The Western Amateur Championship Records & Statistics Guide 1899-2018 for te 117t Westrn Amatur, July 30-Aug. 3, 2019 Point O’Woods Golf & County Club, Bentn Harbor, Mich. 16t editon compiled by Tim Cronin A Guide to The Guide –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Welcome to the 117th Western Amateur Championship, and the 16th edition of The Western Amateur Records & Statistics Guide, as the championship returns to Point O’Woods Golf & Country Club. For well over a century, the Western Amateur has provided some of the best competition in golf, amateur or professional. This record book allows reporters covering the Western Am the ability to easily compare current achievements to those of the past. It draws on research conducted by delving into old newspaper files, and by going through the Western Golf Association’s own Western Amateur files, which date to 1949. Two years ago, a major expansion of the Guide presented complete year-by-year records and a player register for 1899 through 1955, the pre-Sweet Sixteen era, for the first time. Details on some courses and field sizes from various years remain to be found, but no other amateur championship has such an in-depth resource. Remaining holes in the listings will continue to be filled in for future editions. The section on records has been revised, and begins on page 8. This includes overall records, including a summary on how the medalist fared, and more records covering the Sweet Sixteen years. The Guide is in two sections covering 203 pages. Part 1, which is 76 pages, includes a year-by-year summary chart, records, a special chart detailing the 35 players who have played in the Sweet Sixteen in the 63 years since its adoption in 1956 and have won a professional major championship, and a comprehensive report the Sweet Sixteen era through both year-by-year results and a player register. This is a convenient reference source to see how the 750 individuals who have advanced to the Western Am’s match play competition have fared since the Sweet Sixteen format was adopted, which coincided with the rise of college golf and the dominance of the Western Am by those players. Part 2, which is 128 pages, features the early era of the Western Amateur, from 1899 through 1955, with year-by-year summaries of every match, and a player register. There are 1,267 players who competed exclusively in that era, while those whose careers crossed over from the early years to the Sweet Sixteen years are listed in each part. Thus, through the first 115 playings of the Western Amateur, 2,017 players have advanced to match play. It will be noted that the career amateurs, thanks to their longevity on the amateur scene, own most of the records, but the college players have garnered the great majority of the championships. We invite your thoughts on corrections and improvements to the Guide, and hope you find it useful. Gary Holaway Tim Cronin WGA Director, Tournament Communications Records and Statistics Keeper Contents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Part I – The Sweet Sixteen Era Part II – The Early Era 2 The Western Amateur at a Glance 77 Year-By-Year 1899-1955 8 Records 1899-2018 143 Player Register 1899-1955 13 The Sweet Sixteen and the Majors 14 Year-By-Year 1956-2018 46 Player Register 1956-2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Database and statistics © 2019 Tim Cronin Use in news coverage encouraged; all other rights, including reproduction and database entry, reserved. Printed in the United States of America The Western Amateur Championship – Page !1 The Western Amateur Championship at a Glance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year No. Winner Affiliation Margin Runner-up Affiliation Dates 1899 1st David Forgan Chicago 6 & 5 Walter Egan Chicago 9/ 7- 9 1900 2nd William Waller Onwentsia C 1 up William Holabird Jr. Glen View C 9/27-29 1901 3rd Phelps B. Hoyt Glen View C 6 & 5 Bruce Smith Onwentsia C 8/22-24 1902 4th H. Chandler Egan Exmoor CC 37 holes Walter E. Egan Lake Geneva CC 9/10-13 1903 5th Walter E. Egan Exmoor CC 1 up H. Chandler Egan Exmoor CC 8/ 4- 8 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1904 6th H. Chandler Egan Exmoor CC 6 & 5 Daniel E. “Ned” Sawyer Wheaton GC 8/16-20 1905 7th H. Chandler Egan Exmoor CC 3 & 2 Walter E. Egan Exmoor CC 7/25-29 1906 8th Daniel E. “Ned” Sawyer Wheaton GC 37 holes Warren K. Wood Homewood CC 9/ 4- 8 1907 9th H. Chandler Egan Exmoor CC 5 & 4 Herbert F. Jones Wheaton GC 8/ 6-10 1908 10th Mason Phelps Midlothian CC 6 & 5 Harry W. Allen Normandie CC 7/13-18 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1909 11th Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 1 up Albert Seckel Riverside