ANCESTORS

About Us

WHO WE ARE

Ancestors is an invitation-only golf tournament and charitable community built around competition, relationships, legacy, and generosity. Every year, a small group comes together to honor the past and inspire the future — through the game, through each other, and through the young people we support along the way.

OUR PURPOSE

The golf is fun. The matches are competitive. But the part that lasts is the impact. Ancestors exists to bring people together around something bigger than a scorecard, and to fund real opportunity for the next generation through the Western Golf Association's Evans Scholars Foundation.

Vision vs. Legacy

Every Ancestor is placed on one of two teams — Team Vision or Team Legacy — for life. It's a friendly rivalry in service of a shared purpose: the relationship with the Ancestors community outlasts any single tournament or team assignment.

Our Values

  • Community — We show up for each other, year after year.

  • Generosity — We give freely, of time, resources, and encouragement.

  • Presence — We're fully here, on the course and off it.

  • Fun — We take the mission seriously, never ourselves.

  • Innovation — We keep finding better ways to compete, connect, and give.

 

Our History

  • 2025 — Bandon Dunes (inaugural year)

  • 2026 — Sand Valley

  • 2027 — Bandon Dunes (Ancestors rotates between two legendary venues)

Leadership

Co-founded by Alex Kirby and Dan Kallaugher, with Regan Kawa serving as Director of the Ancestors Foundation.

Our Impact: Evans Scholars & WGA

  • 1,190 scholars currently enrolled

  • 24 universities represented

  • 360 new scholarships awarded

  • 12,850+ students graduated since 1930

  • $500,000+ five-year commitment beginning 2026

Meet Rachael Carter — The First Ancestors Scholar

The inaugural Ancestors tournament raised $125,000 for the Evans Scholars Foundation, given in memory of Charlie Mulieri. That gift helped fund a full scholarship for Rachael Carter, a young golfer whose determination and character embodied everything Ancestors hopes to support. Rachael is pursuing her degree at the University of Maryland with the Evans Scholarship covering tuition and housing — a life-changing opportunity made possible by the Ancestors community. She is the first of what we hope will be many Ancestors Scholars.