The biggest tournaments of the Chicago golf season are coming fast and furious now, starting with the 94th Illinois State Amateur, which concludes its three-day run at Stonebridge, in Aurora, on Thursday. Next week comes the Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open Monday and Tuesday at Mistwood, in Romeoville, followed by the Korn Ferry Tour’s NV5…
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Korn Ferry, LIV tours will follow the John Deere Classic to Illinois
Sunday’s conclusion to the John Deere Classic triggered the end of the PGA Tour’s season in Illinois. The JDC is the circuit’s only annual stop in the state, and recently-crowned champion Brian Campbell headed a group of this year’s leading competitors on to a charter flight to Ireland a few hours after the last putt…
Illini alum Campbell gets another playoff win at the JDC
SILVIS, IL. – Brian Campbell was just finishing up at the University of Illinois when he saw TPC Deere Run for the first time. That was in 2015 when he got in the John Deere Classic field as a sponsor’s exemption and missd the cut. He’s come a long way since then. Campbell returned as…
Ghim drops back, Thompson moves into position at the JDC
SILVIS, IL. – Doug Ghim’s chances of becoming the 25th first-time PGA Tour winner at the John Deere Classic looked good after he held the solo lead after the first and second rounds. “Any win on the PGA Tour is amazing,’’ said Ghim, a long-time resident of Arlington Heights. “To do it here would be…
Ghim is halfway to his first victory on the PGA Tour
SILVIS, IL. – Could this be the week that Arlington Heights’ Doug Ghim notches his first victory on the PGA Tour? It’s certainly possible. Ghim’s 62 gave him the first round lead in the 54th John Deere Classic on Thursday and he maintained a one-stroke lead after adding a 68 on Friday. Both rounds featured…
Another scoring record for Thompson in the John Deere Classic?
The John Deere Classic, Illinois’ only annual PGA Tour event, will be held for the 54th time starting on Thursday at TPC Deere Run in downstate Silvis. and this staging will be a big different than those of the past. Golf’s top stars had tended to take the week off, rather than play in one…
CDGA Amateur is a tournament that’s rich in history
The Chicago District Golf Association staged two of its biggest tournaments last week, with Barrington’s Bridget Butler winning the 92nd Illinois State Women’s Amateur at The Grove, in Long Grove, and Tennessee golfer Ford Martin capturing the Chicago Adaptive Open in a playoff with Winfield’s Victor Postillion at Fox Bend, in Oswego. This week, though,…
PGA Tour gets a new leader, JDC lands Rickie Fowler
The Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open – the three major golf tournaments held annually on American soil – are over. Now comes even bigger news. The PGA Tour has a new leader. Brian Rolaff, a key member of the National Football League staff for 22 years, was named the first chief executive officer…
Ghim gets another crack at success in the U.S. Open
Doug Ghim got some good news this week. The U.S. Golf Association made the PGA Tour player from Arlington Heights one of the 156 official starters in the 125th U.S. Open, which tees off on Thursday at Pennsylvania’s Oakmont course. Rugged Oakmont is a frequent U.S. Open site, and that was undoubtedly a big factor…
Dan Roan is back on the TV golf beat
For 38 years Dan Roan was a most-respected sports anchor and reporter at WGN-TV. He retired three years ago – but now he’s back on the airwaves. Roan was coaxed back to the broadcast world by Dave Lockhart, producer of the Golf 360 TV show, which debuted for its 10th season this week…