NAPLES, Florida – Most every golf course in south Florida was impacted when Hurricane Ian hit the area on Sept. 28. That included Bonita Bay Club, long recognized as one of southeastern United States’ premier facilities. Bonita Bay, Florida’s largest private club, has five golf courses spread over two campuses that are 10 miles…
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ING’s Fall Forum provides a sneak preview of the PGA Show
SEBRING, FL. -The International Network of Golf is a fixture at the PGA Merchandise Show and the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship. ING also hosted an annual Spring Conference around the country prior to pandemic concerns. Still on the brink of celebrating his group’s 30th anniversary, ING executive director Mike Jamison moved in another…
A special day for Joy
SEBRING, FL. — The International Network of Golf’s first Fall Forum in 2022 couldn’t have been scripted better for Joy and me. In Tuesday’s pro-am for the Citrus Golf Tour Open we played on different teams. Joy witnessed a hole in one by her professional partner, Chris Wiatr, and my team’s pro, Donnie Trosper, tied…
Chicago Golf Club lands a U.S. Women’s Open
Chicago’s dryspell in hosting major golf championships is over. The U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday that Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, will be the site of the 2033 U.S. Women’s Open as well as the 2036 Walker Cup matches. Once a hotbed for major tournament golf, the Chicago area last hosted the U.S. Women’s Open…
Tiger’s PopStroke will test the best putters in national tourney
How could Tiger Woods’ new PopStroke National Putting Championship be scheduled any better for us? The finals are Oct. 26-28 in Sarasota, FL., about three miles from our home here, and the first list of qualifying tournaments included a Sept. 10 elimination at Deerpath, in Lake Forest. We have family members living within walking…
Another big women’s week at French Lick — but this one is different
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – It’s transition time for women golfers at Indiana’s premier golf resort. It’s hard to imagine any golf facility doing more for the women’s game in the last decade than this southern Indiana resort has been willing to step forward for two pro circuits — The Legends for players who have reached…
These Brit golfers can talk the walk
Mark Stewart was still a teen-ager when – with encouragement from his father and grandfather – he started thinking about golf bag designs. His family, from Great Britain, was on vacation in St. Petersburg, FL, at the time. “When we got home I was just curious,’’ said Stewart. “We developed prototypes on and off for…
Sentry will be a more prominent name in golf for years to come
Patience and loyalty are enviable qualities, and they figure to pay off big time for Sentry Insurance once the 2023 golf season gets into gear. Sentry was patient, closing the course at its headquarters in Stevens Points, Wis., for two major renovations in the last 10 years. Now it’s on the clock to host one…
Shipnuck’s “Phil” puts Mickelson’s career in perspective
Having worked in the golf media for over 50 years, I know most of the people who have written books on the sport. I haven’t met Alan Shipnuck, author of the just-released “Phil,’’ which bills itself as “the rip-roaring and unofficial biography of golf’s most colorful superstar.’’ This book has gotten immediate buzz because of…
`Tiger & Phil’ is an important addition to golf history
At first I felt bad for Bob Harig, a friend of mine who authored the recently-released `Tiger & Phil: Golf’s Most Fascinating Rivalry.’ Bob and I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and, while I’m a little older, we became friends over the past few decades while covering the pro golf scene for our…