Four Baltimore-area students earn full college scholarships for caddying

Students will begin school as Evans Scholars this fall

GLENVIEW, Ill. – Four students from the Baltimore area have been awarded the Evans Scholarship — a full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies — following a selection meeting interview held Feb. 5 at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Md.

The students will begin college in the fall of 2026 as Evans Scholars, with most expected to attend the University of Maryland. Final university placements will be determined this spring. The Evans Scholarship is valued at more than $125,000 over four years. A full list of recipients is included below.

To qualify for the Evans Scholarship, each student must meet the Program’s four selection criteria and show a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need and outstanding character.

“The Baltimore golf community takes great pride in supporting caddies who earn this life-changing opportunity,” said Joe Fields, a WGA Director and East Coast Co-Chair, as well as a member at Baltimore Country Club. “Seeing these students rewarded for years of discipline, responsibility and perseverance is incredibly meaningful, and we’re excited to watch them succeed as Evans Scholars.”

The Western Golf Association (WGA), headquartered in Glenview Illinois, has supported the Chick Evans Scholarship Program through the Evans Scholars Foundation since 1930. Known as one of golf’s favorite charities, it is the nation’s largest scholarship program for caddies.

“These students represent the very best of what the Evans Scholarship stands for,” said WGA Chairman Andy Langan. “Their success reflects not only their individual effort, but also the strength of the caddie programs and supporters in the Baltimore area who help make opportunities like this possible.”

Currently, a record 1,260 caddies are enrolled at 27 universities nationwide as Evans Scholars, including 21 at the University of Maryland. More than 12,575 caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars since the Program was founded in 1930 by famed Chicago amateur golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr.

Selection meeting interviews will continue nationwide through spring. By the end of the 2025-26 selection process, an estimated 380 caddies from across the country are expected to receive the Evans Scholarship.

Evans Scholars have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 and a 98 percent graduation rate. An estimated 40 percent are first-generation college students, and 96 percent are employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduating.

Funds for the Evans Scholarship come mostly from contributions by more than 43,500 supporters across the country, who are members of the Evans Scholars Par Club program. Evans Scholars Alumni donate more than $15 million annually, and all proceeds from the BMW Championship, the penultimate PGA TOUR Playoff event in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup competition, benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation. In 2026, the BMW Championship will be held at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri, from Aug. 18-23.