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Evans Scholars has provided
thousands of scholarships for
ex-caddies.
Chick Evans found great success
on the golf course and his name
is often mentioned along with
Francis Ouimet and Bobby
Jones in conversations ranking
the best amateurs of all time.
EvanswonboththeU.S.Amateur
and U.S. Open Championships
in 1916, becoming the first
to accomplish such a feat. It
would be 14 years until Jones
became the second and only
other golfer to win both in
a single year. Evans added
another U.S. Amateur title in
1920, was runner-up on three
occasions and was inducted
into the World Golf Hall of
Fame in 1975.
In those days, golf was a
leisure activity, gentlemen did
not play the game for profit.
Retaining his amateur status
was never an issue as many
of the best golfers of the age
remained amateurs. Ouimet
won the 1912 U.S. Open as
an amateur. Jerry Travers won
the 1915 U.S. Open, one year
prior to Evans victory and also
claimed two U.S. Amateur titles
in consecutive years, 1912 and
1913.
Evans had a much larger vision
of life than simply golf. His
greatest accomplishment was
not borne in competitive golf,
Chick Evans
Greatest
Triumph Came
Off the Golf
Course
By:
Fred Altvater
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