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POINT O’
WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
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BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN
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POINT O’ WOODS
GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB
JULY 29–AUGUST 3, 2019
BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN
1958
117 th POINT O’ WOODS
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COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM
117th Western Amateur Championship
July 29–August 3, 2019
WELCOME TO THE 117TH WESTERN AMATEUR 5
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club 7
Western Golf Association
8
Governor of Michigan 9
Western Amateur Committee 11
INTRODUCTION 15
Western Golf Association 17
The Evans Scholars Foundation 21
Point O’ Woods Evans Scholars 22
Publisher & Editor
Tony Janowski Reflections of a Point O’ Woods Caddie 25
Design & Production WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 29
Innovative Design & Graphics Western Amateur Returns Home 30
POINT O’ WOODS George R. Thorne Trophy 31
GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Past Winners of the Western Amateur 32
President & Tournament Chairman 2018 Western Amateur Recap 35
Bruce R. Pfaff Cole Hammer Finds Perfect Home at UT 36
Vice President 25 Years Ago: Tiger Masters the Western Amateur 38
Thomas F. Karaba
39
Medinah CC to Host 2019 BMW Championship
Secretary HISTORY OF POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB 41
Andy Anderson
History of Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club 42
PGA Professional Celebrating 61 Years 43
Matt Flaherty Architect Extraordinaire: Robert Trent Jones 44
Course Superintendent Former Western Amateur Champions at Point O’ Woods 45
Adam Roels
Clubhouse Manager THE CHAMPIONSHIP 47
Sally Noe Tournament Format and Schedule 49
49
Spectator Information
Food & Beverage Manager ABOUT THE COURSE 53
Juli Pierce
Head Chef Course Map 54
Mike Bredice Hole Photos and Strategy of Play Comments 55
WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB MANAGEMENT
Chairman of the Board & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 92
Frank Morley Donor Acknowledgements 92
Clubhouse Manager Sally Noe 94
Vice Chairman
Kevin Buggy Head Professional Matt Flaherty 95
Course Superintendent Adam Roels 95
WGA Tournament Chairman
Jason Kinander Executive Chef Mike Bredice 96
Food & Beverage Manager Juli Pierce 96
President & CEO
John Kaczkowski WGA Championship Officials 97
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club Board of Directors 97
Senior Vice President, Tournaments Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club Volunteers 97
Vince Pellegrino
Advertiser Index & Acknowledgements 98
Director, Tournament Operations
Patrick Timson
Director, Amateur Competitions
Steve Prioletti
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the 2019 Western Amateur
a tremendous success!
POINT O’ WOODS
1958
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club
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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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WELCOME FROM THE
WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION
This week, we’re looking forward to adding another
chapter to our illustrious history at Point O’ Woods.
We’re certain that the club’s challenging Robert Trent
Jones design will provide as stern a test for our
talented contestants now as it did for the many
PGA TOUR stars who competed in the Western
Amateur on these fairways in years past.
We are also thrilled to welcome back Southwest
Michigan’s knowledgeable golf fans, who for so
many years loyally supported the Western Amateur
Frank Morley John Kaczkowski
Chairman of the Board President & CEO as spectators and volunteers. Thank you for your
Western Golf Association Western Golf Association role in helping us make this a memorable and
successful week.
Since 1899, the Western Golf Association has been We wish all of our competitors well, and we offer
proud to conduct the Western Amateur, a world-class a very heartfelt thank you to Point O’ Woods’
international championship as prestigious and members and staff for hosting this 117th playing
challenging as any in the game. of the Western Amateur.
We’re excited to welcome our contestants back this
year to Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club. Best Wishes,
Point O’ Woods first hosted this event in 1963,
Frank Morley
and again in 1965, before serving as our continuous
Chairman of the Board
host from 1971–2008. Few, if any, venues hold a
Western Golf Association
more meaningful place in the history of the
Western Amateur than Point O ’Woods.
John Kaczkowski
For nearly four decades, Point O’ Woods served as President & CEO
the epicenter of amateur golf each summer. Major Western Golf Association
champions Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis
Strange, Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Justin
Leonard, Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Dustin
Johnson all competed for the historic George R.
Thorne Trophy at Point O’ Woods. Crenshaw,
Strange, Mickelson, Leonard and Woods claimed
their Western Amateur titles here.
8 Welcome Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club
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WELCOME FROM THE
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Left to Right: Sally Noe, Tony Janowski, Mary Spiegel, Jim Spiegel, Nancy Mitchell, Dennis Mitchell, Adam Roels, Bruce Pfaff, Elizabeth Geldhof, John Santoro,
Andy Anderson and Matt Flaherty (not pictured: Bill Cahill, Alex Craig, Barry Craig, Barry Conybeare).
As the proud host of the 117th Western Amateur, our dedication to a caddie program that continues
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club is honored to to provide opportunities for so many youths.
welcome the world’s top amateur golfers. This event Our Tournament Committee would like to extend
has a rich tradition with our club that we look our deep appreciation to so many at Point O’ Woods
forward to continuing. The players who stroll our who have given countless hours to seeing this event
fairways this week are the future of the game of golf. become a tremendous success: head golf professional
Point O’ Woods has hosted this great tournament Matt Flaherty, golf superintendent Adam Roels,
41 times and has been a steadfast supporter of the clubhouse manager Sally Noe and so many others
Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars who are responsible for making this week so
Foundation since its inception in 1958. Point memorable. In addition, the support of Bruce Pfaff,
O’ Woods has 34 Evans Scholars Alumni and four the club’s president, the Board of Directors, and
current Evans Scholars. This type of support from the many volunteers from our membership was
our club and numerous other clubs has enabled the invaluable. Point O’ Woods is thrilled to once again
WGA-supported Evans Scholars Foundation to host this prestigious event and give back to amateur
provide scholarships to more than 11,800 caddies golf and the WGA. Enjoy a week of exciting golf!
around the country since 1930.
Caddie programs are the heart of the Evans Scholars
Program, and the Point O’ Woods caddie program is
one of the finest. We are proud of our rich golf
history with the Western Amateur at Point O’ Woods,
but our proudest contribution to the game of golf is POINT O’ WOODS
1958
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THE GREATEST
“The Western Am is back at its home… where it belongs.”
— Justin Leonard
1992–1993 Western Amateur Champion
“The Masters of amateur golf.”
— Tiger Woods
1994 Western Amateur Champion
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COMEBACK STORY
IT’S BACK… FOR THE 41ST TIME.
The 117th Western Amateur Championship has come back to the Point O’ Woods Golf &
Country Club after a 10-year hiatus. It all began back in 1963 with Tom Weiskopf bringing
home the coveted championship in its inaugural year at The Point. Over the course of the
next 45 years, Point O’ Woods hosted the Western Amateur 40 times and provided some
of amateur golf’s greatest battles. The best of the best have graced the fairways of The Point,
including such Western Amateur winners as Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Mickelson
and Tiger Woods. As part of Western Amateur lore, Hal Sutton and Justin Leonard were
the only ones to have won in back-to-back years.
So welcome back. We’re honored to again host the Western Amateur Championship at
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club, and we promise to regale and excite you
with tremendous golf.
