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Future Sites of the Western Amateur

The Western Amateur is renowned
for being one of the toughest tests in
amateur golf, and true to form, it is
contested at some of the nation’s most
challenging venues.
After this year’s championship at
Exmoor Country Club, the Western
Amateur will return to the Chicago area
and North Shore Country Club in 2023
before visiting Moraine Country Club
in Ohio in 2024.

2023 Western Amateur Championship host, North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois
2023: NORTH SHORE
COUNTRY CLUB adapting the course to improvements in With several holes modeled after those
Designed by the legendary golf course today’s club and golf ball technology. at the Old Course at St. Andrews,
architecture firm of Harry S. Colt and Troon, Prestwick and North Berwick,
Ethan Tracy’s victory in 2011 came
Charles H. Alison, North Shore is a against a field that included Moraine has been a perennial fixture
Chicago-area classic that measures on Golfweek’s list of Top 100
Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth
over 7,000 yards and plays to a par of 71. and Justin Thomas. Classic Courses.
Opened to members in 1924, the club Throughout its lifetime, the course has
hosted the 1928 Western Open, the 2024: MORAINE borne witness to the remarkable play of
1933 U.S. Open, the 1939 U.S. Amateur, COUNTRY CLUB some of the finest players the sport has
the 1983 U.S. Amateur and the 2011 Carved into the expansive Moraine ever known, including Byron Nelson,
Western Amateur. It has also been the Ben Hogan and Francis Ouimet. It
Farms property of Colonel Edward A.
site of U.S. Open qualifiers and other Deeds, Moraine Country Club has been hosted the 1945 PGA Championship,
significant events, including the 2010 where Nelson won his final major
a source of golf history since it opened
Windon Memorial, a major collegiate in 1930. The 7,270-yard, par 72 layout championship and his ninth victory
tournament. during his famed streak of 11
was designed by Alec “Nipper”
consecutive wins.
Over the years, the club has made Campbell, who used the natural
a point of preserving the spirit and topography to create a remarkable The club regularly serves as the host
aesthetic of the original design while Scottish links-style course reminiscent of the Ohio Amateur Championship.
of those in his native Scotland. This will be its first Western Amateur.

FUTURE SITES
2023: North Shore Country Club

2024: Moraine Country Club
2025: Skokie Country Club
2026: Beverly Country Club

2029: Baltimore Country Club

2024 Western Amateur Championship host, Moraine Country Club in Dayton, Ohio

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