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THE EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION

Sending caddies to college since 1930

The Evans Scholars Foundation,
supported by the Western Golf
Association, is the nation’s largest
scholarship program for golf caddies.
The program provides full, four-year
tuition and housing scholarships to
deserving caddies, with grants valued
at more than $100,000 per Scholar.
Since the first two Scholars enrolled
at Northwestern University in 1930,
more than 10,600 young men and
women have graduated as Evans
Scholars. In 2017–18, 965 Scholars were
enrolled at 19 universities, most living
at one of 14 Foundation-owned
Scholarship Houses at top universities
throughout the country.

CHARLES “CHICK” EVANS JR.
ESF Graduates
The Chick Evans Scholarship Program
was established by and named for SELECTION CRITERIA
Charles “Chick” Evans Jr., one of golf’s Candidates must meet four primary
all-time greats. He earned national criteria to qualify for an Evans
fame in 1916 when he won both the Scholarship, including demonstrating
U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur, an excellent caddie record, a strong
becoming the first golfer ever to academic record and national test
capture the two national scores, financial need and outstanding
championships in the same year. character and community leadership.

In his amateur career, which spanned
PROGRAM GROWTH
six decades, he won 54 titles, including
The Evans Scholars program grew
eight Western Amateur championships, dramatically after World War II. In

and all of the major championships of 1950, only 84 Scholars were enrolled in

his day. He remained an amateur his
school. By the end of the decade, that
entire life, using his earnings to create a
number had increased to 440, and
trust fund to benefit deserving caddies.
Evans Scholarship Houses were
established at Illinois in 1951, Michigan
in 1952, Wisconsin in 1953, Marquette
and Michigan State in 1955, and
Minnesota in 1958.
By 1970, 823 students were enrolled
and Houses had been added at Ohio
State in 1962, Colorado and Purdue in
1967, Missouri in 1968 and Indiana in
1969. Houses were established at
Miami of Ohio in 1974, Northern
Illinois in 1987 and the University
Chick Evans as an amateur. of Oregon in 2016. Chick Evans and a caddie
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