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INTRODUCTION
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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
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In addition to the Western Amateur,
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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
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WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION
WOMEN’S WESTERN AMATEUR WOMEN’S WESTERN JUNIOR
The WGA partners with the Women’s The WGA partners with the Women’s
Western Golf Association to administer Western Golf Association to administer
the Women’s Western Amateur. Held the Women’s Western Junior, which was
without interruption since 1901, this first held in 1920. The championship
event is one of the oldest annual features an outstanding field of
championships in women’s amateur golf. competitors, many of whom go on to
The list of past champions includes become top amateur and college
current stars and legends of the LPGA players. Notable past champions include
TOUR, including Ariya Jutanugarn Cristie Kerr (1994), Grace Park (1993)
(2012), Stacy Lewis (2006), Brittany and Nancy Lopez (1972–74).
Lang (2003), Grace Park (1998), Cristie
For more information,
Kerr (1995) and Nancy Lopez (1976).
visit www.wgaesf.org.
Davis Riley at the 2018 Western Amateur
FACTS AT A GLANCE
OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS OUR EVANS SCHOLARS PROGRAM FUNDING
• In 2019, we are conducting six • 280 full tuition and housing awards • Nation’s largest scholarship
of the nation’s most prestigious this year program for golf caddies
golf championships
• 985 Evans Scholars enrolled at • More than 32,500 annual
• More than 335 championships held 18 universities for the 2018–19 Par Club members
for professional and amateur golfers academic year
• Program ambassadors include more
since our founding
• Evans Scholarship Houses at than 700 WGA Directors nationwide
• 70 top PGA TOUR players compete 16 universities
• More than $385 million in tuition
in the BMW Championship
• Comprehensive selection criteria and housing scholarships awarded
• 2,500 volunteers at our championships includes academics, financial need, all-time
caddie record and strong character and
• Average total value of an Evans
leadership
Scholarship is more than $120,000
• Campus leaders in academic and over four years
extracurricular activities
• Alumni have contributed more than
• Cumulative GPA is 3.3 $154 million to the Program
• Graduation rate is 95 percent • $23 million in annual scholarship
costs to be paid in 2018–19
• More than 10,800 Evans Scholars
academic year
Alumni
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THE EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
Full college scholarships awarded to 280 caddies
This past winter, 280 high school
seniors were awarded the Evans
Scholarship, a full housing and tuition
college grant offered to golf caddies.
Each caddie has a unique story to tell,
reflecting the scholarship’s four selection
criteria: a strong caddie record; excellent
academics; demonstrated financial
need; and outstanding character. They
will begin college in the fall of 2019
as Evans Scholars. The Evans
Scholarship is valued at an estimated
$120,000 over four years.
“Each of these deserving Evans Scholars
epitomizes what our Program has been
about since its creation in 1930,” said
WGA Chairman Frank Morley. “Their
dedication, hard work and sacrifice is
humbling, and we are honored to be
able to help them pursue their dreams.”
Evans Scholars caddie at the River Forest Evans Scholars Day fundraiser.
The new Evans Scholars were awarded
their scholarships following selection favorite charities, it is the nation’s largest Currently, a record 985 caddies are
meetings held from November 2018 scholarship program for caddies. enrolled in 18 universities across the
through March 2019. nation as Evans Scholars, and more
“These young men and women have
than 10,830 caddies have graduated as
The Western Golf Association, shown excellence in the classroom and in
Evans Scholars since the program was
headquartered in Golf, Illinois, has their communities, as well as on the golf
founded by famed Chicago amateur
supported the Chick Evans Scholarship course,” said John Kaczkowski, WGA
golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr.
Program through the Evans Scholars President and CEO. “We welcome
This fall, when the new freshman
Foundation since 1930. One of golf’s them to the Evans Scholars family.”
class is enrolled, the total number of
Scholars in school will exceed 1,000,
a new record for the program.
Scholarship funds come mostly from
contributions by 32,500 golfers
across the country, who are members
of the Evans Scholars Par Club
program. Evans Scholars Alumni
donate more than $10 million
annually, and all proceeds from the
BMW Championship, the second
of three PGA TOUR Playoff events
in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup
competition, are donated to the
Evans Scholars Foundation.
To learn more about the WGA and ESF,
visit www.wgaesf.org.
Because at our Clubs, it’s not magic that makes
d Evans Scholars in the class of 2018 graduated last spring and joined the Evans Alumni network,
which is made up of more than 10,830 Evans Alumni.
A place to belong. A place to have fun.
A place to learn and grow on their path to a Great Future.
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POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
EVANS SCHOLARS ALUMNI AND SCHOLARS
Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club Paul Lange Nicole Anderson
is proud to have had 34 of its caddies University of Michigan .651 Michigan State University /--4
graduate from college as Evans Scholars William Downey Walter Kroschel
University of Michigan .655 Michigan State University /--4
and four caddies currently enrolled in
Hans Nelson David Maxey
college as Evans Scholars. University of Michigan .656 Michigan State University /--6
James Peter William Redick
Name Michigan State University .656 University of Michigan /-..
University Grad Year
Ellen Baron Patrick Brinnehl
Michigan State University .66. University of Michigan /-./
Kurt Nelson Ryan Smalley
ALUMNI
University of Michigan .66. Michigan State University /-./
Robert Ziemer
Michigan State University .64. James Skidmore Sara Schinske
University of Michigan .66/ University of Michigan /-.1
Bruce Augustyniak
Michigan State University .64/ Jeffrey Nelson Nicholas Kaley
University of Michigan .661 University of Michigan /-.2
William Anderson John Singer Matthew Dunaj
Michigan State University .640
Michigan State University .662 University of Michigan /-.4
Leslie Phairas
Michigan State University .640 Jay Sandeen Zachary Schinske
Michigan State University .663 University of Michigan /-.6
Michael Buck
University of Michigan .641 Fred Rivers
University of Michigan .664 SCHOLARS
Mark Wildeman Logan Steffes
Michigan State University .646 Sherron Rimpson University of Michigan /-/-
Michigan State University .665
Rebecca Wilkie Grant Kroschel
University of Michigan .65- Thomas Metzger Michigan State University /-/.
University of Michigan /---
Rebecca Gardner Samuel Tavolacci
University of Michigan .650 Bryan Haley Michigan State University /-/.
Michigan State University /--0
Catherine Hemminger Cooper Strebeck
University of Michigan .650 Blair Mikkelsen Michigan State University /-//
University of Michigan /--0
The 15th hole fairway, looking at the green ahead.
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POINT O’ WOODS EVANS SCHOLARS GIVE THANKS
Current Evans Scholars from Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club
LOGAN STEFFES Logan Steffes Grant Kroschel
CLASS OF 2020
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN University of Michigan State
“My name is Logan Steffes and I want to Michigan University
thank all of the members at Point O’ Woods Class of 2020 Class of 2021
Country Club for your continued support
year in and year out of the Evans Scholarship.
I am currently an Evans Scholar attending
the University of Michigan in the school of
Kinesiology majoring in Sport Management.
