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105th Western Amateur Contents

Departments

Schedule of Play 5 From the Chairman 7 From the Governor 9 Course Map 29 Friends of the Western Amateur 48 Tournament Committee 49 Results Since 1899 50 / Evans Scholars Foundation 59 Past Chairmen 62 History of the Point O’ Woods 64 2006 Results 66 Advertiser Index 67

Features-

Third Time’s a Charm for Bronson LaCassie 12 World’s Top Amateur Players Take Aim at 105th Western Amateur Title — Players to Watch 16 Past Western Amateur Competitors in Top 75 on PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup Standings 24 Hole No. Nine Gets a New Look 26 Hole by Hole Tour of the Point O’ Woods Course 30 We Love This Game 42 Shack - Dream House for U-M Evans Scholars 44 Medalist Won Joon Lee Ties Course Record 56

A View From the Fairway 68

2007 Western Amateur 5 Schedule of Play

Wednesday & Thursday August 1 & August 2

18 holes of qualifying each day; the low 50 contestants and ties after 36 holes enter the final 36 holes of quali- fying

Friday, August 3

Final 36 holes of qualifying; low 16 after 72 holes enter match play. In the event of tie for 16th position, a sudden- death playoff will be held to determine the qualifier(s).

* The playoff will begin as soon as the last contestant has completed 72 holes of qualifying. Players involved in the playoff will be disqualified if they fail to report to the tee when called.

Saturday, August 4

Match play at 18 holes; first round in the morning and quarterfinals in the afternoon.

Sunday, August 5

Semifinals in the morning; finals in the afternoon.

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From the Chairman

“Experience the Tradition”

oint O' Woods Golf & Country Club is once again proud to host the Western Amateur Golf Tournament, affectionately referred to as “The Western Am.” PWelcome! “Experience the tradition” as we watch this event take place for the 105th consecutive year. By attending, you will forever be a part of the tournament's his- tory as you witness some of golf's finest amateurs face the challenges of Point O' Woods. Chances are, one or more of the amateurs you see in this tournament will join the ranks of professional golf's superstars like , , Chris DiMarco, and many more, all of whom have played in the Western Am here at the Point.

Point O' Woods has partnered with the Western Golf Association (WGA) and has hosted the Western Am since 1971. The WGA, through its Evans Scholarship Foundation, has provided a means for thousands of young men and women to attend college, who, other- wise, wouldn't have had the opportunity. Many Evans Scholarship recipients have been from Southwest Michigan.

Many thanks go out to the members of the Point for giving up their course for this tourna- ment. Special thanks go out to the many vol- unteers who donate their time and effort, because without them this tournament would not be possible.

Kind Regards,

Dan Pannozzo Tournament Chairman

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From the Governor

Best Wishes from the Governor

July 30, 2007

Dear Friends:

t is my pleasure as Governor of the State of Michigan to welcome you to the 105th Western Amateur Golf Tournament hosted by Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club in beautiful Benton IHarbor. For enthusiasts and competitors alike, the Western Amateur Golf Tournament is an exciting event. For over a century, the Western Golf Association has challenged amateur golfers across the nation.

I am pleased to recognize the all-around winners of the Tournament, the Evans Scholars Program of the Western Golf Association. Providing college scholarships to golf is a wonderful contribu- tion to the future leaders of our state and nation. I commend you on your commitment to the youth of Michigan.

If you are visiting Michigan for the first time, I invite you to discover the attractions that draw so many to our state – in addition to great golf, of course. The beauty of Michigan’s great beaches and outdoors are cer- tainly not to be missed or forgotten!

Again, welcome. Please accept my best wishes for an outstanding 105th Western Amateur Golf Tournament!

Sincerely yours,

Jennifer M. Granholm Governor

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105th WESTERN AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Point O’ Woods Management Staff Dan Pannozzo Tournament General Chairman & Club General Manager Ron Fox Golf Course Superintendent Tom Rose PGA Golf Professional Mark Smith Chef Elizabeth Geldhof Clubhouse Manager Karen Halleckson Sales & Marketing Representative Point O’ Woods Officers and Board of Directors Ann Byrne President Drew Seaman Vice President Mike Piraino Secretary John Peck Treasurer Barry Conybeare, John Alexander, Robb Svendsen Geoff Heekin, Jim Engel Western Golf Association Richard E. Peterson President Edward R. James Past President, President of ESF Trustees Donald D. Johnson Executive Director John Kaczkowski Tournament Director Patrick Timson Tournament Manager Gabe Ottolini Associate Tournament Director Robert L. Gerbel Director from Point O’ Woods J. Christopher Wyse Director from Point O’ Woods Gary Holaway Communications Director The Western Amateur would like to recognize and thank Bowater Paper for their paper donation and IPC Print Services for their printing donation. Cover & course photography by Dave Richards, Resort & Golf Marketing Photograph of Hole Nine by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios 2006 photography by Clarence Sormin, [email protected] Produced by Great Lakes Sports Publications, Inc. 4007 Carpenter Road, #366, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734) 507-0251 [email protected]

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Third Time’s a Charm for Bronson LaCassie

Australian Is First From Continent to Win Western Amateur Championship

Courtesy of Western Golf Association

Richard E. Peterson, Western Golf Association president, and Bronson LaCassie, 2006 Western Amateur Champion, hold the George R. Thorne Championship trophy.

ronson LaCassie held on to defeat Spain’s Pablo Australians , , Martin on Sunday to claim the 2006 Western and , who all have prospered as profession- BAmateur title and become the first Australian in the als, are among the Australians who reached the Sweet 16 at tournament’s 104-year history to have his name engraved the Western Amateur at Point O’Woods G. & C.C. in Benton on the George R. Thorne Championship Trophy. Harbor, yet were unable to claim the championship.

LaCassie, 23, of Brisbane, , joins a list of golf’s “It definitely makes you believe you can go on and do greats who have won the prestigious national title, includ- what they’ve done. It is really special,” said LaCassie, the ing Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and . But the Western Amateur’s first international champion since names of his fellow countrymen absent from the trophy Michael Kirk, of Johannesburg, , won in 2000, give LaCassie confidence he can live his dream of success and only the third foreign champion in history. Jim as a . Nelford, of , won in 1977. “Definitely winning a tro-

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phy Tiger’s won feels special and is something I’ll never forget. Individually, it’s the biggest thing that’s hap- pened to me in my career.”

LaCassie, 23, a junior at the University of , took command of the match on the back nine after he and Martin, 20, of Malaga, Spain, made the turn all square. LaCassie won the par 4, 10th with a 12-foot birdie putt, then carded back-to-back birdies on the par 5, 13th and par 4, 14th to take a 3-up lead. Martin answered by winning the par 5, 15th, with a conceded eagle putt, and the par 4, 16th, also with a conceded birdie putt, after LaCassie missed the greens on both of his approaches.

Undaunted, LaCassie answered on the 208-yard, par 3, 17th, hitting a 5- to eight feet below the cup and curling the putt in for a birdie and the 2 and 1 victory.

“I felt on 15 I got a little unlucky with a flier over the green, and on the 16th I had an awkward yardage,” said LaCassie.

Not much else went wrong for LaCassie. “I really felt confident out there,” he said. “I never got nervous. I pretty much knew where all my shots were going to Runner-up Pablo Martin of go.” Malaga, Spain, celebrates a shot. LaCassie, who was beaten by Martin by four strokes when they were paired in the third round of this year’s NCAA championship, knew he would have to play his best. “He’s a great player. He’s won a lot of college events and is very experienced,” LaCassie said. “I knew he was going to be tough to beat.”

Martin, a first-team All-American and a member of Oklahoma State’s 2006 NCAA Championship team, cred- ited LaCassie’s clutch putting as the difference in the match. “I had my chances,” Martin said. “You can always hit it closer and make more putts. I had birdie chances. He just played better than me.”

Forced to withdraw from his first Western Amateur a year ago due to muscle soreness in his arms after being introduced to water-skiing a couple of days before the competition, Martin made the most of his second chance. “It was a great week … a fun week,” he said. “It’s awesome to be at a tournament like this. It’s as good as it gets.”

With three of the final four hailing from outside the , the internationals were heavy favorites to prevail. “Golf’s getting more and more popular every- where in the world,” said LaCassie, who chose to attend college in the United States so he could compete in the summer amateur circuit. “The ones you see here (at the Won Joon Lee, 2006 Medalist, shot a course Western Amateur) are the best amateurs in the world. and tournament record 61 on the third round. They want to come and play here.”

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Although LaCassie intends to turn professional after he finishes school next year – he has just one year of eligibil- ity remaining – he indicated the timing “depends on what happens. If I’m still an amateur, I’ll definitely be back next year,” he said.

