Western Junior
Tournament information | |
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Location | Sugar Grove, Illinois (2019) |
Established | 1914 |
Course(s) | Rich Harvest Farms (2019) |
Format | Stroke play |
Current champion | |
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The Western Junior is the oldest national junior golf tournament in the United States. It was founded in 1914 and is organized by the Western Golf Association. It is played at a different course each year, primarily in the midwest. From 1914 to 1998, it was played with stroke play qualifying followed by a match play championship. Since 1999, it has been a 72-hole stroke play tournament.
The championship was first played in 1914 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois and was won by Charles Grimes.
The Western Junior draws the top junior players from more than 40 states and internationally each year. The field is limited to 156 entrants. Exemptions into the Western Amateur are awarded to the top three finishers and ties. The tournament has been a testing ground for stars of the future, such as current PGA Tour stars Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler, and veterans Fred Couples, Craig Stadler and Corey Pavin.
Winners[]
- 2021
- 2020 No tournament
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015 Yu Chun-an
- 2014
- 2013 Collin Morikawa
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 Patrick Rodgers
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007 Cody Gribble
- 2006
- 2005 Rickie Fowler
- 2004 Jamie Lovemark
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001 Jonathan Moore
- 2000
- 1999 Hunter Mahan
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995 James Driscoll
- 1994 Brad Elder
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991 Trip Kuehne
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Chris Smith
- 1987 Jim Furyk
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982 Jim Benepe
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979 Willie Wood
- 1978 Bobby Clampett
- 1977
- 1976 Gary Hallberg
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969 Jim Simons
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964 Jim Wiechers
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960 Labron Harris Jr.
- 1959 Steve Spray
- 1958 Jack Rule, Jr.
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
- 1951 Hillman Robbins
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1943–45 No tournament
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935 Fred Haas
- 1934 Fred Haas
- 1933
- 1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1925
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
- 1920
- 1919
- 1918 No tournament
- 1917
- 1916
- 1915
- 1914
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References[]
External links[]
- Junior golf tournaments
- Amateur golf tournaments in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1914