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Commemorative Program
121stWesternAmateurChampionship
July31–August5,2023
Welcome to the 121st Western Amateur 5
Western Golf Association Welcome 7
North Shore Country Club President Welcome 8
North Shore Country Club Co-Chairs Welcome 9
Sponsor Recognition 10
Introduction 11
Overview: WGA History & Facts at a Glance 12
Overview: Evans Scholars Foundation 15
North Shore Country Club Evans Scholars 16
North Shore Country Club Evans Scholar Profiles 17
Western Amateur Championship History 21
Western Amateur Showcases Future Stars 23
The Western Amateur Returns to North Shore Country Club 24
George R. Thorne Trophy 25
Past Winners of the Western Amateur 26
2022 Western Amateur Recap 28
History of North Shore Country Club 31
North Shore Country Club History 32
Johnny Goodman: The Last Amateur to win the U.S. Open 37
2011 Western Amateur Review — Stars Shine at North Shore 40
Spotlight on Ethan Tracy — Winner of the 2011 Western Amateur 41
The Championship 43
Tournament Format and Schedule 44
Spectator Rules 44
Future Sites of the Western Amateur 45
The North Shore Country Club Golf Course 46
Course Map 46
Hole-by-Hole Photos 49
North Shore Country Club Goes “Organic” 84
North Shore Country Club
Professionals and Acknowledgments 87
General Manager Kyle Ruch 88
Head Golf Professional Shaun McElroy 88
Caddiemaster Adam Brockway 89
Director of Agronomy Dan Dinelli 90
Grounds and Greens Superintendent Jacob Miskiewicz 91
The North Shore Country Club Foundation 92
North Shore Country Club Board of Governors 94
In Appreciation 95
Index 96
2023 Western Amateur Championship Commemorative Program 3
Publishers/Editors
Brian Johnson and David Selby
Design & Production
Innovative Design & Graphics
North Shore Country Club
President
J. Scott Barnes
Artist Cassy Tully works on a painting to commemorate the 121st Western Amateur Championship.
Vice President
Cover: Cassy Tully, whose golf and Painted in Cassy’s signature relief- James K. Placio
lifestyle paintings are collected sculpting style, it incorporates actual Tournament Co-Chairs
Reb Banas and Brad Rendell
internationally, was commissioned by sand from the 9th hole. Cassy, whose
North Shore Country Club to create an roots are in Wisconsin but who now Head Golf Professional
Shaun McElroy, PGA
original painting to commemorate the resides in Florida, has created paintings
Director of Agronomy
121st Western Amateur. The original 24- for the Ryder Cup, PGA Championship
Dan Dinelli
by 30-inch canvas depicts North Shore’s and BMW Championship, to name a
Grounds and Greens
challenging par-4, 412-yard ninth hole few, but this one was really special.
Superintendent
and features a Western Amateur golfer “It was an honor to paint for the 121st Jacob Miskiewicz
accompanied by an Evans Scholar Western Amateur. I am excited to see General Manager
caddie approaching the green with what the future holds for the best in Kyle M. Ruch
North Shore’s iconic clubhouse in amateur golf.”
the background. Western Golf Association
Thank you, Cassy! We were thrilled Chairman
to partner with you in creating this Joseph M. Desch
beautiful and special piece of art that is Vice Chairman
featured on the cover of this program. Steven J. Colnitis
Chairman,
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Western Amateur We hope all of you enjoy it and have a Tournament Committee
JULY 31–AUGUST 5, 2023 wonderful and exciting week! Michael D. Bruni
President & CEO
John M. Kaczkowski
Senior Vice President,
Tournaments
Vince Pellegrino
Vice President,
Tournament Operations
Patrick Timson
Director,
Amateur Competitions
Steve Prioletti
Senior Director,
North Shore Country Club Communications
GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS John Paul Borneman
4 Welcome North Shore Country Club
Welcome to the
121st Western Amateur
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Welcome from the
Western GolfAssociation
Since 1899, the Western Golf Association has been proud
to conduct the Western Amateur, an international
championship as prestigious and challenging as any
in the game of golf.
This week, we welcome our 2023 Western Amateur
contestants and fans to North Shore Country Club,
one of the most revered clubs in the Chicago area.
Designed by the legendary duo of Harry S. Colt and
Charles H. Alison, North Shore remains a test worthy
of the best players in the game. The Western Open,
U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur and Western Amateur have Joe Desch John Kaczkowski
Chairman of the Board President & CEO
all been decided on these historic grounds. Western Golf Association Western Golf Association
This week marks the Western Amateur’s first visit to
North Shore since 2011, when Ethan Tracy outlasted a
virtual “who’s who” on today’s PGA TOUR. He stared We wish our competitors well in their quest for
down Patrick Cantlay — then the world’s top-ranked greatness this week, and we offer a very heartfelt
amateur and now the winner of consecutive BMW thank you to North Shore Country Club’s members
Championships on the PGA TOUR — in the final, and staff for hosting this 121st playing of the
winning 1 up. We can’t wait to see what North Shore Western Amateur.
does for an encore this week.
Best wishes,
We’d also like to thank North Shore’s members for
being reliable supporters of youth caddying and the Joe Desch
Evans Scholars Foundation, the beneficiary of all Chairman of the Board
proceeds from this week. Since 1930, 62 North Shore Western Golf Association
caddies have been awarded full tuition and housing
John Kaczkowski
Evans Scholarships, including seven students who will
President & CEO
be attending leading universities this fall. Through
Western Golf Association
their support of this championship, North Shore’s
members have made a real difference in the lives of
young men and women nationwide. We are so grateful
for their generosity.
Over the next few days, this field of 156 players will
compete in a grueling format designed to identify the
very best. Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet, Jack Nicklaus,
Justin Leonard and Tiger Woods all toppled fields of
their peers to have their names etched on the George R.
Thorne Trophy.
2023 Western Amateur Championship Welcome 7
Welcome to North Shore CountryClub and
the 121stWesternAmateurChampionship
On behalf of the Board of Governors and the entire membership of
North Shore Country Club, I am thrilled to welcome you to the 121st
Western Amateur. We are honored to again be hosting this prestigious
national championship which is truly the toughest test in amateur golf,
and we are all looking forward to a spectacular week featuring the most
accomplished amateur golfers in the game today.
North Shore has had a deep love affair and storied history with amateur
golf having hosted the U.S. Amateur on two occasions, been the course
where the last amateur won the U.S. Open and hosting the Western Amateur
in 2011 where the field included many of today’s PGA TOUR stars — Jordan
Spieth, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay, to name a few. In fact, many of
golf’s greatest players have etched their name on the George R. Thorne
Trophy awarded to the Western Amateur champion, including Jack Nicklaus,
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr., Ben Crenshaw,
Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton and Justin Leonard. Just think about that as
you watch the incredible play of this year’s talented field!
J. Scott Barnes
President, North Shore Country Club I want to thank all of those who have dedicated so much of their time,
passion and energy to make this week happen, especially our tournament
co-chairs Reb Banas and Brad Rendell, and their committee, for their
extraordinary commitment. Without them, and all of our members who
have volunteered their talents, none of this would be possible. Thank you
for your support, encouragement and generosity over the past almost
two years of planning!
And of course, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Joe Desch, John Kaczkowski
and Steve Prioletti of the Western Golf Association for their support and
guidance and the trust they have placed in North Shore to host this
important tournament. We admire the WGA and are honored to share in
their outstanding mission in supporting the Evans Scholars Foundation,
which awards full tuition and housing college scholarships to high-
achieving caddies with limited financial means. So this week is not
just about world-class golf; it’s about making a significant financial
contribution to an outstanding organization.
Thank you, and best wishes for an incredible week!
J. Scott Barnes
President, North Shore Country Club
8 Welcome North Shore Country Club
Welcome from the
North Shore CountryClub Co-Chairs
As the proud host of the 121st Western Amateur,
North Shore Country Club is honored to welcome
the world’s top amateur golfers. This event has a
rich tradition that we look forward to continuing.
The players competing in this week’s tournament
are the future professionals of the game of golf.
It’s no small task to continue this tradition in 2023
at North Shore. On behalf of our entire tournament
committee, NSCC Staff, and the hundreds of volunteers
who are assisting them, we want to welcome you to the
2023 Western Amateur Championship. This week is Reb Banas Brad Rendell
Co-Chair Co-Chair
the culmination of nearly two years of planning and 2023 Western Amateur 2023 Western Amateur
preparation by our members to host this prestigious
golf event. If all holds true of our memories of
hosting the Western Amateur in 2011, we anticipate as a caddie during his youth in Omaha, Nebraska.
you all will have an equally memorable experience, On behalf of the WGA, North Shore has presented
and we thank everyone for the patronage. his son with a Caddie Hall of Fame plaque that will be
For years, North Shore has been a supporter of the displayed in the NSCC clubhouse to serve as reminder
Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars for all of us of our dedication to a caddie program that
Foundation. NSCC has 55 Evans Scholar Alumni continues to provide countless opportunities for so
and seven current Evans Scholars. This type of many young men and women today.
support from our membership and numerous other Finally, to all our contestants, we wish you well in the
clubs has enabled the WGA-supported Evans Scholars competition ahead. Our mission is to assure that you
Foundation to grow the scholarship level to over each has a meaningful golf experience and enjoy
1,100 well deserving young men and women on an NSCC’s hospitality to its fullest. We hope you find
annual basis. our golf course as much fun to play on as our
Not only is it our aspirational goal of delivering a world membership does.
class amateur golf tournament, but also funding three Good luck to all.
permanent additional Evans Scholarships in the name
of North Shore Country Club. Coincidentally this week, Sincerely,
we are officially welcoming Johnny Goodman into the
Caddie Hall of Fame and celebrating Johnny’s amazing Reb Banas
victory at NSCC 90 years ago in 1933 as he became the Brad Rendell
last amateur to win the U.S. Open. Co-Chairmen
2023 Western Amateur
Johnny is one of only five amateurs to win both the
U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open — the others are Chick
Evans, Francis Ouimet, Bobby Jones, and Jerome Travis.
