Kevin Streelman won’t declare his hot start to the 2017-18 PGA Tour season as the best in his 11 years on the circuit but all the major changes he made over the last few months are certainly paying off. With top-10 finishes in the last two tournaments — the RBC Heritage Classic in Hilton Head,…
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Lake Forest’s Hopfinger is mounting a bid for a PGA Tour card
The Web.com Tour is billed as the pathway to the PGA Tour, and Lake Forest’s Brad Hopfinger is making progress on that journey. Last fall Hopfinger regained his playing Web.com playing privileges with a gutty showing in two stages of the qualifying school. He survived Stage 2 with a 4-under-par final round to make it…
`Tiger Woods’ provides an inside look at the world’s most fascinating athlete
Book review time. If you ever wanted to know what Tiger Woods’ life has really been like this creation – titled simply “Tiger Woods’’ – is a must read. Certainly anybody who has reported on golf should check it out. Co-authors Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian were more than qualified to take on this project…
For Key West course it’s all about location, location, location
KEY WEST, Florida – For some vacations you might want to choose a golf destination. For others golf need be no more than an amenity. You can have easy access to the game, but take advantage of other attractions as well. Key West Golf Club is one of the latter. Its first claim to fame…
Hardy, Kelly get invites to Rust-Oleum Championship at Ivanhoe
Two of the very best amateurs in the Chicago ranks will play as professionals for the first time in this season’s first local pro tour event. Tee-K Kelly, two-time Illinois State Amateur champion, and Nick Hardy, who whipped Kelly with a record-setting performance in their last meeting in the State Am, have accepted sponsor’s exemptions…
Doug Ghim’s first Masters was something very special
Maybe a tie for 50th place doesn’t sound great – even if it came in golf’s hallowed Masters tournament. Maybe a 74-74 finish in the weekend rounds and an 8-over-par 296 score for the 72 holes wasn’t worthy of much wild cheering at Augusta National. Make no mistake, though. What Doug Ghim did over four…
WGF leader hopes for big industry boost from this Masters
The 82nd Masters tournament tees off on Thursday, and how it unfolds could have far-reaching effects within the golf industry. At least that’s how Steve Mona, executive director of the World Golf Foundation, sees it. Mona will release his group’s most recent report on the U.S. Golf Economy at the National Press Club in Washington…
GOLF TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: Upgrades coming at Bay Hill; PGA sells St. Lucie Trail
Here’s more proof that Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge is carrying on since the passing of its legendary owner 16 months ago. The second Arnold Palmer Invitational, played in March, benefitted from the return of Tiger Woods to draw record crowds and Rory McIlroy’s rousing victory kept the excitement at a fever pitch….
Next stop for Doug Ghim: The Masters
Every Masters golf tournament is special, but next week’s 82nd version will have even more so because Doug Ghim will be playing. Ghim, from Arlington Heights, is a senior at the University of Texas who received a Masters invitation because he was the runner-up in last August’s U.S. Amateur. He’s one of six amateurs among…
Blalock gets well-deserved invite into the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open
Jane Blalock, who provided the only tournament options for Ladies PGA members once they reached the senior ranks, was – most appropriately – among the first two special exemptions into the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open that will come to Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton in July. The U.S. Golf Association also issued a special…