Morning Semifinals

In the morning semifinals, Martin defeated the lone semifinalist from the United States, Scott Pieri, 38, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 5 and 3, and LaCassie edged Dawie Van Der Walt, 23, of Cape Town, South Africa, 3 and 1.

Martin moved in front of Pieri early with a birdie on the par 5, 525-yard second, then methodically built the lead to 5 up through 12 en route to the win. Martin final- ly closed the door with an eagle on the par 5, 15th after hitting a 197-yard 6-iron eight feet from the hole and making the putt.

“It was a good match,” Martin said. “He’s a great guy.”

“I felt great today,” said Pieri, a former PGA profes- sional who regained his amateur status in March. “I was just a little bit off. I didn’t play my best, and I got beat.” Scott Pieri of Fort Wayne, , was the lone semifinalist from the United States. Despite the loss, Pieri embraced the experience. “This was the experience of a lifetime to me,” said Pieri, who played as a professional in thee PGA TOUR tournaments in 1997. “I always felt that nothing would top my PGA TOUR events, but this was the best week I’ve ever had in golf.”

On Saturday, Pieri defeated two of Martin’s teammates on the OSU Cowboys’ national title team, 2006 NCAA champion Jonathan Moore and Tyler Leon. On Sunday, Martin got revenge. “I certainly was the underdog, playing three college All-Americans at age 38,” Pieri offered.

In the second semifinal, Van Der Walt took a 2-up lead after LaCassie bogeyed the short, par 4 eighth. But LaCassie won the par 3, 11th, then pulled all square with an eagle on the 550-yard, par 5, 13th. He birdied the par 4, 14th to take his first lead in the match.

Van Der Walt, a senior at Lamar University, gave LaCassie a nod for playing the better round in their match. “Bronson was playing good,” he said. “I knew it was going to be a tough match. He made a good putt on nine not to go 3 down, and made that eagle on 13.”

Although he plans to turn pro in 2007, Van Der Walt left the door open for a return appearance at the Western Amateur. “I have one more year in school, then I’ll turn pro next summer. Maybe I’ll come back next Semifinalist Dawie Van Der Walt, a native of year,” he said. South Africa, played in his first Western Amateur.

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World’s Top Amateur Players Take Aim at 105th Western Amateur Title

Players to Watch

he 2007 Western Amateur field is one of the helped lead the Cardinal to the 2007 NCAA strongest in recent championship history, featuring Championship. Second team All-PAC 10. Third in the Tfive first team NCAA All-Americans, including 2006 State Amateur. Medalist, 2006 San 2005 Western Amateur champion and 2007 NCAA cham- Francisco City. pion . Playing in his first Western Amateur.

The field also includes five of the top eight in the Men's Amateur Rankings through mid-summer, Alan Bratton, 35, Stillwater, Oklahoma including No. 1 Kyle Stanley and No. 2 . 1995 graduate, Oklahoma State University. Champion, 2006 Oklahoma State Amateur. Runner In addition, Lovemark is one of 12 past Western up, 2007 New Year's Invitational and quarterfinalist, Amateur “Sweet 16” qualifiers who will be competing in 2006 U.S. Mid-Amateur. Assistant coach for the 2006 the 105th Western Amateur the week of July 30 at Point Oklahoma State NCAA Championship team. 1995 O'Woods Golf & Country Club in Benton Harbor, Mich. team member. A four-time All-American, earning first-team honors in 1994 and 1995. Co-recipient “We're pleased to have so many top amateurs in the of 1994 Nicklaus Award (along with two-time Western field again this year,” said John Kaczkowski, Western Amateur champion ). In 1995, he led OSU Golf Association tournament director. “Many of them to the eighth of its 10 national championships. Academic will be joining the ranks of the top professionals in just a few short years. We're fortunate to be able to watch them All-America honors in 1994 and 1995. Big Eight Player of develop their talents in such a competitive event as the the Year in 1992 and 1994. Conference medalist honors Western Amateur.” in 1992 and 1995. Currently tied for fourth on the school’s all-time list with seven career victories. Played Following are 35 players who could make an impact professionally from 1995-2000, competing on the Asian in this year's championship. Tour from 1996-97, the PGA Tour in 1999 and the Buy.com Tour in 2000. Rohan Blizard, 23, Sydney, New South Playing in his sixth Western Amateur. Made the Sweet 16 in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Wales, Australia Won the 2007 Australian Amateur, the 2007 SBS Invitational in and the 2007 Tasmanian Ryan Brehm, 21, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Open. Was a 2006 New South Wales State Squad Member. Senior, Michigan State University. Winner, 2005 Royal Sydney Jug, W.E. Alexander Open Won the 2007 Michigan State Amateur after tying for and the Mollymook Open. Winner, 2004 Avondale Medal. Runner-up, 2007 Mandurah Easter Amateur in West second in medal qualifying. Second team, All-Big Ten in Australia, and the 2005 Avondale Medal and 2005 2007, helping the Spartans earn a tie with Minnesota for Concord Cup. the Big Ten title. Also won the 2007 Boilermaker Playing in his second Western Amateur. Invitational. 2006 first team All-Big Ten selection, and 2005 Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Second, 2006 Michigan Amateur. Second, 2005 and 2006 Big Ten Joseph Bramlett, 19, Saratoga, Championship. Second, 2005 Duke University Home California Tournament. Tied for 72nd in 2005 . Sophomore, Stanford University. Playing in his second Western Amateur. Made the 2007 second team All-American at Stanford, where he 2006 Sweet 16 in his first appearance.

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Players to Watch , 21, Fresno, California Senior, UCLA. 2007 second team All-American and first team All-PAC 10. Tied for second, 2007 NCAA West Regional. Medalist, 2006 NCAA East Regional. Tied for second, 2005 NCAA Western Regional. Won gold medal in the 2004 in Japan. Playing in his second Western Amateur.

Andrew Dodt, 21, Gatton, Queensland, Australia Queensland Academy of Sport. Won the 2007 Australian Amateur and Keppera Bowl (Australia) and the 2006 . Tied for second, medalist honors in 2007 New Zealand Amateur. Second, 2007 Riversdale Cup (Australia). Top ama- teur in the 2006 (tied for 11th). Runner up, 2005 New Zealand Amateur, New Zealand and Riversdale Cup. Semi-finalist, 2004 Australian Amateur and quarter-finalist, 2004 Australian Amateur. Playing in his third Western Amateur. Made the "Sweet 16" in his first appearance in 2005.

Erik Flores, 20, Grass Valley, California Junior, UCLA. Second team All-American in 2006. 2006 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and first-team All Pac- 10. Six top five finishes in Collegiate tournaments in his freshman year. Winner, 2005 California State Fair 2005 champion, Jamie Lovemark, returns Men's Amateur. Member of the winning U.S. team in to play in his third Western Amateur. the 2005 Toyota World Junior Championship. Playing in his second Western Amateur. Advanced to the quarterfinals in match play in 2006. Bronson Burgoon, 20, Montgomery, Texas , 18, Murrieta, California Sophomore, Texas A&M. Freshman, Oklahoma State University. Earned third team All-American honors in 2007, post- Won the 2007 Sunnehanna Amateur and the 2005 ing lowest scoring average for Texas A&M as a freshman. . Also won the 2006 California State High 2007 All-Big 12. Third, 2006 Golfweek Preview First-team, 2005 AJGA Junior All-American. Won the School Championship and 2006 AJGA HP. 2003 and 2005 Texas State High School championships. Quarterfinalist, 2006 U.S. Amateur. 2005-2006 AJGA Also in 2005, won the AJGA PING Junior and the AJGA All-American. Seventh in Golfweek Amateur rankings Thunderbird International. through June. Playing in his second Western Amateur. Playing in his first Western Amateur.

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Players to Watch

Philip Francis, 18, Scottsdale, Freshman, UCLA. Winner, 2006 U.S. Junior, Rolex Tournament of Champions and the AJGA . Also won the 2006 Heather Farr Classic. 2004, 2005 and 2006 first-team, AJGA Junior All-American. Runner up, 2004 Western Junior at Country Club. Shot a 5-under par 67 at Gainey Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale in 2004 FBR Open () local quali- fying and missed the cut by one stroke. Low amateur in Arizona Open at age 14. Won the Junior a record four consecutive times. Playing in his fourth Western Amateur. Made the 2005 "Sweet 16" and advanced to the quarterfinals.

