2007 Par Club Tournament
October 1, 2007
The 2007 Par Club Tournament will be played at Green Gables Country Club on Monday, October 1. For more information or to register for the tournament follow the link below.
The Colorado Golf Association is one of 23 state or regional golf associations that co-sponsor with the Western Golf Association a program for sending caddies to college. Each Colorado recipient receives a full tuition scholarship and housing at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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The Evans Scholars Foundation is a charitable trust which provides undergraduate scholarship for deserving caddies, a concept originated by Charles Evans Jr. and known as the Evans Scholars Program. The Evans Scholar Foundation is overseen by the Western Golf Association.
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The Evans Scholarship is a one-year grant which covers tuition and housing and may be renewed for up to four years at the Foundation's option.
All recipients of Evans Scholarships are required to live on the campus of the university they attend according to the following guidlines:
At the universities where the Evans Scholars Foundation owns and maintains a Scholarship House, Evans Scholars have the privilege of living in the Scholarship House.
At the other universities, the Evans Scholarship provides a housing allowance.
Applicants must have caddied, successfully and regularly, for a minimum of two years.
Applicants must have completed their junior year of high school, rank in the upper quarter of their class, have above a B average in college preparatory classes, and have taken the ACT or SAT
Applicants must clearly establish their need for financial assistance.
Applicants must be outstanding in character, integrity and leadership
Those who satisfy the above requirements compete for the limited number of Chick Evans Caddie Scholarships awarded annually.
Obtain an official Evans Scholarship application from the sponsoring club. Applications are accepted after July 15 following the junior year in high school. The application must be received by September 30.
In addition to the application, the following materials are required: a letter of recommendation from the sponsoring club signed by club officials, official transcript complete through the junior year, a letter of recommendation from the high school, candidate's essay, financial documentation including a copy of parents' most recent federal tax return, the Financial Aid Profile, and scores from the SAT and/or the ACT.
Most scholarships are awarded during the applicant's senior year in high school. Candidates who reach the finals in scholarship competition will be interviewed by the Selection Committee at Selection Meetings held between December and March.
Each finalist will be considered on the basis of overall record and financial need. Candidates are advised of the committee's decision promptly after their interview.
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2008 EISENHOWER-EVANS SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
March 3, 2008
The Colorado Golf Association and the Western Golf Association recently awarded twelve Eisenhower-Evans Scholarships, which includes full-tuition and housing to the University of Colorado. The Eisenhower-Evans Scholarship is a need based scholarship that is awarded annually to deserving young men and women who have caddied for a minimum of two summers and who meet the other criteria of outstanding scholarship, personal character and financial need. The number of recipients has more than doubled since 2006. With increased exposure, the goal is to send even more deserving caddies to college. The value of the scholarship is estimated to be $50,000.
The recipients of the scholarship (and the caddie program they qualified through) are Andrew Bencomo (Ballyneal), Kevin Berman (Columbine CC), Eric Brown (Pinehurst CC), Isaiah Farago (Cherry Hills CC), Karissa Godin (Bear Creek GC), Fletcher Gorman (Ballyneal), Kevin Knox (Green Gables CC), Cody Law (Cherry Hills CC), Ryan Mendon (Indian Hill CC-KS), Stephen Streeter (Columbine CC), and Shelby Sweeney (Boulder CC),Jake Tonnessen(Dos Rios GC). These outstanding caddies will be attending the University of Colorado beginning in the fall of 2008 and will be joining the 32 other Eisenhower-Evans students who currently reside in the Eisenhower-Evans Chapter House on the C.U. Boulder campus.
The Eisenhower scholarship program was created in 1961 and was merged with the Chicago-based Evans Scholarship program in 1963. Over the past 40-plus years over 350 E.E. Scholars have attended C.U. and lived in the Chapter House at Boulder. The Evans Scholarship was created in 1930 and was started by Charles “Chick” Evans who learned the game as a caddie. Evans gained worldwide fame in 1916 when he became the first golfer ever to win both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open championships in the same year.
The Eisenhower-Evans Scholarship is supported and funded by the efforts of the Colorado Golf Association and the Western Golf Association which is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception in 1930, 8,399 Evans Scholars have graduated from the program through one of the 18 schools that are part of the scholarship program. Of these 18 schools, 14, including The University of Colorado, have Evans Scholar Chapter houses.
Funding for the program is entirely from the game of golf and comes in the form of bag tag sales, Par Club memberships and the Western Open Championship. Here in Colorado, nearly $410,874 was raised in 2007 from generous golfers to cover the costs of tuition and housing for the program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR PROFESSIONAL, CADDIE MASTER, or the WGA:
Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation
1 Briar Road
Golf, Illinois 60029
(847) 724-4600
E-mail: evansscholars@wgaesf.com