A Championship Tradition

Many amateur and professional tournaments have been contested at Midltothian over the years. Walter Hagen defeated Chick Evans to win the 1914 U.S. Open at Midlothian - the first of his 11 major championships. South African Bobby Locke won the Chicago Victory National Open in 1948 and Billy Casper won Western Opens at Midlothian in 1969 and 1973. Both Pater Filius, the oldest father-son tournament in the nation, and Derby Day, which originated as a two day, 36-hole competition following a trip to the Kentucky Derby, began in 1904. The club's annual husband & wife tournament, The Benedict Championship, began in 1902 and The Midlothian Cup, the club's premier member-guest event, was re-introduced in 1991.

Amateur & Professional Tournaments at Midlothian

Western Open
1901   Laurie Auchterlonie
1969   Billy Casper
1973   Billy Casper

Western Amateur
1901   Phelps Hoyt
1917   Francis Ouimet

Women's Western Amateur
1907   Lillian French
1911   Carolyn Painter
1915   Elaine Rosenthal

Women's United States Amateur
1911   Carolyn Painter

United States (National) Open
1914   Walter Hagen

Women's Western Open
1931   June (Beebe) Atwood

Women's Western Junior
1938   Jane Goodsill

Hagen Invitational
1939   Ralph Guldahl

Victory National Open
1948   Bobby Locke

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