James Gill, 21, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand 2006 graduate, Waikato University. Medalist, 2007 New Zealand Amateur and reached the semifinals in match play. Winner, individual New Zealand under 23 Teams, 2007. Won the 2006 Bay of Plenty Open, 2005-2006 Taieri Golf Classic and 2006 Waikato Winter Strokeplay. Second, 2006 Amateur. Third, 2006 New Zealand Amateur. Low ama- teur in the 2006 New Zealand Open. Playing in his first Western Amateur.

Rob Grube, 22, Hinsdale, Illinois Senior, Stanford. Helped Stanford win the 2007 NCAA Championship, placing third individually. Second team All-American and first team Pac-10 in 2007. 2006 third team All-American. Honorable mention All-American in 2005. 2006 Co-Pac- 10 Golfer of the Year. Named first-team Pac-10 All- Erik Flores American in both 2005 and 2006. Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2005. Won the 2006 Illinois State Amateur and of the Year in 2007. Medalist, 2007 NCAA East Regional 2006 Corde Valle Classic. In 12 tournaments in 2004- and 2006 U.S. Amateur. Also, 2006 first-team NCAA All- 2005, posted five top 10 finishes, including a tie for sec- American, All-SEC and All-Freshman Team. Tied for ond at the U.S. Intercollegiate and a fourth-place finish at medalist, 2006 NCAA West Regional. the Pac-10 Championship. 2002 FCWT All-American, Won the 2006 Ping Preview. Finished in the top 10 in Player of the Year, Western Division. both NCAA and SEC championships, and led Gators to Shot a course record 62 at Sea Island Golf Club, Sea second-place finish in the 2006 NCAA Championship. Island, Ga., in 2002 Western Junior; finished fifth. Played in the 2006 U.S. Open, shooting rounds of 75-77 Playing in his fifth Western Amateur. and missing the cut by just two strokes. Was U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying co-medalist and Local Qualifying medalist. Second, 2007 Azalea Amateur. Sixth in , 20, Grant, Florida Golfweek Amateur rankings through June. Junior, . Playing in his second Western Amateur. Advanced to First team All-American and All-SEC and SEC Player the Sweet 16 in 2006.

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Players to Watch

Northeast Amateur and Monroe Invitational. Won the 2006 Seminole Invitational. Fourth, 2006 Monroe Invitational In 2005, won the Coca-Cola Duke Classic and the Landfall Tradition. 2005 NCAA East Regional medalist and third-team All-American. Second in Golfweek Amateur rankings through June. Playing in his third Western Amateur. Advanced to the quarterfinals in match play in 2006.

Alexandre Kaleka, 20, Orleans, France Third, 2007 St. Andrews Links Trophy. Tied for sec- ond in medal play, 2007 South African Amateur. Member of the French Team in matches with , and South Africa. Playing in his first Western Amateur.

Drew Kittleson, 18, Scottsdale, Arizona Freshman, Florida State University. 2006 AJGA first team All-American. 2005 AJGA 2nd Team All-American. Tied for second, 2007 Northeast Amateur. Fifth, 2007 Southwestern Amateur. Won the 2005 AJGA Heather Farr. 2006 U.S. team, Honda Cup in Japan. Playing in his first Western Amateur.

Rick Kulacz, 22, Perth, Australia Phillip Francis Won the 2007 SAGA Invitational (South Australia). Won the 2006 New South Wales Open, the Federal Open Amateur and the Dunes Medal, Australia. Second, 2007 Western Australia Amateur. Also claimed the 2006 Cole Isban, 22, South Bend, Indiana Australian Foursome title with partner Steve Dartnall. 2007 graduate, Notre Dame. Runner-up, 2006 Riversdale Cup. In 2005, won the All-Big East honors in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Named South Australian Invitational, the Walkato Stroke Play to 2007 NCAA All-Midwest Region team. Helped lead and the Bay of Plenty Amateur. Notre Dame to three straight Big East golf champi- Winner, 2003 Western Australia Amateur. 2001 onships, 2004-2006. In 2007, set the school record for Australian and World Junior Champion. single-season scoring average - 72.71. Tied for third, 2003 Playing in his second Western Amateur. Western Junior and 2005 Dixie Amateur. Playing in his fifth Western Amateur, advancing to the Lucas Lee, 20, Torrance, California Sweet 16 in 2005. Junior, UCLA. 2007 third team NCAA All-American and second Dustin Johnson, 23, North Myrtle Beach, team All-PAC 10. Won the 2007 Southern Highlands Invitational, and 2007 CSU - Bakersfield Invitational. South Carolina Second place, 2007 The Prestige and 2007 Husky 2007 graduate, Coastal Carolina. Invitational. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2006 honorable First team NCAA All-American in 2006-2007, the first mention All-PAC 10. Helped lead UCLA to 2006 PAC-10 All-American in school history. Four-time All-Big South Conference Championship. Winner, 2006 CSU San and three-time Big South Player of the Year, 2005-2007. Marcos and 2006 Battle at Monarch Bay. Two-time Led Coastal Carolina to its fourth straight Big South title AJGA All-American. and to sixth place in 2007 NCAA. Won the 2007 Playing in his second Western Amateur.

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Players to Watch

Danny Lee, 17, Rotorua, Pukeahangi, lead to sixth place team finish in 2004 NCAA Championship. Winner, 2004 Amateur. New Zealand Playing in his fifth Western Amateur. Made Sweet 16 2006 and 2007 winner, New Zealand under 23 stroke in 2004. play. Winner, 2007 South Island Amateur and 2007 New Zealand Amateur. Second, 2007 SBS Invitational in New Garrett Osborn, 22, Birmingham, Zealand. Quarterfinalist, 2006 U.S. Junior. Playing in his first Western Amateur. Alabama 2007 graduate, University of Alabama-Birmingham. Jamie Lovemark, 19, Rancho Sante Fe, Won the 2007 Conference USA Championship. 2007 first team All-Conference USA. Won the 2006 Labor Day California Invitational and Scenic City Invitational. Third team, Sophomore, University of Southern California. 2006 NCAA All-American. Won the 2007 NCAA Championship and 2007 PAC First team, All-Conference USA in 2006. Won the 10 title. 2007 first team All-American and All-PAC 10. 2005 Intercollegiate and the 2005 Western PAC 10 Co-Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Carolina Intercollegiate. Second, 2005 Southern Amateur. In 2005, won the Western Amateur, becoming youngest Won the 2004 Alabama State Match Play. champion ever. Playing in his second Western Amateur. His win earned him an exemption into the 2006 , where he made the cut and finished in a tie for 54th. First-team, Rolex Junior All-American in Scott Pieri, 39, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2004; second team in 2005. In July 2004, won the Rolex Tournament of 1990 graduate, Ball State University. Champions and the 2004 Western Junior in consecutive Was an Academic All-American at Ball State weeks, tying the Denver Country Club competitive course University in 1990. Won the 2006 Jim Kelley Classic, the record of 65 in final round of the Western Junior. 2003 Indiana CPC Championship, the 2003 Indiana State Playing in his third Western Amateur. In addition to Pro-Am and the 2001 Indiana PGA Northern. Played in winning in 2005, made Sweet 16 in 2006. the 1997 Western Open, 1997 Buick Open and 1997 Greater Open on the PGA TOUR. Playing in his second Western Amateur. Made the Jon McLean, 21, Weston, Florida Sweet 16 in 2006, advancing to the semifinals. Junior, Texas Christian University. Won the 2006 Inverness Intercollegiate and 2004 Aaron Pike, 21, Brisbane, Queensland, Dixie Amateur. Second, 2005-2006 Sahalee Players. Tie for fifth, 2007 Jones Cup and sixth in 2006 . Australia First-team AJGA All-American in 2004. 2003 Texas Champion, 2007 Northern Territory Open Amateur, Oklahoma Junior Winner. Playing in his third Western 2006 Victoria State Amateur, 2005 Queensland Amateur Amateur. Made the Sweet 16 in his first try in 2005. and 2005-06 Indooroopilly Jug. 2007 Australian squad member. Fourth, 2007 Lake Macquarie International. Zack Miller, 23, San Rafael, California Fifth, 2007 Queensland Medal and 2007 South 2007 graduate, Stanford University. Australian Invitational. Champion, 2006 Indooroopilly 2007 third-team All-American and first team All-PAC Club. Fourth, 2006 . 2006 New 10. Helped Stanford win the 2007 NCAA Championship Zealand Amateur quarter-finalist. 2005 Victoria Amateur as squad's lone senior. Medalist in The Prestige at PGA runner-up. West in 2006. Co-medalist, 2006 Gopher Invitational and Playing in his first Western Amateur. 2006 Corde Valle Classic. Playing in his first Western Amateur. , 22, Spokane, Washington Senior, Washington. Erik Olson, 23, Newcastle, Washington First team All-PAC 10 in 2006. Second team, All-PAC 2007 graduate, . 10 in 2005 and 2007. Won the 2007 Duck 2005 first-team, Pac-10 All Conference. 2006 honor- Invitational, 2005 Pacific Coast Amateur and 2005 able mention All-Pac 10 Winner, 2005 Pac-10 Washington State Amateur. Tied for second, 2006 Championship, third in 2006. Second, 2006 Pacific Washington State Amateur. Helped lead Washington to Northwest Amateur. Third, 2006 Northeast Amateur. 2005 Pac-10 Championship. 2004 NCAA All-American 2004 NCAA honorable mention All-American. Helped honorable mention as a freshman. Second, 2004 Big 10-

