Medinah Puts Restored Course In Play With Golf For LifeJune 27, 2017Medinah Puts Restored Course In Play With Golf For Life: The fabled Medinah Country Club recently opened its Course Two after a year-long restoration directed by Rees Jones. Course Two, like the other courses at Medinah, originally was designed by Tom Bendelow in the 1920s. Unlike Course One and the famous Course Three (host of...Read More & CommentRetro Style Patriotic HeadcoversJune 27, 2017Retro Style Patriotic Headcovers Inspired by classic headcover designs, these are perfect for Independence Day....Read More & CommentTullymore Classic Craft Beer Tent Part of Festival Fun at Tullymore Golf ResortJune 26, 2017Tullymore Classic Craft Beer Tent Part of Festival Fun at Tullymore Golf Resort CANADIAN LAKES – The Tullymore Classic Craft Beer Tent is another reason Tullymore Golf Resort is the place to be on the coming Fourth of July Weekend. The popular rock/variety band “Onager” of West Michigan will be playing live music, and the...Read More & CommentSaline’s Sarah Hoffman One Shot off Lead at Michigan Women’s Open ChampionshipJune 26, 2017 Saline’s Sarah Hoffman One Shot off Lead at Michigan Women’s Open Championship THOMPSONVILLE – Sarah Hoffman of Saline is headed with the Symetra Tour to Tullymore Golf Resort in Canadian Lakes this weekend, but she made sure to stop in first at Crystal Mountain Resort and play the Michigan Women’s Open Championship. “It’s one...Read More & CommentQuicken Loans National Winners and HistoryJune 26, 2017Quicken Loans National Winners And History The Quicken Loans National is, in turn, the successor to the AT&T National, which in turn had replaced the “International.“at Castle Pines, Colorado, and was known for its unique use of the Stableford Scoring system. 2014 was the first year for the new title sponsor. Along with the Arnold...Read More & CommentIrish Open Winners and HistoryJune 26, 2017Ireland’s national golf championship was first contested in 1927 at Portmarnock golf club. George Duncan of Scotland, who had previously won the 1920 Open Championship, took home the prize. Since 1927, the Irish Open has been an on-again, off-again sort of affair. It was paused—as were most national championships—for World War II, then not played...Read More & CommentPatriotic Golf ShortsJune 26, 2017Loudmouth Patriotic Golf Shorts For your Fourth of July round, how about a pair of these flag-themed shorts?...Read More & CommentBMW International Open Winners and HistoryJune 26, 2017The BMW International Open is the only European Tour event held in Germany (which I find surprising). It is not, however, the only European Tour tournament sponsored by BMW, which also hosts the BMW PGA Tour Championship and the BMW Masters, as well as the BMW Championship on the PGA TOUR. The BMW International Open’s...Read More & CommentWalmart NW Arkansas Championship Winners and HistoryJune 25, 2017The LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship has been played at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas since its launch in 2007. The tournament did not have a good start. In its inaugural year, inclement weather limited the tournament to just one round: Friday. LPGA events must complete at least 36 holes to qualify, so it...Read More & CommentAmerican Family Insurance Championship Winners and History – Champions TourJune 25, 2017The American Family Insurance Championship teed off for its inaugural playing in 2016. Hosted by Steve Stricker, a Wisconsin Native, the tournament is played at the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison. Sticker, who will turn fifty and become eligible for the Champions Tour in 2017, will both play and host in the future. Stricker...Read More & CommentTravelers Championship Winners and HistoryJune 25, 2017A mainstay on the PGA Tour since 1952, when it was played as the Insurance City Open, the Travelers Championship currently is the second-most attended PGA Tour event. Like so many of the older PGA Tour events, the Travelers Championship has changed names and venues several times. It began as the Insurance City Open in...Read More & CommentTom Werkmeister Holds Off Beau Breault to Win 106th Michigan Amateur ChampionshipJune 24, 2017Tom Werkmeister Holds Off Beau Breault to Win 106th Michigan Amateur Championship ADA TOWNSHIP – It worked out for Tom Werkmeister of Grandville. “It really couldn’t have worked out any better,” he said after winning the 106th Michigan Amateur Championship Saturday at Egypt Valley Country Club. The 49-year-old marketing salesman who plans to leave the...Read More & CommentDoes Erin Hills Deserve Another US Open?June 24, 2017Does Erin Hills deserve another US Open? I will deflect that question for a moment with another: What does the USGA have against the Midwest? Here’s how the next ten years of US Opens are scheduled: East Coast, West Coast, East Coast, West Coast, East Coast, West Coast, East Coast, sorta East Coast, East Coast....Read More & CommentFinal Four Set in 106th Michigan Amateur Championship at Egypt ValleyJune 23, 2017Final Four Set in 106th Michigan Amateur Championship at Egypt Valley ADA TOWNSHIP – A chief operating officer, a salesman, a college golfer and a financial planner ranging in age from 49 to 20 make up the final four golfers in the 106th Michigan Amateur Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland at Egypt Valley Country Club....Read More & CommentCrystal Mountain Hosts Michigan Women’s Open Starting MondayJune 23, 2017CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN HOSTS MICHIGAN WOMEN’S OPEN STARTING MONDAY THOMPSONVILLE – Defending champion Suzy Green-Roebuck of Ann Arbor, who was recently inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame, is returning as Crystal Mountain Resort will host the Michigan Women’s Open for the 15th consecutive time starting Monday on the Mountain Ridge Golf Course. The 24th...Read More & CommentVisiting The US Open At Erin HillsJune 23, 2017Visiting the US Open at Erin Hills: I was lucky enough to get media credentials from the USGA for the week at the 2017 US Open in Erin Hills. Knowing that I would be just one of perhaps hundreds of on- and off-site scribes reporting on the proceedings (writing the same “who’s ahead” stories with...Read More & Comment
