Now it’s Chicago’s turn to see what the LIV Golf Tour has to offer. Rich Harvest Farms, in Sugar Grove, will host the fifth of eight LIV tournaments on Sept. 16-18 with a pro-am the day before the tournament rounds. Rich Harvest will host another $25 million 54-hole tournament that offers individual and a team…
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Nicole Jeray takes aim at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open title
For nearly four decades now Nicole Jeray has been virtually Chicago’s lone representative on the Ladies PGA tours. While she’s transitioned from full-time tournament player to full-time instructor at Mistwood, in Romeoville, Jeray, 51, is still an enthusiastic competitor and this week is her biggest tournament of the season. She’s in the field for the…
Makray provides a new challenge for this IPGA tourney
Andy Mickelson has an interesting dual role in the Illinois PGA Championship, which tees off today at a new site – Makray Memorial in Barrington. Not only is Mickelson the defending champion, he’s also – as the Illinois Section’s tournament director — the key figure in the public course landing the state’s premier event…
Patrick Flavin is trying to make it to the PGA Tour the hard way
Very few golfers have earned membership on the PGA Tour without going through the nail-biting Qualifying School experience. Gary Hallberg, who grew up in Barrington, was the first to do it in 1980 when he needed to earn just $8,000 in a few late season tournaments to avoid Q-School. Requirements have toughened over the years…
Settler’s Hill is back in business after an elaborate renovation
The renovation of the Settler’s Hill course in Batavia wasn’t easy – even for veteran Chicago area golf architect Greg Martin. His recent or current area projects include The Preserve at Oak Meadows (Addison), Park Ridge Country Club, Fox Bend (Oswego), Arrowhead (Wheaton), Phillips Park (Aurora), Springbrook and Naperbrook (Naperville) and Wilmette Golf Club….
Donald is getting his Ryder Cup captaincy after all
Luke Donald, always the gentleman, badly wanted to captain the European Ryder Cup team but feared his chances were gone after Sweden’s Henrik Stenson was selected on July 20. Donald, a member of four Ryder Cup teams and a vice captain for two others, wasn’t even named a vice captain for the matches in Rome…
LIV Tourney should boost Kids Golf Foundation at Rich Harvest Farms
The controversial LIV Tour Invitational Series’ stop in Chicago is closing in. The Saudi-backed circuit holds its third tournament starting on Friday at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, and the fourth –called The International — is in Boston from Sept. 2-4. Then it’s on to Rich Harvest Farms, in Sugar Grove, from Sept….
McClear proves the best golfer in first Illinois Amateur on the North Shore
A year ago a costly bogey on the 17th hole at Mistwood, in Romeoville, prevented Hinsdale’s Mac McClear from winning the Illinois State Amateur title. He wound up in a three-man playoff for the crown, with Crystal Lake’s Ethan Farnam repeating as the tourney’s champion. That setback didn’t hold back the University of Iowa junior…
Women’s Western, Illinois men’s amateur events take local spotlight
The biggest of the local tournaments come fast and furious now. They all started on Tuesday when the 122nd Women’s Western Amateur and 91st Illinois State Amateur took center stage. The Women’s Western Golf Association event, which has been held without interruption since 1901, is at Sunset Ridge, in Northfield, through Saturday. The Illinois…
How Eagle Ridge is celebrating The General’s 25th anniversary
Eagle Ridge, Illinois’ only full-fledged golf resort in Galena, is marking the 25th anniversary of its premier course, The General, in an unusual way. Call it a “Celebration Restoration.’’ Not only is The General one of the very best courses in the state, it’s also the most different. No 18-holer in Illinois has the 280…