Chick Evans

For other people named Chick Evans, see Chick Evans (disambiguation).

For the motion picture producer, see Charles Evans, Jr.

Chick Evans
— Golfer —
Evans (right) with Robert A. Gardner (left), finalists at the 1916 U.S. Amateur
Personal information
Full name	Charles E. Evans, Jr.
Nickname	Chick
Born	(1890-07-18)July 18, 1890 Indianapolis, Indiana
Died	November 6, 1979(1979-11-06) (aged 89) Chicago, Illinois
Height	5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Weight	158 lb (72 kg; 11.3 st)
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Esther Evans (m. 1927–67, her death)^[1]
Children	none
Career
Status	Amateur
Professional wins	3
Best results in major championships (wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	51st: 1940
U.S. Open	Won: 1916
The Open Championship	T49: 1911
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1916, 1920
British Amateur	T9: 1911
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1975 (member page)
Bob Jones Award	1960

Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. (July 18, 1890 – November 6, 1979) was an American amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the first amateur to win 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. Selected to the Walker Cup team in 1922, 1924, and 1928, Evans competed in a record 50 consecutive U.S. Amateurs in his long career. All this was achieved with only seven hickory-shafted clubs. In addition to his golf career, Evans is known for founding the Evans Scholarship, a college scholarship for qualified caddies.

In 1960, he was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Early life

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Evans' family moved to Chicago when he was eight years old, and he grew up on the north side of the city. At the age of eight, he was first exposed to golf as a caddie at a Chicago course, the Edgewater Golf Club. He attended secondary school at the Evanston Academy, and won the 1907 and 1908 Western Interscholastic tournaments. He led in the founding of the Western Interscholastic Golf Association (WIGA), and led Evanston Academy to the 1908 WIGA team championship.^[2]

Golf career

Evans on March 1, 1915

From these beginnings, Evans became one of the most acclaimed American amateur golfers of his time, eventually earning induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1975. The accomplishment that gave him the most contemporary publicity came in 1916, when Evans won both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in the same year. He was the first person to accomplish this task, and only Bobby Jones has done it since.

Evans also won the Western Open in 1910 when he defeated George Simpson 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final, the only amateur to do so until Scott Verplank in 1985.^[3] Simpson graciously praised Evans on his victory when he said, “I’ve learned the greatest golf lesson of my life today. I consider it a greater honor to be beaten by the kind of golf you have played than to have remained out of the tournament because I did not fancy match play.”^[4]

Into the 1960s, Evans was an active participant in senior tournaments. Even at his age, he was competing in the U.S. Amateur events, and eventually set a record of completing 50 of these championships. Evans played his last rounds of competitive golf in 1968, winning the Illinois Open that year. His last Western Amateur was in 1967.^[1] After his retirement, he continued to attend events as a spectator and converse with the fans and players.

Approaching the WGA

After his wins in 1916, Evans was given several thousand dollars in royalties for recording golf instructions for the Brunswick Record Company. In addition he received royalties from a golf book written in 1921.^[5] If he accepted this money, he would have lost his amateur status. Evans' mother suggested that he could put the money to good use by sponsoring a scholarship fund for caddies. Evans himself was unable to finish his matriculation at Northwestern University. Evans is quoted as saying: "My mother wouldn't think of accepting my money unless we could arrange it to be trusted to furnish educations for deserving qualified caddies." He also went on to say, "She pointed out that the money came from golf and thus should go back into golf -- It was all her dream -- her idea."

Evans went to the Western Golf Association (WGA), an organization that ran golf championships in the Midwest, to get their support for his scholarship. By 1930, the Evans Scholars Foundation had formed.^[3]

The Evans Scholars Foundation

Evans' dream was finally made a reality in 1930, when two caddies, Harold Fink and Jim McGinnis, were named the first two Evans Scholars. Chick Evans' long friendship with Chicago tax attorney, Carleton Blunt, proved to be the catalyst for launching the Evans Scholars Foundation. Blunt, an avid golfer and philanthropist, supported Evans' vision for helping caddies attend colleges and universities across the country by raising the necessary funds for decades. The criteria used to choose these recipients were scholarship, fellowship and leadership. Since that time, over 9,800 caddies have become Evans Scholars and attained college educations. The scholarship program continues today as the largest scholarship organization in sports and the largest privately funded scholarship program in the United States.

