HEATHROW, Florida – Concert Golf Partners describes itself as “a boutique club hospitality company. ‘’ It builds its own capital to fund new projects and add amenities. Also, pointed out vice president of public relations Michael Abramowitz, “we never give an assessment.’’ That formula has worked since Peter Nanula and Susan Dunnavant left Arnold Palmer…
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LIV changes set the stage for an eventful PGA Merchandise Show
ORLANDO, FL. – The PGA Merchandise Show , which takes over the Orange County Convention Center this week, is the annual kickoff to the golf season. All phases of the industry are represented at this mass gathering that spotlights all that’s new in the sport. The industry-only show, awaiting its 72nd staging, draws nearly 40,000…
Golf Travel Writers group is looking for new adventures
My biggest focus at this 72nd PGA Merchandise Show was getting the word out on my latest project. I’d been coaxed into being the new president (or, I think the title should be executive director) of the Golf Travel Writers of America. It’s a 20-year old organization that has been led by Bruce Vittner, a…
Nick Price has designed a special layout at Florida’s Soleta course
MYAKKA CITY, Florida – Not all great golfers have evolved into great golf course designers. Nick Price is one who did, as underscored by his just unveiled Soleta course, located a few miles east of Sarasota, FL. As a golfer Price, now 67, was one of the great ones. No doubt about that. He…
Illinois PGA shortens its section championship tourney
Golf schedules at the local level aren’t usually announced until late winter or early spring but the Illinois PGA revealed two major developments in its 2025 schedule. The Illinois PGA Championship – officially the Illinois Professional Championship now – will be reduced from 54 to 36 holes next year. The tournament, scheduled for Aug….
LIV Tour will return to Bolingbrook in 2025
The PGA Tour made its last Chicago area visit in 2019 and the other national golf organizing groups have been absent longer than that. Not the upstart LIV Golf League, though. LIV, the Saudi-backed circuit that is waging a well-publicized battle with the PGA Tour, announced Tuesday that it will be playing for a fourth…
Home Town Takeover TV series will take Sebring in a new direction
SEBRING, Florida – This charming town of about 11,000 in Central Florida has long been known for its robust golf courses and a famous auto race. Legendary golf course architect Donald Ross started the golf scenario when he designed the Pinecrest course in 1923 and the Sebring International Raceway, which opened in 1950, is one…
Caitlin Clark will make her next pro-am at the LPGA’s Annika tourney
Caitlin Clark may be a basketball whiz, but she is making inroads in golf, too. In July, 2023, Clark made her first golf appearance playing in the pro-am at the John Deere Classic, the PGA Tour stop at TPC Deere Run – a course located near the boarderline of Illinois and Iowa. Now, on Nov….
Ghim is getting close to his first PGA Tour win
This PGA Tour season wasn’t the best for Chicago regulars Kevin Streelman, Nick Hardy and Doug Ghim. None qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, which concluded the 2023-24 season in September. The fall events, though, have been most encouraging for all three. Streelman, who Wheaton, had a tie for third and Hardy, from Northbrook, notched…
Another of the golfing Ten Broeck family has passed on
Sadly another member of the golfing Ten Broeck family has passed on. Rick Ten Broeck died at 76 on Oct. 10 after suffering complications from Parkinson’s disearse and dementia. His younger brother Lance was 67 when he died in April, 2023, in Florida. They were two of the eight children of Willis and Eleanor Ten…