SILVIS, IL. – Being a rookie on the PGA Tour isn’t easy. Doug Ghim, who got to golf’s premier circuit after growing up in Arlington Heights, is making headway and Thursday’s first round of the John Deere Classic provided proof of that. Ghim came into the JDC with $1,152,732 in season winnings and had…
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JDC celebrates its 50th after coming through the pandemic just fine
SILVIS, IL. – What a difference a year makes. The John Deere Classic had been announced as the first PGA Tour event in 2020 to welcome spectators after play was shut down by pandemic concerns on March 12. The JDC had July 6-12 dates for what was to be its 50th anniversary staging. Unfortunately, the…
Illini alum Nowlin is now two-for-two in state open tourneys
Tristyn Nowlin finally won a big golf tournament at Mistwood on Wednesday. The University of Illinois graduate student from Richmond, Ky., who turned pro two weeks ago, was a runner-up on the Romeoville course twice in 2018. That year she dropped a match play final to Emilee Hoffman in the Women’s Western Amateur and was…
Stricker could be the big story again at the John Deere Classic
The John Deere Classic isn’t the biggest event on the PGA Tour, but it’s the circuit’s only annual Illinois stop and this week’s staging is – by far – the biggest golf event in the state in 2021. TPC Deere Run, on the outskirts of Moline, again hosts the $6.2 million championship that begins…
Nowlin leads in a day of memories at the Illinois Women’s Open
Tuesday marked the start of the biggest six days of tournament golf in Illinois this year. The 26th Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open, at Mistwood in Romeoville, started things off with a 36-hole session. The final round is Wednesday (TODAY) and then the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic begins its four-day run on Thursday in…
Illinois Women’s Open returns minus Western Junior champ
This year’s golf calendar isn’t as loaded with big events as it normally is. That’s why next week figures to be the biggest of the local season. It features the biggest annual women’s event of the year followed immediately by Illinois’ only PGA Tour stop of 2021. The 26th Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open leads…
There’ll be no Less-Perkins rematch in CDGA Am; both are ready to turn pro
While the 121st U.S. Open is history, there’ll be plenty of tradition in evidence this week in the Chicago amateur ranks. Heading the busy schedule is the Chicago District Amateur, at Bull Valley in Woodstock. It’s being played for the 101st time. The Western Golf Association is also contesting its two junior championships this week,…
Here’s three surprising qualifiers for the U.S. Open
Nobody is going to pick Andy Pope, Dylan Frittelli or Dylan Meyer to win the 121st U.S. Open when it tees off Thursday at Torrey Pines in California. Still, all three have tee times and high hopes. All were survivors of what has been dubbed “Golf’s Longest Day,’’ when nine 36-hole qualifiers played across the…
This Nicklaus did indeed enjoy having the `Best Seat in the House’
Book reviews were once a regular thing for me, until I realized I hadn’t done one in quite awhile. It’s not because I haven’t kept up a steady diet of reading on a fairly wide variety of topics. I continued to have a book going at all times, virtually all of the non-fiction variety, but…
Arnold Palmer Cup has a new look for its return to Rich Harvest
Jerry Rich, owner of Rich Harvest Farms, has never been reluctant to bring big amateur golf events to his private club in Sugar Grove, and this week is one of the biggest. The 25th anniversary of the Arnold Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition that will be staged from Friday through Sunday. It’ll mark the…