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…
Tournament Reports
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…
Furyk: 59 feeling is still `incredible’ a year later
Jim Furyk wasn’t happy to hear about the changes made to the Conway Farms course in preparation for this week’s BMW Championship. “Bummer,’’ he said. “Now I’ve got to learn it all over again.’’ Well, hardly. Tuesday is practice day for the 70 players who will begin the 72-hole competition at the Lake Forest layout…
Conway Farms is ready for a BMW Championship replay
The PGA Tour’s visit to Chicago isn’t an annual thing anymore, but when the circuit does come it’s a big deal. That’ll be the case this week when the BMW Championship returns to Conway Farms in Lake Forest. This week’s $8.25 million event, which tees off on Thursday, is the second of three scheduled stagings…
Only eight other Illinois PGA players have matched Billiter’s feat
Jim Billiter and Matt Slowinski were cart partners in Wednesday’s final round of the 93rd Illinois PGA Championship. Slowinski called it “a good pairing’’ and said they had a “great time.’’ It was Billiter, though, who hung on to claim the $10,000 first prize in the first big tournament played on Medinah Country Club’s No….
Inkster, Stephenson are both Legends champions at French Lick
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Two of the greatest names in the history of women’s golf were champions again on Sunday in The Legends Championship, played on the rugged Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. Juli Inkster won the main tournament for players who have passed their 45th birthday. Jan Stephenson took the Super Legends…
Legends’ leaderboard is loaded for shootout in final round
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Sunday’s final round of The Legends Championship is loaded at the top of the leaderboard with eight players within one shot at the top of the leaderboard. That select group includes a recently named World Golf Hall of Famer (Dame Laura Davies), a recently-named Legends Hall of Famer (Rosie Jones), the…
Past champs paired in Legends’ final twosome of Round 1
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – The pre-tournament festivities ended Friday night. Now 58 members of the LPGA Legends Tour will battle for two days in the circuit’s biggest tournament over the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. Players arrived here in time for practice rounds on Thursday and Friday was devoted to the day-long pro-am…
Rinker is ready to defend her Legends title at French Lick
FRENCH LICK, Ind. — The Legends Championship tees off at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort this week, and the defending champion is ready. Laurie Rinker arrived at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, in time for a Thursday practice round. She may be a bit on the tired side after enduring a weather delay…