Articles filed under Golf
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With Tiger on prowl, Masters crowds ready to roarApr 09, 2013 7:00 pm - Everyone is thinking it. It's OK to go ahead and say it. How great would it be to see Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy slugging it out Sunday on the back nine at Augusta? Th...
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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...
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Des Plaines Park District golf course opens FridayApr 04, 2013 11:31 am - Lake Park Golf Course, 1015 Howard St., Des Plaines, opens for the season Friday, April 5. The 18-hole, par three course overlooks Lake Opeka and has holes that range fr...
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Points set for his second MastersApr 03, 2013 10:12 am - Winfield’s Kevin Streelman wasn’t the only Illinois golfer earning a trip to the Masters. D.A. Points, the former University of Illinois golfer, also did it by winning t...
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Winfield's Streelman prepares for the MastersApr 03, 2013 5:15 am - Kevin Streelman may be the best feel-good story in golf today, and maybe in all of sports. Last month Streelman, who grew up in Winfield and built his golf game playing ...
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Candidates debate how to renovate aging gem of a golf courseMar 28, 2013 6:43 pm - The Mount Prospect Park District’s golf course gets high marks from such publications like Golf Digest magazine. But the course, which dates back to the 1920s when it wa...
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Is he back? Only Tiger Woods knows for sureMar 26, 2013 6:49 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — Life must be going well for Tiger Woods when he can make headlines in the gossip pages for dating Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn and in the sports pag...
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We’re all in Rose’s corner, but for how long?Mar 26, 2013 5:29 am - The Chicago Bulls are playing good basketball right now, and if Derrick Rose can get back on the court, maybe they can make a run at the East. With the Miami Heat’s winn...
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Subscribers get some help with their golf game at eventMar 25, 2013 3:00 pm - More than 80 golf fans turned out Monday night at the Cantigny Golf Academy in Wheaton to celebrate the return of the Chicago golf season. Longtime golf writers Mike Spe...
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Tiger Woods back on top in golfMar 25, 2013 2:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — The moment was vintage Tiger Woods, and so was his reaction. Seconds after Rickie Fowler made a 40-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole to pull within two ...