As a Junior in the Evans Scholarship House
my responsibilities have grown. I take great
pride in being one of the leaders and
Sam Tavolacci Cooper Strebeck
ensuring that I am a person who the under-
Michigan State Michigan State
classmen feel comfortable approaching about
University University
anything they may need. Besides my house
Class of 2021 Class of 2022
duties, I am a member of the Sports Business
Association. I will graduate after the winter
term of my senior year in 2020 after which,
I am hoping to pursue a career path in
sports. I am not yet sure which path within
the industry I will take, however I know
that I have a passion for sports and wish to
stay in the sports industry. This next year
will bring many new experiences for me GRANT KROSCHEL COOPER STREBECK
CLASS OF 2021 CLASS OF 2022
and I am very excited to see what the future MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
has in store. Thank you all for the Evans
“My name is Grant Kroschel and I am a “My name is Cooper Strebeck. I am
Scholarship; the opportunity of a lifetime.” sophomore at Michigan State University. currently attending Michigan State
Currently, I am the Executive Vice President University. I began Caddying at the
SAM TAVOLACCI
CLASS OF 2021 at the Michigan State Evans Scholars Point O’ Woods in the summer of 2015.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Chapter. I am pursuing my bachelor's I originally pursued this position after
“My name is Sam Tavolacci. I grew up in degree in Supply Chain Management hearing about the Evans Scholarship
Coloma, Michigan, and I am a Michigan with a minor in International Business. and the Point O’ Woods reputation of
State University Evans Scholar. What the Caddying at Point O’ Woods became a consistently producing Evans Scholars-level
Evans Scholarship has done for me has been dream of mine after I watched the Western Caddies. I worked very hard, and with the
to broaden my view on education and it has Amateur there as a kid. Caddying was a help of the esteemed staff and several key
helped me towards realizing my love for great influence on me and an experience members, I was awarded the scholarship.
computers and working on technology. I am that could not be found elsewhere. The I cannot fully express my gratitude to
an Experience Architect Major and will be professional staff and my fellow caddies have everyone who helped me along the way,
graduating in May 2021. Living in the been crucial in my development as a person especially the Western Golf Association,
Evans Scholarship House, I have gotten to and having an advantage in life. Being because without this incredible opportunity
know some great people that I will be friends rewarded the scholarship has given me a lot I would not be able to attend MSU.
with for the rest of my life, and I have the of opportunities in life that would not have On top of the financial blessings that the
scholarship to thank for that. I look forward been achievable otherwise. Not only has Evans Scholarship has given me, living
to completing my undergraduate studies in the financial burden of college been taken with 80 other scholars is an incredible
2021 and would like to thank all the people care of, but I also have a wonderful experience. From mentorship to friendship,
in the WGA for such an amazing and life support group of my fellow scholars and my connections within the Evans house
changing opportunity!” the Western Golf Association.” are priceless.”
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THANK YOU
to the
Members of Point O’ Woods
for your continued support and contributions
to the Evans Scholars Program.
Since Par Club Convenience Billing
was approved in 2017 at Point O’ Woods,
members have contributed over $150,000
towards college scholarships for the WGA.
POINT O’ WOODS
1958
The Present Point O’ Woods Caddies
and Past Evans Scholars
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REFLECTIONS FROM A POINT O’ WOODS
CADDIE AND EVANS SCHOLARS ALUM
Evans Alum John Singer (MSU ’95)
reflects on the lessons he learned from
caddying and earning the Evans
Scholarship — and how that foundation
affects his work today as an associate
dean for diversity and inclusion at
Texas A&M.
By Amy Fuller
It was the cold, hard cash that first
caught John Singer’s attention.
He’d suddenly noticed that his younger
brother Marcus seemed to be carrying
around a lot of money. He had just
taken up caddying, and apparently, it
was paying off — literally. With the
Western Amateur in his hometown of
Benton Harbor, Michigan, Singer heard
about a call for caddies — and off to
training he went.
It wasn’t without a few reservations. John Singer with Justin Leonard in 1993 after Leonard won his second straight Western Amateur title
“My perception was that golf was not with Singer as his caddie.
for young black kids,” he said. “Would kids each morning. The caddie manager, him about the Evans Scholarship, and
I have to put on knickers and a funny- Tom, greeted the brothers each day by Singer soon found himself at Detroit
looking hat like Payne Stewart?” affectionately calling out: “There’s the Golf Club for his selection meeting.
Singer boys, Marcus and John!” He was awarded the scholarship to
No, he soon discovered. To his surprise,
he took to caddying quickly and from Singer recalls being in awe of it all — Michigan State in 1991.
then on, his dad was dropping off two the money he was making; the access to In retrospect, he probably didn’t quite
new relationships with members; the understand the magnitude of what
role models he never imagined having. receiving the scholarship meant, he says.
Several players became fond of him, “I now knew what I was doing after
asking about future plans; one even school, so there was no more question
bought him his first set of golf clubs. of what’s next,” he says. “The Evans
Scholarship was my next.”
“Caddying really widened my perspective
on life, to see how others think and live,” That summer, Singer got to caddie
he says. “My dad worked at a local for Michael Jordan, who was playing
power plant, and we were not destitute, in the Western Amateur. It was a once-
but I’d never before seen these kinds of in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet a
privileges and financially well-off people. childhood hero. “That was awesome,”
Caddying exposed me to how education he says. “He made me feel like we were
and social networking can help in terms buddies. They played 45 holes; he
of social mobility.” asked me about playing ball and
random stuff.”
As the end of high school approached,
Singer, who once had hoop dreams on Once, while carrying for David Duval
his mind, realized he didn’t have a plan. in the Amateur, Singer was wearing a
Thoughts of joining the military came Magic Johnson T-shirt. Jordan caught
Evans Scholars Alum John Singer and went. Then his caddie manager told sight of it — he had just beat Johnson
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REFLECTIONS FROM A POINT O’ WOODS
CADDIE AND EVANS SCHOLARS ALUM
John Singer speaking to students
in the NBA finals — and couldn’t resist In these politically divisive times, rap artists from the ’90s anymore,” he
some ribbing. “I thought you were the work can be a challenge, he says. says with a laugh. “So I’ve had to update
better than that,” he told Singer. Not everyone buys in; some can get my hip-hop references.”
aggressive in their pushback. “It’s work
Justin Leonard was another great loop. On that note, one of his favorite pieces
that’s never really done,” he says.
A top college golfer, he “had a great of advice comes from Kendrick Lamar:
“Many people have realized in the
sense of humor,” Singer says. “The guy “Be humble.” Caddying taught him
current climate, there’s both an
was hilarious. To see somebody at that this lesson, he says, as well as about
opportunity to reach people, but
level of the game be so down-to-earth — the importance of relationships.
there’s also the potential for the work
and to be on his bag back-to-back years “The work I do now, it’s all about
to be dangerous.”
when he won the Western Amateur — creating, maintaining and nurturing
was really special.” On the flip side, he recalls one student relationships,” he says. “This line of
who seemed sullen and distant in class. work is not for the faint of heart; it’s
After college, Singer took a few years to
A year later, the student wrote Dr. not some play thing. You really have
figure out next steps. He was working
Singer a letter, sharing that his class had to have a passion for this, knowing it’s
toward a master’s degree when he began
challenged his views on life. “Getting imperfect work but believing it’s still
mentoring young black athletes — and
that letter makes the struggles of important enough to do.”
found his niche. He began studying
teaching class worth it,” he says.
sports management, earning a Ph.D.