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Pac 10 Challenge. Daniel Summerhays, 22, Farmington, Playing in his second Western Amateur Senior, Brigham Young University. Kyle Stanley, 19, Gig Harbor, 2007 first team All-American and 2006 honorable mention All-American. Tied for fourth in 2007 NCAA Washington Championship. Won the 2007 Ping Cougar Classic. Sophomore, Clemson University. Shot 60 (-10) in the final round of the 2006 Ping Preview Finished second in the 2007 NCAA Championship, two strokes behind Jamie Lovemark, to earn first team, at the Golden Horseshoe Club, tying the NCAA scoring All-American honors. First team All-ACC as a freshman record. in 2007, tying for third in the 2007 ACC Championship. Won the 2006 Arizona Sectional Qualifier for the U.S. In 2006, won the Southern Amateur, the Sahalee Players, Amateur. Three-time match play qualifier in U.S. the Aloha Purdue Intercollegiate and the AJGA Boys Amateur, reaching quarterfinals in 2001. Championship. Also won the 2005 MCI Junior Heritage. Playing in his second Western Amateur. 2005-2006 AJGA All-American. Playing in his first Western Amateur. Was No. 1 in Golfweek Amateur rankings through June. Michael Thompson, 22, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tim Stewart, 22, Sydney, New South Senior, University of Alabama. Wales, Australia Tied for fourth in the 2007 NCAA Championship. Won the 2007 Riversdale Cup and the 2006 Named 2007 second team All-American and first team Australian Amateur. Second in the 2007 British Amateur, All-SEC. Won the 2007 Greystone Invitational. the 2007 New South Wales Amateur, the 2006 Rice Also won the 2005 NOKIA Sugar Bowl Tulane Planters Amateur and the 2006 Eastern Amateur. 2005 Invitational, the 2004 LSU Spring Invitational, the 2004 Monash Masters champion. Semifinalist, 2006 New Raising Cane Classic and the 2004 Moe O'Brien Zealand Amateur. Playing in his second Western Amateur. Made the Memorial Invitational. Sweet 16 in his first try in 2006. Playing in his first Western Amateur.

Kevin Tway, 19, Edmond, Oklahoma Freshman, Oklahoma State University. Won the 2005 U.S. Junior and semifinalist in the 2006 U.S. Junior. Also won the 2006 AJGA Osso Junior and the 2005 AJGA Wichita Classic Junior. Tied for fifth, 2007 Sunnehanna Amateur. 2006 Oklahoma Class 6-A State High School medalist. 2005-2006 AJGA All- American. Son of PGA TOUR professional . Playing in his first Western Amateur.

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Past Western Amateur Competitors in Top 75 on PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup Standings

Thirty-one of the top 75 professionals on the PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup standings through the Traveler’s Championship, June 24, 2007, gained playing experience as competitors in the Western Amateur at Point O’Woods Golf and Country Club. Six of the top ten in the FedExCup standings played in the Western Amateur. The top two – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – are past Western Amateur Champions. In the following listing of the TOUR’s 2007 FedEx Cup standings as of June 30, the Western Amateur competi- tors’ names appear in boldface.

Rank 38 Paul Goydos 5,156 through 39 5,125 June 30 Player Points 40 * 5,086 1 Tiger Woods* 19,524 41 4,903 2 Phil Mickelson* 15,818 42 Nick O’Hern 4,856 3 15,723 43 4,848 4 12,405 44 4,618 5 Charles Howell III 11,922 45 Jose Coceres 4,603 6 11,238 46 4,589 7 Adam Scott 10,357 47 4,558 8 9,537 48 4,543 9 K.J. Choi 9,089 49 4,455 10 Aaron Baddeley 9,024 50 4,363 11 8,701 51 4,292 12 * 8,305 52 4,198 13 8,241 53 4,135 14 8,221 54 4,013 15 8,106 55 Sean O’Hair 4,011 16 Boo Weekley 8,099 56 Bart Bryant 3,970 17 Sergio Garcia 7,249 57 3,852 18 Geoff Ogilvy 7,179 58 3,769 19 6,990 59 3,767 20 6,830 60 Dean Wilson 3,763 21 Henrick Stenson 6,618 61 Steve Marino 3,742 22 6,569 62 3,659 23 6,542 63 Pat Perez 3,646 24 6468 64 Will MacKenzie 3,562 25 6,235 65 John Mallinger 3,519 26 5,920 66 3,493 27 Angel Cabrera 5,789 67 3,366 28 5,718 68 Brian Davis 3,365 29 5,688 69 3,323 30 5,681 70 3,319 31 5,669 71 Padraig Harrington 3,311 32 5,664 72 3,292 33 5,541 73 Davis Love III 3,263 34 5,526 74 Brian Gay 3,252 35 5,288 75 3,251 36 5,220 37 5,199 * - Past Champion, Western Amateur

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Conditions of the Course Hole No. 9 Gets a New Look

By Kelly Hill

ens of thousands of years ago, when a glacier was a receding glacier and the slopes were compacted receded from what now is southwest Michigan, it hard by the glacier.” Tleft the ravine that now traverses the Point O’ Woods golf course. The soil left behind when that glacier The original construction of the course by Robert receded was tightly compacted. Trent Jones also contributed to the necessary reconstruc- tion. “Jones put clay over the original slope and that Some of that soil eventually became the ninth green at made it unstable,” Fox said. Point O’ Woods. The slope on that green began slipping a few years ago, however, which prompted what became a The green on No. 9 was not all that was rebuilt over the reconstruction of the entire ninth hole. That reconstruc- winter. “We decided to not only rebuild the slope but our tion project began November 28, 2006. 50-year-old wood bridge that was falling down,” Fox said. “We had an engineer come out and he pronounced it dead.” “We did a slope reconstruction on No. 9 because the slope had been slipping for several years,” said Point O’ Fox and his staff, however, did not simply replace that Woods superintendent Ron Fox. “The ravine that is here bridge, however. “Instead of just putting in another

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bridge, we built an earth crossing, all the way along the lake,” Fox noted.

The project at Point O’ Woods also was directed by Roger Rulewich, who partnered with Jones for approximately 35 years. “We thought that if we were going to build a bridge like that, we could put the white tee out there on that structure,” Fox said.

While the primary features of the ninth green had always faced the championship tee, golfers playing from the white tee tra- ditionally played those features from the side. With the repositioning of the white tee, those golfers also now play from the same angle as those playing the champi- onship tee.

The white tee on the par-3 ninth hole now measures anywhere from 163-169 yards. The championship tee, which played 192 yards prior to the reconstruction, now also plays 192 yards, although it now can be moved as far back as 213 or 214 yards.

“The hole might play a yard greater than it did before,” Fox said. “The eleva- tion on that tee now, though, is three feet higher than the old tee.”

Fox and his staff also integrated the cart path into the area behind the white and gold tees. “It is a great look now,” Fox said. “We only changed the green very slightly, but Roger (Rulewich) redesigned the bunker slightly. There is not as much face as there used to be.”

The reconstruction project was complet- ed despite southwest Michigan enduring its coldest winter in the last 45 years. “We had many trials along the way,” Fox said. “We had to shut work down for about six weeks. Cold weather like we had does not bode well for construction. We received snowfall for 15 consecutive days.

“Most of the work was being done with sand and normally you can work with sand any time of the year,” Fox said, “but the sand was freezing in the back of the trucks.”

The project was completed on May 24.

Kelly Hill is a freelance sportswriter who lives in Grand Rapids. Bye, bye bridge.

