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CDGA Amateur Championship

One of the oldest amateur competitions in the Midwest, the CDGA Amateur Championship was first played in 1914 at Ravisloe Country Club in Homewood. Golf great Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr. won the tournament that year. In 1935, invitations were issued nationally, and in 1941 the event became known as the Great Lakes Amateur Championship. In 1955 the CDGA board of directors decided to make the championship an association event again and to limit the field to players who were CDGA members. Currently the Championship is open to any CDGA member with a Handicap Index of 5.4 or under. Since 2003, qualifying golfers play 36 holes of stroke play on the first day of the championship. From there, 16 individuals advance to match play. The eight quarterfinalists from the previous year’s championship are exempt into the 36-hole qualifying.

Year	Champion	Champion's Club	Host Site
1914	Charles "Chick" Evans Jr.	Edgewater GC	Ravisloe CC (Homewood)
1915	Donald Edwards	Midlothian CC	Glen View Club (Golf)
1916	Robert A. Gardner	Hinsdale GC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1917	No event-World War I
1918	No event-World War I
1919	No event-World War I
1920	Dewey Weber	Edgewood Valley CC	Skokie CC (Glencoe)
1921	Raymond J. Daly	Flossmoor CC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1922	Ira L. Couch	Glen View Club	Oak Park CC (River Grove)
1923	George Hackl, Jr.	Midlothian CC	Indian Hill Club (Winnetka)
1924	Robert A. Gardner	Onwentsia Club	Flossmoor CC (Flossmoor)
1925	Robert A. Gardner	Onwentsia Club	Onwentsia Club (Lake Forest)
1926	Eldridge Robinson	Flossmoor CC	Glen Oak CC (Glen Ellyn)
1927	Jack Westland	Sunset Ridge CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1928	Thomas J. Frainey	Edgewood Valley CC	Barrington Hills CC (Barrington)
1929	Francis R. Blossom	Indian Hill Club	Exmoor CC (Highland Park)
1930	Jack Westland	Sunset Ridge CC	Calumet CC (Homewood)
1931	Jack Westland	Sunset Ridge CC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1932	Richard Martin	Sunset Valley CC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1933	George Dawson	Glen Oak CC	Calumet CC (Homewood)
1934	George Dawson	Glen Oak CC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1935	Fred Haas Jr.	Colonial	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1936	John Lehman	Olympia Fields CC	Sunset Ridge CC (Northfield)
1937	Don Armstrong	Aurora CC	Glen Oak CC (Glen Ellyn)
1938	Arthur Doering	Westward-Ho GC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1939	Wilford Wehrle	Tam O'Shanter CC	Butterfield CC (Oak Brook)
1940	James Ferrier	Sydney, Australia	Riverside GC (North Riverside)
1941	Raymond Billows	Duchess G&CC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1942	Wilford Wehrle	Racine, Wis.	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1943	No event-World War II
1944	No event-World War II
1945	No event-World War II
1946	Frank Stranahan	Toledo, Ohio	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1947	Frank Stranahan	Toledo, Ohio	Calumet CC (Homewood)
1948	John Levinson	Sunset Valley CC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1949	Skee Riegel	Tulsa CC	Glen Oak CC (Glen Ellyn)
1950	Art Hoff	Edgewood Valley CC	Lake Shore CC (Glencoe)
1951	Art Hoff	Edgewood Valley CC	Green Acres CC (Northbrook)
1952	George Victor	Glen View Club	Gary CC (Gary, Ind.)
1953	Robert W. Cleveland	Glen Flora CC	Glen Flora CC (Waukegan)
1954	Thomas Brennan Jr.	Ozaukee CC	North Hills CC (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)
1955	John Wagner	Skokie CC	Southmoor CC (Orland Park)
1956	Martin Stanovich	Tam O'Shanter CC	Inverness CC (Inverness)
1957	Lawrence Reich	Green Acres CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1958	Nello Campagni	Sunset VAlley CC	Edgewood Valley CC (La Grange)
1959	Martin Stanovich	Tam O'Shanter CC	Evanston GC (Skokie)
1960	Martin Stanovich	Tam O'Shanter CC	Barrington Hills CC (Barrington)