Johnny — like Chick and Francis — learned the game
2023 Western Amateur Championship Welcome 9
TSponsorRecognition
R2023Western Amateur
Chick Evans, Jr. ($50,000+) Ethan Tracy (Cont.) Friends of NSCC (Cont.)
John Lynch McNamara Purcell Foundation Mark Hennessy
Francis Morley Thomas Mansour Robert Huffman
Heather L. Hodur Penn John McDonagh James Hughes
Michael McGuire James Jennings
C.H. Alison and H.S. Colt
($25,000+) Michael Menyhart Brian Johnson
Daniel O’Donovan John Kane
Reb Banas
John Reed Perkaus Lawrence Keefe
John Greisch
James Sherman James Kenny
Christopher Prassas
Christopher Smyth Meghan Koeppel
Johnny Goodman ($15,000+) John Stanzi Harrison Kortz
Arthur Oliver Matthew Swaim Peter Lee
Brad and R. Mills Rendell Joseph Walker James Lyman
Benedict and Carolyn Rocchio Meghan Zuercher John Marten
Brian Martin
Friends of NSCC
Ethan Tracy ($5,000+) Thomas McGrath
(Under $5,000)
Allen Ashley Kevin Mocogni
Anonymous
Anne Baetz Brian Morrisroe
Richard Adler
Greg and Vicki Bednar James Baisley Christopher Nicolau
Matthew Beitzel Brien O’Brien
J. Scott Barnes
Frederick Blesi C. Eduard Bjorncrantz Cyrus Oelerich
Andrew Bozzelli Kory Blumer Kevin Ostich
Michael Choate James Boris Adam Palmer
James R. Christensen Peter Broccolo Robert Parkinson
Philip Corboy Robert Browne David Purcell
Kent Dauten H. James Cantwell Brendan Reedy
Alan and Katie Devey Arthur Collins Todd Schirmang
Daniel Dickinson Mary Jo Corby Steve and Kathy Schulte
Jay Greenstein David Crosswhite David and Laura Selby
Andrew and Stephanie Selby
Michael Greisch Joseph Daul
Timothy Haggerty Ryan Devore Patrick Shea
Joseph Shelly
John Hammond John and Patrice DeCorrevont
Michael Sorrow
Randall Harmer William Doyle
Michael Stone
Peter Hendrick Kitty Egan
James Sullivan
Edward Hungler Francis Egan Jeff Urban
John Jennings Nate Fansler
John Walden
Daniel Keenan Jonathon Felter Matthew Walch and
William Brooks Keenan Steven Fortier Sandra Muhlenbeck Walch
Thomas Klonecki Daniel Guerin Christopher Willis
James Ktsanes L. Timothy Halleron Greg Wikpe
Eric Lussen Paul Hamill Thomas Wuellner
Kevin Lynch Matthew Hayes William Zanoni
— Includes all contributions and support committed as of June 23, 2023. —
We wish to thank those who donated items for the live auction supporting the Championship and the Evans Scholars Foundation.
Introduction
Western GolfAssociation
Championshipssince1899,scholarshipssince1930
Founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf THE WESTERN AMATEUR NV5 INVITATIONAL
clubs, the Western Golf Association
The Western Amateur championship PRESENTED BY
conducts six championships annually,
showcases the rising stars of the game. OLD NATIONAL BANK
including this week’s Western Amateur
It consistently ranks among the world’s The Korn Ferry Tour and the Western
hosted by North Shore Country Club
top amateur tournaments. The roster Golf Association conduct the NV5
in Glenview, Illinois.
of past champions reads like a “Who’s Invitational presented by Old National
In addition to the Western Amateur, the Who” of American golf, including Jack Bank, which made its debut on the
WGA conducts the BMW Championship Nicklaus, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Tour in 2019. The NV5 Invitational is a
on the PGA TOUR, the NV5 Invitational Tiger Woods and eight-time winner showcase for golf’s next generation of
presented by Old National Bank on the Chick Evans. stars. Scottie Scheffler — who won The
Korn Ferry Tour, the Western Junior Masters in 2022 and reached No. 1 in
and the Women’s Western Amateur THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP the world — won the inaugural event
and Women’s Western Junior. First held in 1899 as the Western Open, in 2019, and PGA TOUR star Cameron
the BMW Championship is the second Young was the winner in 2021. All
More than 450 clubs in states
of three PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoff proceeds from the event benefit the
throughout the nation are members of
events. The championship’s J.K. Wadley Evans Scholars Foundation.
the WGA. Since 1930, the WGA also has
Trophy has been engraved with the
supported the nationally acclaimed
names of nearly all of golf’s greatest THE WESTERN JUNIOR
Evans Scholars Foundation, which
legends, including Ben Hogan, Arnold Established in 1914, the Western Junior
administers the nation’s largest college
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Championship continues to draw the
scholarship programs for caddies. The
Since 2007, the BMW Championship finest junior players from across the
Foundation has provided college
has raised more than $44 million for United States and the world. The event
educations to more than 13,000 caddies.
the Evans Scholars Foundation, the has long served as a testing ground for
event’s sole beneficiary. the top players of the future, including
current PGA TOUR standouts Tiger
The new home of the Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars Foundation
12 Introduction North Shore Country Club
Woods, Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa WOMEN’S WESTERN
and Scottie Scheffler. The tournament, JUNIOR
the oldest national junior championship,
The WGA partners with the WWGA
is an invitational competition, with
to administer the Women’s Western
competitors ages 15 to 19 and a handicap
Junior, which was first held in 1920. The
of three or less eligible to apply.
championship features an outstanding
field of competitors, many of whom go
WOMEN’S WESTERN on to become top amateur and college
AMATEUR players. Notable past champions
The WGA partners with the Women’s include Cristie Kerr (1994), Grace Park
Western Golf Association to administer (1993) and Nancy Lopez (1972–74).
the Women’s Western Amateur. Held
For more information,
without interruption since 1901, this
visit wgaesf.org.
event is one of the oldest annual
championships in women’s amateur
golf. The list of past champions includes
current stars and legends of the LPGA
Tour, including Ariya Jutanugarn (2012),
Stacy Lewis (2006), Brittany Lang
Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, winner of the
(2003), Grace Park (1998), Cristie Kerr
2022 Women’s Western Amateur
(1995) and Nancy Lopez (1976).
FACTS AT A GLANCE
OurChampionships OurEvans Scholars Program Funding
• In 2023, we are conducting six • 325 full tuition and housing • Nation’s largest scholarship
of the nation’s most prestigious awards this year program for golf caddies
golf championships
• 1,100 Evans Scholars enrolled at • More than 36,000 annual
• More than 350 championships 22 universities for the 2022–23 Par Club members
held for professional and amateur academic year
• Program ambassadors include
golfers since our founding
• Evans Scholarship Houses at more than 1,100 WGA Directors
• 50 top PGA TOUR players compete 17 universities nationwide
in the BMW Championship
• Comprehensive selection criteria • More than $450 million in tuition
• 2,500 volunteers support our includes academics, financial need, and housing scholarships awarded
championships caddie record and strong character all-time
and leadership
• Average total value of an Evans
• Campus leaders in academic and Scholarship is more than
extracurricular activities $125,000 over four years
• Cumulative 3.3 GPA • Alumni have contributed more
than $205 million to the Program
• Graduation rate is 95 percent
• $27 million in annual scholarship
• More than 11,815
costs for the 2022–23 academic year
Evans Scholars Alumni
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The Evans Scholars Foundation
Recordnumberof studentsawardedfullcollegescholarships
This past winter, a record 325 students
from across the country have been
awarded the Evans Scholarship, a
prestigious full housing and tuition
college grant offered to golf caddies.
Each caddie has a unique story that
reflects the scholarship’s four selection
criteria: a strong caddie record,
excellent academics, demonstrated
financial need and outstanding
character. Recipients were interviewed
at one of more than 20 selection
meetings across the country, from
November through March.
They will begin college as Evans
Scholars this fall, attending one of 24
leading universities across the nation.
There are 1,100 Evans Scholars in school.
The Evans Scholarship is valued at more
than $125,000 over four years. The Western Golf Association, members of the Evans Scholars Par Club
headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, has program. Evans Scholars Alumni donate
“These young men and women are part
supported the Chick Evans Scholarship more than $17 million annually, and all
of an exceptional incoming class of New
Program through the Evans Scholars proceeds from the BMW Championship,
Scholars from around the nation,” said
Foundation since 1930. Known as one of the penultimate PGA TOUR Playoff
WGA Chairman Joe Desch. “They
golf’s favorite charities, it is the nation’s event in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup
represent what the Evans Scholars
largest scholarship program for caddies. competition, are donated to the Evans
Program has been about since 1930.”
Scholars Foundation. In 2023, the BMW
There were a record 1,100 Evans
Championship will be held at Olympia
Scholars enrolled at 22 universities
Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields,
across the nation last year, and more
Illinois, from Aug. 15–20.
than 11,815 caddies have graduated as
Evans Scholars since the program was To learn more about the WGA and ESF,
founded by famed Chicago amateur visit wgaesf.org.
golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr.
“These young students have each shown
excellence in the classroom, in their
communities and on the golf course,”
said WGA President and CEO John
Kaczkowski. “We are proud to welcome
them to the Evans Scholars family.”
The support of local golf and country
clubs and partnering golf associations
has been an integral part of the success
of the Evans Scholars Program.
Scholarship funds come mostly from
contributions by more than 36,000
supporters across the country, who are
A caddie on the green Evans Scholars living in community
2023 Western Amateur Championship Introduction 15
North Shore CountryClub
Evans ScholarsAlumni and Scholars
Vince Sharpe Jason Hidy
University of Illinois 1985 Northern Illinois University 2011
John Pasquesi Katie Mireles
University of Illinois 1986 Marquette University 2018
Joe Gembala Biridiana Guerrero
University of Illinois 1987 Purdue University 2019
Gary Gillen Niko Katsinis
Marquette University 1987 Indiana University 2019
Tom Dwyer Maggie McPike
Marquette University 1988 Marquette University 2019
Tom Brand Peter Walaszek
University of Illinois 1989 Miami University 2019
Mike Klatt Chris Andrew
North Shore Country Club is proud to University of Missouri 1993 University of Colorado 2020
have had 55 of its caddies graduate from Dan Kohler Katie Coy
Indiana University 1994 Marquette University 2020
college as Evans Scholars and seven
caddies currently enrolled in college Marc Metz Jessie Narvaez
University of Illinois 1994 Marquette University 2020
as Evans Scholars.
