Len Ziehm
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Barrington’s Hallberg returns to his rootsMay 21, 2013 10:12 am - No Chicago-born and raised golfer has accomplished more than Gary Hallberg, and now he’s coming back. Hallberg was a state high school champion at Barrington, an Ill...
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Golfers await decision on use of long puttersMay 20, 2013 10:13 am - Officials for the Encompass Championship, which brings golf’s Champions Tour back to Chicago for the first time in 12 years next month, held their kickoff event Monday a...
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Malm takes back-to-back IPGA Match Play titlesMay 16, 2013 8:42 pm - Curtis Malm won both player-of-the-year awards handed out by the Illinois PGA last year, and — judging by what happened in the first of the section’s four major champion...
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10 local survivors still chasing U.S. Open dreamMay 14, 2013 10:12 am - Chicago’s two local qualifying tournaments for the U.S. Open are over. Now comes the hard part for the 10 golfers who survived. They were the lucky ones among the 180 wh...
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Revamped Fox Run course makes its debutMay 07, 2013 1:12 pm - April storms created a nightmare for Chicago’s golf course operators, but they were especially troublesome at Fox Run, the Elk Grove Park District facility. Fox Run has ...
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Healthier Affrunti getting his golf game backApr 23, 2013 1:12 pm - Finally there’s some good news involving Joe Affrunti, the Crystal Lake golfer who suffered a serious shoulder injury months after earning his PGA Tour card. Affrunti ea...
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NU golfer bests Donald’s recordApr 16, 2013 1:10 pm - Luke Donald was a three-time All-American and an NCAA champion for Northwestern before he went on to his brilliant career as a professional, which included his earning t...
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At 42, LPGA’s Jeray ready to make her moveApr 16, 2013 1:00 pm - Berwyn golfer Nicole Jeray spent most of the winter in Augusta, Ga., and she had a pass for last week’s spectacular Masters tournament there. The Chicago area’s lone mem...
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Streelman, Points enter Masters on different pathsApr 10, 2013 10:12 am - Luke Donald is just one of three Illinois players in this week’s Masters field. The other two — Kevin Streelman and D.A. Points — are in the field again after making the...
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Tweaking aside, Donald ready to take on MastersApr 09, 2013 2:12 pm - Last year Luke Donald was the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer entering all four of the sport’s major championships. He was No. 1 for 55 weeks, and it was at the 2012 Masters...