Standing on the 72nd tee at the Outlaw Course at Desert Mountain, Ching-Tzu Chen (Taiwan; University of Oregon) had already bogeyed three holes on the back nine and could sense that her lead was shrinking. Then, while waiting on the tee she decided to check the scoreboard to see that her lead was two shots. “I don’t...

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.

The Southwestern Amateur has issued an exemption to the winner of the Mid-Amateur championship of the Ladies National Golf Association to be held at the Anthem Course in Anthem, Arizona from April 18 to 21. The women’s champion of the Southwestern Amateur will be offered an exemption into the LNGA’s Amateur to be played from...

Bryson DeChambeau made a run at the 2012 Southwestern Amateur before coming up short. But nothing about DeChambeau’s game is short these days, as we saw at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. From his 320-yard carry over the lake at the par-5 6th, to mighty thrashes out of the thick rough on 9...

Collin Morikawa continued his meteoric rise through the professional golf ranks with a win in the WGC Workday Championship played at The Concession Golf Club. In so doing, he joins his idol Tiger Woods as the only players to win a major and a WGC title before the age of 25. Just five years removed...