WELCOME TO THE 122nd WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

 

This website will contain both information for players in the field and those following along at home

 

The Western Amateur is renowned for being the toughest test in amateur golf. It has been a prestigious national championship since its founding in 1899. Many of golf's greatest players have etched their names on the George R. Thorne Trophy, but many more were unable to conquer the grueling format.

 

The field features 156 invited players from across the world. They play 18 holes of individual stroke play on Tuesday and Wednesday, after which the field is cut to the low 44 scores and ties. The remaining players play 36 holes of individual stroke play on Thursday to determine the low 16 finishers. The "Sweet Sixteen" compete in match play on Friday and Saturday to decide a champion.

 

Moraine Country Club was founded in 1930 when Alex “Nipper” Campbell – an accomplished player from Scotland and longtime professional at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts – was hired to design a golf course on Colonel Edward A. Deeds’ expansive Moraine Farms property in the Miami Valley.

 

Embodying design principles of his native land’s famed courses, Campbell used the natural topography and glacier-carved hills to construct a difficult test that attracted the 1945 PGA Championship, where Byron Nelson won his fifth major and ninth of 11 consecutive professional tournaments.

 

Moraine enlisted world-renowned architect Keith Foster to undertake a restoration of the golf course back to its original Scottish links-style roots in 2016. Foster’s reworking of the course’s bunkering and trees has earned Moraine a perennial place on Golfweek’s list of the Top 100 Classic Courses.

 

Location: Dayton, OH
Architect: Alex "Nipper" Campbell & Keith Foster
Head Golf Professional: Brent Sipe
Golf Course Superintendent: Phil Stiver

Clubhouse Manager: Faith Marvin
Yardage: 7,306
Par: 71
Website: Moraine Country Club