PALM HARBOR, FL. – The Valspar Championship came down to a duel between two former Northwestern golfers, though that might be a bit of a stretch. Matt Fitzpatrick, a champion for the third time on the PGA Tour, only attended NU for one quarter in 2013. After helping the Wildcats to two in five tournaments…
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Palm Aire’s Champions Course re-opens on Dec. 1
SARASOTA, FL. – The Champions Course at Palm Aire Country Club was one of the more difficult courses in Florida, and it may still be. It will, however, have a much different look when it re-opens following an extensive $2 million renovation on December 1. The original…
Glover bucks the trend in winning the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – Lucas Glover isn’t supposed to be the type of guy who wins the John Deere Classic. That event has been one for young players – like Payne Stewart, Jordan Spieth and Bryson DeChambeau — to kick-start their careers. They were among the 23 first-time PGA Tour winners among the JDC’s 50 champions….
Did Stricker make a mistake in returning to the JDC?
SILVIS, IL. – Did Steve Stricker make a bad decision in helping the John Deere Classic celebrate its 50th anniversary, albeit a year late? Stricker is a legend in the PGA Tour stop played three hours from his Wisconsin home. He won the John Deere Classic three straight times, from 2009 to 2011. He’s won…
JDC celebrates its 50th after coming through the pandemic just fine
SILVIS, IL. – What a difference a year makes. The John Deere Classic had been announced as the first PGA Tour event in 2020 to welcome spectators after play was shut down by pandemic concerns on March 12. The JDC had July 6-12 dates for what was to be its 50th anniversary staging. Unfortunately, the…
Staples turns PGA National’s Squire course into 27 unique new holes
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida – PGA National, long one of the world’s top golf resorts, is about to undergo a major change – one that will broaden the golf options for visitors to the long-time home of this week’s. Honda Classic. That PGA Tour stop has been a fixture on The Champion course since 2007….
Youth caddies face an uphill climb amid coronavirus
Golf is back to being played in all 50 states again. That’s a good thing. Progress in the battle against the pandemic, it would seem, is being made. Unfortunately there’s one segment of the golf industry that hasn’t benefitted yet. Caddies – particularly the youth variety – have been included in the restrictions that various…
Trio of Palm City, FL., courses are poised to bring in more golfers
PALM CITY, Florida – With many restrictions lifted on Florida’s golf courses this week, some encouraging developments in one south Florida community came into focus. Palm City, a town of about 25,000 located off Interstate 95 between the PGA Golf Club – the “winter home of the PGA of America’’ – to the north and…
Getting first PGA Tour win proves elusive for Fleetwood at Honda Classic
England’s Tommy Fleetwood will win on the PGA Tour eventually. The 29-year old Englishman is too good a player to stay winless for long. Still, after a final round collapse on Sunday in the Honda Classic, Fleetwood remains the only non-winner on the PGA Tour listed in the top 20 of the Official World Golf…
The One is the latest and greatest when it comes to golf gloves
Golf gloves don’t produce much excitement when new equipment hits the marketplace. Rarely is there much to talk about when it comes to new gloves, plus lots of players (me included) don’t even wear one. In recent years Chicago-based Zero Friction introduced a one-glove-fits-all model and produced it in 13 colors. Pocketec Inc., in Stuart,…