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“One of the best conditioned courses we play each year.” – Justin Leonard Western Amateur Champion 1992 & 1993

A HOLE BY HOLE TOUR OF THE POINT O’ WOODS COURSE

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Caddie Shack

‘Dream House’ Is Reality for Evans Scholars By Vartan Kupelian

named in honor of McMasters, one of the most respected The Shack has a men in golf and the long-time director of the Western Golf Association (WGA) and Golf Association of Michigan, who has always given back to his community, new, more dignified the game and the Evans Schoalrs program. McMasters is a 1956 Michigan Evans Scholar, past president of both the WGA (the only person from Michigan ever to hold name these days. the position) and the GAM, and an Evans Scholars Foundation trustee. He was also honorary chairman of the building campaign. Previously he had served as chair- don’t know if we can call this place the Shack any- man of the Michigan State Scholarship House Building more,” said David Goltz, University of Michgian Class Campaign in the late 1980s. Iof ‘85. “I don’t know if they’re going to want to leave here.” McMasters’ response was heartfelt and typically hum- ble. “Totally honored, totally surprised,” he said. It’s true. McMasters discarded his prepared statements, and not The glittering new Robert L. McMasters House on the because he was too choked up to speak, although he was. campus of the University of Michigan won’t be easy to leave for the fortunate Evans Scholars who are living “It really set me back,” he would say a few days later. here, and that’s altogether fitting, according to Goltz, “I don’t know how that many people kept a secret for so president of the Michigan Alumni Association of Evans long.” Scholars. One of the sources of McMasters’ emotion was the “You’re an Evans Scholar for life, not just the four, fact that for the first time he saw his son, Bill, in his cap- five or six years that you are in college,” Goetz said. tain’s uniform. Bill McMasters is a Navy pilot and Top Gun instructor who has been depolyed six times, three of Funny line, but it gets to the heart of the matter those deployments to the Persian Gulf, and has performed because, after all, that’s what the Evans Scholarship is all 952 carrier landings. about. It’s about heart, about giving, about building and about never forgetting. The Michigan Evans Schoalrship House Building Campaign has been a massive undertaking. It was kicked Those are all the things Bob McMasters has experi- off in September 2003, with a goal of raising $2 million, enced in his association with the Western Golf Associa- one-half of the estimated cost. tion’s Evans Scholars Foundation that has spanned more than 50 years. The Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation committed to fund the remaining $2 million The official unveiling in September 2005 of the new for the project. The alumni were pivotal in the fundraising $4 million house on the University of Michigan campus effort and received significant support from Par Club mem- included the surprise announcement that it would be bers in Michigan ($350,000) and GAM member clubs.

Reprinted, with permission, from Michigan Links, Official Publication of the Golf Association of Michigan, Winter 2005.

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The Robert L. McMasters House, University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor

Tom Carney, WGA director and Michigan House impact on the lives of those who live here,” said E. benefactor, said the building campaign at one point Royster Harper, vice president for student affairs at the “seemed like an overwhelming task, but we knew we University of Michigan. “The quality of the residential would have a lot of help.” experience is significant.”

Nobody knows that better or personifies it more than Harper said her curiosity heightened for months as she McMasters, a Red Run member who has worked tireless- watched the Shack – Caddie Shack, get it? – come down, ly in the Evans Scholar program for 48 years. and later was “awestruck” by the magnitude of the new facility. Help came from everywhere and it typifies the support GAM member clubs and the membership have always Harper said she was overhwelmed by the facility and provided for caddies. Oakland Hills, Pine Lake, the commitment to it. Those are things that define Evans Dearborn, Plum Hollow, Meadowbrook, Barton Hills, Scholars. Grosse Ile, Belvedere, and of Jackson, Orchard Lake, Country Club of , Red Run, Forest “The program is rooted in golf, academics and social Lake and Franklin Hills, along with the GAM, have relationahips,” said David Robinson, a campaign chair- rooms or spaces in the house named for them. man.

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Michigan State have more than 1,300 alumni who are Evans Scholars, but the support shown for the McMasters house crossed all borders. Contributions came from everywhere, including the Ohio State alumni.

With all that going on, there was little doubt some- Putting the thing special was happening. ‘Scholar’ in “I expected something very special,”said Michael Jabon, president of the University of Michigan Evans Scholarship Scholars who is a senior majoring in business. “I can tell you we got it.

“But it’s more than a new structure. It’s a home, a culture. We value the education we get and we value the he roots of the Evans Scholars program brotherhood.” are in golf, but its heart and soul are in Tacademics. Ed James, president of the WGA 2004-2005, echoed the sentiments. “All of our young people got their start as caddies,” said Jim Moore, educational director of the Evans Scholarship Foundation. “But in order to qualify for the scholarship, you must be not just a good student but an excellent stu- dent, and demonstrate financial need.”

The proof is in the numbers. The grade- The new Evans House point average of the 40 scholars at U-M is an impressive 3.21. At Michigan State University, it’s 3.19 for 61 scholars. The two schools aren’t an exception. Last year, all 14 Evans houses finished represents more than a the academic year well above 3.0 And 93 percent completed their degree in 4 1/2 to 5 years. structure. It’s a culture. Being chosen to receive a scholarship isn’t the end for the fortunate students. It’s a begin- ning. “From the moment they receive a scholar- ship to the moment they graduate, there is a program in place that helps them to reach their potential and achieve their goals and meet stan- dards the foundation expects them to meet,” said Moore. “This house is a symbol of what we are and who we are,” he said. “It’s magnificant, but it’s just brick and The Evans Scholars program celebrated its mortar. It’s the people inside and the alumni; that’s what 75th anniversary in 2005. More than 9,000 we’re all about.” caddies have attended college through the pro- gram, with 836 enrolled in 2005-2006. The last word, fittingly, belongs to McMasters, who Michigan State has 678 Evans Scholar alumni, said the substance of the program is the young people, Michigan 632. men and women, who are at the heart of the Evans Scholar program. “We are really all about education,” Ed James, president of the Western Golf “They are,” McMasters said, “the architects of our Association 2004-2005, said at the ceremony future.” marking the anniversary. “Golf is a means to that end. What we really do is offer the gift of Vartan Kupelian is the golf writer and higher education.” sports columnmist for The Detroit News. – Vartan Kupelian.

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Western Amateur, Since 1889

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNERUP MEDALIST SCORE SITE 1899 David Forgan 6 & 5 Walter Egan David Forgan 84 , IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Golf, IL 1900 Wm.Waller 1 up Wm. Holabird, Jr. Walter Smith 161 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Lake Forest, IL 1901 Phelps Hoyt 6 & 5 Bruce Smith Fred Hamlin 176 Midlothian CC Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Blue Island, IL Walter Egan 176 Chicago, IL 1902 H.C. Egan 1 up Walter Egan H.C. Egan 163 Chicago GC Chicago, IL 37 holes Lake Geneva,WI Chicago, IL Wheaton, IL 1903 Walter Egan 1 up H.C. Egan (None) Euclid Club Chicago, IL Chicago, IL ,OH 1904 H.C. Egan 6 & 5 D. E. Sawyer H.C. Egan 144 Exmoor CC Chicago, IL Wheaton. IL Chicago, IL Highland Park, IL 1905 H.C. Egan 3 & 2 Walter Egan Guy Miller 157 Glen View Club Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Golf, IL 1906 D. E. Sawyer 1 up Warren Wood W.C. Fownes, Jr. 153 Glen Echo CC Wheaton, IL 37 holes Homewood, IL , PA St. Louis,MO 1907 H.C. Egan 5 & 4 Herbert Jones D. E. Sawyer 160 Chicago GC Chicago, IL Wheaton, IL Wheaton, IL Wheaton, IL K. P. Edwards 160 Chicago, IL W. I. Howland, Jr. 160 Chicago, IL 1908 Mason Phelps 6 & 5 H.W.Allen K. P. Edwards 152 Arsenal GC Chicago, IL St. Louis,MO Chicago, IL Rock Island, IL 1909 Chas. Evans, Jr. 1 up Albert Seckel Warren Wood 146 Homewood CC Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Homewood, IL Flossmoor, IL 1910 Mason Phelps 2 & 1 Chas. Evans, Jr. Harry Legg 140 Minikahda Club Chicago, IL Chicago, IL ,MN Minneapolis,MN 1911 Albert Seckel 8 & 7 Paul Hunter 154 Detroit GC Chicago, IL Hinsdale, IL Chicago, IL Detroit, MI 1912 Chas. Evans, Jr. 1 up Warren Wood Warren Wood 69 Denver CC Chicago, IL Homewood, IL Homewood, IL Denver,CO 1913 Warren Wood 4 & 3 E. P. Allis Chas. Evans, Jr. 151 Homewood CC Homewood, IL Milwaukee,WI Chicago, IL Flossmoor, IL 1914 Chas. Evans, Jr. 11 & 9 J.D. Standish, Jr. Chas. Evans, Jr. 147 Kent CC Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Chicago, IL Grand Rapids,MI 1915 Chas. Evans, Jr. 7 & 6 J.D. Standish, Jr. Paul Hunter 150 Mayfield CC Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Chicago, IL Cleveland,OH 1916 Heinrich Schmidt7 & 6 Douglas Grant Heinrich Schmidt 145 Del Monte G&CC Claremont,CA Burlingame,CA Claremont,CA Del Monte,CA 1917 1 up Ken Edwards Donald Edwards 150 Midlothian CC Boston,MA Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Blue Island, IL 1918 NO CHAMPIONSHIP 1919 Harry Legg 2 & 1 R. Bockenkamp Clarence Wolff 146 Sunset Hill CC Minneapolis,MN St. Louis MO St. Louis,MO St. Louis,MO 1920 Chas. Evans, Jr. 5 & 4 Clarence Wolff R.T. Jones, Jr. 139 Memphis CC Chicago, IL St. Louis,MO Atlanta, GA Memphis,TN 1921 Chas. Evans, Jr. 3 & 2 Rudy Knepper Rudy Knepper 144 Westmoreland CC Chicago, IL Sioux City, IA Sioux City, IA Wilmette, IL H. R. Johnston 144 St. Paul,MN 1922 Chas. Evans, Jr. 5 & 4 Goe.Von Elm Chas. Evans, Jr. 143 Hillcrest CC Chicago, IL ,UT Chicago, IL Kansas City,MO 1923 Chas. Evans, Jr. 6 & 4 W.H. Gardner 143 Mayfield CC Chicago, IL Buffalo,NY Boston,MA Cleveland,OH 1924 H. R. Johnston 1 up Albert Seckel Arthur Sweet 141 Hinsdale CC St. Paul, MN Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Hinsdale, IL