Phil Kohler Erika Rodriguez
Name Marquette University 1996 Northwestern University 2020
University Grad Year
Nick Ryan Chaterria Thornton
Indiana University 1996 Marquette University 2020
ALUMNI
Rich Merson Hailey Werth
Pete Pankow University of Illinois 1997 Miami University 2020
Northwestern University 1946
Darren Samuelsohn Eveline Adamski
Roland Eckstein University of Missouri 1997 University of Illinois 2021
Loyola University Chicago 1955
Jamie English Juju Andino
Rudy Zwolfer University of Illinois 1998 University of Illinois 2021
Loyola University Chicago 1955
Ray Ryan Monika Walaszek
Jack Sauer Northwestern University 1998 University of Illinois 2022
Northwestern University 1956
Sergio Calvo
Don Barr University of Illinois 1999
University of Notre Dame 1957 SCHOLARS
Louis Hernandez Travis Cunningham
Don Eckstein University of Illinois 2001 University of Michigan 2025
Northwestern University 1957
Allison English Chris Rosado
Jerry Goettsche University of Illinois 2004 Northwestern University 2025
University of Illinois 1959
Mary Hernandez de Carl Liam Hand
Howard Sauer University of Illinois 2004 Miami University 2026
Northwestern University 1960
Dave Lee Desmond Jones
Arnie Jurevics University of Illinois 2004 University of Missouri 2026
Northwestern University 1961
Adam Liebman Miguel Martinez
Tom Goettsche Northern Illinois University 2006 University of Oregon 2027
University of Illinois 1963
Blake Perkins Isaec Valencia
Tom Batina University of Illinois 2006 Northwestern University 2027
University of Illinois 1976
Vince DiPrima Mateusz Walaszek
Brad Kroll University of Illinois 2007 University of Illinois 2027
University of Illinois 1978
Darek Wojewnik
Rick Batliner Indiana University 2007
Indiana University 1979
Jason Quillin
Steve Zimmer Indiana University 2009
Northwestern University 1984
Dan Williams
Indiana University 2010
16 Introduction North Shore Country Club
North Shore CountryClub Evans ScholarProfiles
Chris Rosado Desmond Jones Isaec Valencia
Northwestern University of Northwestern
University Missouri University
Class of 2025 Class of 2026 Class of 2027
Major: Major: Major:
Sociology Information Biological Sciences
Technology and
Spanish
CHRIS ROSADO DESMOND JONES ISAEC VALENCIA
Junior, Northwestern University Sophomore, University of Missouri Newly Awarded Evans Scholar
Chris Rosado learned how to adapt Desmond Jones is a shining example A proud native of Boyle Heights — a
and grow at a young age. When he of resilience and determination. historic Chicano/Mexican-American
was in high school, he came across neighborhood in Los Angeles — Isaec
Coming from Chicago, Desmond found
an opportunity that changed the Valencia began his pursuit of the Evans
community and inspiration at the WGA
trajectory of his life. Scholarship by giving up football to join
Caddie Academy. The Caddie Academy
the WGA Caddie Academy.
Chris enrolled in the WGA Caddie provided not only a glimpse into the
Academy, traveling 2,000 miles from professional world, but a sense of Isaec was raised by his single mother
his Los Angeles home to Chicago’s North purpose throughout high school. who worked tirelessly to provide him
Shore. Living in the Northwestern Evans with a private education. As a result,
Before long, caddying at North Shore
Scholarship House and caddying at he has always been driven to make the
Country Club became an integral
North Shore Country Club exposed him most of his opportunities. Caddying
part of Desmond’s summers.
to a whole newworld of possibilities. at North Shore Country Club helped
Desmond honed an ability to engage
He credits the members at North Shore Isaec realize his ambition to pursue
in meaningful conversations with
for helping him realize his career goals higher education and a degree in
individuals from diverse backgrounds,
and pursue the Evans Scholarship. biological sciences.
breaking down barriers and finding
Chris received his award letter from common ground. North Shore’s The Evans Scholarship will make it
the Evans Scholars Foundation on welcoming environment pushed all possible.
Dec. 24, but he waited one day to open Desmond to connect with players
“This scholarship was a huge financial
it so that his aunt and grandmother and fellow caddies who at first
burden lifted off my family and myself,”
could be there. seemed different.
he said. “It gives me the ability to
“There was some crying,” Rosado said. The skills cultivated through caddying continue to work hard and make my
“I may have shed a tear or two. Tears permeated every aspect of Desmond’s family proud.”
of joy.” life. Dedication on the golf course
Just as he found this sense of
translated to the classroom, propelling
Today, Chris is a junior at Northwestern. community at North Shore, Isaec
Desmond to earn an Evans Scholarship
Driven by his experiences and the hopes to support individuals from
to Missouri.
invaluable connections he made at the various backgrounds, gaining new
Caddie Academy, he’s seizing every As a first-generation college student, perspectives and broadening his
opportunity to learn while pursuing a Desmond is pursuing a major in horizons on his path to becoming a
degree in sociology. information technology and Spanish. family physician after graduation.
2023 Western Amateur Championship Introduction 17
North Shore Country Club Evans Scholar Profiles
Liam Hand Matt Walaszek Miguel Martinez
Miami University University of Illinois University of
Oregon
Class of 2026 Class of 2027
Class of 2027
Major: Major:
Architecture Engineering Major:
Film and Television
Production
LIAM HAND MATT WALASZEK MIGUEL MARTINEZ
Sophomore, Miami University Newly Awarded Evans Scholar Newly Awarded Evans Scholar
Liam Hand fondly remembers his Matt Walaszek’s journey to college From the moment Miguel Martinez
first day of caddie training at North began when he was introduced to the embraced caddying, he knew he had
Shore Country Club. He was an eager game of golf in eighth grade. He was found an opportunity.
seventh grader, and despite having no unaware of the impact the game — and
The greens and fairways at North Shore
experience on a golf course, he was the North Shore Country Club caddie
Country Club became his classroom,
committed to giving his best effort. program — would have on that journey.
and the golfers became his mentors.
“I was the first to volunteer to caddie The son of Polish immigrants, Matt was Through three years worth of loops as a
the first hole,” he said. “I had never inspired by watching his cousin and member of the WGA Caddie Academy,
played golf or caddied, and as I picked sister become first-generation college Miguel honed his skills. He absorbed
up the bag, I was holding the clubs the students after earning the Evans knowledge about the game and learned
wrong way.” Scholarship. He saw caddying as an valuable life lessons along the way.
opportunity to honor his parents’
He can look back on that moment and Miguel not only cultivated a deep love
sacrifices and pursue a better future.
laugh because he realizes it was a for golf but also discovered his true
valuable lesson in being resilient and For four years, Matt dedicated himself potential. The Caddie Academy gave
learning from his mistakes. He draws to caddying, soaking up knowledge him a platform to thrive. His journey
similar inspiration from his father, an and forming connections with club took a turn when he earned an Evans
immigrant from Ireland who taught members. Embracing the tradition of Scholarship. The Scholarship opened
Liam that dreams are realized through mentorship, he eagerly guided younger doors to a world of possibilities and
determination. caddies, passing on the skills and advice gave him a chance to pursue higher
he received. education without placing an
Liam became the embodiment of his
overwhelming financial burden on
father’s determination, completing With dreams of becoming an engineer,
his mother in California.
460 loops at North Shore while the Evans Scholarship represented a
competing in two varsity sports at transformative opportunity for Matt, A creative at heart, Miguel hopes to
Loyola Academy and regularly enabling him to pursue higher pursue a career as a filmmaker while
volunteering his time around Glenview. education without taking on beginning studies at the University of
debilitating student loans. Oregon this fall.
That commitment to self-improvement
led Liam to Miami University, where he
is majoring in architecture.
18 Introduction North Shore Country Club
Travis Cunningham TRAVIS CUNNINGHAM the classroom and his community to
fulfill his dreams of going to college. He
University of Junior, University of Michigan
Michigan enrolled in the WGA Caddie Academy
Travis Cunningham does not struggle and began caddying at North Shore
Class of 2025
with motivation. Country Club, where he learned the
Major:
Mechanical As a second child growing up on the power of collaboration and the
Engineering importance of responsibility.
south side of Chicago, Travis often felt
the weight of comparisons with his Travis always loved math and problem
older brother. He committed himself solving and quickly learned that
to pursuing challenges that would help those skills could carry him to college.
him develop into a stronger leader. He earned an Evans Scholarship to
Michigan and is now working toward
Coming from a single-parent
a degree in mechanical engineering.
household, he knew it would take an
extensive record of achievement inside
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Showcases Golf’s Future Stars
When Tiger Woods won the Western including Davis Thompson (2019 In 1971, the Western Amateur moved
Amateur in 1994, he called the event medalist), Doug Ghim (2014 medalist), to Point O’ Woods Golf & Country
“the Masters of amateur golf.” Patrick Rodgers (2013 medalist), Club in Benton Harbor, Michigan, an
CT Pan (2010 and 2009 medalist), esteemed Robert Trent Jones course,
It’s an apt description.
Danny Lee (2008 champion), where it remained through 2008. The
Founded in 1899, the Western
Ryan Moore (2004 champion), Point O’ Woods era produced such
Amateur is the world’s third-oldest Camilo Villegas and Kevin Stadler champions as Woods, Mickelson,
amateur event, along with the British (2002 co-medalists), Andres Gonzales Sutton, Strange and Crenshaw.
