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FUTURE SITES OF THE WESTERN AMATEUR

POINT O’WOODS TO HOST “We’ve hosted many great Western
2019 WESTERN AMATEUR Amateur championships,” said Mark
Matthews, Point O’Woods president.
CHAMPIONSHIP TO RETURN
TO FORMER HOME IN “A good number of our champions, and
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN scores of other top amateurs who have
competed here, have gone on to enjoy
The Western Amateur will honor
highly successful professional careers.
its rich heritage in 2019 when the
We’ve enjoyed giving back to golf
championship returns to Point
by hosting such a prestigious
O’Woods Golf & Country Club, host 2019 WESTERN AMATEUR
championship, and we’re thrilled
to 40 Western Amateurs between CHAMPIONSHIP
now to be back in the Western
1963 and 2008. Point O’Woods Golf & Country Club
Amateur rotation.” Benton Harbor, Michigan
The Western Golf Association and
Designed by Robert Trent Jones
Point O’Woods entered into an
and opened for play in 1958,
agreement last year to bring the
Point O’Woods has consistently
world’s top amateur golfers to
ranked as one of the nation’s top
southwestern Michigan for the
courses, both in beauty and design.
117th Western Amateur.
The WGA moved the storied
“We’re looking forward to renewing
championship from Point O’Woods to a
the partnership we enjoyed for four
rotation of Chicago-area clubs starting
decades,” said Vince Pellegrino, WGA 2020 WESTERN AMATEUR
in 2009. In 2013, the WGA took a one-
senior vice president of tournaments. CHAMPIONSHIP
year break from Chicago to take the
“The Western Amateur and Point Crooked Stick Golf Club
Western Amateur to The Alotian Club
O’Woods share a history of showcasing Carmel, Indiana
in Roland, Ark. The Western Amateur
the best players in the world of
returned to the Chicago area in 2014
amateur golf. The club and fans there
when the event was played at The
have been loyal supporters of the
Beverly Country Club.
championship, and the course has
produced some world-class
champions.”

Past Western Amateur champions at
W Point O’Woods include Tiger Woods,
Phil Mickelson, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis 2021 WESTERN AMATEUR
Strange, Tom Weiskopf and Andy CHAMPIONSHIP
Glen View Club
North. Weiskopf won the first Western
Golf, Illinois
Amateur hosted by Point O’Woods in
1963. The championship returned to
the club again in 1965 before starting a
38-year run at Point O’Woods from
1971–2008.
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2022 WESTERN AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Exmoor Country Club
Highland Park, Illinois
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