1961	Remo Crovetti	Orchard Hills CC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1962	Remo Crovetti	Sunset Valley CC	Edgewater GC (Chicago)
1963	Dave Huske	Glen Oak CC	Flossmoor CC (Flossmoor)
1964	Jim Jamieson	Short Hills CC	Ravisloe CC (Homewood)
1965	Sherman Finger, III	Westmoreland CC	Glen Oak CC (Glen Ellyn)
1966	Dave Huske	Glen Oak CC	Evanston GC (Skokie)
1967	Bob Augustine	White Pines GC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1968	Ace Ellis	Sunset Valley CC	La Grange CC (La Grange)
1969	Bob Augustine	White Pines GC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1970	Bill Hoffer	Elgin CC	St. Charles CC (St. Charles)
1971	Steve Benson	Lincolnshire CC	Crystal Lake CC (Crystal Lake)
1972	Richard Evans	Knollwood Club	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1973	Mike Milligan	Bloomington CC	Ravisloe CC (Homewood)
1974	Mike Milligan	Bloomington CC	Turnberry CC (Village of Lakewood)
1975	Jim Joseph	Ravisloe CC	Shoreacres (Lake Bluff)
1976	Lance Ten Broeck	Beverly CC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1977	Mike Milligan	Bloomington CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1978	Thomas Evans	Knollwood Club	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
1979	David Ogrin	Cog Hill G&CC	Butler National GC (Oak Brook)
1980	David Ogrin	Cog Hill G&CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1981	Rick Ten Broeck	Beverly CC	Naperville CC (Naperville)
1982	Gunnar Bennett	Onwentsia Club	Shoreacres (Lake Bluff)
1983	Brett Lucas	Olympia Fields CC	Butterfield CC (Oak Brook)
1984	Ken Kellaney	Olympia Fields CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
1985	Paul Hindsley	Skokie CC	Barrington Hills CC (Barrington)
1986	Paul Hindsley	Skokie CC	Skokie CC (Glencoe)
1987	Jim Joseph	Ravisloe CC	Butler National GC (Oak Brook)
1988	Joel Hirsch	Lake Shore CC	Beverly CC (Chicago)
1989	Tom Studer	Joliet CC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1990	Chip Travis	Hinsdale GC	Ravisloe CC (Homewood)
1991	John Joyce	Prestwick CC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
1992	Colby Lamberson	Onwentsia Club	Skokie CC (Glencoe)
1993	John Reuth	Pine Meadow GC	Midlothian CC (Midlothian)
1994	Rick Ten Broeck	Beverly CC	Conway Farms GC (Lake Forest)
1995	Jeff Matheson	Kemper Lakes GC	Stonebridge CC (Aurora)
1996	John Rueth	Pine Meadow GC	Twin Orchard CC (Long Grove)
1997	Mike Stone	Evanston GC	Hinsdale GC
1998	Joel Hirsch	Lake Shore CC	Dunes Club (New Buffalo, Mich.)
1999	Chip Travis	Hinsdale GC	La Grange CC (La Grange)
2000	Joe Affrunti	Crystal Lake CC	Geneva GC (Geneva)
2001	Joe Affrunti	Crystal Lake CC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
2002	Mike O'Neal	Royal Fox GC	Northmoor CC (Highland Park)
2003	Jay Dempsey	Skokie CC	Evanston GC (Skokie)
2004	Steve Sawtell	Skokie CC	Ravisloe CC (Homewood)
2005	Brian Carroll	Crystal Lake CC	La Grange CC (La Grange)
2006	Eric Meierdierks	Sunset Ridge CC	Beverly CC (Chicago)
2007	Chad Koschmann	Lake Shore CC	Lake Shore CC (Glencoe)
2008	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Highlands of Elgin	Riverside GC (North Riverside)
2009	Steve Sawtell	Skokie CC	Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields)
2010	Tommy Bliefnick	Hickory Point GC	Bull Valley GC (Bull Valley)
2011	Kyle English	Crestwicke CC	Medinah CC (Medinah)
2012	Michael Davan	Hubbard Trail CC	Cantigny Golf (Wheaton)
2013	Bryce Emory	Aurora CC	Edgewood Valley CC (LaGrange)
2014	Jordan Fahel	Mt. Hawley CC	Hinsdale GC (Clarendon Hills)
2015	Alex Burge	The Den at Fox Creek GC	Knollwood Club (Lake Forest)
2016	Andrew Price	Conway Farms GC	Calumet CC (Homewood)
2017	Drake Bushong	Lick Creek GC	Briar Ridge CC (Schererville, Ind.)
2018	David Perkins	Quail Meadows GC	Briarwood CC (Deerfield)
2019	Jordan Less	Oak Brook GC	Glen View Club (Golf)
2020	No event-COVID-19
2021	Nick Tenuta	Mt. Prospect GC	Bull Valley GC (Woodstock)
2022	Charlie Waddell	Shoreacres	Glen Flora CC (Waukegan)
2023	Robert Beaubien, Jr.	Biltmore CC	Lake Shore CC (Glencoe)
2024	Tyler Greenspahn	Skokie CC	Beverly CC (Chicago)
2025			Briarwood CC (Deerfield)

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