Chicago Area Golf News

October 14, 2025
Illinois Golf Hall of Fame inducting six new members

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Len Ziehm, Daily Herald

The Illinois Golf Hall of Fame inducts new members every two years, and the next class of six inductees will be honored Friday at The Glen Club in Glenview.

While Illinois has hardly been rich in PGA Tour players, the 21st induction class has two who made it to golf’s premier circuit. Bob Zender won the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1971, and he was a regular on the circuit through 1982. David Ogrin arrived in 1983 and played until 2000, then spent parts of two seasons on PGA Tour Champions.

October 24, 2025
Ryan Companies interest in developing Calumet Country Club renews opposition

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Evy Lewis, Daily Southtown

Ryan Companies is the latest developer expressing interest in the Calumet Country Club, floating a potential industrial development to the Hazel Crest Village Board. This renews a six-year battle over the 130-acre property, which was annexed by Hazel Crest after residents in neighboring Homewood blocked a similar warehouse proposal. A community group, South Suburbs for Greenspace, continues to fight the development, arguing the area cannot lose its last major green space. Activists also charge that the industrial push is racially biased against the 85% Black community and that any potential jobs would be offset by TIF subsidies and lower property values.