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The Evans Scholars Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Glenview, Illinois that provides full tuition and housing college scholarships to golf caddies. Operated by the Western Golf Association , the Evans Scholars Foundation has helped more than 11,550 caddies graduate from college since its creation in 1930.
Charles E. "Chick" Evans Jr. (July 18, 1890 – November 6, 1979) was a prominent American amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans, who won the 1910 Western Open, became the first amateur to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920, and was runner-up three times.
The three scholarship winners attended the Sacconnesset Golf Club caddie training program. 'It changes lives.' Three Cape Cod golf caddies awarded full ride scholarships to college
Senior Isaec Valencia of L.A. Salesian High receives $125,000 Chic Evans Scholarship after becoming a caddie and now has hopes of becoming a doctor.
May 30—Evergreen is among the smallest high schools in Northwest Ohio, with an enrollment of less than 400 students in grades nine through 12. The small numbers might diminish the likelihood of ...
Since 1930, the Evans Scholars Foundation has awarded full tuition and housing scholarships to deserving caddies across the country. The foundation was started by Charles "Chick" Evans Jr. It is overseen by the WGA and aided by affiliated U.S. country clubs. There are 1,130 Evans Scholars attending 24 universities in the United States.
The scholarship was created to give college scholarship aid to young people who worked as caddies at clubs in Massachusetts. The inaugural class had 13 scholars who received a total of $4,600. Since then more than 6,300 students have been selected as Ouimet Scholars, receiving more than $43 million in need-based college tuition assistance.
Founded a caddie program that has produced more than 320 Evans Scholars as caddie manager at Beverly from the mid-1940s through the mid-1980s. Joe Barreiro [21] 2017: Caddie Manager: Sleepy Hollow Country Club: Served as a long time caddie manager from 1972 to 2017. During that time he mentored thousands of adult and youth caddies. Jim "Bones ...