Western Amateur
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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, first held in 1899, features an international field of top-ranked amateur golfers. Point O'Woods Golf and Country Club near Benton Harbor, Michigan has hosted the Western Amateur annually since 1971. The winner receives the George R. Thorne championship trophy and, until 2007, an exemption to play in the Western Open, the PGA Tour's annual stop at Cog Hill Golf Club in Lemont, Illinois.
Past winners of the Western Amateur include golf greats: Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Crenshaw, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, Lanny Wadkins, and Tom Weiskopf.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runnerup |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Bronson LaCassie | 2 & 1 | Pablo Martin |
| 2005 | Jamie Lovemark | 3 & 2 | Chris Wilson |
| 2004 | Ryan Moore | 19 holes | James Nitties |
| 2003 | Chris Botsford | 3 & 2 | J. J. Jakovac |
| 2002 | John Klauk | 6 & 5 | Adam Rubinson |
| 2001 | Bubba Dickerson | 6 & 4 | Trip Kuehne |
| 2000 | Michael Kirk | 2 & 1 | Ben Curtis |
| 1999 | Steve Scott | 2 & 1 | Andy Miller |
| 1998 | Michael Henderson | 1 up | Shawn Koch |
| 1997 | Danny Green | 19 holes | Andy Miller |
| 1996 | Joel Kribel | 2 & 1 | Brett Partidge |
| 1995 | Patrick Lee | 2 & 1 | Robert Floyd |
| 1994 | Tiger Woods | 2 & 1 | Chris Riley |
| 1993 | Justin Leonard | 6 & 4 | Danny Green |
| 1992 | Justin Leonard | 2 up | David Howser |
| 1991 | Phil Mickelson | 2 & 1 | Justin Leonard |
| 1990 | Craig Kanada | 4 & 2 | Greg Griffin |
| 1989 | David Sutherland | 2 & 1 | Tony Mollica |
| 1988 | Chris DiMarco | 1 up | Bill Lundeen |
| 1987 | Hugh Royer III | 3 & 2 | Craig Perks |
| 1986 | Greg Parker | 3 & 1 | Robert Huxtable |
| 1985 | Scott Verplank | 1 up | Dave Peege |
| 1984 | John Inman | 3 & 2 | Rocco Mediate |
| 1983 | Billy Tuten | 2 up | Kent Kluba |
| 1982 | Rick Fehr | 5 & 3 | Tommy Moore |
| 1981 | Frank Fuhrer | 2 & 1 | Curt Byrum |
| 1980 | Hal Sutton | 4 & 3 | David Ogrin |
| 1979 | Hal Sutton | 1 up | Mike Gove |
| 1978 | Bob Clampett | 2 up | Mark Wiebe |
| 1977 | Jim Nelford | 2 & 1 | Rafael Alarcon |
| 1976 | John Stark | 3 & 1 | Mick Soli |
| 1975 | Andy Bean | 1 up | Randy Simmons |
| 1974 | Curtis Strange | 20 holes | Jay Haas |
| 1973 | Ben Crenshaw | 4 & 3 | Jimmy Ellis |
| 1972 | Gary Sanders | 1 up | Gil Morgan |
| 1971 | Andy North | 1 up | Barney Thompson |
| 1970 | Lanny Wadkins | 4 & 2 | Charlie Borner |
| 1969 | Steve Melnyk | 3 & 1 | Howard Twitty |
| 1968 | Rik Massengale | 3 & 1 | Kemp Richardson |
| 1967 | Bob Smith | 3 & 1 | Marty Fleckman |
| 1966 | Jim Wiechers | 1 up | Ron Cerrudo |
| 1965 | Bob Smith | 19 holes | George Boutell |
| 1964 | Steve Oppermann | 3 & 2 | Ed Updegraff |
| 1963 | Tom Weiskopf | 5 & 4 | Labron Harris, Jr. |
| 1962 | Art Hudnutt | 1 up | Melvin Stevens |
| 1961 | Jack Nicklaus | 4 & 3 | James "Billy" Key |
