My 41-year career on the Chicago Sun-Times sports staff ended with my retirement on June 30, 2010. During that stint I covered a wide variety of sports, but golf was a constant. I was the paper’s golf writer for 40 years, during which time I covered 27 U.S. Opens, 10 Masters, 17 PGA Championships, four U.S. Women’s Opens and the last 34 Western Opens in addition to a heavy load of Chicago area events.

For 20 years I was a columnist for Chicagoland Golf, a newspaper that suspended publication following the death of founder and good friend Phil Kosin in 2009. (This is not to be confused with the publication of the same name which was introduced in 2013 after being known as Chicago Area Golf for three years). I also contributed a chapter to a history book on the Solheim Cup and have been a member of the selection committee for the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame.

As a player I remain just an avid hacker with a handicap that never has dipped below 16. But, along the way, I celebrated four eagles, the last of which came in the 2012 Kemper Invitational at The Glen Club. Those four eagles were spread out over a 53-year span, the first being my only hole-in-one when I was 15. I’ve also celebrated a most memorable nine-hole round. A 45-hole tour of the five Chicago Park District courses in one day culminated with the only sub-par round of my career — a 1-under 34 at the Columbus Park course.

• A nice gesture from the Missouri School of Journalism The University of Missouri School of Journalism honored me in its Profiles of Success in June, 2012. http://journalism.missouri.edu/alum/len-ziehm/ LEN ZIEHM Sportswriter (Retired) at Chicago Sun-Times Degree(s): BJ '65 Whereabouts: Chicago, I...
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