GC 7/26-31 1910 12th Mason Phelps Midlothian CC 2 & 1 Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 7/25-31 1911 13th Albert Seckel Riverside GC 8 & 7 Robert A. Gardner Hinsdale GC 7/24-29 1912 14th Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 1 up Warren K. Wood Homewood CC 7/16-20 1913 15th Warren K. Wood Homewood CC 4 & 3 E.P. “Ned” Allis III Milwaukee CC 7/21-26 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1914 16th Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 11 & 9 James D. Standish Jr. Detroit CC 7/27-8/ 1 1915 17th Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 7 & 6 James D. Standish Jr. Detroit CC 7/19-24 1916 18th Heinrich Schmidt Claremont GC 7 & 6 Douglas Grant Burlingame, Calif. 7/17-22 1917 19th Francis Ouimet Woodland CC 1 up Kenneth P. Edwards Midlothian CC 7/ 9-14 1919 20th Harry G. Legg Minikahda CC 2 & 1 Richard E. Bockenkamp Forest Park GC 6/16-21 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1920 21st Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 5 & 4 Clarence Wolff Sunset Hill CC 7/12-17 1921 22nd Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 3 & 2 Rudy E. Knepper Sioux City, Iowa 7/11-16 1922 23rd Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 5 & 4 George Von Elm Salt Lake City 6/26-7/ 1 1923 24th Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 6 & 4 W. Hamilton Gardner Buffalo, N.Y. 7/23-28 1924 25th Harrison R. “Jim” Johnston White Bear YC 1 up Albert Seckel Riverside GC 7/21-26 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1925 26th Keefe Carter Oklahoma City 3 & 2 Russell Martin Flossmoor CC 7/13-18 1926 27th Frank Dolp Portland, Ore. 6 & 5 Bon Stein Seattle, Wash. 7/19-24 1927 28th Bronson E. “Bon” Stein Seattle, Wash. 2 & 1 Eddie Held St. Louis 7/18-23 1928 29th Frank Dolp Portland, Ore. 4 & 3 Augustus “Gus” Novotny Edgewood Valley CC 8/20-25 1929 30th Donald K. Moe Portland, Ore. 37 holes Gilbert Carter Nevada, Mo. 7/ 8-13 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1930 31st John Lehman Olympia Fields CC 4 & 2 Ira L. Couch Jr. Glen View C 7/21-26 1931 32nd Donald K. Moe Portland, Ore. 9 & 7 Malcolm MacNaughton Portland, Ore. 7/13-18 1932 33rd Gus Moreland Dallas 5 & 4 Ira L. Couch Jr. Chicago GC 8/22-27 1933 34th Jack Westland Chicago 3 & 2 Rodney Bliss Omaha, Neb. 7/24-30 1934 35th Zell Eaton Oklahoma City 4 & 3 David “Spec” Goldman Dallas 7/10-15 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1935 36th Charles Yates East Lake GC 5 & 3 Rodney Bliss Omaha, Neb. 7/16-21 1936 37th Paul Leslie Jefferson C., Mo. 2 & 1 Bob Fraser Omaha, Neb. 7/14-19 1937 38th Wilford Wehrle Racine, Wis. 1 up Chuck Kocsis Detroit 8/31-9/ 5 Match play field expanded to 64 from 32; 63 qualifiers and defending champion. 1938 39th Bob Babbish Detroit 1 up Maurice McCarthy Cincinnati 7/12-17 1939 40th Harry Todd Dallas 2 & 1 Larry Moller Quincy, Ill. 7/11-16 The Western Amateur Championship – Page !2 1899-1939 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year Course Par Yards Field Medalist Score Q Score 1899 Glen View G&PC 79 B 5,700 60 David Forgan 86 95 Original course on site of present course. 1900 Onwentsia C 85 B 5,894 66 Walter Smith 161 185 1901 Midlothian CC 86 B 6,380 91 Fred Hamlin, Walter Egan 176 189 1902 Chicago GC 82 B 6,032 74 H. Chandler Egan 163 193 1903 Euclid C 81 B 6,000 72 all match play –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1904 Exmoor CC 82 B 5,880 81 H. Chandler Egan 144 172 1905 Glen View C 83 B 6,051 62 Guy Miller 157 180 9 holes used because of flooding in semifinals, final. 1906 Glen Echo CC 80 B 6,148 92 William C. Fownes Jr. 153 178 1907 Chicago GC 82 B 6,127 73 Daniel E. “Ned” Sawyer, 160 182 Kenneth P. Edwards, W.I. Howland Jr. 1908 Rock Island Arsenal 81 B 6,164 94 Kenneth P. Edwards 152 167 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1909 Homewood CC 82 B 6,015 95 Warren K. Wood 146 168 Now known as Flossmoor CC. 1910 Minikahda C 74 6,150 136 Harry G. Legg 140 162 1911 Detroit CC 75 6,301 163 Paul Hunter 154 172 1912 Denver CC 38 3,520 98 Warren K. Wood 69 86 9-hole course used because of flooding; set at 3,002 yards, par 35 in qualifying round. 1913 Homewood CC 75 6,283 125 Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. 151 170 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1914 Kent CC 71 6,200 149 Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. 147 170 1915 Mayfield CC 70 6,260 129 Paul Hunter 150 170 1916 Del Monte CC 70 6,280 108 Heinrich Schmidt 145 168 1917 Midlothian CC 72 6,503 150apx. Donald Edwards 150 167 1919 Sunset Hill CC 72 6,455 128 Clarence Wolff 147 164 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1920 Memphis CC 71 6,286 168 Robert T.