Nicole Jeray has long been the only Chicago area woman playing on the pro golf tours, and it hasn’t been easy for her. Jeray, from Berywn, turned pro after a great collegiate career at Northern Illinois in 1993 and has been in the qualifying tournament for the Ladies PGA Tour on an almost annual basis….
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Moore’s steady play makes a big difference in the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – This was one strange John Deere Classic. First there was the PGA Tour’s decision to schedule the 46-year old tournament opposite the Olympics instead of July as usual. Then there was the weather; numerous rain delays wreaked havoc with the tournament schedule for three days. And then there was the lack of…
Dawn to dusk day leads to sizzling scoring at John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – Finally, after two days of stormy weather that resulted in over three inches of rain pelting the TPC Deere Run course, the John Deere Classic is back on track and — conditions being what they are now – today’s final round is going to be a birdie-filled shootout. The JDC has always…
Gillis shoots another 64, tries to forget painful playoff loss in JDC
SILVIS, IL. – This 46th playing of the John Deere Classic has lots of golf remaining. Because three inches of rain fell on the TPC Deere Run course over the last two days, the second round is barely half over and will have to be completed Saturday morning before the third round can begin. That…
Stricker finds JDC a rare `home game’ with 4 other Illini alums in the field
SILVIS, IL. – The John Deere Classic doesn’t draw one of the best fields on the PGA Tour, and this week’s 46th playing of the tournament has to contend with the first Olympic Games golf competition since 1904. The JDC does have Steve Stricker, however – and that counts for a lot. Stricker has won…
Here’s how the Olympics might impact the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – Organizers of what is now established as the John Deere Classic have coped with a variety of challenges for 45 years as a small market tournament on the PGA Tour – but never was the challenge anything like this one. Golf will be contested at the Olympic Games for the first time…
It’s tee time for both John Deere Classic and the Olympics
Golf will be contested at the Olympic Games for the first time since 1904 beginning on Thursday. That’s also the same day the John Deere Classic – the PGA Tour’s only annual event in Illinois – tees off at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, on the outskirts of the Quad Cities. The Olympics didn’t get…
Illini’s Meyer spoils Horsfield’s bid for a sweep of Western Amateur honors
Dylan Meyer wasn’t one of the high-profile players on the University of Illinois’ powerhouse golf teams the last couple seasons. New pros Charlie Danielson and Thomas Detry filled that role. When school resumes later this month, though, it figures to be Meyer’s turn – and on Saturday he proved ready for the challenge. About to…
Upgrades provide big boosts at Eagle Ridge, Ruffled Feathers
Eagle Ridge, Illinois’ premier golf resort in Galena, has changed – and for the better – since its latest ownership change. Capital Crossing acquired the facility in 2013 and brought in Texas-based Touchstone Golf to manage Eagle Ridge’s 63 holes and Mount Prospect-based Bricton Group to manage the rest of the resort. Touchstone manages courses…
Dates opposite the Olympics won’t be a big problem for the JDC
If you had asked me, I would have told you. The PGA Tour should not have made all those changes to its mid- to late-summer schedule just to accommodate the Olympics. All that did was inconvenience tournament organizers, leave most of the players in limbo and confuse ticket-buyers who had gotten used to watching specific…