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Chicago Area Golf News Archive for July, 2022

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July 6, 2022
Mini-golf experience inspired by Pixar films at Navy Pier
Tom Barnas, WGN

Pixar Putt is the ultimate pop-up, open-air mini-golf experience at Navy Pier; made up of 18 fun and interactive holes inspired by the stories, characters and icons from Pixar’s most beloved films, including “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles,” “Monsters Inc,” “Finding Nemo” and “Coco.”
July 8, 2022
Feherty Classic with Chicago athletes set for September in Bolingbrook
Z.P., ChiCity Sports

The Feherty Classic is set to take place on Sept. 27th at Bolingbrook Golf Club and will feature a 9-hole skins game with former Chicago Sports athletes Ryan Dempster, Jeremy Roenick, Harold Baines, and Jalen Rose.
July 8, 2022
White Pines Sale Opponents Plan Public Meeting
Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz, Patch

A group opposing the proposed sale of nearly half of White Pines Golf Club in Bensenville is organizing a public meeting for later this month.
July 10, 2022
The Lawn Putting Course at Deerpath Golf Course Is Now Open
Greg Miles, Chicago Golf Report

Inspired by the Ladies’ Putting Course of Scotland's St. Andrews, Deerpath Golf Course in Lake Forest opened its 30,000 square-foot bentgrass putting green named "The Lawn" on July 6, 2022.
July 11, 2022
A new indoor golf venture is coming to Bucktown this fall
Trina Mannino, Crain's Chicago Business

The Green, part indoor golf experience and part restaurant and bar, plans to have something for both the casual and avid golfer. According to the owner, the location is the first in North America to have Golfzon’s newest simulator, the TwoVision. Each simulator at The Green will be situated around its own inviting living room.
July 12, 2022
Charity Golf Tournament at Arrowhead Golf Club to Support Wheaton Park District's Cosley Zoo
Ann Piccininni, Daily Herald

Golfers will tee off at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton on Monday, Aug. 1, for the 2022 edition of the Mike Williams Cosley Classic Golf Outing. It's golfing for the animals! The day on the links is a fundraiser for Cosley Zoo, a facility of the Wheaton Park District.
July 12, 2022
How Galena's Eagle Ridge is marking the 25th anniversary of The General
Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

Eagle Ridge, Illinois' only full-fledged golf resort in Galena, is marking the 25th anniversary of its premier course, The General, in an unusual way. Call it a "Celebration Restoration."
July 12, 2022
Senator Hastings Golf Classic Monday July 18 at George W. Dunne
Ray Hanania, Suburban Chicagoland

The annual Senator Michael E. Hastings’ Golf Classic will be held on Monday, July 18th at the George W. Dunne National Golf Course in Oak Forest.
July 14, 2022
Clearbrook Challenge enriches lives of individuals with disabilities at Exmoor Country Club
Erin Vander Pas, Daily Herald

More than 100 golfers gathered at the beautiful Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park on Monday, July 11 for the Clearbrook Challenge Golf Outing. The annual golf outing supports Clearbrook, an Arlington Heights-based nonprofit that works to empower thousands of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to embrace their potential.
July 15, 2022
Controversial LIV Golf tournament in Sugar Grove gets mixed support from Kane County
James Fuller, Daily Herald

Kane County officials endorsed the controversial LIV Golf Invitation Series this week as Sugar Grove's Rich Harvest Farms will host one of the upstart organization's eight events this September. But not every county board member felt comfortable supporting the event despite the inherent local economic benefits of having an international spotlight on the community.
July 15, 2022
Orchard Village Golf Classic at Westmoreland Country Club
Dana DeBofsky, Patch

Join Orchard Village on August 8th for the 30th Annual Orchard Village Golf Classic. Players enjoy a full round of golf, bag concierge, golf cart, and personal lockers. They also receive a delicious lunch, complimentary refreshments, a cocktail reception and gourmet dinner, a live auction, prizes, and a swag bag full of goodies to take home.
July 16, 2022
Chicago Golf History Begins With Charles Blair Macdonald
Walter Lis, Chicago Golf Report

Charles Blair Macdonald was a renowned course designer, 1895 U.S. Amateur Champion and World Golf Hall of Fame who was born in Canada in 1856 and grew up in Chicago. He has become known by many as both the Father of Chicago Golf and the Father of American Golf Architecture. His life-long love affair with the game is a major reason why Chicago stands at the forefront of golf in North America.
July 18, 2022
Springbrook Golf Course to Close August 1 for Renovations
Naperville Park District, Patch

