ABOUT THE CCN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund was founded in 1949 by friends of Francis Ouimet and the Massachusetts Golf Association. In that first year, $4,600 was distributed to 13 students. Since 1949, the Fund has awarded $46.6 million in need-based college tuition assistance, including $3 million to 439 recipients in 2022, to over 6,470 deserving men and women who have worked at least two years as a caddie, in a pro shop or in a course maintenance department at a Massachusetts golf course. These scholars, meanwhile, have gone on to excel in school, achieving a 3.4 GPA average and 92% graduating from college within four years.

In addition to their general scholarship program, the Ouimet Fund offers the opportunity for individuals or groups to permanently endow an additional award. They are given to existing Ouimet Scholars who meet the requirements set by the people endowing that scholarship. Currently, there are more than 180 endowed scholarships within the Ouimet Fund, which accounts for 41 percent of the annual scholarship budget, with several being funded by private clubs such as Hyannisport, Woodland, Brae Burn, Oyster Harbors, Eastward Ho! and more.

Cape Cod National endowed an award within the Ouimet Fund in 2006 to be given annually to a deserving Ouimet Scholar who had worked at least two seasons at CCN. The CCN Endowed Scholarship was initially funded by gifts from John, Linda and Doug Pfeffer, along with monies that the CCN Members had raised to support the education of a favorite caddie.

Kathy Guillard – the 2018 Ouimet Chair of the Year, alongside Mike Walker – took over as CCN Ouimet Chair in 2011 and has continued to expand upon the great work that Bob and Robin Arnold did during their tenure. The Club’s endowment, meanwhile, has grown over the past decade-plus to total over $430,000, becoming the largest club-sponsored endowment within the Ouimet Fund in the process. With the growth of the endowment, CCN has been able to move from one annual award to multiple recipients each year.

While many of the CCN Members have supported the endowment over the years, special recognition is due to those who have joined the Francis Ouimet Society as Lifetime Members.

Those wishing to contribute to the CCN Endowed Scholarship should contact CCN Ouimet Chair Kathy Guillard or the Club Administration Office for more information.