PALM HARBOR, Florida – The Copperhead, one of the most popular courses on the PGA Tour, is taking on all golfers again – and this is a big, big deal. Copperhead, a Larry Packard design that opened in 1972, has hosted a professional golf tournament for the past 25 years. It was big news when…
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LPGA decides on Merit Club for International Crown
The Ladies PGA confirmed a new site for next year’s UL International Crown on Tuesday. It’ll be played July 21-24 at Merit Club in Libertyville. Merit Club hasn’t been the site of a significant competition since it hosted the U.S. Women’s Open in 2000, a major event that was won by Australian Karrie Webb. “Everyone…
LPGA’s 2016 International Crown at Rich Harvest is off
The biggest event on Chicago’s golf calendar for 2016 is off. At least the UL International Crown won’t be held as planned at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. According to a surprise announcement by the Ladies Professional Golf Assn., the LPGA and Rich Harvest Farms owner Jerry Rich “mutually agreed’’ that the event won’t…
Web.com Tour is coming back — at Ivanhoe in 2016
Ivanhoe Club will host the Rust-Oleum Championship — a full field event on the PGA Tour’s satellite circuit – from June 6-12 in 2016. The event was played at Lakewood Country Club’s West course in suburban Cleveland the last two years. Shane Bertsch was the champion of last year’s Rust-Oleum Championship, which offered a $600,000…
Day finishes the job in BMW, becomes golf’s newest No. 1
As has been the case in all four rounds of the BMW Championship, Sunday was Jason Day’s day. He led the $8.25 million championship wire to wire, but his victory – Day’s fourth in his last six starts – had more meaning. Not only did Day stay atop the FedEx Cup Playoff standings, he also…
Day cools off, but still takes suspense out of BMW Championship
It would have been asking a lot for Jason Day to keep scoring the way he had been during the first two days of the BMW Championship. After all, the 27-year old Australian led by four strokes after shooting a course record 10-under-par 61 in Round 1 at Conway Farms in Lake Forest and his…
No 59, but Day still builds momentum in BMW
Jason Day’s one shot at shooting a first-round 59 in the BMW Championship fizzled Friday morning. The 27-year old Australian put his approach from the rough on the green, but not in the hole, and wound up settling for a 61 in the rain-delayed first round at Conway Farms in Lake Forest. Day still owned…
BMW opener was a round like no other for Day, Spieth
Thursday produced a great first round at the BMW Championship – but it was a strange one, too, and it’s not quite over. Sound confusing? Well, it certainly was. Jason Day, the top-ranked player in the third tournament of these FedEx Cup Playoffs, was cruising and his playing partner, No. 2-ranked Jordan Spieth, was showing…
Spieth, Day, Fowler: Could there be a better threesome in golf these days?
Never has the future of professional golf been put on display as dramatically as it will be on Thursday and Friday at Conway Farms. The Lake Forest private facility has a dream threesome teeing of at 11:53 a.m. Thursday and 12:59 p.m. on Friday. That’s when Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler begin their…
Murray brothers steal the show at BMW pro-am
Funniest thing about the Gardner Heidrick Pro-Am, the last tuneup for the PGA Tour stars competing in this week’s BMW Championship at Conway Farms in Lake Forest. The player grabbing the most attention wasn’t one of the professional golfers. It was actor/comedian Bill Murray, a long-time favorite in such golf events. Not only did Murray…