Emily Fletcher may not have been the best known of the 22 winners of the Women’s Western Golf Association’s Woman of Distinction Award, but she certainly was a popular choice at the group’s annual meeting and luncheon on Thursday at Indian Hill Club in Winnetka. Fletcher received two standing ovations while accepting an award that…
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Will the U.S. meltdown at Medinah carry over to Hazeltine?
CHASKA, Minnesota – The last Ryder Cup played on American soil came four years ago at Medinah. The next one is here this week at Hazeltine National. Though Medinah and Hazeltine aren’t rivals, there’s bound to be comparisons on and off the course as the 41st Ryder Cup unfolds. In a meltdown of epic proportions…
Arnold Palmer’s passion for golf was infectious — and I’m proof of that
Arnold Palmer is gone. Where do I begin to tell you how impactful this is to golf – and to me personally? I’m not sure I would have taken up this sport – one that I love with a passion but don’t play very well – had it not been for Arnold Palmer. It was…
There’s no course, but sprawling Biltmore Estate has a connection to golf
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina – This city in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just over the Kentucky line, isn’t the first place that left me wanting to stay longer – just the latest one. An interesting place, Asheville. It’s been called the “Hippie Hideaway of the South.’’ Its downtown hangouts reminded us of a miniature New Orleans…
Streelman, Urlacher hook up on Wilson’s Driver vs. Driver TV series
Another PGA Tour season ended for Wheaton’s Kevin Streelman and Luke Donald, the former Northwestern star, at Sunday’s BMW Championship in Indiana. Both failed to qualify The Tour Championship – last event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs – in Atlanta next week and won’t be competing in the Ryder Cup matches the week after that…
Ted Bishop’s book addresses much more than his PGA impeachment
It took considerable time to find the book “Unfriended: The Power Brokers, Political Correctness and Hypocrisy in Golf.’’ That’s Ted Bishop’s account of the events surrounding his controversial impeachment as president of the PGA of America. Apparently it’s most readily found as a Nook offering. At least that’s how I found it. After getting Bishop’s…
BMW Championship is one of PGA Tour’s most important events
Here is what’s wrong with the BMW Championship, which is coming up Sept. 8-11 at Crooked Stick in Indianapolis. For one, it’s not Chicago based. When the Western Golf Association replaced the history-rich Western Open in favor of the BMW Championship in 2007 that ended a 45-year run for Chicago being an annual PGA Tour…
Ryder Cup is the real climax to this PGA Tour season
Let the greatest show in golf begin. With all due respect, it’s not any major championship. It’s not the FedEx Cup Playoffs. It wasn’t the return of the sport to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years. No, the greatest show in golf isn’t even a tournament. It’s the Ryder Cup, and the…
FedEx Cup hopes are on the line for Streelman, Donald at BMW Championship
Only three events remain in the PGA Tour’s 2015-16 season, and all will have very select fields. This week’s BMW Championship, at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind., will feature the 70 survivors in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The top 30 after it’s over advance to The Tour Championship Sept. 22-25 at East Lake in Atlanta…
Roads to the Ryder Cup offer some interesting playing options
So, you’ve been lucky enough to wangle tickets to the 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine? Lucky you – and you might benefit still further by enjoying some of the courses on your way to and from Chaska, MN. Chicago golfers have a couple options on how to drive to Hazeltine. You could drive along Lake…