2020 BMW RAISES $800,000 FOR EVANS SCHOLARS

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    OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB-Played host to the 2020 BMW Championship, this past August. Western Golf Association Senior Vice President of Tournaments, Vince Pellegrino speaks about the championship. Jon Rahm won this years championship.

The Olympia Fields Clubhouse and famed clocktower.

Western Golf Association (WGA) officials have announced that this years BMW Championship raised over $800,000 dollars for the Evans Scholars Foundation.

Since 2007 the BMW Championship has raised over $36 million dollars for the scholars.

But this years championship had to be played without spectators.

“During the season of giving, we’re proud to announce the contribution of all proceeds from the BMW Championship to the Evans Scholars Foundation, a deserving cause,” said Vince Pellegrino, WGA senior vice president of tournaments. “We were extremely fortunate this past year to have benefitted from the generosity of our partners at BMW, Olympia Fields and the PGA Tour. The efforts and hard work of everyone involved helped us overcome the many obstacles we faced due to the pandemic and to once again give back by funding college scholarships for caddies.”

But In 2019 at Medinah Country Club, the BMW Championship raised $4.4 million dollars. And with nearly 130,000 spectators in attendance.

“So we went from planning for usual 125,000 spectators to closing the event to all but the essential participants-players and their caddies, tournament officials and volunteers,” Pellegrino noted. And Pellegrino added that Olympia Fields members stepped up by handling all the volunteer duties, and making sure the players would feel like they have in past years.

Because the BMW Championship is played in August. It’s now expected that fans will be allowed back into this years championship at Caves Valley Golf Club. Caves Valley is located, in the Baltimore Maryland suburb of Owings Mills.

So if your looking for holiday gift for your favorite golfers. Tickets are now on sale for the 2021 championship. 2022 will see the BMW Championship played at the Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The 2023 championship location has not yet been announced. So for more information on the Evans scholars Foundation, please visit WGAESF.com. For ticket information on the BMW Championship see BMWChampionship.com.

THE GOG BLOG-by Rory Spears, Director of Content and Creation for Golfers on Golf. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy or friend him on Facebook.

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Rory spent over 8 years growing up working at Rob Roy Golf Club in Prospect Hts.IL, then two years at Chevy Chase in Wheeling. He has covered golf in Chicago since 1986. Rory was one of the initial members of WSCR all-sports radio Chicago and covered golf there for 5 seasons, before moving on to work for ESPN/Sportsticker and ESPN Radio. In addition to hosting Golfers on Golf Radio on WCPT AM820 Chicago, he writes for both the Chicago District (CDGA) Magazine, and formerly Chicagoland Golf. Rory has played over 525 courses in 39 states, and rates golf courses. He does golf course management and communications consulting, within the golf industry.