Scholarship houses exist at the following Universities: University of Colorado, University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Marquette University, University of Wisconsin, Purdue University, Ohio State University, Northern Illinois University, University of Missouri, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Miami University and the University of Minnesota.

On February 19, 2014 the Evans Scholars Foundation announced their plans to build a new chapter house at the University of Oregon. It is the first new Scholarship House in 27 years.^[6] In addition to those universities at which houses exist, scholarship recipients attend several other universities around the country. More than 800 caddies currently attend college on an Evans Scholarship.

Death and legacy

Evans died on November 6, 1979 at age 89. His wife, Esther, had died in 1967 after 40 years of marriage. They had no children.^[1] The Chick Evans Golf Course in Morton Grove, a north suburb of Chicago, is named in his honor.

Tournament wins (22)

1907 Chicago Amateur, Western Junior, Western Interscholastic
1908 Chicago Amateur, Western Interscholastic
1909 Western Amateur^[7]
1910 Western Open^[4]
1911 French Amateur, North and South Amateur, Chicago Amateur
1912 Western Amateur^[7]
1914 Western Amateur, Chicago District Amateur^[7]
1915 Western Amateur^[7]
1916 U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur
1920 U.S. Amateur, Western Amateur
1921 Western Amateur
1922 Western Amateur
1923 Western Amateur
1925 Kansas City Open

Professional major championships

Evans in 1915

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1916	U.S. Open	3 shot lead	−2 (70-69-74-73=286)	2 strokes	Jock Hutchison

Results timeline

Note: As an amateur, Evans was ineligible to play in the PGA Championship.

Tournament	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	2 LA	18	1 LA	NT	NT	T9 LA
The Open Championship	T49	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	T6 LA	4 LA	16	T14	T10	DNP	T13	CUT	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T50	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	51	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

LA = Low Amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Amateur major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1916	U.S. Amateur	4 & 3	Robert A. Gardner
1920	U.S. Amateur	7 & 6	Francis Ouimet

Results timeline

Tournament	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
U.S. Amateur	SF	SF	SF	2	SF	R32	R32	1	NT	NT	R16
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP	DNP	R32	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Amateur	1	SF	2	R32	R32	DNQ	QF	2	R32	DNQ
The Amateur Championship	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R128	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	DNQ	QF	R32	QF	R256	R64	QF	DNP	DNQ
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	DNQ	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNQ	R256	R128	R256
The Amateur Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	R64	DNP	DNP	R128

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
U.S. Amateur	R256	R256	R128	R256	R256	R128	R256	R64	R64	R128
The Amateur Championship	R512	DNP	R128	R256	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
U.S. Amateur	R256	R256	R256
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Sources: Amateur Championship: 1911,^[8] 1914,^[9] 1921,^[10] 1926,^[11] 1946,^[12] 1949,^[13] 1950,^[14] 1952,^[15] 1953,^[16] 1955^[17]

References

1 2 3 "Amateur golf star Chick Evans dies". Wilmington Morning Star. Associated Press. November 8, 1979. p. 7-D. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
↑ Pruter, Robert (2013). The Rise of American High School Sports and the Search for Control, 1880-1930. Syracuse University Press. pp. 130–1.
1 2 "Chick Evans Biography". Western Golf Association. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
1 2 "Amateur Evans is New Western Open Title Holder". The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois). September 4, 1910. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Evans, Charles (1921). Chick Evans' Golf Book. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (for Thos E Wilson). Retrieved April 14, 2013.
↑ "Evans Scholars Foundation to open Scholarship House at the University of Oregon". Retrieved February 20, 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Chick Evans Wins". Richmond Times Dispatch. July 25, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
↑ The American Golfer, July, 1911, pg. 186.
↑ Golf Illustrated, July, 1914, pg. 28.
↑ The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.
↑ The American Golfer, July, 1926, pg. 58.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, May 30, 1946, pg. 2.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1949, pg. 2.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, May 23, 1950, pg. 9.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, May 29, 1952, pg. 7.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1953, pg. 4.
↑ The Glasgow Herald, June 2, 1955, pg. 4.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chick Evans.

Works by or about Chick Evans at Internet Archive
USGA – Looking Back: 1916 U.S. Amateur at Merion
World Golf Hall of Fame profile
Official Site of the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation
Evans Scholarship Chapters

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris, Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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