“You’re able to reach that one person.”
from OSU. In 2005, Singer was
recruited to Texas A&M. He’s now In recent years, students are more
the associate dean for diversity and accepting than ever about the topic, he
inclusion in the College of Education says. They send him texts asking about
and Human Development, where he his views on news topics. Dealing with
teaches, studies best practices and works millennials has also forced him to
to implement what he learns. update his taste in music. “I can’t quote
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WGA_Program_2019_V3__ 6/13/2019 2:29 PM Page 29 WESTERN AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Chick Evans at the
1920 Western Amateur
at Memphis Country Club
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WESTERN AMATEUR RETURNS TO ITS HOME
OF MORE THAN 35 YEARS
has consistently ranked as one of the
nation’s top courses, both in beauty
and design.
The WGA first held the Western
Amateur at Point O’ Woods in 1963,
then again in 1965, before returning in
1971 for a 38-year run. The WGA
moved the storied championship from
Point O’ Woods to a rotation of mostly
Chicago area clubs starting in 2009.
First conducted in 1899 at the Glen
View Club in Golf, Illinois, the Western
Amateur championship has from its
inception been regarded as one of the
major amateur golf events in the world.
Only the British Amateur (1885) and
the U.S. Amateur (1895) are older.
The Western Amateur’s 156-man
field consistently ranks among the top
three in the world along with the
British Amateur and U.S. Amateur.
The 18th hole at Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club Contestants come from all over the
globe. Last year’s field included players
LEONARD RECALLS got through that, I thought, ‘I’m the from a dozen nations, including
POINT O’ WOODS’ only person who can fit it through some Australia, Denmark, England, Finland,
CHALLENGING LAYOUT of these corridors off the tees.” Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the
Few people know Point O’ Woods Golf This week, the Western Amateur returns United States, Venezuela and Wales.
& Country Club like Justin Leonard. to The Point, its home from 1971
through 2008. The championship
“The Point,” in Benton Harbor,
features 156 of the best amateur players
Michigan, is the site of two of Leonard’s
from around the world competing.
biggest amateur victories — the 1992
and 1993 Western Amateurs. But the At over 7,000 yards with thousands
first time he stepped on the course, of trees crowding the fairways, Point
the Texas native wasn’t sure he would O’ Woods will be a stern test. As
be competitive. past champions like Tom Weiskopf,
Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange,
“It was the first course I’d ever played Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and
of its kind,” he said. “The most well- Leonard showed, it helps to be long
conditioned and manicured golf course off the tee, but it’s even more important
I’d ever played.” to be accurate.
Leonard relied on his accuracy more “Point O’ Woods favors players who
than his length, and one hole caught place the ball,” said Evans Scholars Alum
his eye right away. It was the mammoth John Singer, who caddied for Leonard in
565-yard second, a par 5 that his fellow both of his Western Amateur victories.
competitors were reaching in two. “It wasn’t so much that Justin was long;
he just placed the ball well.”
“When I first saw the golf course, I
wasn’t sure how I was ever going to play Designed by Robert Trent Jones and Justin Leonard and his caddie, John Singer, follow
a shot during Leonard’s drive to back-to-back
the second hole,” said Leonard. “Once I opened for play in 1958, Point O’ Woods
wins in the Western Amateur.
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WESTERN AMATEUR’S
GEORGE R. THORNE TROPHY
A detailed shot of the previous champions engraved names on the George R. Thorne Trophy.
George R. Thorne
The George R. Thorne trophy is and the WGA’s second president in
presented each year to the Western 1900–1901. Mr. Thorne, president of
Amateur champion. On the base of the Montgomery Ward and Company,
trophy are plates with the names of all founded Midlothian Country Club
previous champions, and the newest in 1898. A year later the club became
champion’s name is added after the one of the original 11 member clubs
championship is concluded. The trophy of the WGA.
is permanently displayed at Western
Mr. Thorne was so delighted by the
Golf Association headquarters in Golf,
success of the first Western Amateur, he
Illinois. The champion receives a second
donated $500 to buy the Western
trophy for his permanent possession.
Amateur trophy that today still carries
The trophy honors George R. Thorne, his name.
the WGA’s first treasurer in 1899
WINNERS, 2018–1899 /-./ 1 up /--1 19 holes
Chris Williams Jordan Russell Ryan Moore James Nitties
Year Score
Winner Runner-up /-.. 1 up /--0 3 & 2
Ethan Tracy C. T. Pan Chris Botsford J. J. Jakovac
/-.5 1 up /-.- 2 & 1 /--/ 6 & 5
Cole Hammer Davis Riley David Chung Gregor Main John Klauk Adam Rubinson
/-.4 22 holes /--6 3 & 2 /--. 6 & 4
Norman Xiong Doc Redman John Hahn Zach Barlow Bubba Dickerson Trip Kuehne
/-.3 3 & 1 /--5 4 & 2 /--- 2 & 1
Dylan Meyer Sam Horsfield Danny Lee Erik Flores Michael Kirk Ben Curtis
/-.2 20 holes /--4 1 up .666 2 & 1
Dawson Armstrong Aaron Wise Jhared Hack Alex Prugh Steve Scott Andy Miller
/-.1 2 up /--3 2 & 1 .665 1 up
Beau Hossler Xander Schauffele Bronson La’Cassie Pablo Martin Michael Henderson Shawn Koch
/-.0 3 & 2 /--2 3 & 2 .664 19 holes
Jordan Niebrugge Sean Dale Jamie Lovemark Chris Wilson Danny Green Andy Miller
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PAST WINNER HIGHLIGHTS
NOTABLES OF GOLF HISTORY
Since its founding in 1899, the Western
Amateur has tested the legends of the
game and served as a proving ground for
the future stars of golf. Twenty-three
past Western Amateur champions — Ryan Moore Justin Leonard
including icons like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger (2004) (1992–93)
Woods and Phil Mickelson — have won
major championships.
Since the Western Amateur adopted
the format featuring 16 match play
qualifiers in 1956, 32 players advancing
to the Sweet Sixteen have won 79
major professional championships.
Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson
(1994) (1991)
.65- 4 & 3 .630 5 & 4
…continued from previous page
Hal Sutton David Ogrin Tom Weiskopf Labron Harris, Jr.
.663 2 & 1 .646 1 up .63/ 1 up
Joel Kribel Brett Partidge Hal Sutton Mike Gove Art Hudnutt Melvin Stevens
.662 2 & 1 .645 2 up .63. 4 & 3
Patrick Lee Robert Floyd Bobby Clampett Mark Wiebe Jack Nicklaus James “Billy” Key
.661 2 & 1 .644 2 & 1 .63- Default
Tiger Woods Chris Riley Jim Nelford Rafael Alarcon Tommy Aaron Bob Cochran
.660 6 & 4 .643 3 & 1 .626 7 & 5
Justin Leonard Danny Green John Stark Mick Soli Ed Updegraff Charles Hunter, Jr.
