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Welcome to The Guide –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Welcome to the BMW Championship / Western Open Records & Statistics Guide for 2020. This is the 31st edition of a guide compiled, and originally limited in circulation, since 1990, when the WGA’s own Western Open Media Guide was confined to a few pages. There are three main sections: 1. A detailed record book, covering the 116 playings of the championship under all its names from 1899 onward. Contents for the following 56 pages are below left. A new category covers course records set in the championship since 1975 (page 49). 2. A year-by-year championship history, updated and corrected from the 2019 edition. Details of playing statistics (driving distance, fairways hit, greens in regulation, putts, sand saves) for all players are featured for the last four tournaments. The results for 2016 through 2019 are thus in two-page spreads. 3. An alphabetical register of contestants. Research continues on players from the early days with similar names, with many of the inconsistencies cleared up for this edition. Since 1990’s first edition, focusing on the championship’s modern-day Chicago era, interest in golf records and statistics, the Western Open included, has grown. Neglect in keeping any but the most rudimentary records for the Western until it returned to Chicago in 1962, and often for years after, meant the records in this Guide, inspired by Bill Inglish’s original Masters Tournament record book, had to be compiled independently. The records and statistics in this Guide are derived from an exclusive database of over 14,820 player reports, gleaned from an extensive file of contemporary newspaper and magazine reports compiled on trips to 20 cities, from Buffalo to Memphis to Los Angeles. The growth of online newspaper archives has been a boon. Some records for players with only one round listed in a given year may never be found. Newspapers often printed abbreviated scoring agate on also-rans, notably when the Western attracted over 200 players. Some 3.96 percent of the overall database entries, all from 1908 to 1948, are in that category. The search continues. Entries from 1949 forward have been crosschecked against the WGA’s original reports, along with records from the PGA of America’s Tournament Bureau, subsequently the Tournament Players Division, and its successor, the PGA Tour. (Highlights of the PGA Tour’s player statistics, originally compiled by Byron Ferguson and now punched into the ShotLink computer system, are included for the past 23 years.) This is the most complete record of the BMW / Western Open, and perhaps any golf championship. 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 & Statistics Keeper Contents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Section I - The Records Section II - The Championships 2 The Championship at a Glance Chronologically, from 1899 to 2019. 10 Scoring 1899-2019 Including round-by-round leader boards. 25 Statistical Leaders 1997-2019 31 The Honor Roll of Champions Section III - The Players 35 Scoring Averages 1899-2019 41 Leaders Round By Round 1899-2019 Alphabetically, from Aaron to Zylstra. 49 Course Records set in the Western / BMW Including individual money winnings. 50 The Western / BMW and the Majors 53 The Match Play Years 1910-1911 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 54 General Qualifying 1930-2006 Database and statistics © 2020 Tim Cronin 55 Sponsor Exemptions 1970-2006 Use in news coverage encouraged; all other rights, 56 The Last Time including reproduction and database entry, reserved. Western Open / BMW Championship at a Glance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year No. Winner Affiliation Score To Par Runner-up Score MoV Dates 1899 1st Willie Smith Midlothian CC 156 Laurie Auchterlonie 156 Playoff 9/6 9/7 Playoff: Smith 74, Auchterlonie 84 1901 2nd Laurie Auchterlonie Glen View C 160 David Bell 162 2 8/20 1902 3rd Willie Anderson Pittsfield 299 W.H. “Bertie” Way, 304 5 9/16-17 Championship extended to 72 holes. Willie Smith 1903 4th Alex Smith Nassau 318 Laurie Auchterlonie, 320 2 7/16-17 David Brown 1904 5th Willie Anderson Apawamis 304 Alex Smith 308 4 6/30-7/1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1905 6th Arthur Smith Arlington CC 278 James Maiden 280 2 6/29-30 1906 7th Alex Smith Nassau 306 Jack Hobens 309 3 6/21-22 1907 8th Robert Simpson Omaha 307 Willie Anderson 309 2 6/27-28 1908 9th Willie Anderson Onwentsia C 299 Fred McLeod 300 1 6/18-19 1909 10th Willie Anderson St. Louis 288 Stewart Gardner 297 9 9/16-17 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1910 11th