Lenziehmongolf.com is delighted to announce another partnership agreement, this one with veteran Wisconsin golf writer Brian Weis. Weis is publisher of GolfTrips.com – a network of golf travel and directory sites that include GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfers.com and GolfAlabama.com. His venture into golf began in 2004 with the launching of GolfWisconsin.com. Its success spurred the creation…
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Here’s some tips for your visit to the John Deere Classic
It’s almost here now, the only annual Illinois stop on the PGA Tour. Yes, the John Deere Classic is something special. Those visiting the spiffy TPC Deere Run course in Silvis, on the outskirts of the Quad Cities, will realize that in a hurry if they’re first-time visitors to this July 8-14 shootout. The JDC…
Add Palmer Cup to the big events Jerry Rich is bringing to Sugar Grove
Big golf events used to be commonplace in Chicago. Now, not so much. No U.S. Opens or PGA Championships are scheduled in these parts. The PGA Tour comes only every other year, for the BMW Championship. The LPGA and Buy.com Tour no longer make annual stops here. Only the Champions Tour, with its new Encompass…
Affrunti must forget critical 4-putt before teeing off in JDC
Good things may still be ahead for Joe Affrunti, who gets back on the PGA Tour at the John Deere Classic in the Quad Cities in two weeks, but the Crystal Lake golfer will have a hard time forgetting what happened to him in his last tournament. Affrunti, who missed half of his rookie season…
SW MICHIGAN: Here’s three layouts that are worth a visit
CENTREVILLE, Mich. — The Scott family’s five 18-hole courses aren’t far from either Island Hills or Yarrow Golf & Conference Resort. All are near the bigger cities of Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, but the facilities are all quite different – in a good way. Between them they make Southwest Michigan a convenient golf getaway location,…
Jeray, Harris are U.S. Women’s Open hopefuls
This week’s golf, both nationally and locally, is all about the women. The U.S. Women’s Open tees off on Thursday at Sebonack, a seven-year old New York course co-designed by Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus. Meanwhile, the Illinois Women’s Amateur begins the match play portion of its competition on Wednesday (TODAY) and concludes on Friday…
NORTHWEST INDIANA: Opening hole provides spectacular start at Lost Marsh
HAMMOND, Ind. – The Lost Marsh golf course didn’t exist when I lived in Northwest Indiana from 1967-69 and was just getting serious about golf. What a shame! Back then, while working for the Hammond Times immediately after finishing college, the courses of choice were Wicker Park – it had a player-friendly course, the best…
ILLINOIS WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Youngest champion in 80 years is just 16
ILL. WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Youngest champion in 80 years is just 16 The Illinois Women’s Golf Assn. has conducted a state amateur championship for 80 years, and this year’s version produced its youngest-ever champion. Bing Singhsumalee, 16, won the tourney in spectacular fashion, chipping in for birdie on the first hole of a sudden death playoff…
ERIN HILLS: Wisconsin layout will be popular destination prior to ’17 Open
ERIN, Wis. – The hoopla was extraordinary when Erin Hills first welcomed golfers in 2006. The very upscale public course on the outskirts of Milwaukee was even awarded a U.S. Golf Assn. national championship (the 2008 U.S.Women’s Amateur Public Links) before its land was even seeded. By 2009 – following an ownership change from creator…
ENCOMPASS CHAMPIONSHIP: Couples’ birdie blitz didn’t faze Stadler
Craig Stadler’s first Champions Tour win in eight years seemed a foregone conclusion for awhile on Sunday. After all, he had a five-shot lead after playing his first six holes at North Shore Country Club in Glenview. That lead wasn’t so safe, though. A combination of Fred Couples’ birdies and Stadler’s own shaky play turned…