.66/ 2 up .642 1 up .625 3 & 2
Justin Leonard David Howser Andy Bean Randy Simmons James “Billy” Key Mason Rudolph
.66. 2 & 1 .641 20 holes .624 9 & 8
Phil Mickelson Justin Leonard Curtis Strange Jay Haas Ed Updegraff Joe Campbell
.66- 4 & 2 .640 4 & 3 .623 6 & 4
Craig Kanada Greg Griffin Ben Crenshaw Jimmy Ellis Mason Rudolph Jack Parnell
.656 2 & 1 .64/ 1 up .622 37 holes
David Sutherland Tony Mollica Gary Sanders Gil Morgan Eddie Merrins Hillman Robbins
.655 1 up .64. 1 up .621 37 holes
Chris DiMarco Bill Lundeen Andy North Barney Thompson Bruce Cudd Philip Getchell
.654 3 & 2 .64- 4 & 2 .620 8 & 6
Hugh Royer III Craig Perks Lanny Wadkins Charlie Borner Dale Morey Richard Norton
.653 3 & 1 .636 3 & 1 .62/ 3 & 2
Greg Parker Robert Huxtable Steve Melnyk Howard Twitty Frank Stranahan Harvie Ward
.652 1 up .635 3 & 1 .62. 7 & 6
Scott Verplank Dave Peege Rik Massengale Kemp Richardson Frank Stranahan James Blair III
.651 3 & 2 .634 3 & 1 .62- 7 & 6
John Inman Rocco Mediate Bob Smith Marty Fleckman Charles Coe Robert Goldwater
.650 2 up .633 1 up .616 5 & 4
Billy Tuten Kent Kluba Jim Wiechers Ron Cerrudo Frank Stranahan Walter Cisco
.65/ 5 & 3 .632 19 holes .615 3 & 1
Rick Fehr Tommy Moore Bob Smith George Boutell Skee Riegel James T. McHale
.65. 2 & 1 .631 3 & 2 .614 1 up
Frank Fuhrer Curt Byrum Steve Oppermann Ed Updegraff Bud Ward Frank Stranahan
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Scott Verplank Ben Crenshaw Tom Weiskopf
(1985) (1973) (1963)
Hal Sutton Andy North Jack Nicklaus
(1979–80) (1971) (1961)
.613 1 up .6/5 4 & 3 .6./ 1 up
Frank Stranahan Bud Ward Frank Dolp Gus Novotny Chick Evans Warren Wood
.610–12 .6/4 2 & 1 .6.. 8 & 7
No tournament due to World War II Bon Stein Eddie Held Albert Seckel Robert Gardner
.61/ 7 & 6 .6/3 6 & 5 .6.- 2 & 1
Pat Abbott B. McCormick Frank Dolp Bon Stein Mason Phelps Chick Evans
.61. 3 & 2 .6/2 3 & 2 .6-6 1 up
Bud Ward Harry Todd Keefe Carter Russell Martin Chick Evans Albert Seckel
.61- 3 & 1 .6/1 1 up .6-5 6 & 5
Bud Ward George Victor Harrison R. Johnston Albert Seckel Mason Phelps H. W. Allen
.606 2 & 1 .6/0 6 & 4 .6-4 5 & 4
Harry Todd Larry Moller Chick Evans W. H. Gardner H. Chandler Egan Herbert Jones
.605 1 up .6// 5 & 4 .6-3 37 holes
Bob Babbish M. McCarthy Chick Evans George Von Elm Daniel Sawyer Warren Wood
.604 1 up .6/. 3 & 2 .6-2 3 & 2
Wilford Wehrle Chuck Kocsis Chick Evans Rudy Knepper H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
.603 2 & 1 .6/- 5 & 4 .6-1 6 & 5
Paul Leslie Bob Frazer Chick Evans Clarence Wolff H. Chandler Egan Daniel Sawyer
.602 5 & 3 .6.6 2 & 1 .6-0 1 up
Charles Yates Rodney Bliss Harry Legg R. Bockenkamp Walter Egan H. Chandler Egan
.601 4 & 3 .6.5 .6-/ 37 holes
Zell Eaton Spec Goldman No tournament due to World War I H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
.600 3 & 2 .6.4 1 up .6-. 6 & 5
Jack Westland Rodney Bliss Francis Ouimet Ken Edwards Phelps Hoyt Bruce Smith
.60/ 5 & 4 .6.3 7 & 6 .6-- 1 up
Gus Moreland Ira Couch Heinrich Schmidt Douglas Grant William Waller William Holabird, Jr.
.60. 9 & 7 .6.2 7 & 6 .566 6 & 5
Don Moe M. McNaughton Chick Evans J. D. Standish, Jr. David Forgan Walter Egan
.60- 4 & 2 .6.1 11 & 9
John Lehman Ira Couch Chick Evans J. D. Standish, Jr.
.6/6 37 holes .6.0 4 & 3
Don Moe Gilbert Carter Warren Wood E. P. Allis
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The caddie experience
The caddie experience:
a life changer
a life changer
At…
age 14: I carried my 1st bag for a loop
age 15: I started to fore caddie
age 16: My parents helped me pay for my own car to get to the course
age 17: I carried the bag of the Club Champion
age 18: My best friends and I left for college & promised to come back and caddie together
age 22: I graduated and got a job interview because a member recommended me
age 30: I started my own business
age 50: Today, every time I play I use a caddie — whenever they are available
To find an opportunity to caddie:
Point O’Woods Golf Professional
Matt Flaherty
mfl[email protected]
269-944-5851
or
wgaesf.org/investing-in-the-future
Male and female applicants are welcomed equally.
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2018 WESTERN AMATEUR RECAP
Hammer survives Riley’s late charge to claim 2018 Western Amateur title
The other four were Scott Verplank,
Bobby Jones, Chick Evans and H.
Chandler Egan.
Hammer’s 76 holes in four rounds of
match play tied the record for most
holes played, set by Justin Leonard
(1992) and David Chung (2010). He
becomes the second consecutive player
to earn medalist honors and win the
overall title. Sam Stevens, of Wichita,
Kansas, tied Hammer for 2018 medalist
honors before losing in the first round
of Sweet Sixteen match play.
Five other Texas Longhorns have won
the Western Amateur, including major
champions Ben Crenshaw and Leonard.
Beau Hossler was the most recent,
winning the title in 2014 at Beverly
Country Club in Chicago, Illinois.
Doug Ghim, another Longhorn, was
the medalist that year.
The Longhorns have enjoyed a nice run
of impact players in recent years, from
Cole Hammer with his trophies. Jordan Spieth to Brandon Stone to Beau
Defending champion Cole Hammer Hammer jumped out to a 4-up lead at Hossler to Doug Ghim. It appears it’s
enjoyed a wire-to-wire winning week the turn, but he saw his lead dwindle now Hammer time.
at the 2018 Western Amateur. over the back nine. Riley won the
11th with the par, the 12th with a
Hammer, who was the co-medalist
after shooting a tournament-record 23 birdie and the 16th with a birdie to
cut the deficit to one hole. Hammer
under in stroke-play qualifying, led
held on to win by the same margin as
throughout his 2018 championship his previous matches — 1 up.
match against Davis Riley to capture
one of the most prestigious titles in Hammer, now an incoming sophomore
amateur golf. at Texas, broke onto the scene in 2015,
when he qualified for the U.S. Open as
“Biggest day in my golf career, no
a 15-year-old. He’s blossomed into a
question,” Hammer said afterward.
standout amateur.
