PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Loren Pullum of Chicago, a three-year caddie at LaGrange (Ill.) Country Club, has been named recipient of the 2005 PGA of America Chip Beck Evans Scholarship.

Pullum, 18, will be attending the University of Illinois next fall as a general studies major. A graduate of De La Salle Institute, Pullum carried a 4.48 grade point average and finished No. 1 in her all-girls class of 55, at the school's Lourdes Hall campus in Chicago. Pullum began caddying at LaGrange Country Club in 2002, and finished with 120 caddie assignments.

Illinois PGA Executive Director Michael Miller presented Pullum her scholarship on June 27, 2005, at Cog Hill Country Club in Lemont, Ill.

Pullum is a three-year Honor Roll student, a two-year National Honor Society recipient and tutoring coordinator. Pullum's active extracurricular prep career featured her becoming an accomplished actress. She was also assistant director of Twelve Angry Men, which was presented at the Illinois High School Theater Festival. Pullum was cast in the musical, Snoopy; played three characters in the one-act play, The Hitchhiker; and was part of the Illinois All-State show, Ragtime. Pullum was the first female inducted into the De La Salle International Thespian Troupe.

Pullum was also a member of the school's theater executive board; spent weekends providing community service; served as a City of De La Salle Alderman representative; worked as a staff member of the school's literary magazine; and served as a member of Peer Ministry and the LaSallian Youth Group.

The PGA Foundation is a supporter of the PGA of America Chip Beck Evans Scholarship program. The program was established in 1994, three years after Beck became the second player in history to post a 59 in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Beck's award was provided by Hilton Hotels Corporation, of which the PGA Foundation received a portion to use for future scholarship distribution.

The Evans Scholars Foundation, founded in 1930 in honor of amateur golf great Chick Evans, administers college scholarships and has awarded more than 8,000 scholarships to students, including 826 currently attending 20 universities nationwide. The program was begun for deserving caddies who seek a college education.