relationships with members who literally work, and determination.
author is C.S. Lewis, and he is hoping watched me grow up and mature on the
to get into woodworking this year. course—as I was taught the importance

Glen View Club Caddie Program

By Tim Kvantas, Director of Outside Golf Services
Glen View Club was the home club of During that time I also caddied in the We currently have seven Evans Scholars
the legendary Chick Evans (1890–1979), 1986 Western Open held at Butler at universities throughout the country,
the namesake of the Evans Scholars National Club. This was the last year and over 80 Evans Scholarships have
Program. A member of the World Golf local caddies were chosen to caddie in been awarded in the history of Glen
Hall of Fame, he won both the U.S. this event, and I caddied for David Frost View Club.
Amateur and the U.S. Open in 1916, who lost in a playoff to Tom Kite.
and a second U.S. Amateur in 1920. I received the Evans Scholars
Scholarship to Indiana University
The Glen View Club caddie program has graduating in 1992—and it has been
been strong and thriving for many years
and is one of the premier programs on one of the great influences of my life.
the North Shore. I have come full-circle in my career in
the golf business now serving as Director
My experience with the GVC caddie of Outside Golf Services here at Glen
program goes back to when I started here
as a caddie in 1983. As a 13-year-old kid, View Club. We have 130 caddies in our
program, and I have designed and
I can remember earning $7.50 to carry a
bag for 18 holes. I rose up the ranks and instilled a strong, rigorous caddie
training process for all our new caddies—
earned Superstar Caddie status (now
referred to as High Honor) after 3 years, as well as continuous improvement for
our veterans. This includes two written
and was fortunate to have caddied at
Glen View Club from 1984 to 1991. exams and 14 hours of on-course training Chick Evans and a caddie
over two weeks.

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