“It was a really special week from
start to finish.” In addition to his Western Amateur
victory, Hammer’s list of achievements
Hammer won by a 1-up margin in each
in 2018 included winning the Azalea
of his first three Western Amateur
matches at Sunset Ridge Country Club Invitational in March, teaming with
Garrett Barber to win the U.S. Amateur
in Northfield, Illinois, and was again
Four-Ball title in May and reaching the
taken the distance in the championship
U.S. Amateur semifinals in August.
match by Riley, a senior All-American
at Alabama. He also was co-medalist at both the
Western Amateur and the U.S. Amateur,
one of only five golfers to ever do so.
Davis Riley, the runner up at the 2018 Western Amateur
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COLE HAMMER FINDS PERFECT HOME
AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
world when television cameras caught
him, with tears in his eyes, praying on
the first tee.
But after a missed cut, it suddenly was
over. Somehow Hammer had to go back
to playing junior golf, only with a
mountain of expectations.
“I felt like I should win every
tournament because I had just played
with the pros,” Hammer said. “It was
a little bit unnerving.”
Hammer reached the Round of 16 at
the U.S. Junior in 2016 and ’17, and
was second at the 2016 AJGA Junior
Players at TPC Sawgrass.
Cole Hammer and gallery at Sunset Ridge Country Club. But it just wasn’t what Hammer
expected of himself, and he grew
Cole Hammer was 13 years old when because you’re so young. But when the increasingly frustrated. After all, he was
he first caught the attention of the time comes you’ll be ready.’”
supposed to be the next Texas great.
University of Texas golf program.
That time has come for Hammer, 18,
Hammer didn’t just win the 2013 Then came the injury. A bothersome
who began his freshman year at Texas
George Hannon Junior on the right elbow required surgery in
last fall. And after a tremendous season
Longhorns’ home course, UT Golf September of 2016. Doctors took
of amateur golf, highlighted by three
Club in Austin, Texas. He won it by cartilage from Hammer’s knee and
landmark victories, he is undoubtedly
holing out for eagle on his final hole to grafted it onto the injured elbow.
ready.
shoot 64 and finish seven shots clear of
“That was scary, because you don’t
the field. “Time flies,” said Hammer’s father,
know how it’s going to turn out,”
Gregg. “He’s grown so much.”
An invite to tour Texas’ golf facilities Gregg Hammer said.
quickly followed, and soon Hammer was Son of two club champions at River
looking at walls lined with All-America Oaks. Pupil of in-demand instructor Hammer was sidelined four months and
honorees and images of past Longhorn Cameron McCormick and renowned returned in February 2017 to finish
greats, names such as Crenshaw, Leonard sports psychologist Bob Rotella. Gifted third at the prestigious Jones Cup. He
and Spieth. Trophy cases were filled to with a catchy name. played well enough last year to earn his
capacity, including a piece of hardware way onto the U.S. Junior Presidents
that was relatively new: the 2012 NCAA Some might think it all came easy for Cup team.
title. Even Beau Hossler, then a highly the Houston-born prodigy. It didn’t. “That’s a great mark of someone that has
touted freshman, was there. good awareness of what they’re doing, to
MADE U.S. OPEN SPLASH
The visit made a lasting impression on AT AGE 15 where time off doesn’t build up as rust
Hammer, a wide-eyed eighth-grader Hammer arrived on golf’s biggest stage and they can hit their stride pretty
with braces. He made another unofficial quicker than most. At just 15, he shot quickly,” McCormick said.
visit to Austin later that year and was 8 under in his U.S. Open sectional Hammer continued to gain momentum
hooked. By the end of 2013, Hammer
qualifier at Northwood Club in Dallas as he adopted the claw putting grip and
verbally committed to the Longhorns.
to punch his ticket to Chambers Bay. added to his stable of influencers —
“I remember on one of his visits, we He played practice rounds with his Rotella and Dr. Troy Van Biezen, a
were walking around campus and I idols, including Jordan Spieth and personal trainer from Dallas. Rotella
pulled him aside,” said Hammer’s Patrick Reed. He had his own pre- strengthened Hammer’s mind, helping
mother, Allison. “I told him, ‘I know it championship press conference. And he unleash the confidence Hammer had
seems crazy to think of going to college stole the hearts of golf fans around the always possessed.
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Van Biezen helped build up Hammer’s Two months later, Hammer teamed
lanky frame, adding muscle (more than up with LSU signee Garrett Barber
10 pounds since December) and nearly to win the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball
10 mph in clubhead speed. Hammer Championship. He then advanced to
went from the 5-foot-8, 125-pound the semifinals of the U.S. Junior and
kid at Chambers Bay to a 6-foot, followed with truly the biggest win of
160-pound high-school senior who his career to date at the 2018 Western
contemplated enrolling in college a Amateur, where he also was co-medalist
semester early. in stroke play.
“I felt like I had witnessed someone
FINALLY, THE VICTORIES
who had really matured,” said Allison
START COMING
Hammer, who caddied for her son at
One problem: He still hadn’t won a
the Azalea and Western Amateur.
golf tournament.
Hammer capped his summer with
That changed in March 2018 when
another stroke-play medal and
Hammer won the Azalea Invitational at
semifinals trip, at the U.S. Amateur at
the Country Club of Charleston. He
Pebble Beach, which helped him move
lost a big lead on the back nine but Cole with his mother, Allison, walking the fairway
into the top 20 in the amateur rankings.
didn’t break, prevailing in a playoff by during the 2018 Western Amateur
Earlier this year, he was ranked 5th in
sticking an approach shot to 2 feet and
the Scratch Play World Amateur much enthusiasm as Hammer was
making birdie.
Rankings. Cody Gribble.
“I truly believe that was the biggest day
Hammer is one of just five players, “Cody turned things around for us,”
of my golf career so far,” Hammer said
including Bobby Jones, to medal at the Fields said. “Cole has that same
after the victory.
U.S. Amateur and Western Amateur in persona.”
the same year. He also earned a spot on
Hammer is a golf nut. He doesn’t just
the three-man U.S. squad for the World
COLE HAMMER have a practice putting and chipping
HIGHLIGHTS Amateur Team Championship in area in his backyard, he had two golf
Ireland, though that means he’ll miss
holes drilled into the wood floor in his
• 2018 Western Amateur Champion the Longhorns’ season opener in
bedroom, complete with Texas flags.
and Co-Medalist Minnesota.
He also has more hats and golf shirts
• 2018 U.S. Amateur Co-Medalist “To finally win three times this summer, than a pro shop. Among the items on
• 2018 U.S. Amateur Semifinalist it’s huge for my confidence,” Hammer his bedroom walls: a picture of Ben
• 2018 U.S. Four Ball said in September. “The guys I’m going Hogan, two flags signed by Spieth and
Amateur Champion to be playing against in college, I know a framed flag of Pine Valley’s fourth
that I can compete and beat them. I’m hole, where Hammer made his first
• 2018 U.S. Junior
excited to hit the ground running.” hole-in-one.
Amateur Semifinalist
• 2018 Azalea Amateur Champion Hammer has made an immediate He hopes to decorate the walls at
impact as a freshman at Texas, going UT Golf Club with more awards.
• Selected to U.S. World
4-0 in his matches to lead Texas to
Amateur Team “It’s all up there for a reason,” Fields
third-place finish in the Big 12 Match
• Member of 2017 United States Play Tournament in October. This said. “What we want is for our players
Junior Presidents Cup Team March, he tied for first in back-to-back to visualize themselves up there and
get up there as fast as they can.”