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1925 Keefe Carter 3 & 2 Russell Martin Dexter Cummings 138 Lochmoor Club , OK Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Detroit, MI 1926 Frank Dolp 6 & 5 Bon Stein H. R. Johnston 141 White Bear YC Portland,OR Seattle,WA St. Paul,MN St. Paul,MN 1927 Bon Stein 2 & 1 Eddie Held Chas. Hunter 47 Seattle,GC Seattle,WA St. Louis,MO Tacoma,WA Seattle,WA 1928 Frank Dolp 4 & 3 Gus Novotny John Dawson 141 Bob O’Link GC Portland,OR Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Highland Park, IL 1929 Don Moe 1 up Gilbert Carter Don Moe 144 Mission Hills CC Portland,OR 37 holes Univ. of Missouri Portland,OR Kansas City,MO 1930 John Lehman 4 & 2 Ira Couch John Lehman 147 Beverly CC Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chas. Evans, Jr. 147 Chicago, IL 1931 Don Moe 9 & 7 M. McNaughton Eddie Hogan 140 Portland GC Portland,OR Portland,OR Portland,OR Portland,OR 1932 Gus Moreland 5 & 4 Ira Couch John Lehman 137 Rockford CC ,TX Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Rockford, IL 1933 3 & 2 Rodney Bliss Zell Eaton 141 Memphis CC Chicago, IL Omaha, NE Oklahoma City,OK Memphis,TN 1934 Zell Eaton 4 & 3 Spec Goldman Zell Eaton 144 Twin Hills GC Oklahoma City,OK Dallas,TX Oklahoma City,OK Oklahoma City,OK 1935 Charles Yates 5 & 3 Rodney Bliss Rodney Bliss 142 Broadmoor GC Atlanta, GA Omaha, NE Omaha, NE Springs,CO 1936 Paul Leslie 2 & 1 Bob Frazer Matt Zadalis 138 Happy Hollow Club Jefferson City,MO Omaha, NE Omaha, NE Omaha, NE 1937 Wilford Wehrle 1 up Charles Kocsis Charles Yates 137 CC Racine,WI Detroit, MI Atlanta, GA Los Angeles,CA 1938 Bob Babbish 1 up M. McCarthy Burleigh Jacobs, Jr. 139 South Bend CC Detroit, MI ,OH Milwaukee,WI South Bend, IN 1939 Harry Todd 2 & 1 Larry Moller Spec Stewart 137 Oklahoma City GC Dallas,TX Quincy, IL Albuquerque,NM Oklahoma, City,OK 1940 Marvin Ward 3 & 1 George Victor Art Doering 142 Minneapolis GC Spokane,WA Wilmette, IL Medinah, IL Minneapolis,MN 142 Sydney, Australia 1941 Marvin Ward 3 & 2 Harry Todd Harry Todd 141 Broadmoor GC Spokane,WA Dallas,TX Dallas,TX Colorado Springs,CO 1942 Pvt. Pat Abbott 7 & 6 B. McCormick Marvin Ward 141 Manito G&CC Los Angeles,CA Los Angeles,CA Spokane,WA Spokane,WA 1943-44-45 NO CHAMPIONSHIPS 1946 1 up Marvin Ward Frank Stranahan 141 Northland CC Toledo,OH Spokane,WA Toledo, OH Duluth,MN Marvin Ward 141 Spokane, WA Smiley Quick 141 Los Angeles, CA 1947 Marvin Ward 1 up F. Stranahan Marvin Ward 141 Wakonda CC Spokane,WA Toledo,OH Spokane, WA Des Moines, IA 1948 Skee Reigel 3 & 1 James T. McHale Laurence Glosser 139 Wichita CC Upper Darby, PA Philadelphia, PA Oklahoma City, OK Wichita, KS 1949 Frank Stranahan 5 & 4 Walter Cisco John Wagner 145 Bellerive CC Toledo, OH Louisville, KY Chicago, IL St. Louis,MO 1950 7 & 6 Robert Goldwater Jimmy McHale 143 Dallas CC Admore,OK Phoenix,AZ Philadelphia, PA Dallas,TX Dale Morey 143 Dallas, TX Leonard White 143 Dallas, TX Morris Williams 143 Denton, TX 1951 Frank Stranahan 7 & 6 James Blair, III Frank Stranahan 139 South Bend CC Toledo, OH Jefferson City,MO Toledo, OH South Bend, IN 1952 Frank Stranahan 3 & 2 , Jr. John Coyle 141 Exmoor CC Toledo, OH Atlanta, GA Dallas, TX Highland Park, IL Don Cherry 141 New York, NY

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1953 Dale Morey 8 & 6 Richard Norton Frank Strafaci 140 Blythefield CC Martinsville, IN Grand Rapids, MI Long Island,NY Grand Rapids, MI 1954 Bruce Cudd 1 up Philip Getchell Maj. H.Williams 142 Broadmoor GC Portland,OR 37 holes Medford,OR Seattle,WA Seattle,WA 1955 Eddie Merrins 1 up , Jr. Don Bisplinghoff 276 Rockford CC Meridian, MS 37 holes Memphis,TN Orlando, FL Rockford, IL 1956 Mason Rudolph 6 & 4 Jack Parnell Don Bisplinghoff 273 Belle Meade CC Clarksville,TN Nashville,TN Orlando, FL Nashville,TN 1957 Dr. Updegraff 9 & 8 Joe Campbell Bob Pratt 289 Old Warson CC Tucson,AZ Knoxville,TN Renton,WA St. Louis,MO Phil Rodgers 289 La Jolla,CA 1958 James (Billy) Key 3 & 2 Mason Rudolph James (Billy) Key 286 CC of Florida Columbus, GA Clarksville,TN Columbus, GA Delray Beach, FL Mason Rudolph 286 Clarksville,TN Edwin Hopkins, Jr. 286 Abilene,TX 1959 Dr. Updegraff 7 & 5 Chas. Hunter, Jr. Dr.Arthur Butler 278 Waverley CC Tucson,AZ Tacoma,WA Pasadena,CA Portland,OR 1960 default Bob Cochran Pfc. Phil Rodgers 281 Northland CC Gainesville,GA St. Louis,MO ,CA Duluth,MN 1961 Jack Nicklaus 4 & 3 James (Billy) Key Ron Weber 278 New Orleans CC Columbus,OH Columbus, GA Bayside,CA New Orleans, LA 1962 Art Hudnutt 1 up Melvin Stevens Labron Harris, Jr. 281 Orchard Lake CC Elyria,OH Detroit, MI Stillwater,OK Orchard Lake, MI 1963 5 & 4 Labron Harris, Jr. Don Voth 294 Point O’Woods G&CC Bedford,OH Stillwater,OK Akron,OH Benton Harbor, MI 1964 3 & 2 Dr. Updegraff Dr. Updegraff 277 Tucson CC ,CA Tucson,AZ Tucson,AZ Tucson,AZ 1965 Bob Smith 1 up George Boutell Marty Fleckman 290 Point O’Woods G&CC Sacramento,CA 19 holes Phoenix,AZ Port Arthur,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1966 Jim Wiechers 1 up Marty Fleckman 282 Pinehurst CC Atherton,CA San Rafael,CA Port Arthur,TX Pinehurst,NC 1967 Bob Smith 3 & 1 Marty Fleckman Bob Smith 280 Milburn G&CC Sacramento,CA Port Arthur,TX Sacramento,CA Overland Park, KS 1968 Rik Massengale 3 & 1 Kemp Richardson Bob Barbarossa 280 Grosse Ile G&CC Jacksboro,TX Palos Verdes,CA Ft. Lauderdale, FL Grosse Ile,MI 1969 3 & 1 Pat Fitzsimons 283 Rockford CC Brunswick, GA Phoenix,AZ Salem,OR Rockford, IL 1970 4 & 2 Charlie Borner 273 Wichita CC Richmond,VA North Platte,NE Austin,TX Wichita, KS 1971 1 up Barney Thompson Allen Miller 284 Point O’Woods G&CC Conroe,TX Barboursville,WV Pensacola, FL Benton Harbor, MI 284 Kansas City,MO 1972 Gary Sanders 1 up Dr. Gill Morgan 282 Point O’Woods G&CC Anaheim,CA Wewoka,OK Austin,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1973 Ben Crenshaw 4 & 3 Jimmy Ellis Ben Crenshaw 286 Point O’Woods G&CC Austin,TX V irginia Beach,VA Austin,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1974 Curtis Strange 1 up Curtis Strange 278 Point O’Woods G&CC Virginia Beach,VA 20 holes Belleville, IL Virginia Beach,VA Benton Harbor, MI 1975 1 up Randy Simmons Robert Byman 289 Point O’Woods G&CC Lakeland, FL Shreveport, LA Raleigh,NC Benton Harbor, MI Keith Fergus 289 ,TX Bill Mallon 289 Framingham, MS Randy Simmons 289 Shreveport, LA 1976 John Stark 3 & 1 Mick Soli 289 Point O’Woods G&CC San Antonio,TX DeKalb, IL Raleigh,NC Benton Harbor, MI 1977 Jim Nelford 2 & 1 Rafael Alarcon Lee Mikles 284 Point O’Woods G&CC Burnaby, B.C., Canada Guadalajara, Mexico Camarillo,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1978 Bob Clampett 2 up Vance Heafner 283 Point O’Woods G&CC Carmel, CA Escondido,CA Cary, NC Benton Harbor, MI 1979 1 up Mike Gove Joe Rassett 75 Point O’Woods G&CC Shreveport, LA Seattle,WA Turlock,CA Benton Harbor, MI 54 Western Amateur 2007