Springbrook Golf Course will close Monday, August 1 to allow renovation work to begin on the nearly 50-year-old golf course. The closing of the course is necessary to allow contractors to completely rebuild all tees and bunkers, complete drainage work that began in 2021, update green surrounds, and add new bridges and cart paths.
July 19, 2022
Championship Week at the Western Amateur — Golf’s Longest Tournament
Greg Miles, Chicago Golf Report

The 120th Western Amateur kicks off Monday August 1st at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park.
July 19, 2022
Women's Western Amateur, Illinois State Amateur kick off busy tournament season
Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

The Women's Western Amateur and the Illinois State Amateur tournaments are getting underway.
July 19, 2022
Golf simulator comes to Mokena
Bob Bong, Daily Southtown

The 19th Hole in Mokena is the latest business that gives area golfers the virtual chance to try their luck at more than 100 golf courses from around the world.
July 19, 2022
Golfers Battle Heat In Opening Round Of 42nd Chick Evans Jr. Amateur
Dion Martorano, Journal & Topics

The 42nd annual Chick Evans Junior Amateur kicked off on a sunny, 85-plus degree day Monday (July 18) at Itasca Country Club in Itasca with 143 golfers, before two quickly dropped out.
July 20, 2022
A Scholar And A Gentleman [Tom Kearney, director of Western Golf Association since 1990]
Bill McLean, Daily North Shore

What goes golf-glove hand in golf-glove hand with the Evans Scholarship Program is the Western Golf Association (WGA), of which Kearney has served as a director since 1990. The WGA organizes the Western Amateur Championship, and this year’s 120th edition of the third-oldest amateur golf tournament in the world will be staged next month in Highland Park at Exmoor Country Club—Kearney’s home club since 1978.
July 20, 2022
House in with ridiculous backyard replica of TPC Sawgrass' famed 17th hole goes on the market in Ingleside, IL
Alex Myers, Golf Digest

A house with an incredible backyard replica of arguably the most famous par 3 in all of golf has hit the market. If you buy it, though, you're probably going to need to purchase a lot of golf balls as well.
July 21, 2022
McClear Breaks Through at Illinois Amateur
Chicago District Golf Association, Amateur Golf

The 21-year-old rising senior at the University of Iowa, who earlier in the week called the state’s preeminent amateur competition one he’s “wanted to win for a long time, since growing up,” entered the 2022 iteration with battle scars. He missed the cut in his debut in 2017 as a 16-year-old and lost in a playoff in 2021 at Mistwood Golf Club.
July 21, 2022
Inside the rise of Topgolf
E.J. Schultz, Crain's Chicago Business

The fast-growing brand runs nearly 80 venues across the globe that include high-tech driving ranges, food, cocktails, loud music and social event spaces. From outdoor hitting bays, players aim at targets by hitting microchip-equipped golf balls, scoring points that display on screens.
July 21, 2022
Voters To Weigh In On White Pines Golf Course Sale
Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz, Patch

The Bensenville Park District board on Wednesday approved an advisory referendum on the sale of nearly half of White Pines Golf Club. The club, which contains two 18-hole courses, is a few blocks north of Elmhurst's city limit. Some opponents of the sale took the opportunity to voice their opposition during the public comment portion at the beginning of the meeting.
July 22, 2022
Canal Shores/Out of Space Golf Open – August 7, 2022
Walter Lis, Chicago Golf Report

Make plans to be a part of the inaugural Canal Shores/Out of Space Golf Open on Sunday, August 7th. Hosted by Joel Murray, this limited field four-person, 10-hole scramble could be the entertainment highlight of the summer season.
July 22, 2022
Hinsdale's McClear puts last year's setback behind him, wins Illinois State Amateur
Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

A year ago a costly bogey on the 17th hole at Mistwood in Romeoville prevented Hinsdale's Mac McClear from winning the Illinois State Amateur title. That setback didn't hold back the University of Iowa junior this time. He was in control most of the way en route to a 3-stroke victory over Tommy Kuhl, a fifth-year senior at Illinois from downstate Morton.
July 22, 2022
Three Huskies Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars
Athletic Dept, NIU Huskies

