Most recent Chicagoland Golf columns:

• Celebrity involvement will make Encompass a spectator-friendly tourney The Champions Tour is returning to the Chicago area for the first time since 2002 and nobody – repeat nobody – is as happy about this most positive development as I am. Chicago’s been losing its pro tour stops, and the return of the Champions will he...
• CHICAGO PREVIEW: No Ryder Cup, but season won't be dull No Ryder Cup. No Western Amateur. A quiet year is ahead for golf in Chicago, right? WRONG!!! Chicago golf is never dull, and this season will be as inspiring as the last one – and maybe even more so. Believe me. Yes, the epic Ryder Cup at Medi...
• Let's not forget about the U.S. Mid-Am The U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship could get lost in the shuffle with the Ryder Cup coming to town just two weeks later. That might be understandable, but I hope it doesn’t happen. Chicago, in particular, and the Midwest, in general, need more big tou...
• July, 2012, was a milestone month for golf in the Midwest Where do I begin? Rarely, in my nearly 43 years covering golf in these parts have I witnessed so many noteworthy tournament developments in a month’s span. The tournament schedule was bunched up this season, and all the things that happened i...
• RYDER CUP: A look behind the scenes with three months to go There’s still a few months to go before the 39th Ryder Cup matches take over Medinah Country Club and put Chicago in the forefront of world sports. Big events like this one don’t just happen, though. Tons of work, by literally thousands of people, is...
• Dr. Jim Suttie answers all our questions Dr. Jim Suttie is, at least arguably, Chicago’s best-known golf teaching professional. Noted as a pioneer in applying biomechanical principles to the golf swing, Suttie was the PGA of America’s national teacher-of-the-year in 2000 and won that award ...
• Haney's ``Big Miss'' is well worth reading Please forgive me, but I must vent. I’ve been a member of the national golf media for over 40 years, and I’m proud of it. There are times, though, when I don’t agree with the majority of my brethren and this is definitely one of those times...
• No BMW here, but this summer will be extraordinary Maybe -- MAYBE -- this will be a quiet summer for golf in Chicago. At least there won’t be a PGA Tour stop. The BMW Championship will be played at Crooked Stick in Indianapolis this year, but the absence might not be long. While nothing’s official as of ...