WGA Donors Report, 2019
Since 1899 the Western Golf Association has hosted more than 330 championships for professional and amateur golfers Our tournaments rank among the oldest and most prestigious in the United States Nearly all of golfs greatest legends have played in our championships A proving ground for tomorrows top players the Western Junior draws the finest junior golfers in the world The roster of champions from our Western Amateur reads like a Whos Who of American golf The BMW Championship the penultimate event of the PGA TOURs FedExCup Playoffs is unrivaled in its excellence We create champions on and off the course using our tournament legacy and reputation to further our charitable mission of sending caddies to college 5 Keegan Bradley held off Justin Rose in a sudden death playoff to win the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia It was his first PGA TOUR victory in six years The tournament raised 37 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation The frontrunner for nearly the entire tournament Cole Hammer pictured above left won the 2018 Western Amateur at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield Illinois Past winners include Jack Nicklaus Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Jeff Doty won the 2018 Western Junior at Evanston Golf Club in Skokie Illinois Doty joins an elite list of Western Junior winners that includes PGA TOUR stars Rickie Fowler Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan Vijay Singh won the Constellation Senior Players Championship at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park Illinois The win gave him his first major title on the PGA TOUR Champions to go with victories at the Masters and two PGA championships The WGA is proudly adding one new championship to its roster in 2019 the Evans Scholars Invitational a new annual event on the Web com Tour The WGA will also partner with the Womens Western Golf Association to manage two of the oldest and most prestigious events in womens golf the Womens Western Amateur and the Womens Western Junior CHAMPIONSHIPS On the leaderboard for world class tournaments UP DATES 307 million 126000 PROCEEDS RAISED FROM THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2007 FOR THE EVANS SCHOLARS PROGRAM SPECTATORS AT WGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2018
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