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WELCOME TO POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
AND THE 117TH WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

On behalf of the members and staff of Point making this one of the best
O’ Woods Golf & Country Club, I welcome the amateur golf events in
contestants, their families, friends and golf fans to
the world. Special recognition
the 2019 Western Amateur Championship. Our club should be given to the members
is thankful for the opportunity to host the Western of our Tournament Committee.
Golf Association and the world’s top amateurs for They have devoted many hours
this week of championship golf in Southwest over the past year to ensuring
Michigan. We look forward to hosting this esteemed that this championship will be
amateur event and to an exciting week of golf. a world-class experience for the
For many years, Point O’ Woods was the home of contestants and spectators.
Bruce R. Pfaff
the Western Amateur. We have hosted the event We are delighted to renew our President, Board of Directors
40 times in the past 60 years of our club’s longstanding commitment to Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club
existence and are honored that the WGA has the Western Golf Association
selected The Point to host again this year. We hope and competitive amateur golf
that the mutual benefits of this relationship by hosting this event. Welcome,
continue for many years to come. and we hope you will enjoy

Point O’ Woods was established in 1956 and opened your experience at Point O’ Woods
for play in 1958. The course was designed by Robert Golf & Country Club.
Trent Jones, Sr., and is one of the finest examples of
his work. It features large, undulating greens with Sincerely,
bunkers to match, long tee boxes to allow a very
diverse course setup, and many fine specimen trees. Bruce R. Pfaff
We have an active caddie program and are proud to President, Board of Directors
have trained many excellent young men and women Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club
who have become Evans Scholars. We currently have
four caddies enrolled in college as Evans Scholars
and in past years, a total of 38 caddies from Point
O’ Woods have earned Evans Scholarships.

I wish to thank our members, staff and volunteers
here at The Point, as well as the staff and many
volunteers of the Western Golf Association, who
have contributed to continuing the tradition of

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