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Western Golf Association
Championships since 1899, scholarships since 1930

Founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf THE WESTERN AMATEUR NV5 INVITATIONAL
clubs, the Western Golf Association
The Western Amateur championship PRESENTED BY
conducts six championships annually,
showcases the rising stars of the game. OLD NATIONAL BANK
including this week’s Western Amateur
It consistently ranks among the world’s The Korn Ferry Tour and the Western
hosted by Exmoor Country Club in
top amateur tournaments. The roster Golf Association conduct the NV5
Highland Park, Illinois.
of past champions reads like a “Who’s Invitational presented by Old National
In addition to the Western Amateur, Who” of American golf, including Jack Bank, which made its debut on the
the WGA conducts the BMW Nicklaus, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Tour in 2019. The NV5 Invitational is a
Championship on the PGA TOUR, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and eight- showcase for golf ’s next generation of
the NV5 Invitational presented by Old time winner Chick Evans. stars. All three past champions of this
National Bank on the Korn Ferry Tour, event are playing on the PGA TOUR
the Western Junior and the Women’s THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP this year, including 2019 winner Scottie
Western Golf Association’s Western Scheffler, who won The Masters in 2022
First held in 1899 as the Western Open,
Amateur and Western Junior. and reached No. 1 in the world. All
the BMW Championship is the second
proceeds from the event benefit the
More than 450 clubs in states of three PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoff
Evans Scholars Foundation.
throughout the nation are members of events. The championship’s J.K. Wadley
the WGA. Since 1930, the WGA also Trophy has been engraved with the
has supported the nationally acclaimed names of nearly all of golf ’s greatest THE WESTERN JUNIOR
Evans Scholars Foundation, which legends, including Ben Hogan, Arnold Established in 1914, the Western Junior
administers the nation’s largest college Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Championship continues to draw the
scholarship program for caddies. Since 2007, the BMW Championship finest junior players from across the
The Foundation has provided college has raised more than $40 million for United States and the world. The
educations to more than 12,000 caddies. the Evans Scholars Foundation, the event has long served as a testing
event’s sole beneficiary. ground for the top players of the
future, including current PGA TOUR

The new home of the Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars Foundation

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