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At 42, LPGA’s Jeray ready to make her move Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Berwyn golfer Nicole Jeray is the lone Chicago golfer on the LPGA Tour. While she's also one of the oldest at age 42, she's making strides with the help of her longtime swing instructor, Dr. Jim Suttie. The former NIU golfer, who is one of the straighest off the tee, believes she finally has solved some issues with her short game. Len Ziehm catches up with Jeray as she prepares for three straight tournaments.
International Crown a great response to Solheim Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Jerry Rich and the Solheim Cup, along with 120,000 fans who came out to witness the biennial women's professional golf event in 2009, made an impressive and lasting impression. And, as Mike Spellman explains, the new International Crown competition coming in 2016 to the Sugar Grove course could leave an even bigger one.
World-class golfers returning to Rich Harvest Farms Jan 24, 2013 12:00 AM
The Ladies PGA Tour is returning to Chicago — but it won't be until 2016. And then it will be for the staging of an extraordinary new team event, the International Crown. Mike Whan, the LPGA commissioner, announced Thursday the tournament will make its debut in Owings Mills, Md., in 2014, and the second staging will be in the summer of 2016 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. Jerry Rich, owner and designer of the Rich Harvest private facility that hosted the record-setting 2009 Solheim Cup matches, was a leader in making the new event happen.
Bob Frisk’s favorite sports quotes of 2012Dec 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Former Daily Herald Sports legend Bob Frisk returns with his annual treat: his favorite sports quotes of the year. Check out the gems he tucked away in his desk drawer at home throughout the year, and pick out your favorite. We guarantee a few of them will make you laugh.
Bob Frisk’s favorite sports quotes of 2012Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Former Daily Herald Sports legend Bob Frisk returns with his annual treat: his favorite sports quotes of the year. Check out the gems he tucked away in his desk drawer at home throughout the year, and pick out your favorite. We guarantee a few of them will make you laugh.
2 local golfers take different pro tour paths Dec 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Rarely does a Chicago golfer get through a qualifying school for any of the professional tours. This year, though, two did — and their roads to success couldn't be much more different. Len Ziehm shares the success stories of Wilmette's Eric Meierdierks, a 27-year-old with only one PGA start to his credit, and Berwyn's Nicole Jeray, 42, who has made it back to the LPGA Tour for the 19th time.
Choi wins final LPGA Tour event of the year Nov 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Suzann Pettersen wins Taiwan Championship Oct 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Lewis beats out Thompson in Navistar LPGA Classic Sep 23, 2012 12:00 AM
Stacy Lewis won the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour victory in five months and second in Alabama, closing with a 3-under 69 to beat defending champion Lexi Thompson by two strokes.
Ryder Cup contenders ready for short break Sep 11, 2012 12:00 AM
There's a rare break in the PGA Tour season this week, and that's a good thing, says Daily Herald golf columnist Len Ziehm. The best players are tired after playing three straight weeks of FedEx Cup playoff events, and they're welcoming a rest before the big two-week stretch coming up: The Tour Championship in Atlanta followed by the 39th Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club. Tiger Woods admits he's ailing despite a good showing in the BMW Championship. He was limping after some bad shots, suggesting his surgically repaired left knee isn't completely healed.
Kudos to Maciaszek for two-plus decades of excellence Aug 30, 2012 12:00 AM
The Scorecard says goodbye to a co-worker, looks at the Cubs by the numbers and offers though on the Bears and the menu for a Labor Day weekend.
Better system for picking U.S. Ryder Cup team Aug 14, 2012 12:00 AM
Top competition playing in Western Amateur Jul 31, 2012 12:00 AM
Four of the world's top six amateurs will be battling for the title in the 110th Western Amateur at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park this week. Among them is Patrick Rodgers, who won the Western Golf Association's Junior tournament in 2011. "The Western Am and the U.S. Amateur are the two biggest in amateur golf. This is when we want to be peaking," said Rodgers, coming off a dazzling freshman year at Stanford.
Reinsdorf has right idea on baseball expansion Jul 26, 2012 12:00 AM
White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf didn't get where he is by luck. The guy is one smart cookie. Case in point: during a fundraiser to support baseball in Israel held Wednesday night at Harry Caray's Restaurant, the Chairman was asked about the possibility of international expansion for MLB. Here's what he told those on hand: "I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams."
Stevenson standout Miller shooting to make history Jul 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Wheaton’s Pearson going for third Illinois Women’s Open titleJul 24, 2012 12:00 AM
Wheaton's Jenna Pearson is seeking to win her third Illinois Women's Open title this week. Pearson, who played collegiate golf in the SEC at South Carolina, won the IWO in 2006 and 2011. Our golf columnist, Len Ziehm, has more on her golf career, and the lastest on Illinois golf coach Mike Small and other tournament news of note.
Ten Broeck finds success as a caddie and player Jul 17, 2012 12:00 AM
It's been 28 years since Lance Ten Broeck won the Illinois Open at Flossmoor Country Club. And while seven winners of that title after him went on to earn PGA Tour cards, not one has had the staying power in golf that Ten Broeck has achieved. Len Ziehm talks with Ten Broeck about his success on the PGA Tour as a player and caddie, and his strong performance at the U.S. Senior Open last week.
Will Stricker slam his way to golf history? Jul 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Call it the Stricker Slam. That's the piece of golf history that Steve Stricker will go after beginning Thursday in the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill., on the outskirts of Moline. In the last 140 years, only four players have won any big pro tournament four straight times. Stricker would become the fifth if he continues his reign at the $4.6 million JDC — the only PGA Tour stop in Illinois in 2012. Daly Herald golf columnist Len Ziehm previews that event, plus the upcoming Illinois Open and other golf news and notes in this week's column.
Choi shoots 65, takes control in US Women's Open Jul 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Na Yeon Choi was just a kid when Se Ri Pak won the U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run in 1998. Today, Choi is living proof that Pak's landmark victory 14 years ago really did have the power to inspire girls in South Korea to try to make it in professional golf. And after posting one of the best rounds in Open history, Choi is poised to repeat Pak's feat in the same event at the same course.
Kerr, Lincicome, Salas share lead at OpenJul 5, 2012 12:00 AM
Although plenty of athletes have used sports to lift themselves up from difficult backgrounds, Lizette Salas' path to the pros isn't the sort of story that's often heard in golf. The 22-year-old Salas shot a 3-under 69 in the first round of the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday, grabbing a share of the lead along with fellow Americans Cristie Kerr, the 2007 Open winner, and Brittany Lincicome.