So, you’ve been lucky enough to wangle tickets to the 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine? Lucky you – and you might benefit still further by enjoying some of the courses on your way to and from Chaska, MN. Chicago golfers have a couple options on how to drive to Hazeltine. You could drive along Lake…
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First-ever renovation worked wonders at Arlington Lakes
Arlington Lakes has been an 18-hole facility operated by the Arlington Heights Park District since 1979, so it was due for its first renovation. The result, though, was far beyond most expectations when the course re-opened on July 1. The course had been closed for 13 months to allow architect Mike Benkusky to completely renovate…
Small walks his way to 12th Illinois PGA title
Mike Small, the very successful men’s golf coach at the University of Illinois, won another Illinois PGA Championship on Wednesday. So what else is new? Actually Small’s record 12th victory in the 94th playing of the tournament wasn’t like any of the others except for the fact that it came on the South Course at…
Small goes for No. 12 in Illinois PGA Championship
Mike Small considers himself a coach first and a still-competitive player second. Next week, however, those roles may be blurred a bit. The University of Illinois men’s coach goes after his 12th title in the 94th Illinois PGA Championship. The event begins its three-day run on Monday on the South Course at Olympia Fields Country…
Pieters is in, Donald out for European Ryder Cuppers
University of Illinois product Thomas Pieters is in, and former Northwestern star and world No. 1 Luke Donald is out. That summed up Tuesday’s announcement of the European team’s three captain’s picks for the 41st Ryder Cup, coming up Sept. 27 through Oct. 2 at Hazeltine National in Minnesota. Darren Clarke, captain of Team Europe,…
U.S. Open countdown is on at Erin Hills
ERIN, Wisconsin – The first thing you notice is the scorecard. The official yardage for Erin Hills at the 2017 U.S. Open is whopping 7,693 yards. That may make it the longest course in the 117-year history of the U.S. Open, though U.S. Golf Association staffers on site weren’t ready to confirm that. “But don’t…
Johnson outlasts Inkster in record 6-hole Legends’ playoff
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – The longest playoff in the 16-year history of The Legends Tour and the first in the Legends Championship’s four-year run was an epic, no doubt about it. England’s Trish Johnson battled defending champion Juli Inkster through six extra holes on Sunday before an Inkster letdown handed the title and $37,700 first…
Another Inkster, Johnson duel at The Legends Championship?
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Becky Iverson started fast, Juli Inkster finished strong and Trish Johnson’s consistency was critical. In the end they shared the lead after Saturday’s first round of The Legends Championship on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. Rounds started off both the Nos. 1 and 10 tees after afternoon rains…
Legends Tour adds Crosby, Haynie to its Hall of Fame
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Weather conditions were less than ideal when the fourth annual Legends Championship teed off Saturday on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. A tee time adjustment, calling for play to begin off both the Nos. 1 and 10 tees, was made when afternoon rains entered into the forecast. The…
Legends Championship has no problem going head-to-head with the Olympics
FRENCH LICK, Ind. — The Ladies PGA Tour took two weeks off from tournaments to avoid conflict with the Olympic Games in Brazil, and the men’s PGA Tour greatly revised its schedule during that time period. That wasn’t the case with The Legends Tour, the official senior circuit of the LPGA. Its biggest tournament of…