| 1960 | Tommy Aaron | Default | Bob Cochran |
| 1959 | Ed Updegraff | 7 & 5 | Charles Hunter, Jr. |
| 1958 | James "Billy" Key | 3 & 2 | Mason Rudolph |
| 1957 | Ed Updegraff | 9 & 8 | Joe Campbell |
| 1956 | Mason Rudolph | 6 & 4 | Jack Parnell |
| 1955 | Eddie Merrins | 37 holes | Hillman Robbins |
| 1954 | Bruce Cudd | 37 holes | Philip Getchell |
| 1953 | Dale Morey | 8 & 6 | Richard Norton |
| 1952 | Frank Stranahan | 3 & 2 | Harvie Ward |
| 1951 | Frank Stranahan | 7 & 6 | James Blair III |
| 1950 | Charles Coe | 7 & 6 | Robert Goldwater |
| 1949 | Frank Stranahan | 5 & 4 | Walter Cisco |
| 1948 | Skee Riegel | 3 & 1 | James T. McHale |
| 1947 | Marvin Ward | 1 up | Frank Stranahan |
| 1946 | Frank Stranahan | 1 up | Marvin Ward |
| 1943-45 | No tournament due to World War II | ||
| 1942 | Pat Abbott | 7 & 6 | B. McCormick |
| 1941 | Marvin Ward | 3 & 2 | Harry Todd |
| 1940 | Marvin Ward | 3 & 1 | George Victor |
| 1939 | Harry Todd | 2 & 1 | Larry Moller |
| 1938 | Bob Babbish | 1 up | M. McCarthy |
| 1937 | Wilford Wehrle | 1 up | Charles Kocsis |
| 1936 | Paul Leslie | 2 & 1 | Bob Frazer |
| 1935 | Charles Yates | 5 & 3 | Rodney Bliss |
| 1934 | Zell Eaton | 4 & 3 | Spec Goldman |
| 1933 | Jack Westland | 3 & 2 | Rodney Bliss |
| 1932 | Gus Moreland | 5 & 4 | Ira Couch |
| 1931 | Don Moe | 9 & 7 | M. McNaughton |
| 1930 | John Lehman | 4 & 2 | Ira Couch |
| 1929 | Don Moe | 37 holes | Gilbert Carter |
| 1928 | Frank Dolp | 4 & 3 | Gus Novotny |
| 1927 | Bon Stein | 2 & 1 | Eddie Held |
| 1926 | Frank Dolp | 6 & 5 | Bon Stein |
| 1925 | Keefe Carter | 3 & 2 | Russell Martin |
| 1924 | H.R. Johnston | 1 up | Albert Seckel |
| 1923 | Chick Evans | 6 & 4 | W.H. Gardner |
| 1922 | Chick Evans | 5 & 4 | George Von Elm |
| 1921 | Chick Evans | 3 & 2 | Rudy Knepper |
| 1920 | Chick Evans | 5 & 4 | Clarence Wolff |
| 1919 | Harry Legg | 2 & 1 | R. Bockenkamp |
| 1918 | No tournament due to World War I | ||
| 1917 | Francis Ouimet | 1 up | Ken Edwards |
| 1916 | Heinrich Schmidt | 7 & 6 | Douglas Grant |
| 1915 | Chick Evans | 7 & 6 | J.D. Standish, Jr. |
| 1914 | Chick Evans | 11 & 9 | J.D. Standish, Jr. |
| 1913 | Warren Wood | 4 & 3 | E.P. Allis |
| 1912 | Chick Evans | 1 up | Warren Wood |
| 1911 | Albert Seckel | 8 & 7 | Robert Gardner |
| 1910 | Mason Phelps | 2 & 1 | Chick Evans |
| 1909 | Chick Evans | 1 up | Albert Seckel |
| 1908 | Mason Phelps | 6 & 5 | H.W. Allen |
| 1907 | H.C. Egan | 5 & 4 | Herbert Jones |
| 1906 | D.E. Sawyer | 37 holes | Warren Wood |
| 1905 | H.C. Egan | 3 & 2 | Walter Egan |
| 1904 | H.C. Egan | 6 & 5 | D.E. Sawyer |
| 1903 | Walter Egan | 1 up | H.C. Egan |
| 1902 | H.C. Egan | 37 holes | Walter Egan |
| 1901 | Phelps Hoyt | 6 & 5 | Bruce Smith |
| 1900 | William Waller | 1 up | William Holabird, Jr. |
| 1899 | David Forgan | 6 & 5 | Walter Egan |
[edit] External links
- Official tournament website
- Western Golf Association - Tournament Organizers
- Point O'Woods
