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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]
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 ...
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.
Michael Thorbjornsen landed atop the bracket at the Western Amateur, considered one of the most grueling amateur tournaments of the summer.
Ford had success as a junior golfer and in 2020 won the Junior Players Championship and the Rolex Tournament of Champions, where he shot a 10-under 62.In 2021, he won the AJGA Wyndham Cup with a perfect 4–0–0 record, and tied for second in stroke play at the Western Amateur.
Marvin Harvey "Bud" Ward (May 1, 1913 – January 2, 1968) was an American golfer best known for twice winning the U.S. Amateur, in 1939 and 1941. Ward was born in Elma, Washington. He excelled as an amateur golfer, winning the U.S. Amateur twice, the Western Amateur three times and his home state
Bessie Anthony, from a 1903 publication Bessie Anthony, from a 1903 publication. Bessie Anthony (March 19, 1880 – November 22, 1912) was an American amateur golfer. She was the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1903, and won the Women's Western Amateur tournament in its first three years, 1901, 1902, and 1903.
Seven players from the Peoria area will compete in the 91st Illinois State Amateur Championship in Wilmette.