ERIN, Wis. – Phil Mickelson ended the suspense before first round play began in the 117rh U.S. Open. He officially withdrew from the championship, ending speculation that he might make a dramatic last minute arrival at the first tee. Mickelson had said he would skip the Open to attend his daughter Amanda’s high school graduation…
Tournament Reports
It’s on to the U.S. Open for Rust-Oleum champion Jaeger
Stephan Jaeger took care of business on Sunday, nursing a four-stroke lead at the start of the day to nab a two-stroke win in the $600,000 Rust-Oleum Championship. Now it’s on to the U.S. Open. The Germany-born Jaeger survived a 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifier on Monday before claiming the $108,000 first prize in the…
Jaeger, Rocha prove the best wind players at Ivanhoe
With winds blowing steadily at 25 miles per hour and gusting to 35 at times Saturday didn’t figure to be a good day for scoring at the Rust-Oleum Championship. A couple players apparently didn’t get that memo, however. Alexandre Rocha, who started the day in a tie for 52nd place, shot an 8-under-par 64 and…
CDGA’s amateurs beat IPGA pros, regain Radix Cup
The Illinois PGA pros used to dominate their amateur counterparts in the annual Radix Cup matches at Oak Park County Club, but no more. Though the IPGA owns a 35-19-2 overall edge the amateurs won for the 10th time in the last 18 meetings on Wednesday. The CDGA’s best took a 10-8 victory. Neither team,…
Stricker, Pope head U.S. Open qualifiers on golf’s `longest day’
If any player should have received a special invitation to the first U.S. Open ever played in Wisconsin it would be Steve Stricker. He won 12 PGA Tour events including the 1997 Western Open and three straight John Deere Classics from 2009-11. He’s also the current U.S. Presidents Cup captain. U.S. Golf Association leaders, however,…
Meyer falters, but Illini advance to match play at Rich Harvest
Illinois didn’t play its best golf on Monday in the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships. Coach Mike Small even had to talk tough to his players late in the round at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. “But that was exactly what we needed. We needed someone in our face,’’ said…
Gritty Meyer could become Illini’s third NCAA medalist
The individual champion will be crowned Monday in the NCAA men’s golf championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, and that player could well be Illinois junior Dylan Meyer. Meyer starts the fourth round in a tie for third among the individuals, three strokes behind Scottie Scheffler of Texas. Scheffler, after three straight rounds…
Illini off to good NCAA start on another bad weather day at Rich Harvest
The miserable weather that plagued the NCAA women’s golf championship last week unfortunately carried over to the men’s event as well. Friday’s first round of the men’s competition at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove couldn’t be completed, and Big Ten champion Illinois is one of the teams with holes left to play today before…
Runner-up finish in NCAA tourney doesn’t faze NU women golfers
A national championship eluded the Northwestern women’s golf team Wednesday, but you wouldn’t have known it by their post-tournament meeting with the media. It was non-stop clowning until coach Emily Fletcher was called on to reflect on the weeks’ surprising developments. NU had a so-so regular season, was dethroned as Big Ten champion and finished…
Rainouts shorten NCAA Women’s, Legends tourneys
Saturday was not a good day for all the top women golfers who are visiting for two big tournaments. Both the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove and the $300,000 Red Nose Walgreen’s Charity Classic, for players on the LPGA Legends Tour, were rained out. No balls were struck…