Amateur (1885) and the U.S. Amateur
(2005 medalist) and Arron Oberholser
(1895). In addition to the purity of its The Western Amateur returned to the
(1997 medalist). Chicago area in 2009 when the
golf tradition, the Western Amateur
Early in its history, the Western Golf championship was conducted at
continues to attract the best amateurs
Association conducted the Western Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest,
in the world and showcases their
Amateur at premier golf courses in site of the 2017 BMW Championship,
skills in a format widely viewed as
the Chicago area. The tournament also conducted by the WGA.
the most demanding in the game.
soon began moving to revered courses
Western Amateur champions No matter where it’s played, the
around the country while regularly
have gone on to win 54 major Western Amateur brings with it a
rotating back to the Chicago area. peerless tradition and unparalleled
championships, with Jack Nicklaus
competition.
(18 majors) and Tiger Woods (15
majors) leading the way.
Other Western Amateur champions
who went on to win majors span the
20th Century, from H.C. Egan in 1902
(four U.S. Opens) to Charles “Chick”
Evans in 1909 (U.S. Open) to Nicklaus
in 1961 to Phil Mickelson in 1991
(six majors) and Woods in 1994.
Evans, Nicklaus and Woods are the
only three golfers to have won the
Western Amateur, Western Open,
U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open.
Francis Ouimet (1917), Tommy Aaron
(1960), Tom Weiskopf (1963), Lanny
Wadkins (1970), Ben Crenshaw (1973),
Curtis Strange (1974), Hal Sutton
(1979–80), and Justin Leonard
(1992–93) are other esteemed Western
Amateur champions who have gone
on to win professional majors.
In addition, the Western Amateur’s
72-hole stroke play medalists include
such major champions as the
legendary Bobby Jones (1920),
Tom Kite (1970), Tom Watson (1971)
and Mark O’Meara (1980).
In recent years, a number of Western
From left to right. Row 1: 1904 Western Amateur Exmoor CC, Chick Evans, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus
Amateur champions and medalists
Row 2: Phil Mickelson and Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson
have made it to the PGA TOUR, Row 3: Rickie Fowler, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas
2023 Western Amateur Championship Western Amateur Championship History 23
TheWesternAmateurReturns
to North Shore Country Club
The Western Amateur’s combination of
stroke play and match play competition
makes it one of the most demanding
events in golf. The international field of
156 players will compete in 72 holes of
stroke play over three days to determine
the “Sweet Sixteen” for match play.
That group represents the best players
in amateur golf. The collective
accomplishments of the Western
Amateur’s Sweet Sixteen include 14
PGA TOUR wins during the 2019–20
season, 27 major championships since
2000 and 18 PGA TOUR Player of the
Year Awards since 1990.
Ethan Tracy, winner of the 2011 Western Amateur at NSCC
The 2023 Western Amateur is bringing outlasted a virtual “who’s who” on In addition to playing a role in the
founding of the WGA, North Shore
a decorated field of the world’s best today’s PGA TOUR. He defeated
amateur golfers to historic North Shore Patrick Cantlay — then the world’s top- Country Club has been a committed
supporter of the Evans Scholars
Country Club in Glenview this week. ranked amateur and now a winner of
Foundation. Established in 1930
consecutive BMW Championships on
First held in 1899, the Western Amateur by Chick Evans and the WGA, the
the PGA TOUR — 1 up in the final.
features one of the deepest and Foundation has awarded full
Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Max
strongest fields in amateur golf, as tuition and housing college
Homa, Keith Mitchell, Mackenzie
well as the game’s most grueling format. scholarships to more than 13,000
Hughes, Emiliano Grillo, Patrick
It is the world’s third oldest amateur caddies, including 1,100 students
Rodgers, Russell Henley, and Wyndham
championship, behind only the British who are currently in school.
Clark were all in the field that week.
Amateur (1885) and the U.S. Amateur
Sixty-two of those recipients caddied
(1895), and attracts top-ranked players “Once again, North Shore is prepared
from around the world. Past Western to put the best amateur players in the at North Shore Country Club, including
seven Evans Scholars who will be
Amateur champions include Jack world to the test,” said Vince Pellegrino,
Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Crenshaw, WGA senior vice president of attending leading universities
nationwide this fall.
Justin Leonard, Curtis Strange and tournaments. “We’re honored to bring
Chick Evans. the Western Amateur back to a club that
has produced so many great champions.”
Located on its current site since 1924,
North Shore Country Club was designed
by the legendary architecture duo of
Harry S. Colt and Charles H. Alison. The
club has hosted a number of high-level
championships, including the 1928
Western Open, the 1933 U.S. Open, the
1939 and 1983 U.S. Amateurs and the
2011 Western Amateur. North Shore
also hosted the Encompass
Championship on the PGA TOUR
Champions from 2013 to 2015.
When North Shore hosted the
Western Amateur in 2011, Ethan Tracy Patrick Cantlay tees off at NSCC during the 2011 Western Amateur
24 Western Amateur Championship History North Shore Country Club
WesternAmateur’s George R.ThorneTrophy
A detailed shot of the previous champions’ engraved names on the George R. Thorne Trophy
George R. Thorne
The George R. Thorne trophy is 1900–1901. Mr. Thorne, president
presented each year to the Western of Montgomery Ward and Company,
Amateur champion. On the base of the founded Midlothian Country Club in
trophy are plates with the names of all 1898. A year later, the club became
previous champions, and the newest one of the original 11 member clubs
champion’s name is added after the of the WGA.
championship is concluded. The trophy
Mr. Thorne was so delighted by the
is permanently displayed at Western
success of the first Western Amateur,
Golf Association headquarters in
he donated $500 to buy the Western
Glenview, Illinois. The champion
Amateur trophy that today still carries
receives a second trophy for his
his name.
permanent possession.
The trophy honors George R. Thorne,
the WGA’s first treasurer in 1899 and
the WGA’s second president in
WINNERS, 2022–1899 2016 3 and 1 2008 4 and 2
Year Score Dylan Meyer Sam Horsfield Danny Lee Erik Flores
Winner Runner-up 2015 20 holes 2007 1 up
Dawson Armstrong Aaron Wise Jhared Hack Alex Prugh
2022 1 up 2014 2 up 2006 2 and 1
Austin Greaser Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira Beau Hossler Xander Schauffele Bronson La’Cassie Pablo Martin
2021 4 and 3 2013 3 and 2 2005 3 and 2
Michael Thorbjornsen Gordon Sargent Jordan Niebrugge Sean Dale Jamie Lovemark Chris Wilson
2020 2 and 1 2012 1 up 2004 19 holes
PiercesonCoodyRasmusNeergaard-Petersen Chris Williams Jordan Russell Ryan Moore James Nitties
2019 3 and 2 2011 1 up 2003 3 and 2
Garrett Rank Daniel Wetterich Ethan Tracy Patrick Cantlay Chris Botsford J.J. Jakovac
2018 1 up 2010 2 and 1 2002 6 and 5
Cole Hammer Davis Riley David Chung Gregor Main John Klauk Adam Rubinson
2017 22 holes 2009 3 and 2 2001 6 and 4
Norman Xiong Doc Redman John Hahn Zach Barlow Bubba Dickerson Trip Kuehne
2023 Western Amateur Championship Western Amateur Championship History 25
PastWinnerHighlights
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- Ryan Moore Justin Leonard
(2004) (1992–93)
three past Western Amateur champions
— including icons like Jack Nicklaus,
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson —
have won major championships.
Since the Western Amateur adopted the
format featuring 16 match play qualifiers
in 1956, 38 players have won 90 major
professional championships. Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson
(1994) (1991)
…continued from previous page 1984 3 and 2 1967 3 and 1
John Inman Rocco Mediate Bob Smith Marty Fleckman
2000 2 and 1 1983 2 up 1966 1 up
Michael Kirk Ben Curtis Billy Tuten Kent Kluba Jim Wiechers Ron Cerrudo
1999 2 and 1 1982 5 and 3 1965 19 holes
Steve Scott Andy Miller Rick Fehr Tommy Moore Bob Smith George Boutell
1998 1 up 1981 2 and 1 1964 3 and 2
Michael Henderson Shawn Koch Frank Fuhrer Curt Byrum Steve Oppermann Ed Updegraff
1997 19 holes 1980 4 and 3 1963 5 and 4
Danny Green Andy Miller Hal Sutton David Ogrin Tom Weiskopf Labron Harris Jr.
1996 2 and 1 1979 1 up 1962 1 up
Joel Kribel Brett Partidge Hal Sutton Mike Gove Art Hudnutt Melvin Stevens
1995 2 and 1 1978 2 up 1961 4 and 3
Patrick Lee Robert Floyd Bobby Clampett Mark Wiebe Jack Nicklaus James “Billy” Key
1994 2 and 1 1977 2 and 1 1960 Default
Tiger Woods Chris Riley Jim Nelford Rafael Alarcon Tommy Aaron Bob Cochran
1993 6 and 4 1976 3 and 1 1959 7 and 5
Justin Leonard Danny Green John Stark Mick Soli Ed Updegraff Charles Hunter Jr.
1992 2 up 1975 1 up 1958 3 and 2
Justin Leonard David Howser Andy Bean Randy Simmons James “Billy” Key Mason Rudolph
1991 2 and 1 1974 20 holes 1957 9 and 8
Phil Mickelson Justin Leonard Curtis Strange Jay Haas Ed Updegraff Joe Campbell
1990 4 and 2 1973 4 and 3 1956 6 and 4
Craig Kanada Greg Griffin Ben Crenshaw Jimmy Ellis Mason Rudolph Jack Parnell
1989 2 and 1 1972 1 up 1955 37 holes
David Sutherland Tony Mollica Gary Sanders Gil Morgan Eddie Merrins Hillman Robbins
1988 1 up 1971 1 up 1954 37 holes
Chris DiMarco Bill Lundeen Andy North Barney Thompson Bruce Cudd Philip Getchell
1987 3 and 2 1970 4 and 2 1953 8 and 6
Hugh Royer III Craig Perks Lanny Wadkins Charlie Borner Dale Morey Richard Norton
1986 3 and 1 1969 3 and 1 1952 3 and 2
Greg Parker Robert Huxtable Steve Melnyk Howard Twitty Frank Stranahan Harvie Ward
1985 1 up 1968 3 and 1 1951 7 and 6
Scott Verplank Dave Peege Rik Massengale Kemp Richardson Frank Stranahan James Blair III
26 Western Amateur Championship History North Shore Country Club
Scott Verplank Ben Crenshaw Tom Weiskopf
(1985) (1973) (1963)
Hal Sutton Andy North Jack Nicklaus
(1979–80) (1971) (1961)
1950 7 and 6 1931 9 and 7 1914 11 and 9
Charles Coe Robert Goldwater Don Moe M. McNaughton Chick Evans J.D. Standish Jr.
