The LIV Golf League doesn’t have a season climax to match the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, but it does have a two-tournament wrapup to its third season, the first of which tees off Friday (SEPT. 13) at Bolingbrook Golf Club. It’s both the climax to Chicago’s golf season and the LIV Individual Championship….
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Carroll’s win sets up a dramatic finish to Illinois PGA tournament season
The Illinois PGA has four major tournaments for its members each season, and Brian Carroll won the third of 2024 last week. Carroll, the head professional at The Hawk in St. Charles, captured his second Illinois PGA Professionals Championship in three years. The first, in 2022, was a springboard for Carroll to win the 2023…
Hallberg featured in IJGA’s new Hall of Fame class
The second induction class in the Illinois Junior Golf Hall of Fame will be enshrined tonight at Cantigny, in Wheaton. As was the case with last year’s first class, this one will be headed by a local golfer who went on to win multiple times on the PGA Tour. Last year it was Wheaton’s Kevin…
Illini golfers — past and present — are making a big impact
The college golf season isn’t underway yet but, no matter how you slice it, the University of Illinois is already making its presence felt at a variety of levels. Over the weekend Jackson Buchanan, an Illini senior from Dacula, Ga., advanced to the semifinals of the 124th U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine in Minnesota. Another…
Mickelson is looking forward to LIV stop at Bolingbrook
The countdown is on for the last big golf tournament of the Chicago season, and Phil Mickelson is ready for it. LIV Golf/Chicago will play the first of its two season-ending championships at Bolingbrook Golf Club Sept. 13-15. The Saudi-backed circuit played regular season events at Rich Harvest Farms, in Sugar Grove, in its…
It’s celebration time at Eagle Ridge
John Schlaman was just starting his career as a golf professional when Eagle Ridge held a grand opening for its South Course. The now 63-hole Galena facility is virtually Illinois’ only golf resort, and the South’s creation took it to a new level. That came 40 years ago, and the milestone will be celebrated with…
India could become a rare three-time Illinois Open champion
Deerfield’s Vince India needed to get back into tournament-playing mode in defense of his Illinois Open title next week, and he certainly went after it with enthusiasm. India just completed a six-month suspension for betting on golf with a legal online sportsbook. That was a severe penalty, considering India was not a participant in…
Korn Ferry Tour makes its annual return to Chicago area
The Korn Ferry Tour, the developmental circuit for players trying to make it to the PGA Tour, makes its annual Chicago area stop this week. Its NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank, begins its 72-hole run on Thursday at The Glen Club in Glenview. Scottie Scheffler, now the game’s No. 1 player, was…
State Amateur, Women’s Western Amateur take the spotlight
Scheduling conflicts have been a problem for Chicago’s tournament organizers for years. This week marks the first big conflict of this season, and the two tournaments involved are very big ones. The 93rd Illinois State Amateur and the 124th Women’s Western Amateur both teed of on Tuesday. The State Am concludes on Thursday and the…
This first-time PGA Tour winner also set a JDC scoring record
SILVIS, IL. – Sungjae Im started his Sunday round in the John Deere Classic with five straight birdies, and Ben Griffin also was 5-under through the first five holes, making an eagle, three birdies and a par. Those were extraordinary starts in the $8 million PGA Tour stop at TPC Deere Run, but not nearly…