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1980 Hal Sutton 4 & 3 David Ogrin Mark O’Meara 280 Point O’Woods G&CC Shreveport, LA Waukegan, IL Laguna Niguel,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1981 Frank Fuhrer 2 & 1 283 Point O’Woods G&CC Pittsburgh, PA Marco Island, FL Stillwater,OK Benton Harbor, MI Ed Luethke 283 Los Altos,CA 1982 Rick Fehr 5 & 3 Rick Fehr 272 Point O’Woods G&CC Seattle,WA New Orleans, LA Seattle,WA Benton Harbor, MI 1983 Billy Tuten 2 up Kent Kluba Roy Biancalana 282 Point O’Woods G&CC Palatka, FL Walnut Creek, GA Franklin Park, IL Benton Harbor, MI 1984 John Inman 3 & 2 Rocco Mediate Scott Verplank 270 Point O’Woods G&CC Greensboro,NC Greensburg, PA Dallas,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1985 Scott Verplank 1 up Dave Peege Scott Verplank 278 Point O’Woods G&CC Dallas,TX Louisville, KY Dallas,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1986 Greg Parker 3 & 1 Robert Huxtable 279 Point O’Woods G&CC Old Fort,NC Cathedral City,CA Sheridan,WY Benton Harbor, MI 1987 Hugh Royer 3 & 2 Len Mattiace Point O’Woods G&CC Aiken, SC Van Buren,OH Ponte Vedra, FL Benton Harbor, MI 1988 Chris DiMarco 1 up Bill Lundeen Tom Carr 276 Point O’Woods G&CC Heathrow, FL Findlay,OH Columbus,OH Benton Harbor, MI 1989 David Sutherland 2 & 1 Tony Mollica Doug Martin 271 Point O’Woods G&CC Sacramento,CA Columbus,OH Norman,OK Benton Harbor, MI 1990 Craig Kanada 4 & 2 Greg Griffin Scott Frisch 281 Point O’Woods G&CC Lake Oswego,OR Sacramento,CA Scottsdale,AZ Benton Harbor, MI 1991 Phil Mickelson 2 & 1 Justin Leonard Phil Mickelson 279 Point O’Woods G&CC San Diego,CA Dallas,TX San Diego,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1992 Justin Leonard 2 up David Howser 280 Point O’Woods G&CC Dallas,TX Cordova,TN Edina,MN Benton Harbor, MI 1993 Justin Leonard 6 & 4 Danny Green 277 Point O’Woods G&CC Dallas,TX Jackson,TN Valencia,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1994 Tiger Woods 2 & 1 Bud Still 279 Point O’Woods G&CC Cypress,CA San Diego,CA Diboll,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1995 Patrick Lee 2 & 1 Robert Floyd Mathew Goggin 274 Point O’Woods G&CC Oxford, MS Miami Beach, FL Tasmania,Australia Benton Harbor, MI Justin Roof 274 Conway, SC 1996 Joel Kribel 2 & 1 Brett Partridge Joel Kribel 274 Point O’Woods G&CC Pleasanton,CA Tasmania,AUS Pleasanton,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1997 Danny Green 1 up Andy Miller Arron Oberholser 271 Point O’Woods G&CC Jackson,TN 19 holes Napa,CA San Jose,CA Benton Harbor, MI 1998 Michael Henderson 1 up Shawn Koch Alberto Ocha 277 Point O’Woods G&CC Raleigh,NC Howell, MI Edinburg,TX Benton Harbor, MI 1999 Steve Scott 2 & 1 Andy Miller Steve Scott 275 Point O’Woods G&CC Coral Springs, FL Napa,CA Coral Springs, FL Benton Harbor, MI 2000 Michael Kirk 2 & 1 275 Point O’Woods G&CC Johannesburg, South Africa Kent, OH Columbia, SC Benton Harbor, MI Danny Green 277 Jackson, TN 2001 6 & 4 Bubba Dickerson 270 Point O’Woods G&CC Hilliard, FL Dallas, TX Hilliard, FL Benton Harbor, MI Matthew Abbott 270 Endwell,NY 2002 John Klauk 6 & 5 Adam Rubinson 276 Point O’Woods G&CC Ponte Verde Beach, FL Fort Worth, TX Englewood, CO Benton Harbor, MI Camilo Villegas 276 Medellin, Columbia 2003 Chris Botsford 3 & 2 J.J. Jakovac Aron Price 275 Point O’Woods G&CC Pasadina, CA Napa, CA Sydney, Australia Benton Harbor, MI 2004 Ryan Moore 19 holes Aron Price 265 Point O’Woods G&CC Puyallup, WA NS Wales, Australia Sydney, Australia Benton Harbor, MI 2005 Jamie Lovemark 3 & 2 Chris Wilson 277 Point O’Woods G&CC Rancho Santa Fe, CA Dublin, OH Olympia, WA Benton Harbor, MI 2006 Bronson LaCassie 2 & 1 Pablo Martin Won Joon Lee 200* Point O’Woods G&CC Brisbane, Australia Malaga, Spain NS Wales, Australia *54 holes Benton Harbor, MI

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(GOLF, Illinois) - The Western Golf Association was onships in 1899. In 1914, the Western Junior champi- founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf clubs. Today, onship, the first such national competition in the history more than 500 member clubs in states throughout the of American golf, was added to the WGA tournament nation support the WGA, sponsor of three national golf schedule. championships and the Caddie Scholarships. Scholarships Headquarters for the WGA and the Evans Scholars Foundation are in Golf, Illinois, which is also home to the Since 1930 the WGA also has sponsored - Glen View Club, host of the first Western Open (now the ly-acclaimed Evans Scholars Foundation, which adminis- BMW Championship) and Western Amateur champi- ters the nation's largest privately funded college scholar-

