The West won easily, 31-19, coming up short of the biggest blowout in Canon Cup history, a 35 1/2-14 1/2 West whooping of the East in 2002 right here at Conway Farms Golf Club just outside Chicago.

Here in the Windy City, the East always seems to get blown away.

And this was without U.S. Junior champion Philip Francis, Golfweek’s top-ranked junior, Jamie Lovemark and Rory Hie, all West players who skipped out this week to play nearby in the Western Amateur. With that trio, this tournament could have ended a day early.