Articles filed under Golf
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Lake Forest golfer wins Illinois AmateurAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Lake Forest’s Brad Hopfinger won the 81st Illinois State Amateur Championship at Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn, finishing 4 strokes ahead of runnerup Chris Brandt ...
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McIlroy has lot of work to do to catch StrickerAug 11, 2011 11:00 pm - JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Just about any other week, Rory McIlroy would've already been heading for home. Not this one. Even with an aching right wrist, he's not giving up on c...
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Hoffman golf outing aids family struck by ALSAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - A golf outing and dinner fundraiser to raise money for a suburban man with ALS will be Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Hilldale Golf Club in Hoffman Estates and Chicago Prime Steak...
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Stricker ties majors record, shoots 63 at PGAAug 10, 2011 11:00 pm - JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Steve Stricker had a shot at history. Tiger Woods set the wrong kind of mark at the PGA Championship. Stricker missed a 10-foot birdie putt at his fin...
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Arlington Heights teen headed toward PGAAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - There's a silent spectacle that envelops the first tee before a golfer starts his backswing. Doug Ghim thrives in it. Surrounded by a sea of college recruiters and some ...
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Woods in the spotlight for all the wrong reasonsAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Even as he took the high road Wednesday in a nasty split with his longtime caddie, Tiger Woods lowered his standard of success on the eve of the PGA C...
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Strong field for 81st Illinois Amateur in Glen EllynAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - With 2010 champion Vince India of Deerfield opting to play in the World University Games in China and Burr Ridge’s Bennett Blakeman, co-runner-up a year ago, now a profe...
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Woods still acting like the old Tiger in a new worldAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Tiger Woods stepped from behind a microphone, thankful to be done with a short interview that felt like an intrusion. He took 23 questions, most of th...
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Woods struggles again at BridgestoneAug 06, 2011 12:00 am - AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods has discovered something about his game that he never imagined could be a problem. He’s hitting it too straight. In another pedestrian round Sa...
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All eyes on Tiger Woods as he returns to golfAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods appeared to face a big test Thursday in his return to golf. It was a 3-wood around the trees on the 658-yard 16th hole at Firestone that requir...