HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina – The Harbour Town Links, with its iconic lighthouse behind the No. 18 green, may give Hilton Head Island most of its international exposure, but this golf destination is more than just Harbour Town. A lot more, in fact. While Harbour Town — home of the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage…
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Mission Inn isn’t one of Florida’s biggest golf resorts — but it’s one of the best
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, FLORIDA – Florida is loaded with golf courses – about 1,500 of them – and the state’s golf resorts include such famous multi-course meccas at PGA National, PGA Golf Club, Bay Hill, TPC Sawgrass, Innisbrook and Doral. In contrast, Mission Inn Resort & Club on the outskirts of Orlando has just two courses but,…
Alfredsson notches another `Grand Slam’ in wrap-up to Senior LPGA season
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – Winning a Grand Slam in senior women’s golf isn’t unusual. You just need to win two tournaments to do it. England’s Laura Davies did it in 2018 and Sweden’s Helen Alfredsson accomplished the feat on Wednesday when she captured the Senior LPGA Championship on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick…
Alfredsson’s win was just part of an interesting wrap-up to Senior LPGA
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – The third playing of the Senior LPGA Championship was a weird one, and that was even before eventual champion Helen Alfredsson teed off in Wednesday’s final round. Alfreddson eventually won the senior Grand Slam, which amounts to winning just two tournaments – the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and Senior LPGA Championship….
Last major of 2019 tees off today on French Lick’s Pete Dye Course.
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – This may surprise you. One of America’s professional tours still has one of its major championships remaining in 2019. The climax to The Legends Tour season is the third annual Senior LPGA Championship, to be played on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort from Oct. 14-16. It tends to…
Senior LPGA tourney at French Lick will conclude this year’s majors
The year’s major golf championships aren’t finished just yet. There’s still one to go. Indiana’s French Lick Resort will host the third annual Senior LPGA Championship on its Pete Dye Course from Oct. 14-16. The 54-hole final event of The Legends Tour season has an unusual Monday through Wednesday schedule because that enabled the circuit…
ILLINOIS GOLF HALL OF FAME INDUCTION: What I REALLY wanted to say
The big night was Oct. 18, 2019, at The Glen Club in Glenview, IL. That’s when I was inducted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame. First order of business to get ready for that big event was to prepare a speech and, I’ve quickly learned, that wasn’t so easy. My first effort far exceeded…
Q-School is sure to bring a dramatic ending to golf’s 2019 season
The year’s biggest golf championships are over. Now comes the hard part. There’s another side to professional golf that contrasts sharply with what your see on television screen. It’s called Q-School, and it’s the main path to get to most every one of golf’s pro tours. Some lucky ones have gotten to a pro tour…
Coaching change triggers excitement for NIU men’s golf team
I hate writing season-ending columns, mainly because – for me – the golf season never ends. One season just blends into another. This time, though, there are some subjects that need to be addressed – one big one in particular. Northern Illinois University has a new men’s golf coach, and this hiring could reverberate throughout…
Ghim overcame his nerves to earn PGA Tour card
Wheaton’s Kevin Streelman will have Chicago area company on the PGA Tour next season. Doug Ghim, former Arlington Heights resident and Buffalo Grove High School graduate, has earned playing privileges for the circuit’s 2019-20 campaign. Ghim did it by finishing in the top 25 money winners in the Korn Ferry Tour Playoffs, a three-tournament competition…