1949 5 and 4 1930 4 and 2 1913 4 and 3
Frank Stranahan Walter Cisco John Lehman Ira Couch Warren Wood E.P. Allis
1948 3 and 1 1929 37 holes 1912 1 up
Skee Riegel James T. McHale Don Moe Gilbert Carter Chick Evans Warren Wood
1947 1 up 1928 4 and 3 1911 8 and 7
Bud Ward Frank Stranahan Frank Dolp Gus Novotny Albert Seckel Robert Gardner
1946 1 up 1927 2 and 1 1910 2 and 1
Frank Stranahan Bud Ward Bon Stein Eddie Held Mason Phelps Chick Evans
1943–45 1926 6 and 5 1909 1 up
No tournament due to World War II Frank Dolp Bon Stein Chick Evans Albert Seckel
1942 7 and 6 1925 3 and 2 1908 6 and 5
Pat Abbott B. McCormick Keefe Carter Russell Martin Mason Phelps H.W. Allen
1941 3 and 2 1924 1 up 1907 5 and 4
Bud Ward Harry Todd Harrison R. Johnston Albert Seckel H. Chandler Egan Herbert Jones
1940 3 and 1 1923 6 and 4 1906 37 holes
Bud Ward George Victor Chick Evans W.H. Gardner Daniel Sawyer Warren Wood
1939 2 and 1 1922 5 and 4 1905 3 and 2
Harry Todd Larry Moller Chick Evans George Von Elm H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
1938 1 up 1921 3 and 2 1904 6 and 5
Bob Babbish M. McCarthy Chick Evans Rudy Knepper H. Chandler Egan Daniel Sawyer
1937 1 up 1920 5 and 4 1903 1 up
Wilford Wehrle Chuck Kocsis Chick Evans Clarence Wolff Walter Egan H. Chandler Egan
1936 2 and 1 1919 2 and 1 1902 37 holes
Paul Leslie Bob Frazer Harry Legg R. Bockenkamp H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
1935 5 and 3 1918 1901 6 and 5
Charles Yates Rodney Bliss No tournament due to World War I Phelps Hoyt Bruce Smith
1934 4 and 3 1917 1 up 1900 1 up
Zell Eaton Spec Goldman Francis Ouimet Ken Edwards William Waller William Holabird Jr.
1933 3 and 2 1916 7 and 6 1899 6 and 5
Jack Westland Rodney Bliss Heinrich Schmidt Douglas Grant David Forgan Walter Egan
1932 5 and 4 1915 7 and 6
Gus Moreland Ira Couch Chick Evans J.D. Standish Jr.
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2022WesternAmateurRecap
Greaserfindshisplace
AUSTIN GREASER “This is what you prepare for, this is
OUTLASTED A TALENTED what you practice for, this is what you
FIELD TO WIN THE 120TH dream of,” Greaser said. “I think I’m
WESTERN AMATEUR going to have to get some sleep before
it hits me what happened this week,
Back in 2021, Austin Greaser proved
because I am exhausted.”
he belonged on amateur golf’s biggest
stages by making a run to the semifinals Greaser’s run in the 2021 Western
of the Western Amateur. Amateur at Glen View Club in Golf,
Illinois, ended in the semifinals when
At Exmoor Country Club last August,
he ran into eventual champion
he cemented his standing as one of the
Michael Thorbjornsen, of Wellesley,
best players in the amateur game.
Massachusetts. He went on to finish
The 21-year-old from Vandalia, Ohio, second at the U.S. Amateur a few
fought back from an early 2-down weeks later.
deficit in the final, defeating Mateo
His 2022 Western Amateur almost
Fernandez de Oliveira, of Beccar,
ended on Thursday afternoon.
Argentina, 1 up to win the 120th
Western Amateur Championship. The The rising senior at North Carolina shot Fernandez de Oliveira maneuvering out of a bunker
victory capped an improbable run that 6-under 278 during the four rounds of
started when Greaser survived a seven- stroke play, and for about 30 minutes, couple of late bogeys moved the cut line
for-two playoff to take the 15th of 16 he was convinced that he had missed and put him in the playoff, he took
match play spots. the Sweet 16 cut by a shot. When a advantage.
Greaser beat Matthis Besard, of
Oudenaarde, Belgium, 3 and 2 in the
round of 16 and survived one of the best
matches of the championship by
beating Kelly Chinn, of Great Falls,
Virginia, 1 up in the quarterfinals. He
never trailed in a tight semifinal match
against William Mouw, of Chino,
California, winning Nos. 14, 15 and 16
to pull away for a 3 and 2 win.
He was a model of consistency in the
final match. Greaser hit 11 fairways and
16 greens and didn’t have to try to save
par with a wedge until his approach into
the 18th hole bounced into the thick
rough behind the green. Protecting a
1-up lead and faced with a delicate
downhill chip, he played a perfect shot
that rolled down to within four feet to
set up the winning putt.
“Obviously a mistake there going over
[the green] but I’m from the Midwest so
I feel like I have a good feeling for how
this rough plays,” said Greaser, who
Greaser teeing off at the 10th hole
28 Western Amateur Championship History North Shore Country Club
plays at Springfield Country Club in
Ohio, a Donald Ross design he said
prepared him for Exmoor Country Club.
“It really wasn’t a great lie — it just came
out exactly how I thought it would,
fortunately, this time.
“I wouldn’t want to have to do it again.”
If there was a problem with Greaser’s
play in the final, it was that he struggled
to get a putt to fall. He made one birdie
on the first 11 holes while Fernandez de
Oliveira made four — including a made
bunker shot on the third hole — during
the same stretch to take a 2-up lead.
Greaser finally poured in a 35-foot
birdie putt on the par-3 12th, then
Fernandez de Oliveira congratulating Austin Greaser on his win of the 120th Western Amateur
added birdies at 13, 14 and 15 to win four
holes in a row and take a commanding match play, after losing the first hole of Greaser embraced his twin brother
2-up advantage. his round of 16 match against Yuxin Lin, Byron, who caddied for him all week,
of Beijing, China. then found his parents behind the 18th
“It felt like the lid came off,” Greaser said.
green and wrapped his mom in a hug.
“I felt like I hit some good putts today He responded to Greaser flipping the
He lingered on the 18th green, signing
that didn’t go in, but that’s how it is.” match by stuffing his approach to four
autographs and taking pictures with
feet on No. 17 for a winning birdie. He
Fernandez de Oliveira wasn’t done. The Exmoor members and fans who
pulled off another aggressive approach
22-year-old rising senior at Arkansas followed the final match.
on the final hole to set up a good look
had cruised through 72 holes of stroke
at birdie that would’ve extended the “Got a taste last year, getting to the
play, posting a score of 9-under 273 to
match. His attempt slid by the edge, semifinals,” Greaser said. “It made it
earn the No. 4 seed. Before the final
and Greaser made his par for the win. a little bit sweeter this year.”
match he had only trailed once during
Greaser after his win, on the 18th green, hugging his mother Austin with his twin brother, and caddie, Byron
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History of
North Shore Country Club
North Shore CountryClub History
By Tim Cronin But the appetite was not yet sated, the east, Wilmette on the south and
especially in the tony town of Gross Point, the then-extant village, on
The golf boom of the early 1900s, while
Kenilworth. Many residents there were the west. Critically, it was a few blocks
nationwide, was centered in three cities:
members of the Kenilworth Boat Club west of Kenilworth’s railroad station,
New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Golf Links, a nine-hole layout that dated unsullied by roads, and available to rent.
In that era, that’s where the game took
to 1897 and played across Sheridan Road
root the deepest, and in the Chicago Many street names have been changed,
three times. Others belonged to the
area, the greatest activity was on Lake but the 40-acre square parcel was
Ouilmette Country Club, whose six-hole
Michigan’s north shore. roughly between Ridge Road on the
course also criss-crossed streets. As the
west, Glendelling Road on the east,
The first course, a seven-hole layout area grew, it was evident that neither
Elmwood Avenue on the south and
designed by pioneer Charles Blair course would last (though Ouilmette,
Park Drive on the north.
Macdonald on the Lake Forest estate of for a century courseless, remains as the
Sen. William Farwell, which spilled into vibrant Michigan Shores Club). The Chicago Tribune reported on Dec. 20,
the still-extant city park, triggered the 1908 that the club had been organized
A solution was needed: a new course on
boom. By 1907, there were 14 courses by “Wilmette golfers,” who selected
land where players weren’t hindered by
stretching from Chicago’s north side Oscar W. Schmidt as the first president.
oncoming traffic. Golfers eager to keep
all the way to Shiloh Park in Zion, Some 50 of the maximum 100 members
playing began to search, and in 1908
blocks from the state line, all within had already joined. Tom Bendelow was
found 40 acres — in that era enough for
a few miles of the lakeshore. called in to design the course, and the
nine holes — adjacent to Kenilworth on
founders made a deal with the local
North Shore Clubhouse
1917–1923 location in Kenilworth
Kenilworth Gardens
Development Map — 1922
Showing the superimposed
9 hole North Shore Golf Club
32 History of North Shore Country Club North Shore Country Club
government to pay back taxes in The area continued to grow. In 1923,
exchange for free rent, signing a Gross Point, the only suburb with
five-year lease on the property. taverns near traditionally dry
Evanston, went bankrupt after
Many members of the Ouilmette and
Prohibition plummeted tax revenue.
