Though some restrictions were lifted for Illinois golfers on Friday, the season remains a trying one for the state’s golf organizers. Tournament scheduling remains a fluid thing due to concerns over the COVID-19 Pandemic. First it was the Chicago District Golf Association canceling the Illinois State Amateur and the CDGA Amateur – its two oldest…
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John Deere Classic is canceled; its 50th anniversary is moved to 2021
John Deere Classic canceled; its 50th anniversary is moved to 2021 Illinois won’t have its longest-standing PGA Tour stop this year. The John Deere Classic was cancelled on Thursday. The JDC, the only PGA Tour event held annually in the state, was to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a July 6-12 playing of the $6.2…
Youth caddies face an uphill climb amid coronavirus
Golf is back to being played in all 50 states again. That’s a good thing. Progress in the battle against the pandemic, it would seem, is being made. Unfortunately there’s one segment of the golf industry that hasn’t benefitted yet. Caddies – particularly the youth variety – have been included in the restrictions that various…
USGA should award Pope a spot in this year’s U.S. Open
Glen Ellyn’s Andy Pope has played his way into four of the last five U.S. Opens. That’s an extraordinary feat, given that around 10,000 golfers file entries each year and only 156 make it to the 72-hole finals. This year, though, Pope can’t play his way in. Instead he’s relegated to campaigning for a spot…
Woods notches another big win — but this one was different
Tiger Woods was a winner in his first televised golf appearance in 98 days on Sunday. No, it wasn’t his 83rd tournament title that would have broken a tie with Sam Snead for most wins on the PGA Tour but this was a big win nonetheless. It came in an event called The Match: Champions…
WHERE ARE YOU PLAYING?/ All around Florida
ONE IN A SERIES Once again Rory Spears and Len Ziehm are combining efforts on our experiences from various golf destinations. This one is on Florida courses. Living in the Sunshine State now, I’ve always felt that Florida golf is most enjoyable in those months after the snowbirds leave for the season. In normal times…
Golf was different, but McIlroy was still the star of the show in return to TV
It was, at the very least, a good start. Live televised sports competition returned on Sunday, and the TaylorMade Driving Relief event didn’t look much like the golf played by Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff at the last PGA Tour event on March 12. On Sunday the players all wore shorts,…
Golf starts the return of live TV sports events — and I can’t wait
It won’t be long now. Live televised sports competition is about to return, and golf is leading the way. While tentative tournament schedules were drawn up months ago, now there’s something concrete and – as a purely personal perk – the first two big events will be conducted almost in my Florida backyard. A four-player…
CDGA cancels its two oldest tournamentsf due to pandemic concerns
The Illinois golf calendar took a big hit on Friday when the Chicago District Golf Association announced the cancelation of its two biggest and oldest championships. The CDGA Amateur, which was to be played for the 101st time June 22-25 at Bull Valley in Woodstock, and the Illinois State Amateur, slated for its 90th playing…
Trio of Palm City, FL., courses are poised to bring in more golfers
PALM CITY, Florida – With many restrictions lifted on Florida’s golf courses this week, some encouraging developments in one south Florida community came into focus. Palm City, a town of about 25,000 located off Interstate 95 between the PGA Golf Club – the “winter home of the PGA of America’’ – to the north and…