The action at the 2021 Southwestern Amateur is nearing a close and the race to glory on both the Men’s and Women’s side is getting hotter than this week’s desert sun. James Leow and Ching-Tzu Chen each finished Friday with strong rounds to get into pole position for Saturday’s final round. Nicole Whiston of the University of Tennessee led...

A battle on both sides developed on Thursday at the second round of the Southwestern Amateur, even in the midst of an Excessive Heat Warning as temperatures rose to a scorching 116 degrees. Day two opened up with University of Tennessee junior Nicole Whiston maintaining her lead in the Women’s Championship, but she was met...

Men’s Championship The Tournament is seeing record temperatures, but the slight breeze helped cool the morning play for the Men today. The Men’s Championship produced many great shots and scores. The leaders, James Leow, and Christian Banke, both shot 63 (-8). James is an Arizona State junior from Singapore and Christian is a graduate student...

The Southwestern Amateur Championship, one of the country’s long-time leading events for top-ranked amateurs, returns June 16-19 on the Outlaw course at the Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. While the championship has a 106-year history as a men’s tournament, a women’s division will be introduced this year – presenting a 72-hole stroke play event...

Congratulations to Colorado State’s A.J. Ott, who shot rounds of 70-70-71 at the Stillwater Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships as the low individual from the regional. Ott was the runner-up the last time the Southwestern Amateur was played, in 2019.

The 2021 Southwestern Men’s Amateur field will include an NCAA national champion, Keenen Bronnenberg of the University of Indianapolis. The Muncie, Ind., native led the Greyhounds to a 18-stroke win in the 54-hole stroke-play portion of the tournament, and became the school’s first-ever men’s golf individual national champion.

The SWGA would like to congratulate two-time Southwestern Amateur participant Quade Cummins, who helped the U.S. win the 48th Walker Cup Match at Seminole Golf Club. Quade heads to NCAA postseason play where he will try to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to another NCAA title.

Congratulations to Brad Reeves of the University of Arizona who won the PAC-12 individual championship. Brad has competed in the last three Southwestern Amateurs with consistently high finishes. Go Wildcats.

Joel Empie and Bill Lich have retired after many years of service to the Southwestern Golf Association. Each received a commemorative plaque on November 4th recognizing their leadership and service.

Sahith Theegala ventured Down Under and conquered Victoria Golf Club under tough conditions to become the 1st American to win the Australian Master of the Amateurs tournament completed January 10, 2020. This tournament is ranked by the R&A as the highest ranked Amateur Championship in Australia. Theegala played in the 2015 and 2016 Southwestern Amateur....

2015 and 2016 Southwestern Amateur participants Brandon Wu and Sahith Theegala were recently in the news for their amateur accomplishments. Wu is thought to be the first amateur since 1967 to qualify without an exemption for both the US Open and the Open Championship in the same year. Wu was recently named to the 2019...

AJ Ott, the 2019 Southwestern Amateur runner-up, climbs the leaderboard over the weekend and wins in a playoff for the Southern Amateur title played at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, Arkansas. Read more…