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THE NORTH COURSE at Olympia Fields Country Club will host the 2020 PGA TOUR and Western Golf Association event, currently known as the BMW Championship the WGA has announced. (L) The par 4, third hole on the North Course, (R) BMW Trophies
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THE 2020 BMW CHAMPIONSHIP will be played at the Olympia Fields Country Club. News of the championships 2020 location broke last weekend on several media outlets, including right here at Golfersongolf.com.
But this week the WGA made the formal announcement . The BMW formerly known as the Western Open, saw the Western Open be played at Olympia Fields five times, most recently in 1971 when Bruce Crampton took home the trophy and the first place check.
The greatest golfer of all-time Jack Nicklaus won in 1968, when the Western Open returned to OFCC after a 35 year absence.
Olympia Fields Country Club has a strong history of championship tradition in both professional and amateur golf. In 2017 Danielle Kang won the KPMG Women’s Championship, and in 2015 Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Amateur Championship. The last U.S. Open played in the Chicago area, was held at Olympia Fields in 2003.
WGA Sr. VP of Tournaments Vince Pellegrino, talks about the BMW Championship.
“Olympia Fields holds an important and unique place in the history of the Western Golf Association and of golf in America,” said Vince Pellegrino, WGA senior vice president of tournaments.
“In addition to our WGA events, several national championships, including two U.S. Opens, have been played at Olympia Fields. We look forward to returning in 2020 to add another memorable chapter to this club’s great tournament history.”
The championship in 2020, will still have a field of 70 players, and is the main fundraiser for the Evans Scholars Foundation that has provided full tuition and housing scholarships to more than 11,500 deserving caddies nationwide since 1930.
The excitement of the championship golf returning to the south suburbs is shared by the board and membership at Olympia Fields.
“It’s a great honor for Olympia Fields Country Club to host the BMW Championship on our historic North Course, exactly 100 years after Olympia Fields first major championship-the 1920 Western Open,” said Joseph Tapajna, president of Olympia Fields County Club. “Chick Evans, who founded the Evans Scholars Foundation in 1930, was elected as a special member of Olympia Fields Country Club in 1923 and we are proud to say he retained that status for the rest of his life. Our membership looks forward to continuing our legacy of hosting significant golf championships and sharing our fine facilities with the golf community.”
Olympia Fields has had 174 caddies receive the Evans Scholarship, with Don Dahlke being the first in 1954, and six caddies are current Evans Scholars.
The North Course record of 63, is shared by current professionals Rickie Fowler and Vijay Singh. For more infomration on the WGA and it’s championships, please visit wgaesf.org.