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- Len Ziehm and Arnold Palmer in 1969.
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- Len Ziehm and Michael Jordan in 1984.
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- With Cheryl Justak, publisher of Golf Now! Chicago.
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- Hitting from the right field bleachers at Wrigley Field to a target green in a hole-in-one contest that promoted the 2011 BMW Championship at Cog Hill.
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- With radio veteran Rory Spears, fellow columnist with Chicago Area Golf.
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- With Mike Hill, leading money-winner and co-player-of-the-year on the Champions Tour in 1991.
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- With Kemper Sports president Josh Lesnik on the opening of Hawthorn Woods Country Club.
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- With Bruce Crampton, a former Ameritech Senior Open champion.
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- With tennis great Jimmy Connors in the 1990s.
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- With the legendary Chick Evans in the early 1970s.
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- With Cog Hill leaders Frank and Katherine Jemsek
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- Flanked by Val Russell, Chicagoland Golf publisher, and Mike Munro, long-timeowner of the White Pines Golf Dome and now associate publisher of Chicagoland Golf.
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- With the Cronins: Tim (left), long-time golf writer for the Daily Southtown, has authored several books on Chicago golf history while Barry, a former Sun-Times teammate, is media relations director of the John Deere Classic.
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- With Tim Clarke, general manager of Wilson’s golf division.
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- With Frank Klopas, head coach of the Chicago Fire.
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- With Duncan Millar, executive director of Alabama’s Golf GulfShores.
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- With Jimmy Pursell (center) and Chuck Ocheltree (right), the owner and general manager of FarmLinks at Alabama’s Purcell Farms.
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- With Black Sheep owner Vince Solano (left) and media relations guru Barry Cronin.
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- With Joy and Bob Griffioen, owner of Island Hills — one of my favorite Michigan courses.
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- With Kevin Frisch of Fusion Media and long-time Detroit golf writing buddy Vartan Kupelian.
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- With Joe Steranka, soon to retire as executive director of PGA of America.
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- With Michael Miller executive director of the Illinois PGA.
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- With Gary Holaway, vice president of communications for the Western Golf Assn.
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- With Joe Aguilar, sportswriting teammate at the Daily Herald.
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- With LPGA Hall of Famer Pat Bradley
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- With Old Kinderhook’s Paul Hannigan.
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- With Herb Gould, former Sun-Times teammate and long-time golf partner.
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- With Mike Spellman, my golf partner at the Daily Herald
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- Guess who won the closest-to-the-pin contest (nearly with a hole-in-one) at the 16th hole at TPC Deere Run during the 2013 John Deere Classic media outing?
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- How close was it? This scene, with the Rock River in the background, shows it was just four inches BEHIND the cup.
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- Interviewing architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. at Erin Hills.
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- With Judith Coleman, long-time PGA Tour staffer.
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- Blackhawks or Fire? Which bobble-head looks most like Len Ziehm? (I think the Fire one).
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- With Gary D’Amato, long-time golf writer for the Milwuakee Journal Sentinel and captain of Team Wisconsin the annual Writers Cup.
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- With former U.S. Solheim Cup captain Beth Daniel at LPGA Legends’ Handa Cup in Nashville.
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- With Kinderlou Forest’s Bob Spence (left) and John Langdale.
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- With veteran Michigan and Florida club professional Doug Main at St. Lucia River Club.
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- With Dave Lockhart, the veteran Chicago golf TV producer.
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- With LPGA vice president Kelly Hyne (left) and long-time staffer Carol Kilian at LPGA headquarters.
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- Interviewing famed golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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- With Jason Mengel, tournament director of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
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- With Tim Moskalic, vice president of Michigan’s Yarrow Golf & Conference Resort.
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- With retiring general manager Janet Dobson and former Kemper Lakes director of golf Emil Esposito at Payne Stewart tribute.
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- The walls of Kemper Lakes can stir great memories of the exciting tournaments played there.
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- Only two people who attended the first media event at Cantigny were on hand for the 25th anniversary version. The one on the right is general manager Mike Nass.
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- It’s nice to be featured on a promotional billboard at Cantigny.
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- With Erin Strieck, former head pro at Eagle Ridge and Fyre Lake and now at Iowa’s Spirit Hollow.
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- With Jane Blalock, CEO and Hall of Famer on LPGA Legends Tour.
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- With French Lick’s Brendan Sweeney.
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- With Terry Carlson, head professional at Michigan’s True North.
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- With Mary Doyle, marketing director at Sea Pines.
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- With my “buddies” — Pinehurst creators Donald Ross (left) and Richard Tufts.
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- With Tour Edge’s long drive specialist Maurice Allen.
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- With Dave Weretka, publisher of Golf Chicago magazine.
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- With Chris King of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.
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- Even Tom Lehman couldn’t help me replicate his winning putt from the 2014 Encompass Championship.
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- With Mark Slaby, founder of Medinah Patriot Day.
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- Flanked by Tom Johnston and Craig DeVrieze, veteran scribes in the Golf Capitol of Illinois.
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- Tackling The Brute with Grand Geneva head professional Kyle Kunash
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- Celebrating with Greg Babinec, the pro at Michigan’s Crystal Mountain, after watching Greg shoot 66 on the Montain Ridge course there.
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- Checking out the under-construction Tom Doak course at Michigan’s Forest Dunes with general manager Todd Campbell.
