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WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION

Founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area THE WESTERN AMATEUR EVANS SCHOLARS
golf clubs, the Western Golf Association The Western Amateur championship INVITATIONAL
conducts six championships annually, showcases the rising stars of the game. The Web.com Tour and the Western
including this week’s Western Amateur It consistently ranks among the world’s Golf Association conduct the Evans
hosted by Point O’ Woods Golf & top amateur tournaments. The roster Scholars Invitational, which made
Country Club in Benton Harbor.
its debut on the Tour in May. With
of past champions reads like a “Who’s
Who” of American golf, including Jack Alumni like Jason Day, Bryson
In addition to the Western Amateur,
Nicklaus, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, DeChambeau and Justin Thomas, the
the WGA conducts the BMW
Championship on the PGA TOUR, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and eight- Web.com Tour is the path to the PGA
the Evans Scholars Invitational on the time winner Chick Evans. TOUR. The Evans Scholars Invitational
is a showcase for golf’s next generation
Web.com Tour, the Western Junior and THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP of stars. All proceeds from the event
the Women’s Western Golf Association’s First held in 1899 as the Western Open, benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation.
Western Amateur and Western Junior.
the BMW Championship is the third of THE WESTERN JUNIOR
More than 450 clubs in states four PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoff Established in 1914, the Western Junior
events. The championship’s J.K. Wadley
throughout the nation are members
Championship continues to draw the
of the WGA. Since 1930, the WGA
names of nearly all of golf’s greatest
also has supported the nationally Trophy has been engraved with the finest junior players from across the
acclaimed Evans Scholars Foundation, legends, including Ben Hogan, Arnold United States and the world. This is the
tournament that separates the men from
which administers the nation’s largest
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
college scholarship programs for Since 2007, the BMW Championship the boys — a testing ground for the top
caddies. The Foundation has has raised more than $30 million for the players of the future. The tournament,
provided college educations to Evans Scholars Foundation, the event’s the oldest national junior championship,
is an invitational competition, with
sole beneficiary.
more than 11,800 caddies.
competitors ages 15 to 19 and a
handicap of three or less eligible
to apply.
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