Mike Small, the very successful men’s golf coach at the University of Illinois, won another Illinois PGA Championship on Wednesday. So what else is new? Actually Small’s record 12th victory in the 94th playing of the tournament wasn’t like any of the others except for the fact that it came on the South Course at…
Tournament Reports
Johnson outlasts Inkster in record 6-hole Legends’ playoff
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – The longest playoff in the 16-year history of The Legends Tour and the first in the Legends Championship’s four-year run was an epic, no doubt about it. England’s Trish Johnson battled defending champion Juli Inkster through six extra holes on Sunday before an Inkster letdown handed the title and $37,700 first…
Another Inkster, Johnson duel at The Legends Championship?
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Becky Iverson started fast, Juli Inkster finished strong and Trish Johnson’s consistency was critical. In the end they shared the lead after Saturday’s first round of The Legends Championship on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. Rounds started off both the Nos. 1 and 10 tees after afternoon rains…
Moore’s steady play makes a big difference in the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – This was one strange John Deere Classic. First there was the PGA Tour’s decision to schedule the 46-year old tournament opposite the Olympics instead of July as usual. Then there was the weather; numerous rain delays wreaked havoc with the tournament schedule for three days. And then there was the lack of…
Dawn to dusk day leads to sizzling scoring at John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – Finally, after two days of stormy weather that resulted in over three inches of rain pelting the TPC Deere Run course, the John Deere Classic is back on track and — conditions being what they are now – today’s final round is going to be a birdie-filled shootout. The JDC has always…
Gillis shoots another 64, tries to forget painful playoff loss in JDC
SILVIS, IL. – This 46th playing of the John Deere Classic has lots of golf remaining. Because three inches of rain fell on the TPC Deere Run course over the last two days, the second round is barely half over and will have to be completed Saturday morning before the third round can begin. That…
Stricker finds JDC a rare `home game’ with 4 other Illini alums in the field
SILVIS, IL. – The John Deere Classic doesn’t draw one of the best fields on the PGA Tour, and this week’s 46th playing of the tournament has to contend with the first Olympic Games golf competition since 1904. The JDC does have Steve Stricker, however – and that counts for a lot. Stricker has won…
Here’s how the Olympics might impact the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – Organizers of what is now established as the John Deere Classic have coped with a variety of challenges for 45 years as a small market tournament on the PGA Tour – but never was the challenge anything like this one. Golf will be contested at the Olympic Games for the first time…
Illini’s Meyer spoils Horsfield’s bid for a sweep of Western Amateur honors
Dylan Meyer wasn’t one of the high-profile players on the University of Illinois’ powerhouse golf teams the last couple seasons. New pros Charlie Danielson and Thomas Detry filled that role. When school resumes later this month, though, it figures to be Meyer’s turn – and on Saturday he proved ready for the challenge. About to…
Hardy, Ghim bow out of Western Amateur; Horsfield, Meyer survive
Friday was not a good day for the local players who made it to match play in the 114th Western Amateur at Knollwood Club in Lake Forest. Northbrook’s Nick Hardy lost in the Round of 16 to Davis Riley, of Hattiesburg, Miss., 4 and 2 and Doug Ghim of Arlington Heights, survived his first match…