The Ladies PGA Tour added a major championship to its 2017 schedule on Tuesday, and it’s one with a very untraditional format. Commissioner Mike Whan announced that the first LPGA Senior Championship will be played July 10-12 – Monday through Wednesday – at French Lick Resort in southern Indiana. Most pro golf events conclude four…
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Will the U.S. meltdown at Medinah carry over to Hazeltine?
CHASKA, Minnesota – The last Ryder Cup played on American soil came four years ago at Medinah. The next one is here this week at Hazeltine National. Though Medinah and Hazeltine aren’t rivals, there’s bound to be comparisons on and off the course as the 41st Ryder Cup unfolds. In a meltdown of epic proportions…
Arnold Palmer’s passion for golf was infectious — and I’m proof of that
Arnold Palmer is gone. Where do I begin to tell you how impactful this is to golf – and to me personally? I’m not sure I would have taken up this sport – one that I love with a passion but don’t play very well – had it not been for Arnold Palmer. It was…
Streelman, Urlacher hook up on Wilson’s Driver vs. Driver TV series
Another PGA Tour season ended for Wheaton’s Kevin Streelman and Luke Donald, the former Northwestern star, at Sunday’s BMW Championship in Indiana. Both failed to qualify The Tour Championship – last event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs – in Atlanta next week and won’t be competing in the Ryder Cup matches the week after that…
FedEx Cup hopes are on the line for Streelman, Donald at BMW Championship
Only three events remain in the PGA Tour’s 2015-16 season, and all will have very select fields. This week’s BMW Championship, at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind., will feature the 70 survivors in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The top 30 after it’s over advance to The Tour Championship Sept. 22-25 at East Lake in Atlanta…
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,…
Legends could be the best women’s tour for Berwyn’s Jeray
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….
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…
Knollwood welcomes Western Am — golf’s most physical tourney test
Ten straight days of major tournament action in the Chicago area comes to an end on Wednesday with the conclusion of the Illinois Open at Royal Fox in St. Charles, but the break won’t be a long one. The 114th Western Amateur tees off next week, starting with practice rounds on Monday at Knollwood Club…