Chick Evans 1916 US Open & US Amateur Golf Champion signed note - hand written note paper asking for his autograph - Ex Mark Emerson collection. Note Chick Evans became the first amateur to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, he won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920, and was runner-up three times. Selected to the Walker Cup team in 1922, 1924, and 1928, he competed in a record 50 consecutive U.S. Amateurs in his long career. Evans achieved all of this while carrying only seven hickory-shafted clubs.