Kenilworth Boat clubs joined the newly
Wilmette and Kenilworth divided it,
christened North Shore Golf Club,
and North Shore’s property value rose
happy to be able to swing a club and
to the point a developer offered them
not worry that their shot might hit a
$262,000 for the property.
horse or Ford’s new Model T.
Golf was booming along with the
Play was scheduled to begin on May 1,
lakefront and nearby property. A nine-
1909. The schedule of events for the
hole course with rather plain holes and 1917 Kenilworth Clubhouse
year included a multi-division
no room to expand would be difficult to
Directors’ Cup and a multi-week to move. The committee charged
upgrade. So once again, the golfers of
tournament for the Donald M. Gallie with finding North Shore’s new home
Wilmette and Kenilworth went in search
Cup, named for a leading dentist and investigated this property and found
of a proper playing ground — and this
transplanted Canadian with a fondness it ideal.
time planning to buy from the start.
for the game.
On May 1, 1923, North Shore bought the
North Shore wasn’t the only club
With that, North Shore was off and 170-acre farm for about $950 an acre,
searching for literally greener pastures.
playing. A second lease on the property announcing plans for a 27-hole golf
Edgewater, on the north side of Chicago,
was negotiated in the mid-teens, and complex to feature a championship
felt the encroachment of the builder as
after 10 years, the club, urged to do so course designed by Hugh Alison of
well. It had moved in 1911 and in the
by club president Hobart Marshall, England, as well as nine holes for
early 1920s investigated moving again.
bought the property and built a new practice, and a clubhouse, designed
Edgewater took an option on farmland
clubhouse for a total of $115,000. by George Brown, estimated to cost
in Glenview, but eventually decided not
$150,000.
North Shore Country Club clubhouse — 1924
2023 Western Amateur Championship History of North Shore Country Club 33
North Shore Country Club History
The lavish project inspired 50 new can turn a challenging course into a pool the final 36 holes after Abe scored a
members, joining at $950 each — and table, the odds were finally found to be course-record 69 in the second round.
thus paying off nearly a third of the not worth playing. The membership
Al chased him down, closing the gap to
property purchase immediately — with soon approved an irrigation system, and
two holes with nine to play, but Abe, a
the price of initiation to rise thereafter. after $110,000 of work, North Shore’s
superb long iron player, played the last
course was the envy of the Chicago
Alison’s plan for the championship six holes in even par to finish 72–76 as
District. (It also could supplyWilmette
course was implemented immediately, Al faltered and U.S. Open champion
a water supply if necessary thanks to
and was ready for play by May of 1924. Johnny Farrell made a late charge.
the size of the tank atop the 140-foot
The clubhouse, essentially the one that
water tower.) “Never press a shot,” Abe Espinosa said.
stands today, came along more slowly.
“Always take a club a bit longer than you
On Decoration Day 1924, the formal The guarantee of proper playing
think you need to get home and you will
opening found the golf course in use, conditions not only was the pride of
be just about right. Never force a shot —
along with the veranda of the clubhouse. a membership that now had a waiting
play them easy.”
The interior would be opened to list, it beckoned championship golf to
members on the Fourth of July. the club, beginning with the 1928 Following his own advice, his total of 3-
Western Open. over 291 held off Farrell by three strokes
North Shore Golf Club was as up-to- and brother Al by four, allowing him to
date as most any club in the country, North Shore’s claim the $500 first prize.
with one exception. There was no Championship Debut
irrigation system. Greens and tees It was something of a brother act. The success of the Western Open
were hand-watered, but the fairways The Espinosa brothers, Abe and Al, influenced club officials into inviting
and rough were left to the whim of ensconced at Columbian Golf Club the USGA to host a future U.S. Open at
nature, as it was in Scotland. (today Chevy Chase) and the Illinois the club, and the USGA agreed. In 1933,
Playing the weather odds usually Golf Club (eventually Green Acres, a amateur Johnny Goodman won a
few miles away) respectively, challenged dramatic victory in the national
worked across the pond, but in the championship, and remains the last
Midwest, where a dry spring or summer each other for the championship across
amateur to do so (see page 37).
North Shore Country Club 9th Green — 1928
34 History of North Shore Country Club North Shore Country Club
Six years later, the USGA was back with
the 1939 U.S. Amateur. Goodman was
back, and still in the thrall of galleries
who recalled his 1933 triumph on the
same greens, and his annexing the 1937
Amateur as well, but he wasn’t around
for long. Johnny qualified for match
play in the middle of the pack, but was
bounced in the second round by Don
Schumacher of Glen Lakes, Texas, who
scored a 1 up victory. Goodman led 1 up
on the 17th tee, but overcooked chip
shots around the last two greens cost
him both holes, and the match.
Schumacher made it to the semifinals
before Ray Billows, a 23-year-old from
Dutchess, N.Y., beat him 6 and 5. Then North Shore Country Club 1st Tee — 1928
Billows faced Marvin “Bud” Ward of
Spokane, Wash. in the 36-hole final. clipped the ball perfectly, sending it A field with a coterie of future touring
over Billows’ ball, landing a foot from pros teed off in late August, and after
Ward, whose 2 and 1 victory over
the hole and rolling in, enabling him to 36 holes split between North Shore
Medinah’s Art Doering advanced him
halve the hole in par and remain 7-up. and Skokie, the field of 64 was set. First
to the final, was a big hitter who wasn’t
A 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 13th among equals, overshadowing medalist
always on target, but knew how to play
set the 7 and 5 final margin. Clark Burroughs, was defending
recovery shots. He’d chased glory at champion Jay Sigel, who the year
the U.S. Open earlier in 1939, finishing “I felt I was over the hump when I
before had upset the usual scene of a
a stoke behind the threesome which defeated Art Doering in the semifinals,” collegian winning while prepping for
tied for first after 72 holes, including Ward said. “I don’t mean to say that I
the pro ranks. Sigel was a 39-year-old
eventual champion Byron Nelson. didn’t respect Ray Billows’ ability. … The insurance broker from Philadelphia
Now he needed to beat only one man only time I ever played better was in the
who had beaten the younger set handily
to hold the Havemeyer Trophy. National Open this year.”
in 1982 and would do so again.
Using a putter he bought in the North From there until 1983, outside events
He took on Big Ten champion Chris
Shore golf shop at the start of the week, were limited to charity play, and the
Perry of Ohio State in the 36-hole final
Ward won the first and third holes of occasional qualifier. The golf course was
and scored an 8 and 7 victory so one-
the double-round final in pars and refurbished by Larry Packard in the late
sided ABC filled half of its 90-minute
never trailed. He won three straight 1960s, with reworked drainage, tees to
show with highlights from earlier in the
holes beginning at the 12th to go 5-up lengthen the championship course, and
week. Sigel mastered North Shore so
and never led by less than four holes the the addition of three lakes, but retained
well, he was 11-under for the 114 holes
rest of the way, one-putting 12 greens. all the flavor of what Hugh Alison had
he needed in match play.
concocted in the 1920s.
The most dramatic moment came on
Yet a par on the 18th hole in the morning
the par-4 10th hole in the afternoon. North Shore came back into the
told the story of his trumping Perry. He
Billows, the loser to Goodman in the headlines in 1983 with the return of the
rolled in a 7-footer, after which Perry
1937 championship match, played his U.S. Amateur, a fitting way to celebrate
missed a 6-footer, and Sigel went to
approach to within two feet of the cup, Goodman’s National Open triumph of
lunch 3-up.
and Ward ended up directly behind, a half-century earlier. Roger Packard,
four feet from the hole. He was stymied, Larry’s son, made a few minor tweaks, “Lunch tasted a little better for me,”
but not for long. The deft use of a but the course was essentially what Sigel said.
mashie niblick — today’s 7-iron — Goodman had conquered in 1933.
2023 Western Amateur Championship History of North Shore Country Club 35
North Shore Country Club History
Since then, the club hosted the
three-year run of the Encompass
Championship on the PGA TOUR
Champions, and class told with the
winners: major champions Craig
Stadler and Tom Lehman captured the
first two playings, while dark-horse
Jerry Smith surprised everyone by
scoring a three-stroke victory in the
2015 edition, beating David Frost.
On the amateur side, Northwestern’s
Windom Memorial, one of college
golf’s top tournaments, has been
played at North Shore several times.
Now comes the Western Amateur again,
the most challenging format in golf, a
five-day grind with 72 holes of stroke-
The members approved the original pool in 1935, along with construction of tennis courts, a new kitchen, card rooms play qualifying followed by four
and the circle bar. This picture depicts the pool in 1941. matches for the two survivors for the
A 25-footer for birdie on the afternoon’s Open. Ethan Tracy of Hilliard, Ohio, championship. The only guarantee is
fifth hole was an even more delectable beat top-ranked amateur Patrick the winner will be both elated and
dessert. Sigel sank it after giving Perry Cantlay in the championship match exhausted, tested to the utmost on a
a curling two-footer, saying “I felt I had (see page 40) after knocking off golf course that, like the club itself,
an easy putt.” Jordan Spieth in the quarterfinals. has stood the test of time.
“My game has gotten better as I’ve
gotten older,” Sigel said. “I understand
the game and myself better. I’ve won
a lot, but I’ve also lost a lot, and you
learn with each win and loss.”
The club has hosted several USGA
qualifiers since, including the U.S. Open
sectional in 2003, when Brian Davis of
the United Kingdom and Bryce Molder
of Scottsdale, Ariz., shot identical
rounds of 68-66 for 10-under 134 to
lead the four who advanced to the
National Open at Olympia Fields.
In 2017, North Shore received its most
recent renovation. Rick Jacobson
renovated both the greens and bunkers,
part of a project that included a
clubhouse renovation in the prior year.
Long a supporter of the Evans Scholars
Foundation, the club hosted the 2011
Western Amateur, its first WGA
championship since the 1928 Western The pool complex after a renovation that was completed in 2022
36 History of North Shore Country Club North Shore Country Club
The LastAmateurtoWin the U.S. Open (1933)
—90YearsAgo
THE MAN FROM OMAHA
By Tim Cronin
Johnny Goodman was an orphan.
He was from Omaha, Nebraska, not
exactly a golf hotbed.
