WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – This is what I was told. Jack Nicklaus designed the Legend Course at The Club at Ibis for an opening in 1991. More than 20 years passed, and club members asked Nicklaus to come back and check it out again. He did, and his immediate comment was `What was I…
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My favorite golfer? Why, it’s Ralph Kennedy — by a mile
I have a new favorite golf hero, and his name isn’t Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth or even Tiger Woods. Did you ever hear of Ralph Kennedy? Not many have. Kennedy died in 1961 at the age of 79. His claim to golfing fame didn’t come in winning big tournaments. It came from just…
Katie Pius holds her own against the men in the Illinois PGA tourneys
The Illinois PGA has few members to rival Katie Pius. In fact, there really aren’t any with the background that this assistant professional at Biltmore Country Club in North Barrington has. Gender-wise the Illinois Section is noteworthy in having, in Carrie Williams, one of the three women to hold executive director posts in the PGA…
Here’s how to repair your divots and protect your back as well
When it comes to analyzing the latest in golf equipment I tend to defer to Jason Bruno, my Florida golf website partner who is a scratch player. I’m clearly not. Bruno, the creator of the LinksNation website, and I had a catch-up round this week – our first since I returned from the Chicago area…
Cog Hill golfers get another chance at PGA Junior national title
With cold weather bringing the Chicago golf season to a close, the top players need to travel to find competition – and that’s what the PGA Junior League team from Cog Hill in Lemont is doing again. Cog Hill’s team, captained by Kevin Weeks and coached by Clayton Pendergraft, earned a return to this week’s…
Ed Stevenson: the man behind the massive renovation at Oak Meadows
Ed Stevenson’s name doesn’t appear on the leaderboard in any Illinois PGA tournaments. Only very rarely has he even played in them. Still, Stevenson is considered by all as the consummate PGA professional. That was underscored recently when Stevenson was promoted to a lofty position beyond his duties as director of golf at The Preserve…
Over 3,000 — myself included — set to tee off in Myrtle Beach World Amateur
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina – For 50 years now Myrtle Beach has been one of America’s foremost golf meccas for one major reason. The owners of its nearly 90 courses know how to work together. That’ll be underscored shortly when Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday puts on the biggest tournament in golf – at least when…
Flood concerns led to Chicago getting an intriguing new golf course
Finally, after several years of political debate and two years in the construction phase, The Preserve at Oak Meadows is ready to welcome golfers. Economic conditions being what they area, new golf courses are a rarity anywhere and the wait to see how The Preserve would turn out has been a tantalizing one. “We looked…
After 57 years Murle Breer is competing again on Ross Course at French Lick.
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – How significant is the first Senior LPGA Championship that tees off today on the Pete Dye Course here? Well, it’s so important that Murle Breer was willing to come out of a long hibernation from tournaments to be involved in big-time golf just one more time. Breer is 78 years old…
Legends Hall of Fame gets four new members
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – The Legends Hall of Fame inductions had been a seasonal highlight at French Lick Resort the last four years, but none of the previous celebrations was like the event staged on Saturday night in the Hoosier Ballroom of the hotel’s Event Center. According to script the induction was to honor two…