Max Homa gets dream win at Riviera
Max Homa, who last competed in the Southwestern Amateur eleven years ago, picked up his second PGA Tour victory in dramatic fashion, defeating Tony Finau on the second playoff hole at Riviera Country Club after missing a three-footer for the win on the final hole of regulation. It was an emotional win for the L.A....
Thanks to Joel Empie and Bill Lich for their service to the SWGA
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.
McGreevy’s 1st Win on Korn Ferry Tour
Max McGreevy came from five shots down entering the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Missouri, to take home his first professional title. Read more…. McGreevy, an ex-Oklahoma Sooner, was co-runnerup in the 2013 Southwestern Amateur and T23 in the 2014.
Morikawa Prevails at PGA Workday Charity Open
23-year-old Collin Morikawa, one of the young guns on the PGA tour, prevailed on the third playoff hole to win the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village in Dublin OH. It was his second PGA win in his young professional career. Collin played in the 2015 Southwestern Amateur finishing T-18. Read more about his PGA...
Kyle Jones Wins Utah Championship in Playoff
Kyle Jones won his first professional tournament by capturing the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour’s Utah Championship played at the Oakridge CC in Farmington, Utah, a three-man playoff. The 2014 Southwestern Amateur Champion outlasted his two fellow competitors with a birdie on the second playoff hole. The victory moves Jones to eighth on The 25, as...
Theegala Captures Australian Master of the Amateurs
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....
Southwestern Participants Wu and Theegala in the News!
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...
2013 Champion J.T. Poston goes Bogeyless to Win Wyndham
2013 Southwestern Amateur champion J.T. Poston goes bogeyless over 72 holes to capture his 1st PGA win at the Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC.
Our Runner-up AJ OTT Claims Southern Amateur Title
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…
2019 Southwestern Champ Hunter Ostrom Wins Again!
Our 2019 Southwestern Amateur champion Hunter Ostrom won his third amateur title by capturing the 63rd Eastern Amateur at the Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia. Ostrom came from five shots back to win a three-way sudden-death playoff. Read more….
Young Guns Wolff and Morikawa Prevail at 3M Open
Matthew Wolff won in his fourth start on the PGA Tour by one stoke in dramatic fashion over another rookie Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau at the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. All three played in the Southwestern Amateur; Wolff as recently as 2017, Morikawa in 2015 and DeChambeau in 2012....
Hunter Ostrom Captures 104th Southwestern Amateur
Hunter Ostrom fired a five under 65 in the final round to extend his lead and capture the 104th Southwestern Amateur held on the Cochise course at the Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, June 12-15, 2019. AJ Ott and Gavin Cohen tied for second place. Read more in our tournament summary….