The Northern Illinois University men's golf team had three student-athletes named as Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America this week. Graduate Student Michael Cascino (Palos Park, Ill./Providence Catholic/Butler), senior Tommy Dunsire (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) and junior Zach Place (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park) earned the national honor, adding on to their selections to the Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Team for this past season.
July 24, 2022
Stormy Saturday weather brings tornado to Romeoville, Naperville, near White Eagle Golf Course
Bob Okon, Herald-News

The touchdown was first believed to be at Route 59 and 95th Street. But on Sunday, NWS said the touchdown could have been northwest of that spot in the area of the White Eagle Golf Course.
July 25, 2022
2022 MWAGA Adaptive Open To Tee-Off In September
Kim Kislowski, Patch

The Midwestern Amputee Golf Association (MWAGA) is returning to the Odyssey Golf Foundation in Tinley Park for their 2022 Adaptive Open. The 3-day event will tee-off with a scramble tournament on Friday, September 9 followed by the 2-day, 36-hole tournament September 10-11. While the scramble is open to all participants, the tournament is exclusive to men and women of all ages with a disability.
July 26, 2022
Barstool Sports Riggs vs Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, 10th Hole
Barstool Riggs, Barstool Sports

Barstool Sports personality Riggs documents his battle versus the 10th hole at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club in Lemont.
July 26, 2022
LIV Tour stop at Rich Harvest Farms benefits The Kids Golf Foundation
Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

The controversial LIV Tour Invitational Series' local stop is closing in. Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove hosts the tournament from Sept. 16 to 18 in what looms as the highest profile competition of the Chicago area golf season.
July 26, 2022
Springbrook Golf Course in Naperville closing Aug. 1 for renovations
Staff Report, Daily Herald

Contractors will rebuild all tees and bunkers, complete drainage work that began last year, update green surrounds and add new bridges and cart paths for the 50-year-old course. Work is expected to be complete in late fall, but the course will remain closed until late spring or early summer of 2023. The clubhouse, practice areas and driving range will remain open.
July 27, 2022
4 teens charged in fire that destroyed Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles
Staff Report, ABC 7 Chicago

Four teenagers have been charged in a massive fire that destroyed parts of the former Pheasant Run Resort and golf course in St. Charles. Flames tore through the property in May. More than 100 firefighters from 20 area fire departments helped put out the fire. Thankfully, no one was injured. As firefighters worked to contain the fire, people stopped by to take in the scene and recalled their memories of the resort.
July 27, 2022
Buffalo Grove Arboretum Club's new restaurant, Vin 90, aims to become area destination
Steve Zalusky, Daily Herald

As the entrance doors to the Arboretum Club clubhouse slide open, the eye instantly leaps to the spectacular view of one of the greens at Buffalo Grove's village-owned, high-end golf course. But now there's a new eye-catching sight inside the club at 401 W. Half Day Road, with the addition of Vin 90 Kitchen + Bar.
July 28, 2022
PGA Tour players with Chicagoland ties all aiming to qualify for FedEx Cup
Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

All the Chicago-connected players on the PGA Tour are in this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit for a very good reason. They only have two tournaments left to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The Top 125 on the season-long point list qualify for the first of the lucrative postseason events and Kevin Streelman (No. 82), Northwestern alum David Lipsky (90) and Arlington Heights native Doug Ghim (111) are inside the cutline now. Nick Hardy of Northbrook is the best of the others at No. 138 with only the Wyndham Championship left after the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
July 28, 2022
Deerpath GC's huge putting green open for business
Staff Report, Golf Inc

Deerpath Golf Course in Lake Forest, Ill., opened The Lawn, a 30,000-foot expanse of bent-grass putting green, on July 6. The area is intended to be used by golfers of all ages and skill ranges and was the result of a partnership between the golf course, KemperSports, the Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation, and the Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation.
July 29, 2022
120th Western Amateur: Preview, TV Times, and Players to Watch
Pete Wlodkowski, Amateur Golf

An amazing summer of amateur golf continues the first week of August with the 120th playing of The Western Amateur. It is only fitting that the historic championship – known for being the toughest test in amateur golf — should serve as the “final exam” in the inaugural Elite Amateur Series.
July 29, 2022
Buffalo Grove Golfer Wins 42nd Chick Evans Jr. Am
Dion Martorano, Journal & Topics

Allyson Duan (Buffalo Grove/Stevenson HS) joined a growing list of Journal-area champions in the Chick Evans Junior Amateur after topping Yorkville’s Mia Natividad in the match play championship match Thursday. No. 6 seed Duan won 5 & 4.


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