Who We are...
Established in 2001, the Midwestern Amputee Golf Association (MWAGA) is a volunteer group of individuals who have experienced and overcome the loss of a limb or limbs and utilize the game of golf to promote friendship, fitness, fun and rehabilitation through active participation in golf for amputees of all ages. We believe our local annual amputee golf event helps not just amputee golfers, but any golfer with a physical disability, achieve some of these objectives.
The MWAGA is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization headquartered in Northbrook, IL and includes Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota in its region. The Midwestern region is under the larger umbrella of NAGA, the National Amputee Golf Association (nagagolf.org) and we are a member of the United States Golf Alliance (USAGA.org).
Competition in sporting events, combined with the fellowship of men and women in similar life situations, provides a wonderful environment for sharing ideas, realizing potential and forging life-long friendships. The MWAGA also promotes the value of golf for rehabilitation by providing information and training to rehabilitation centers and prosthetic facilities. We utilize NAGA’s “First Swing” program to partner volunteer amputees with clinical therapists to use golf in rehabilitating their physically challenged clientele.
We do more than play golf…………we have donated to the firemen in New York City after 9/11, OperationWarriorWishes.org (benefits the Wounded Warriors) and an orphanage in Haiti. We also provide annual academic scholarships to amputees and family members of amputees. In September 2013, a member of our group traveled to Boston to mentor some of the amputees from the Boston Marathon bombing. Another member traveled to Guatemala in October 2014 with seven other prosthetic clinicians (ROMP) and five physical therapists on a humanitarian mission to provide free prosthetic care to amputees who had limited access to such care (Hearts in Motion). This team fitted 29 Guatemalan amputees with new prosthetic limbs.
The MWAGA is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization headquartered in Northbrook, IL and includes Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota in its region. The Midwestern region is under the larger umbrella of NAGA, the National Amputee Golf Association (nagagolf.org) and we are a member of the United States Golf Alliance (USAGA.org).
Competition in sporting events, combined with the fellowship of men and women in similar life situations, provides a wonderful environment for sharing ideas, realizing potential and forging life-long friendships. The MWAGA also promotes the value of golf for rehabilitation by providing information and training to rehabilitation centers and prosthetic facilities. We utilize NAGA’s “First Swing” program to partner volunteer amputees with clinical therapists to use golf in rehabilitating their physically challenged clientele.
We do more than play golf…………we have donated to the firemen in New York City after 9/11, OperationWarriorWishes.org (benefits the Wounded Warriors) and an orphanage in Haiti. We also provide annual academic scholarships to amputees and family members of amputees. In September 2013, a member of our group traveled to Boston to mentor some of the amputees from the Boston Marathon bombing. Another member traveled to Guatemala in October 2014 with seven other prosthetic clinicians (ROMP) and five physical therapists on a humanitarian mission to provide free prosthetic care to amputees who had limited access to such care (Hearts in Motion). This team fitted 29 Guatemalan amputees with new prosthetic limbs.
Past Overall Champions
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2001 Dan Cox 144
2002 Cory Tibbs 156 2003 Dan Cox 151 2004 Dan Cox 144 2005 Dan Cox 150 2006 Dan Cox 109 2007 Dan Cox 149 2008 Les Meade 148 2009 Les Meade 150 2010 Les Meade 156 |
2011 Dan Cox 152
2012 Kim Moore 157 2013 Les Meade 157 2014 Les Meade 161 2015 Bill Morrison 156 2016 Darin Strenzel 165 2017 Steve Husome 164 2018 Tracy Ramin 155 2019 Kenny Bontz 146 2020 Kenny Bontz 141 |
2021 Tim Herrmann 148
2022 Evan Mathias 73 2023 Mark Sissom 150 2024 Robby Donarski 157 |
PAst Women's Overall Champions
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2022 Kelsey Koch 91
2023 Kelsey Koch 190 2024 Deborah Smith 196 |
Past Senior Division Overall Champions
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2022 Steve Husome 77
2023 Steve Onoyan 172 2024 Steve Onoyan 157 |
Past 9-Hole Division Champions
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2021 Gus Lease 116
2022 Kurt Smith 55 2023 Bradley Schubert 110 2024 Don Zommer 138 |
Past Presidents
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Bud Sanders 2001-2003
Steve DeBlasio 2004-2006 Don Zommer 2007-2009 John Benway 2010-2012 Jeff Linton 2013-2015 Don Zommer 2016-2017 Bradley Schubert 2017-present |