• 2017 Byron Nelson International weeks at the Southern Highland
Junior Golf Award Intercollegiate and the Lamkin Grips For the newest Texas star freshman,
• 2016 AJGA Rolex First Team San Diego Classic. the clock is starting now.
All-American Texas head coach John Fields said the (Note: This story appeared in the 2018
• 2015 U.S. Open participant. last player to arrive in Austin with as September issue of Golfweek.)
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25 YEARS AGO AT POINT O’ WOODS
Tiger masters the Western Amateur
it will go in.’ Just a fluke thing that
happened at the right time.”
Tidland birdied the short, par-five
second, but Woods calmly knocked in a
20-foot, downhill, breaking eagle putt
to win the match and advance to the
semifinals.
Tidland played the last eight holes in a
match in seven under par… and lost.
Woods followed his quarterfinal win
with more routine victories in the
semifinals and finals to claim his first
and only Western Amateur title. “This
win means a lot to me,” said Woods.
“All the big tournaments I’ve won until
Tiger Woods during the 1994 Western Amateur.
now have been junior tournaments.
On Saturday, August 6, 1994 — 25 The playoff started on the par-4 first This is a great tournament on a great
years ago next week — several hundred hole at The Point. Tidland dropped his golf course. It really is the Masters of
golf fans following a pair of talented approach shot onto the center of the amateur golf.”
young golfers at Point O’ Woods Golf green, about 20 feet from the cup.
Less than three years later, Woods
& Country Club witnessed the coming Woods, after pulling his drive, had a
stunned the golf world with his record-
of Tiger Woods. good lie from the left rough. Then
breaking victory in professional golf’s
disaster nearly struck, silver-lined with
Playing in a quarterfinal match in the Masters at Augusta National.
a bit of luck.
Western Amateur, Woods sank a 40-foot
Those fortunate enough to have
par-saving putt to halve the first hole of Woods airmailed his approach out of
witnessed Woods’ match against
sudden death, then drained a 20-foot, the rough and hit a woman standing on
Tidland at Point O’ Woods weren’t
downhill eagle putt on the next hole the back of the green. The ball dropped
surprised.
to defeat a charging Chris Tidland. about four or five feet behind the green.
Had the ball not struck a spectator, it — Excerpted and adapted from the
Woods, soon to enter his freshmen year
would have been another 30 feet past Western Golf Association’s
at Stanford, won his next two matches
the green. Centennial Book, “A Century of Golf,”
to claim the 1994 Western Amateur title
by Tim Cronin.
— his first victory in a major amateur Still, Woods faced a nearly impossible
championship. Later that same month, shot, with the pin tucked near the back
Woods won the first of three straight edge of the green, which sloped severely
U.S. Amateur titles. away from him. His pitch rolled 40 feet
past the cup.
Most remarkable about Woods’ win at
the Western Amateur was that Woods’ Tidland appeared to have the match
final two putts came after Tidland, an won, as he had an easy two-putt up
Oklahoma State standout, had turned the hill for par.
in six straight birdies — including a
Woods remained undaunted. He
60-foot chip-in on the 18th — to send
stepped up to his ball and drained the
the match into sudden death.
40-foot putt to save par and send the
With six holes to play, Tiger was 4 up, match to a second playoff hole. “I had
and he played the last six holes in this funny feeling… I saw the line of my
two-under-par. But Tidland’s sextuplet putt,” he told reporters after the match.
birdie string pulled the match all square “I stood over it and said, ‘Just hit it, and
after 18. Tiger Woods with the Western Amateur trophy.
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MEDINAH CC TO HOST 2019 BMW CHAMPIONSHIP
FedExCup Playoff event to add to club’s illustrious history
The 2019 BMW Championship,
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP conducted by the Western Golf
AT A GLANCE Association, will be held August 13–18
Conducted by the Western Golf at Medinah Country Club in
Association to benefit the Evans Medinah, Illinois.
Scholars Foundation, the BMW The BMW Championship is the
Championship is the second of three penultimate event in the PGA TOUR
events in the PGA TOUR Playoffs FedExCup Playoffs, with the TOUR’s
for the FedExCup and determines top 70 players vying to earn a spot in
the final field of 30 for the TOUR the season-ending TOUR
Championship at East Lake Golf Championship.
Club in Atlanta.
The 2019 BMW Championship will
mark the fourth time the WGA’s Keegan Bradley celebrates win at the 2018 BMW
Event Title
professional golf event has been Championship
BMW Championship contested at Medinah, but the first
scholarships to more than 11,800
since 1966.
Date caddies since 1930. More than 100
August 13–18, 2019 “Medinah holds an important place of those caddies have come from
in the history of the Western Golf Medinah. Currently, 985 caddies
Location Association and in the history of golf in are enrolled as Evans Scholars at
Medinah Country Club, Medinah, IL America,” said Vince Pellegrino, WGA universities nationwide.
Senior Vice President of Tournaments.
Purse “The Ryder Cup, PGA Championship MEDINAH COUNTRY CLUB
$9.25 million in prize money and the U.S. Open all have been played Founded in the 1920s by a group of
here, and we look forward to adding Shriners, Medinah Country Club boasts
Field another memorable chapter to this three golf courses, all originally designed
70 finalists in the PGA TOUR club’s great history.” by famed golf course architect Tom
Playoffs for the FedExCup Bendelow. The massive 120,000-square
The event will be played on Medinah’s
foot clubhouse designed by Richard
FedExCup Playoffs famed Course No. 3, a Tom Bendelow Schmid is a unique architectural blend
design that has hosted six major
Penultimate event, Top 70 players with Byzantine, Oriental and Louis XIV
championships and the 2012 Ryder
influences.
Defending Champion Cup; the course is consistently rated
one of the finest and most challenging Medinah Country Club is one of the
Keegan Bradley
in the United States. Chicago area's best known venues for
Title Sponsor championship golf. Course No. 3 has
The 2019 BMW Championship will
BMW of North America, LLC be the fourth time since 2013 that the the Ryder Cup (2012), three U.S.
Opens (1949, 1975, and 1990), two
event is played in the Chicago area, a
Conducted By PGA Championships (1999, 2006),
key market for title sponsor BMW of
Western Golf Association North America. three Western Opens (1946, 1962
and 1966), and other events in the
Volunteers Medinah also has been a steadfast pre-PGA Tour era. Players who have
Estimated 2,000-plus volunteers supporter of the Evans Scholars won at Medinah include such
Foundation, the sole charity of the luminaries as “Lighthorse” Harry
Beneficiary BMW Championship. Since 2007, the Cooper, Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson,
Evans Scholars Foundation event has raised more than $30 million Billy Casper, Gary Player, Hale Irwin
for Evans Scholarships. and Tiger Woods.
Supported by the Western Golf For more information about the
Association, the Foundation has BMW Championship, visit
awarded full tuition and housing www.BMWChampionship.com.