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- Joining general manager Bob Summers and one of his Manitou Passage staff members — a former Miss North Dakota.
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- With Lynn Berry, director of communications for ExploreBranson.
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- Celebrating at the Illinois Women’s Open Pro-Am with Mistwood director of marketing Dan Phillips.
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- With Daily Herald publisher Doug Ray after a tournament we — wrongly — thought we had won.
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- With (I predict) future LPGA star Ember Schuldt after IWO Pro-Am.
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- With Greg Kosin and Diane Daugherty, first champion of the Illinois Women’s Open.
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- Interviewing youngest-ever Illinois Women’s Open champion, 15-year old Madasyn Pettersen.
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- With course architect Dave Esler as he unveiled his re-design of Mount Prospect’s course.
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- Big Three partner Tim Cronin caught me in a weak moment during the sneak preview of Mount Prospect’s renovated course.
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- Checking out Sand Valley with project manager Michael Keiser Jr.
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- With David Ogrin, pride of Bonnie Brook, champion of the 2011 Texas Open and now director of instruction for Top Golf San Antonio.
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- Celebrating another McWethy Cup with Mistwood owner Jim McWethy — and on his 60th birthday.
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- With Matt Allen, general manager of Chambers Bay.
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- With Amy Johnson, who showed us the spots to see in Carmel.
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- With Barry “the Hawk” — our most knowledgeable guide at La Costa.
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- Ian Lawrence, founder of The 19th Hole Magazine, was a playing partner in the re-launching of the Links Course at Wild Dunes.
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- Frank Fredricks, the managing director at Wild Dunes, turned out to be a Park Ridge native.
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- Jeff Minton, director of golf at Wild Dunes, and I had a lot to talk about.
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- George Bryan, the man behind Mossy Oaks, is making me a Mississippi State fan.
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- Bud Beucher was a terrific host during our stay at Mission Inn.
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- Ramona Hurley has been my link to Bay Hill, Innisbrook and some other great golf destinations.
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- USGA board member Sheila Johnson has turned Innisbrook into one of world’s finest golf destinations.
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- Golf course architect Roger Packard designed Cantigny in the late 1980s, and I played with his father Larry at that course’s grand opening. Roger and I hooked up again in 2015 at Innisbrook.
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- With PGA Magazine buddies Tony Starks and Abe Summers at the PGA Merchandise Show’s Demo Day.
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- Learning about the World Amateur at Myrtle Beach from tournament coordinator Scott Tomasello.
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- Noted North Carolina author Lee Pace, who has written about all things Pinehurst, joined me in getting an introduction to GolfBoards at Pine Needles.
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- Mike Phillips provided me an introduction to both Pinehurst National and the GolfBoard at Pine Needles.
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- With Wawashkamo head pro Chuck Olson after learning what it’s like to play a course that’s virtually unchanged since 1898.
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- With WGN’s Dan Roan, one of Chicago golf’s biggest supporters on the broadcast side.
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- Daniel and I were partners in the CDGA’s Play with a Pro Day –a very special event at Hawthorn Woods Country Club.
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- With Reagan Davis, Eagle Ridge’s director of golf.
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- Patrick Bloom, first assistant professional at Forest Dunes, gave us our first tour of The Loop course.
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- Frank Bassett is my buddy from Golf Talk America.
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- With USGA media staff leaders Janeen Driscoll and Pete Kowalski at Erin Hills.
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- Ed Stevenson, director of golf for DuPage Forest Preserve District, was in the midst of the renovation at Oak Meadows.
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- Don Holton is the historian extraordinaire at Exmoor Country Club.
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- Joy and I were dynamite in Nine N Dines in 2016, winning low net at Cantigny and low gross in our first event at The Legacy.
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- Most appreciated recognition in the 24th International Network of Golf’s Media Awards at the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show.
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- With Furman golfer Alice Chen after her win in the Central District Invitational.
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- With Jim Sobb, fellow Palatine High alum, director of golf at Ivanhoe and now my golf-writing partner at the Daily Herald.
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- Celebrating another Pine Hollow Open with event founder Bruce Swanson, who has organized the fun nine-hole tourney in Downers Grove for over four decades.
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- Getting ready for the first Senior LPGA Championship with Winnetka’s Allison Finney.
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- With Legends Tour photographer Rick Sharp, one of the more colorful guys I’ve worked with over the years.
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- With Daily Herald publisher Doug Ray, a great friend to golf in the Chicago area.
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- Dave Daubert, editor of eSouthernGOLF.com, and I made the rounds at the Daytona International Speedway.
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- International Network of Golf executive director Mike Jamison helped me celebrate at the Media Awards presentation in 2018.
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- Tony Leodora won for Best TV Show for the third straight year at the 2018 ING Media Awards.
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- Adam Hadwin, winner of the 2017 Valspar Championship, also is one of the few player to shoot 59 on the PGA Tour.
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- I’ve covered Lance Ten Broeck in tournament play over a 44-year span.
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- Peter and Theresa Enzinger were fun playing partners at Hammock Creek in Florida. Peter is president of the Austria Golf Association.
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- Andy Mears of First Tee of Chicago was a happy guy at the 28th ING Spring Conference.
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- Steve Friedlander filled us in on all the exciting new developments at Big Cedar Lodge.
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- Up close and personal with former Masters champion Mike Weir at the Rust-Oleum Championship.