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The Western Amateur is a leading annual golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers. It is organized by the Western Golf Association. The Western Amateur features an international field of top-ranked amateur golfers. It was first held in 1899, making it the third-oldest amateur golf event in the world. [1]
Carol Sorenson Flenniken (born November 15, 1942) is an American amateur golfer. In 1962, Sorenson won the Women's Western Amateur and Women's Collegiate Golf Championship. She won her sixth Wisconsin State Golf Association event the following year. Sorenson won the 1964 British Ladies Amateur.
Originally formed as a rulesmaking body, the WGA was born because U.S. western golf clubs (the current Midwest was "the west" in the 1890s) felt that they weren't being properly represented in the United States Golf Association, based then in New York. But after 20 stormy years followed by negotiations, the WGA officially recognized the USGA's ...
Michael Thorbjornsen landed atop the bracket at the Western Amateur, considered one of the most grueling amateur tournaments of the summer.
Charles E. "Chick" Evans Jr. (July 18, 1890 – November 6, 1979) was a prominent American amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans, who won the 1910 Western Open, became the first amateur to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920, and was runner-up three times.
He attended Brigham Young University, where he played on the varsity golf team on scholarship. [2] Nelford won two All-American selections: 1976 and 1977, both Second Team. [ 3 ] In addition, Nelford won the 1975 and 1976 Canadian Amateur Championship and the 1977 Western Amateur .
Just three amateur golfers made the cut after 36 holes. Neal Shipley was low amateur with a four-round total of 6-over-par 286. He had rounds of 70, 73, 71, 72. Amateur Luke Clanton, a junior at ...
The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the United States, having been played since 1901.