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Chili Open lives up to its name Saturday in Des Plaines

People who like a challenge showed up Saturday to play nine holes of golf in 12 degree weather.

Club Casa served chili to warm people off afterward and beverages of all kinds were available for purchase.

The Chili Open was for ages 8 and up.

  Sam Scully, 13, of Park Ridge gets ready to chip up on the green at the Chili Golf outing at the Golf Center in Des Plaines. Scully said that he comes out on a day like Saturday in 12 degree weather saying, "It doesn't affect me." Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Golfers braving the 12 degree weather in the January sunshine head out at the Chili Golf outing at the Golf Center in Des Plaines. Warm chili was waiting for them when they finished and if a golfer had been lucky enough to hit a hole-in-one, the person would have won a membership to the club. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Chef Gerardo Avalos of Rosemont stirs the chili that awaits the cold golfers after they finished their round of Chili Golf at the Golf Center in Des Plaines Saturday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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