2019 Western Amateur Championship Western Amateur Championship History 39
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HISTORY OF
POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
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HISTORY OF POINT O’ WOODS
GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
In 1954, five Twin-Cities-area residents Robert Trent Jones, one of the leading golf course, and the lake was an ideal
met informally and voiced the opinion golf course architects of the country, was source of water supply for fairways and
that a new country club was needed for contacted and asked if he would inspect greens. Jones was then instructed to
the greater St. Joseph Benton Harbor the location to decide whether it had prepare a tentative layout for the course.
area. Those initially interested in the sufficient possibilities for development
The five “founders” devoted many hours
project were C.E. (Bud) Blake, Charles into a fine golf course. After careful
of work to make the new course a reality.
W. Gore, Richard Merrill, Malcolm study of the terrain, he reported
After about a year of investigation and
Ross and Frederick S. Upton. enthusiastically that it was an ideal
planning, financing was obtained and
location for a championship 18-hole
About that time, approximately Jones was instructed to proceed with
course.
350 acres of land, owned by Donald final plans for the golf course.
H. Ross, became available for such The rolling terrain and trees provided
In the spring of 1957, the first bulldozer
a project. interest and beauty to the contemplated
arrived on the scene to start shaping the
Point O’ Woods golf course.
Building progress was rapid, and during
the months that followed, land was
cleared, fairways were formed and in the
fall of 1957 seed was sown. On June 14,
1958, the course, which only 14 months
earlier had been rugged wooded land,
was opened for play.
It was recognized from the start that the
course was a great one. Golf legends
such as touring professionals Arnold
Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have played
the course. Comments are the same:
“One of the truly great courses in
America.”
That reputation continues to grow.
Golfweek magazine consistently rates
Point O’ Woods among the top courses
in the nation. It is one of only a few
courses in Michigan to have earned a
spot on the Golfweek top courses list.
The 17th hole
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CELEBRATING 61 YEARS…
LIKE FINE WINE, THE POINT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
While Point O’ Woods remains basically
true to its original 1958 Robert Trent
Jones design, some necessary modifica-
tions have taken place over the span of
61 years. In November of 2006, the
slope of the 9th green was reconstructed,
and an earth crossing was developed
along the lake to replace the bridge,
ultimately raising the tee box about
three feet. The project was completed in
May of 2007, to rave reviews. In 2013,
Point O’ Woods erected a new
clubhouse on the property to replace the
mid-century modern architecture of the
Above: A rear view of the original Point O’ Woods Clubhouse Below: Original and updated logo
original structure. Finally, in 2018, the
club upgraded its logo to celebrate the
many pin oaks on the property. Only a
tweak here and a tweak there has been
made over a history dating back 61
years, yet what remains today can be
best described by a quote from Robert
Trent Jones himself, “Perhaps my best
American course.”
POINT O’ WOODS
1958 Point O’ Woods Golf & Country
Club — championship golf with
family and friends — join us.
A rear view of the new Point O’ Woods Clubhouse
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ARCHITECT EXTRAORDINAIRE:
ROBERT TRENT JONES
Robert Trent Jones was born in England to Japan, with more than three dozen
in 1906 but came to America with his of them having played host to national
parents when he was 5 years old. or international championships. RTJ
Jones took up golf as a youngster and has created some of the truly best golf
became a fine player. At the age of 16, courses in America like Peachtree GC,
he set a course record while playing Spyglass Hill GC, Firestone CC,
in the Rochester (NY) City Golf Hazeltine National GC, Robert Trent
championship. In 1927, he was the Jones GC and Point O’ Woods G&CC.
low amateur in the Canadian Open. Jones remodeled a great many other golf
courses, as well. Thanks to his successful
While attending Cornell University,
remodeling of Oakland Hills for the ’51
Jones decided he wanted to be a golf
U.S. Open, Jones also was consistently
course designer. Since the school did
called in to remodel the venues for other
not have a formal program in this
major championships. His two sons,
field, Jones was allowed to set up the
Rees and Robert, Jr., are also renowned
curriculum for a degree in landscape
architecture. golf course architects like their father.
Over the next five decades, Robert Trent In Golfweek’s rankings of America’s best
Jones created plans for over 450 golf golf courses, nearly half of the Top 100
courses in 42 states and 23 countries… were designed by Robert Trent Jones,
from Arizona to Alaska, from Germany Sr., including the Point O’ Woods.
Painting of Robert Trent Jones
John and Mary Muehlstein
congratulate
Bruce Pfa and
Point O’ Woods
for the
2019 Western Amateur
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FORMER WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONS AT POINT O’ WOODS
…A veritable who’s who on the PGA Tour
Ben Crenshaw (1973) Curtis Strange (1974) Phil Mickelson (1991) Justin Leonard (1992–93) Tiger Woods (1994)
WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT O’ WOODS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
40 Year Championship History
Year .65. .662
Champion Runner-up Frank Fuhrer Curt Byrum Patrick Lee Robert Floyd
Medalist Willie Wood Mathew Goggin
Ed Luethke Justin Roof
.630 .65/ .663
Tom Weiskopf Labron Harris Jr. Rick Fehr Tommy Moore Joel Kribel Brett Partridge
Don Voth Rick Fehr Joel Kribel
.632 .650 .664
Bob Smith George Boutell Billy Tuten Kent Kluba Danny Green Andy Miller
Marty Fleckman Roy Biancalana Arron Oberholser
.64. .651 .665
Andy North Barney Thompson John Inman Rocco Mediate Michael Henderson Shawn Koch
Allen Miller Scott Verplank Alberta Ochoa
Tom Watson .652 .666
.64/ Scott Verplank Dave Peege Steve Scott Andy Miller
Gary Sanders Dr. Gil Morgan Scott Verplank Steve Scott
Ben Crenshaw .653 /---
.640 Greg Parker Robert Huxtable Michael Kirk Ben Curtis
Ben Crenshaw Jimmy Ellis Jim Benepe Kyle Thompson
Ben Crenshaw .654 Danny Green
.641 Hugh Royer III Craig Perks /--.
Curtis Strange Jay Haas Len Mattiace Bubba Dickerson Trip Kuehne
Curtis Strange .655 Bubba Dickerson
.642 Chris DiMarco Bill Lundeen Matthew Abbott
Andy Bean Randy Simmons Tom Carr /--/
Robert Byman .656 John Klauk Adam Rubinson
Keith Fergus David Sutherland Tony Mollica Kevin Stadler
Bill Mallon Doug Martin Camillo Villegas
Randy Simmons .66- /--0
.643 Craig Kanada Greg Griffin Chris Botsford J.J. Jakovac
John Stark Mick Soli Scott Frisch Aron Price
Robert Byman .66. /--1
.644 Phil Mickelson Justin Leonard Ryan Moore James Nitties
Jim Nelford Rafael Alarcon Phil Mickelson Aron Price
Lee Mikles .66/ /--2
.645 Justin Leonard David Howser Jamie Lovemark Chris Wilson
Bob Clampett Mark Wiebe John Harris Andres Gonzales
Vance Heafner .660 /--3
.646 Justin Leonard Danny Green Bronson LaCassie Pablo Martin
Hal Sutton Mike Gove Jason Gore Won Joon Lee
Joe Rassett .661 /--4
.65- Tiger Woods Chris Riley Jhared Hack Alex Prugh
Hal Sutton Dave Ogrin Bud Still Lucas Lee
Mark O’Meara /--5
Danny Lee Erik Flores
Danny Lee
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