ORLANDO, FL. — The biggest week so far in the 2023 golf season is on tap, and – though the Ladies PGA Tour’s season-opening Tournament of Champions is being played nearby – the focus will be on the 70th PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center. The show has been the…
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Hardy will be more colorful when PGA Tour season resumes
Northbrook’s Nick Hardy will be a more colorful player when he begins the 2023 portion of his second season on the PGA Tour at this week’s Sony Open in Hawaii. It’s the circuit’s first full-field event of 2023. The 26-year old University of Illinois alum signed last week as the PGA Tour ambassador for Swag…
Florida’s Bonita Bay has completed an extraordinary course renovation
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…
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…
Korda, Thompson take their rivalry to LPGA’s biggest money event
BELLEAIR, FLORIDA – This is the ultimate crunch time for women’s golf. The CME Group Tour Championship, which offers the biggest prize fund in women’s golf history — $7 million with $2 million going to the champion. That tournament tees off on Thursday at Tiburon in Naples, FL. The last full-field event on the…
Fassi’s 62 perks up a late start in the LPGA’s Pelican tourney
BELLEAIR, Florida – As the last full-field event of the season, the Pelican Championship is important for LPGA players. The top 60 on the season point list qualify for next week’s $7 million CME Group Championship in Naples, where $2 million – the largest first prize in the history of women’s golf – will be…
Flavin, India will be busy when Korn Ferry Tour returns
Patrick Flavin’s attempt at earning his PGA Tour card through a year’s worth of Monday qualifiers made for a captivating story throughout the 2022 season. The Highwood resident, who won the Illinois State Amateur and Illinois Open in 2017, came up a bit short in the final day of his long season of traveling in…
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…
Peterson will leave JDC post on a record high
The tournament director of Illinois’ only annual PGA Tour event will be leaving his post on a record high. Clair Peterson, who officially ends his 20-year stint leading the John Deere Classic, announced on Monday that this year’s Birdies for Charity program raised a record $13,908,668 for 481 participating charities in the Moline area. …