He was from the wrong side of the
tracks in that river town, and as poor
as could be at one time.
That he rose to the top of American
golf at 23, first among fellow amateurs
and then against the world, should be
celebrated.
Yet, beyond an initial wave of headlines
and newsreel coverage when he won
the United States Open at North Shore
succession later in the decade missed a It would have to be Guldahl, who
Golf Club in 1933, Goodman faded
four-foot putt to tie Goodman’s total of started the final round 40 minutes
into obscurity.
1-under-par 287 across three hot days. after Goodman and was the last of the
He is the last amateur to win the National contenders. Like Goodman, he had
Goodman won by a stroke despite a final
Open — to win any of the current majors made headlines before. He’d won the
round 4-over 76, the highest closing
open to both professionals and amateurs, Santa Monica Open at Riviera on the
score of the top 16 finishers. He had led
for that matter. pro tour as a teen, and now had a
by nine strokes early in the final round.
chance to make it big.
He beat all the greats of the day, As he gave away strokes for the balance
including legend Walter Hagen and 21- of the afternoon, the field surged. Goodman had come to the fore in 1929,
year-old Ralph Guldahl, each of whom Hagen, the old master, countered his when he qualified for the U.S. Amateur
made great charges down the stretch. untidy morning 77 with a 6-under 66 at Pebble Beach, happened to be paired
in the afternoon, matching the course against Bobby Jones in the first round,
In the end, it was Goodman who was
record set earlier in the week by and happened to beat him. It was the
the last man standing. Actually,
Medinah’s Tommy Armour. But Hagen, biggest upset in years — Jones was the
pairings being what they were until
while wowing the gallery, would finish medalist, the defending champion and
television came along, Goodman won
five strokes behind. It would have to be had won his third U.S. Open earlier in
the championship laying down in North
somebody else. the summer. The unseeded Goodman
Shore’s steamy locker room, lounging
stormed in, qualified with 157, a dozen
on a couch in his birthday suit and Armour, whose 66 opened the show on
more strokes than Jones, and knocked
fanned by friends after the 36-hole Thursday, was only two strokes behind
Bobby, the favorite son of the USGA, out
final-day grind in 100-degree heat. It as Saturday dawned, but threw away a
of the spotlight with a 1-up outcome.
isn’t recorded if a radio was on for him chance for a second Open title with a
to hear Ted Husing on CBS or Alex 76–73 finish, and matched Hagen’s 292, Jimmy Johnston of Minnesota won
Morrison on NBC, but he couldn’t help finishing about a half-hour after the Amateur but Goodman won the
but hear the roar of the 10,000 or so in Goodman. It would have to be headlines, even though Lawson Little
the Saturday gallery, among the largest somebody else. eliminated him in the second round.
in a National Open to that time, when And Jones, with nothing to do the rest
Craig Wood was good but not good
Guldahl came up short. of the week, went down 16-Mile Drive
enough, with a 71–72 closing day for
to play the new Cypress Point course. So
It was a dramatic moment, for the burly 290, three strokes in arrears. His Open
impressed was Jones with the layout, he
youngster who would win two U.S. time would come in 1941. It would have
sought out designer Alister McKenzie,
Opens and three Western Opens in to be somebody else.
2023 Western Amateur Championship History of North Shore Country Club 37
The Last Amateur to Win the U.S. Open (1933)
before the money dried up and best in the west to capture an important
neighbors began to help. The youngest amateur title.
three were placed in an orphanage while
“We had the most happy moments of
Johnny, Anna and Mike, the latter two
our lives,” Anna wrote in a letter of
adopted, found their own way in a tough
thanks to the World-Herald. “It
world. Johnnywas living in a boarding
certainly caused me much joy and to
house when he won in Colorado.
be a very proud sister.”
Only three years earlier, when he was
There would be more moments of pride
14, did Goodman acquire his first club —
to come. One nearly came in 1932, in the
and just one, at that. Before then, he hit
U.S. Amateur at Baltimore Five Farms,
a tin can with a tire iron from an old
where Goodman knocked off H.
Ford in Field Club’s caddie yard,
Chandler Egan, Charlie Seaver and
somehow grooving a fine swing.
Francis Ouimet, among others, en route
“A fellow can’t play golf without the to the championship match, where he
clubs and I had to caddie two years extended Canada’s C. Ross Somerville
for in the back of Bobby’s mind was the
before I got hold of my first club,” he told to the 35th hole before falling 2 and 1.
idea of a dream course to be built
the Omaha World-Herald after a 75 put
somewhere in the south. That showing came a week or so after
him close to the lead in the 1925 Omaha
the Walker Cup was played without
Goodman was 19 then, a near-unknown, city championship at the Field Club.
Goodman on the American team. The
aside from the story told from three
That gift from a member was the start USGA wasn’t impressed with his record
years before, the tale of his arriving at
of Goodman’s big break. He won the beforehand, but made sure he was on
the Trans-Mississippi Amateur in St.
city caddie tournament with three clubs, the squad in 1934, 1936 and 1938. Some
Louis with a rag-tag collection of clubs
then the Omaha South High School thought the 1932 absence was because
after riding a box car from Omaha. He
tournament as a sophomore. Then, after he wasn’t from typical amateur stock, a
made it to the quarterfinals. The next
his name was first in the papers, he won blue blood like Egan or Ouimet — the
year, at the Broadmoor in Colorado
that 1925 Omaha city title on the course latter also a caddie who made good.
Springs, he won. Again he hopped a
where he caddied, and much more.
freight to get there, and played each Whatever the reason, it put a burr in
day in his traveling togs. A group of club members banded his saddle when 1933 came around and
together to make sure he’d be able to North Shore beckoned.
The reason Goodman had to play the
finish high school — he had dropped
role of a hobo to get to the tournaments Ralph Guldahl finished the third round
out to earn money to keep the family
is stunning. Johnny Goodman got into in second at 1-over 217, six strokes
together — and pay his golf entry fees.
golf as a caddie when he was 12, walking behind Goodman, and after a quick
By now too old to caddie without being
from his home in South Omaha — the lunch, teed off at 2:15 p.m., 40 minutes
declared a professional, he got a job in
meat-packing district — to the Omaha after him. Goodman was nine strokes
the office of a funeral home. That
Field Club to make a little money. When in front of Guldahl and Armour after
allowed him to go back to school.
he was 14, his mother died in childbirth, an eagle on the par-5 second and a
and his father, whose drinking led to Further fundraising following his birdie on the par-3 third. Writers like
unemployment, soon left the house. triumph in the Trans-Miss provided for Grantland Rice were thinking of how
Johnny, fourth-oldest of 10 children and a college education as well, at Nebraska. to compare him to Jones.
the oldest still at home, brought little It also prompted local officials to round
Then word came that he went 6-6 on the
brother Mike, then 11, along to the club up his nine brothers and sisters for a
par-4 sixth and par-5 seventh, losing a
to caddie while Anna, then 12, took care family reunion at the public celebration
third of his lead, while Guldahl was
of the youngest three children. of his triumph. Omaha, six years before
opening bogey-birdie and then settling
Goodman won the U.S. Open, realized
Somehow, the Goodman kids made it into a succession of pars.
what a person they had in the then 17-
through together for nearly a year
year-old lad who had knocked off the
38 History of North Shore Country Club North Shore Country Club
Meanwhile, Hagen was summoning sand. He played a fine explosion shot to “I saw that I had made a mistake …
shots of triumphs past, going out in within four feet from the cup. A chance started to take chances that no player
4-under 32. He was 15 strokes behind for a par 4, a tie, and a shot at glory with a long lead ever should take,”
Goodman at lunch, and started his final on Sunday. Goodman said. “I went back to my old
round 20 minutes before the leader, but method of shooting for pars and birdies.
He shoved the putt two inches to the
at the turn those 15 strokes had been I was tickled to get that 37 (coming in).”
right. The crowd groaned, the word got
trimmed to seven. Could he pull off
back to Goodman, and the locker room It worked. The kid from Prohibition
the comeback of comebacks?
erupted in cheers as his pals invaded Hill in Omaha had climbed to the top
Many in the gallery rushed over the sanctum. of the golf mountain. But by now he
to watch, and the Haig, ever the was really a part-time golfer, and a
Said Guldahl, “That last putt on the
crowd-pleaser, kept up the sterling dedicated amateur.
final green was a bad one. I hit it loosely
shotmaking. He birdied the 12th, 13th
and knew I had missed my big chance “I’m going back to Omaha to sell as
and 15th holes. He was 7-under for the
when I touched it.” much insurance as I can,” Goodman
round. And Goodman, with bogeys on
said. “Got to earn some dough.”
the eighth and ninth holes, was out in Amazingly, there was still an hour of
3-over 39. Hagen would soon pull to tee times remaining, so Goodman had After, of course, one more large
within two strokes, and Guldahl was to wait to receive the U.S. Open trophy celebration in his honor, including the
still lurking. and all the formal accolades, even naming of one of Omaha’s municipal
though nobody left on the course had a courses after him. Johnny Goodman
Goodman steadied on the back nine,
chance at catching him. Photographers died of a heart attack in 1970, only
with two bogeys — including one on
grew itchy. 60 years old, but one can still play the
the testing par-4 17th — and a birdie
Johnny Goodman Golf Course down
for 37 and 4-over 76. It was ugly golf Meanwhile, Goodman explained he’d
on 99th Street.
numerically, but he still led, even after began birdie-hunting after the eagle-
Hagen’s 66. The Haig’s quest ended with birdie combination, and played too
a bogey at the 17th, but Guldahl was still aggressively.
out there, and the gallery now flocked
around him. He birdied the par-5
12th and needed only to par in to tie
Goodman and force a Sunday playoff.
Goodman was in the locker room,
cooling off and enjoying a beer. His job
was done, and in the era before courses
were wired for live scoring, much less
for television, all he could do was wait
for reports from the hinterlands. News
came of Guldahl pars on the 13th, 14th
and 15th — there, Ralph missed a three-
footer for birdie — and two more on the
16th and 17th. Now the rabble of the
gallery had engulfed the home green.