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ship program. The Leonard, Phil Mickelson, Foundation, established by Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, famed Chicago golfer Chick Lanny Wadkins, Tom Evans, has provided college Weiskopf and Scott educations to more than Verplank. 9,000 caddies while making tuition scholarship payments The Western Junior has totaling more than $100 been a testing ground for million. stars of the future, such as Tiger Woods, Phil This year 820 caddies are Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Fred attending college on Evans Couples, , Tom Scholarships. Most Evans Lehman, , Scholars attend one of the 14 , Bobby universities where the Clampett and Willie Wood. Foundation owns and oper- Western Junior champions ates a Scholarship House. The are honored on the Milt scholarships are funded Woodard Trophy. through contributions from more than 100,000 golfers, including 35,000 WGA Par Club members. All proceeds WGA Officials from the BMW Champion- ship also benefit the program. The WGA is governed by volunteer officers and Since its founding in directors. Richard E. 1899, the Western Golf Peterson, of Park Ridge, Association has conducted Illinois, is WGA president. 296 championships for pro- Edward R. James, of fessional and amateur Winnetka, Illinois, is past golfers from throughout the president and chairman of United States and world- the ESF Trustees. Donald D. wide. The three WGA-spon- Johnson is WGA/ESF exec- sored tournaments have fea- utive director, John M. tured the nation's top pro- Kaczkowski is WGA fessional, amateur and jun- touranment director, and ior golfers. James E. Moore is ESF edu- cational director. In 2007, the WGA will conduct the inaugural BMW WGA officials and Evans Championship on the PGA Scholars Foundation TOUR. The championship trustees share a love for golf will continue the WGA's tra- and a willingness to serve dition of attracting the the best interests of the world's top golfers. Past win- game and of the programs ners of the WGA's profes- they serve. WGA board sional championships include members, who volunteer golf's greatest players, includ- without pay, assist in many ing Chick Evans, Walter ways: fund-raising, caddie Hagen, , Ben Chick Evans matters, tournaments, Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack scholarships, legal matters Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Nick and administrative affairs. Price and Tiger Woods. For more information, write to: Western Golf The Western Amateur's George R. Thorne champi- Association/ Evans Scholars Foundation at 1 Briar Road, onship trophy features the names of golf greats Chick Golf, IL 60029, call (847) 724-4600, or visit www.west- Evans, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Crenshaw, Justin erngolfassociation.com.

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Phone # (269) 926-7873 Fax # (269)926-7871 1251 Paw Paw Ave. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 24 Hour Emergency Service IN # PC 88700426 MI # 81-08823

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Point O’Woods Chairmen are Champions, Too

he Western Amateur Golf Championship is an event It takes a lot of effort by volunteers, members of that thousands of spectators enjoy annually. For Point O’Woods Golf & Country Club, club staff, WGA Tmany, it is the premier event of the year. That is cer- officials, and someone to provide leadership and direc- tainly true for the amateur golfers who play the “circuit” – tion, coordinating all aspects of the tournament. and it should be, as the Western Amateur continually draws the largest number of spectators of any amateur tournament During the years that the Western Amateur has in the world. been played at the Point, the tournament has had great leaders, just as there have been great champions. While the Western Amateur is enjoyable to watch, it Perhaps you’ll recognize some of these people who’ve doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes countless hours of played a part in making the Western Amateur such a work behind the scenes, starting almost as soon as the special tournament. trophy is presented to the winner.

Chairman Year

Warren Gast 1963 Les Larsen 1965 John Steimle 1971 John Steimle 1972 Paul Freudenburg 1973 Merlin Hanson 1974 Thomas Schick 1975 Robert Gerbel 1976 Robert Gerbel 1977 G. Bruce Laing 1978 G. Bruce Laing 1979 David Peterson 1980 Bill Dillingham 1981 Pamela Clever 1982 Pamela Clever 1983 Pamela Clever 1984 John E. Dewane 1985 John E. Dewane 1986 Dennis Woolley 1987 Dennis Woolley 1988 William Menser 1989 William Menser 1990 William Menser 1991 William Menser 1992 William Menser 1993 Robert Brickman 1994 Robert Brickman 1995 Robert Brickman 1996 Robert Brickman 1997 James Laing 1998 James Laing 1999 J. Christopher Wyse 2000 J. Christopher Wyse 2001 Dennis Mitchell 2002 Dennis Mitchell 2003 Dennis Mitchell 2004 Chuck McCallum 2005 Chuck McCallum 2006 Daniel Pannozzo 2007

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Great Food, Great View Just Add Friends

501 Pleasant Street, Saint Joseph (269) 983-7248 www.schus.com On the bluff, overlooking Lake Michigan

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History of the The Architect: Point O’ Woods Robert Trent Jones

n 1954, five Twin Cities area residents met informally and voiced the opinion that a new country club was needed for Ithe greater St. Joseph Benton Harbor area.Those initially interested in the project were C.E. (Bud) Blake, Charles W. Gore, Richard Merrill, Malcolm Ross and Frederick S. Upton.

About that time, approximately 350 acres of land, owned obert Trent Jones was born in by Donald H. Ross, became available for such a project. England in 1906 but came to RAmerica with his parents when he Robert Trent Jones, one of the leading golf course archi- was five years old. Jones took up golf as tects of the country, was contacted and asked if he would a youngster and became a fine player. At inspect the location to decide whether it had sufficient possibil- the age of 16, he set a course record ities for development into a fine golf course. After careful study while playing in the Rochester (NY) City of the terrain, he reported enthusiastically that it was an ideal Golf championship. In 1927, he was the location for a championship 18-hole course. low am teur in the .

The rolling terrain and trees provided interest and beauty While attending Cornell University, to the contemplated golf course, and the lake was an ideal Jones decided he wanted to be a golf source of water supply for fairways and greens. Jones was then course designer.. Since the school did not instructed to prepare a tentative layout for the course. have a formal program in this field, Jones was allowed to set up the curriculum for The five “founders” devoted many hours of work to make a degree in landscape architecture. the new course a reality.After about a year of investigation and planning, financing was obtained and Jones was instructed to Over the next five decades, Robert proceed with final plans for the golf course. Trent Jones created plans for over 450 golf courses in 42 states and 23 coun- In the spring of 1957, the first bulldozer arrived on the tries … from Arizona to Alaska, from scene to start shaping the Point O’Woods golf course. Germany to Japan. A great many other golf courses were remodeled by Jones, Building progress was rapid, and during the months that as well. Thanks to his successful followed, land was cleared, fairways were formed and in the remodeling of Oakland Hills for the fall of 1957 seed was sown. On June 14, 1958, the course, ’51 U.S. Open, Jones also was consis- which only 14 months earlier had been rugged wooded land, tently called in to remodel the venues was opened for play. for other major championships. His two sons, Rees and Robert, Jr., are also It was recognized from the start that the course was a renowned golf course architects like great one. Golf legends such as touring professionals Arnold their father. Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have played the course. Comments are the same: “One of the truly great courses in America.” In Golf Week’s rankings of America’s best golf courses, nearly That reputation continues to grow. Golf Week magazine half of the Top 100 were designed by consistently rates the Point O’Woods among the top 100 in the Robert Trent Jones, Sr., including the nation, and is one of only a few courses in Michigan to make Point O’ Woods. the select list.

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104th Western Amateur Championship

“Sweet 16” Match Play Results

Saturday Morning, August 5, 2006

First Round Match Play Results Tyler Leon, Dallas, Texas, def. Won Joon Lee, NSW, Australia, 2 & 1 Scott Pieri, Fort Wayne, Ind,. def. Jonathan Moore, Portland, Ore., 2 & 1 Erik Flores, Grass Valley, Calif., def. Jamie Lovemark, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 5 & 4 Pablo Martin, Malaga, Spain, def. Billy Horschel, Grant, Fla., 2 & 1

Gary Woodland, Berryton, Kansas, def. , , Australia, 4 & 3 Dawie Van Der Walt, Cape Town S. Africa, def. Ryan Brehm, Mt. Pleasant, Mich, 5 & 4 Dustin Johnson, N. Myrtle Beach, S. Car., def. Richard Scott, Kingsville, Ont., Canada, 2 up Bronson LaCassie, Brisbane, Australia, def. Tim Stewart, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 6 & 5

Saturday Afternoon, August 5, 2006

Quarterfinal Match Play Results Scott Pieri, def. Tyler Leon 2 & 1 Pablo Martin def. Erik Flores 5 & 4 Dawie Van Der Walt def. 1 up Bronson LaCassie def. Dustin Johnson 6 & 5

Sunday Morning, August 6, 2006

Semifinal Matches Pablo Martin def. Scott Pieri 5 & 3 Bronson LaCassie def. Dawie Van Der Walt 3 & 1

Sunday Afternoon, August 6, 2006

Championship Match Bronson LaCassie def. Pablo Martin 2 & 1

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View from the Fairway

“Definitely winning a trophy Tiger’s won feels special and is something I’ll never forget.” – Bronson LaCassie, 2006 Western Amateur Champion

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