a-Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. Edgewater GC 6 & 5 George Simpson Match 8/31-9/2 1911 12th Robert Simpson Kenosha 2 & 1 Tom McNamara Match 6/27-30 1912 13th Macdonald Smith Del Monte 299 +11 Alex Robertson 302 3 8/28-29 1913 14th John J. McDermott Atlantic City 295 - 1 Mike Brady 302 7 10/16-17 1914 15th Jim Barnes Whitemarsh Vy. 293 - 3 William Kidd 294 1 8/25-26 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1915 16th Tom McNamara Boston 304 + 4 Alex Cunningham 306 2 8/18-19 1916 17th Walter Hagen Rochester, N.Y. 286 - 2 Jock Hutchison, 287 1 8/17-18 George Sargent 1917 18th Jim Barnes Whitemarsh Vy. 283 - 5 Walter Hagen 285 2 9/13-15 1919 19th Jim Barnes Sunset Hill CC 283 + 3 Leo Diegel 286 3 7/23-25 1920 20th Jock Hutchison Glen View C 296 + 4 Clarence Hackney, 297 1 8/4-5 Two rounds each played on No. 1 and No. 2 courses. Jim Barnes, Harry Hampton –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 21st Walter Hagen Rochester, N.Y. 287 + 3 Jock Hutchison 292 5 8/24-26 1922 22nd Mike Brady Oakland Hills CC 291 + 3 Laurie Ayton, 301 10 8/23-25 Jock Hutchison 1923 23rd Jock Hutchison Glen View C 281 - 3 Walter Hagen, 287 6 10/10-12 Leo Diegel, Joe Kirkwood, Bobby Cruickshank 1924 24th Bill Mehlhorn North Hills 293 + 5 Al Watrous 301 8 9/4-6 1925 25th Macdonald Smith Lakeville GC 281 - 3 Bill Mehlhorn, Leo Diegel, 287 6 8/20-22 Walter Hagen, Emmett French, Johnny Farrell –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1926 26th Walter Hagen Pasadena, Fla. 279 - 1 Harry Cooper, 288 9 8/26-28 Gene Sarazen 1927 27th Walter Hagen Pasadena, Fla. 281 - 1 Al Espinosa, Bill Mehlhorn 285 4 9/8-10 First two rounds played on No. 1 and No. 4 courses. 1928 28th Abe Espinosa Columbian CC 291 + 3 Johnny Farrell 294 3 8/25-28 1929 29th Tommy Armour Orchard Lake, Mi. 273 - 7 Horton Smith 281 8 8/21-24 1930 30th Gene Sarazen Lakeville G&CC 278 - 10 Al Espinosa 285 7 8/21-23 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1931 31st Ed Dudley Wilmington, Del. 280 - 4 Walter Hagen 284 4 6/18-20 1932 32nd Walter Hagen Detroit 287 - 1 Olin Dutra 288 1 6/30-7/2 1933 33rd Macdonald Smith Nashville 282 E Tommy Armour 288 6 8/25-27 First two rounds played on No. 1 and No. 4 courses. 1934 34th Harry Cooper Glen Oak CC 274 - 14 Ky Laffoon 274 Playoff 6/15-17 6/18 Playoff: Cooper 67-66, Laffoon 67-69 1935 35th Johnny Revolta Tripoli CC 290 + 2 Willie Goggin 294 4 6/14-16 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MoV: margin of victory. Field indicates number of starters in Championship proper. The Western Open / BMW Championship – Page 2! 1899-1935 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year Course Par Yards Field 36-Hole Cut Avg. Purse Winner 1899 Glen View G&PC 79 B 5,700 16 no cut 88.613 $ 150 $ 50 Original course on site of present course. 1901 Midlothian CC 86 B 6,380 40 no cut 89.743 $ 300 $ 125 1902 Euclid C 81 B 6,000 38 no cut 85.388 $ 400 $ 150 1903 Milwaukee CC 40 B 3,025 58 no cut 85.000 $ 400 $ 150 9-hole course played twice per round to 6,050 yards, bogey 80. 1904 Kent CC 83 B 5,996 32 no cut 84.212 $ 400 $ 150 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1905 Cincinnati CC 74 B 4,620 50 no cut 77.644 $ 400 $ 150 1906 Homewood CC 82 B 6,086 47 no cut 83.669 $ 400 $ 150 Now known as Flossmoor CC. 1907 Hinsdale GC 81 B 6,085 39 no cut 83.089 $ 400 $ 150 Original course, no longer exists, was immediately east of present course. 1908 Normandie CC 76 B 6,005 44 no cut 81.030 $ 500 $ 200 1909 Skokie CC 75 6,108 60 no cut 81.118 $ 500 $ 200 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1910 Beverly CC 71 6,050 68 16 at 77 / +6 (18) 79.824 $ 225 $ 100* *-awarded to Simpson 1911 Kent CC 44 16 at 160 84.007 $ 625 $ 200 1912 Idlewild CC 72 6,505 93 no cut 82.446 $ 725 $ 300 1913 Memphis CC 74 6,169 55 no cut 82.979 $ 725 $ 300 1914 Interlachen CC 74 47 no cut 81.371 $ 725 $ 300 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1915 Glen Oak CC 75 6,309 107 no cut 84.552 $ 725 $ 300 1916 Blue Mound CC 72 5,916 95 67 at 162 / +18 78.147 $ 725 $ 300 1917 Westmoreland CC 72 6,446 126 69 at 161 / +17 78.570 $ 725 $ 300 1919 Mayfield CC 70 6,260 128 65 at 160 / +20 79.285 $ 1,000 $ 350 1920 Olympia Fields CC 74 (1) 6,454 98 none reported 80.903 $ 999.99 $ 350 72 (2) 6,201 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1921 Oakwood C 71 6,289 96 67 at 158 / +16 78.297 $ 999.98 $ 350 1922 Oakland Hills CC 72 6,803 140 68 at 167 / +25 83.272 $ 1,500 $ 500 1923 Colonial CC 71 100 66 at 162 / +20 78.505 $ 1,500 $ 500 1924 Calumet CC 72 6,614 197 67 at 161 / +17 81.289 $ 1,149.96 $ 500 Original Homewood course, later remodeled extensively after Tri-State Tollway cut through.