Marines imported from an area base
held the big crowd back.
Guldahl hammered his second shot
at the pin, tucked behind the right
greenside bunker, but came up short
and watched the ball carom into the
Johnny Goodman and Ralph Guldahl
2023 Western Amateur Championship History of North Shore Country Club 39
2011WesternAmateurReview
StarsShineatNorthShore
“It’s the Masters of amateur golf,” his 17 titles, the first of which at the 2013
Tiger Woods said years ago, and he’s John Deere Classic, came when he was
right. Players are treated royally and but 18. Pan captured the Heritage Classic
respond by trying to play their best in 2019, his third year on tour. Grillo
game. It doesn’t always happen, but recently won the Charles Schwab
the effort is there. Challenge in May and has collected
$18.4 million since turning pro in the
In 2011, Byeong-Hun An tied for 145th,
fall of 2011. Uihlein bounced from the
13 strokes above the 36-hole cut line. An
DP World Tour, where he won once, to
has gone on to win over $11 million on
LIV Golf, where he made more than
the PGA TOUR. Up in a deadlock for
$11.3 million last year.
85th sat Ollie Schneiderjans. He joined
the TOUR in 2017 and has pocketed This showcase of talent happens
$4.1 million. And neither has won a every year at the Western Amateur.
tournament yet. The format of the week, a 72-hole
tournament to set the Sweet Sixteen,
One stroke better than Schneiderjans
is the toughest grind in golf.
Jordan Spieth a dozen years ago was Max Homa. All
Homa has accomplished is six career The magic of golf, especially match-
By Tim Cronin victories, two this season as of mid- play golf, is the randomness of it.
May, and a bank account of over $21 Great players may contend and not
Gallery members know it.
million. Yet Homa was slamming his win. Nobody expected Ethan Tracy
Players hope it comes to be.
trunk after rounds of 75–72, no better to survive to match play in 2011, but
The known and the hope are one and than Blake Biddle of St. Charles or he not only got there, but won it all,
the same: When you’re at the Western Andrew Wyatt of Lake Forest. knocking off Spieth, Pan and Cantlay
Amateur, you’re seeing the future of in his last three matches. That he
Dylan Frittelli missed the 36-hole cut
professional golf. didn’t have an exceptional professional
by a stroke in 2011. He’s won multiple
career only emphasizes that
This has been true since the late 1950s, times in Europe and captured the
randomness. But he had his week
when amateur golf, once a mixture of John Deere Classic in 2019.
of weeks at the perfect time and is a
young hopefuls and experience — the
Wyndham Clark made the 36-hole cut worthy name to have engraved on
latter in the form of career amateurs
but couldn’t squeeze into the Sweet the George R. Thorne Trophy.
who played for fun and a $2 Nassau —
Sixteen. He’s had a breakout 2023
morphed almost exclusively into a As will, future millionaire or not, the
season, scoring his first TOUR victory at
breeding ground for professionals. one earning his place on it this year.
the Wells Fargo Championship in May
The influx of money into the pro circuit,
and winning the U.S. Open at LA
thanks to the combination of Arnold
Country Club in June.
Palmer’s popularity and television’s
reach, was responsible for the change. Justin Thomas fell short of the Sweet
Sixteen as well. He’s won 17 times
The 2011 edition of the Western
through mid-May, including a pair of
Amateur at North Shore was no
PGA Championships, the 2019 BMW
exception. From runner-up Patrick
Championship at Medinah, and the
Cantlay — winner of two BMW
2021 Players, all of it worth over
Championships (the retitled Western
$53 million.
Open) along with a FedExCup and
several other lucrative titles — down Here are the guys besides Cantlaywho
deep into the 156-player field, the made the Sweet Sixteen: Jordan Spieth,
stars of the future were sweating out C.T. Pan, Emiliano Grillo and Peter
each shot. Uihlein. Spieth has three majors among
Max Homa
40 History of North Shore Country Club North Shore Country Club
Spotlight on EthanTracy
Winnerof the2011WesternAmateur
The 2011 Western Amateur winner, What did winning the Western
Ethan Tracy, shared his thoughts Amateur mean to you?
(edited for brevity) on the Western
It meant so much. I vividly remember
Amateur tournament, what winning being 1 up on the 18th hole in the final
meant to him and what advice he has
match. I hooked my drive into the left
for this year’s competitors. woods. I chipped out and went on to
make the winning 15-foot par putt.
Can you describe the Winning gave me the confidence that
Western Amateur format? I could beat the best and it got me
The format is so much fun. It gets down an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s
to business quickly with a large cut after Memorial Tournament. Playing in Jack
36 holes and another to 16 after 72 holes Nicklaus’ tournament was a personal
of stroke play. Making the Sweet 16 highlight for me being from Ohio.
almost feels like you’ve already won.
You can see future PGA TOUR players What advice would you give to
in the Sweet 16 every year. this year’s field of competitors?
You have to make birdies in stroke play.
How do you rate the Western There’s no buffer with a large cut
Amateur as a test of golf? followed by a second cut before Sweet 16
It is one of the hardest tests in amateur match play. Make the Sweet 16 and let
golf since match play is played once you the fun begin. Stay out of the thick
make the Sweet 16. I believe you could rough, have fun and play well.
end up playing a total of eight rounds
in five days. That’s a lot of golf to have
Ethan Tracy tees off at 18 during his semifinal match against
intense focus in a short amount of time. C.T. Pan at the 2011 Western Amateur.
Ethan Tracy poses with the George R. Thorne Trophy alongside WGA Director David Haverick (left), runner-up Patrick Cantlay (right) and past WGA Chairman Roger Mohr (far right).
2023 Western Amateur Championship History of North Shore Country Club 41
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The Championship
Tournament Format and Schedule
WESTERN AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
A combination of stroke play and
match play competition, the Western
Amateur can be the most demanding
event in professional or amateur golf.
Competition includes two 18-hole
stroke play rounds on Tuesday and
Wednesday followed by a cut to the
players with the low 44 scores and
ties. Those who make the cut then
play 36 holes of stroke play on
Thursday, with the low 16 advancing
to match play on Friday.
Qualifying for the Western Amateur’s
“Sweet 16” match play competition is
Austin Greaser tees off on the final day of the 2022 Western Amateur.
one of the treasured accomplishments
each year among the world’s top-ranked
2023 WESTERN AMATEUR SCHEDULE
amateurs. The first two rounds of 18-
hole match play on Friday narrow the Monday, July31 Thursday, August 3
field to four semifinalists, who compete
Player Registration/ Third Round and Final Round
in a pair of 18-hole matches on Saturday
Practice Rounds of Stroke Play (cut to low 16)
morning. Winners of the two morning
matches then play in the 18-hole Tuesday, August 1 Friday, August 4
championship match Saturday First Round, Stroke Play First Two Rounds of Match Play
afternoon.
Wednesday, August 2 Saturday, August 5
Second Round, Stroke Play Semifinal and Championship Rounds
(cut to low 44 and ties) of Match Play
SPECTATOR RULES • Please be cognizant of play behind you InclementWeather
• General spectators will not have access and wait until all players have teed off • In the event of imminent dangerous
to the North Shore Country Club before crossing fairways. conditions, all players, caddies,
clubhouse. Portable restrooms will be volunteers, and spectators MUSTleave the
• Cell Phone and Electronic Devices:
positioned at various locations on the All cell phones and electronic devices course IMMEDIATELY. One prolonged air
golf course and around the clubhouse. horn blast will signal suspension of play
should be in vibrate mode when on or
• Please observe silence throughout near the golf course except in the case for a dangerous situation. Two short air
horn blasts will signal “all clear” when it
each shot, and do not move until all of an emergency.
is safe for play to resume.
contestants in each group have GeneralSafety
played or holed out. • Individuals with clubhouse access
• If you display any symptoms of
should seek shelter in the North Shore
• Please keep a respectful distance from COVID-19, have been exposed to
Country Club clubhouse or their
play and do not walk on greens, tees, anyone infected, or have any concern
personal vehicles.
or in the long grass areas. over your health and safety, stay home
and get tested. • General spectators are encouraged to
seek shelter in their personal vehicles.
44 The Championship North Shore Country Club
Future Sites oftheWesternAmateur
2024 Western Amateur Championship host, Moraine Country Club in Dayton, Ohio
The Western Amateur is renowned 2024: MORAINE With several holes modeled after
for being one of the toughest tests in those at the Old Course at St Andrews,
COUNTRY CLUB
amateur golf, and true to form, it is Troon, Prestwick and North Berwick,
Carved into the expansive Moraine
contested at some of the nation’s most Moraine has been a perennial
Farms property of Colonel Edward A.
challenging venues. fixture on Golfweek’s list of Top
Deeds, Moraine Country Club has been
100 Classic Courses.
After this year’s championship at a source of golf history since it opened
North Shore Country Club, the in 1930. The 7,270-yard, par 72 layout Throughout its lifetime, the course has
Western Amateur will visit Moraine was designed by Alec “Nipper” borne witness to the remarkable play of
Country Club in Ohio in 2024. Campbell, who used the natural some of the finest players the sport has
topography to create a remarkable ever known, including Byron Nelson,
Scottish links-style course reminiscent Ben Hogan and Francis Ouimet. It
of those in his native Scotland. hosted the 1945 PGA Championship,
where Nelson won his final major
championship and his ninth victory
during his famed streak of 11
consecutive wins.
The club regularly serves as the host
of the Ohio Amateur Championship.
This will be its first Western Amateur.
FUTURE SITES
2024: Moraine Country Club
2025: Skokie Country Club
2026: Beverly Country Club
2029: Baltimore Country Club
2017 Western Amateur at Skokie Country Club
2023 Western Amateur Championship The Championship 45
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The North Shore Golf Course Overview
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Hole " # $ % & ' ( ) * Out
Yard 446 505 181 495 382 420 579 231 412 3651
Glenview Rd.
General Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 35
Public Hole "! "" "# "$ "% "& "' "( ") In
Parking Yard 428 370 557 201 381 555 189 429 432 3542
Par 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 36
Total yards for the course: 7193 Total par for the course: 71