Articles filed under Golf
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Medinah ready to welcome the public for Tuesday practice roundsAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - The gates of Medinah Country Club open to the public Tuesday for the first time since 2012. This week's BMW Championship will be much different from the last tournament ...
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Reed delivers clutch putts to win FedEx Cup openerAug 11, 2019 1:00 am - JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Patrick Reed picked a good time to end 16 months without a victory. Reed fell behind early, was still two shots behind on the back nine at Liberty Na...
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Medinah's head pro on where the course is tough for the BMW ChampionshipAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - With the BMW Championship starting next week at Medinah, it all seems to be coming together for golf fans. The venue is primed to welcome the biggest names in the game, ...
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Evans Scholar gets thrill of a lifetime as Tiger's caddieAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - How do you impress a once-in-a-lifetime talent like Tiger Woods and his unflappable caddie Joe LaCava? The veteran looper repeatedly offered to help Sarahi Ortiz lug Tig...
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Bolingbrook's Cooke takes 3-shot lead into Illinois Open's final dayAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - Bolingbrook's David Cooke could win the 70th Illinois Open on Wednesday. He enters the final round at The Glen Club, in Glenview, with a 3-stroke lead - but he might hav...
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Ziehm: Streelman needs to leave his mark in New Jersey to qualify for BMW at MedinahAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - A week ago, the Chicago area's best PGA Tour player just wanted "two solid weeks." That, Kevin Streelman figured, would be enough to get him into next week's BMW Champio...
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Illinois Open showcases contrasting courses in The Glen, RidgemoorAug 05, 2019 1:00 am - The Illinois PGA, in an effort to increase entries, instituted a two-course format for the finals of the Illinois Open in 2015. It allowed for a 264-player field for the...
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WGA leaves its mark: More than 1,000 caddies get college scholarshipsJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - No matter what happens in the BMW Championship at Medinah the week will have been a success as far as John Kaczkowski, the Western Golf Association president and executi...
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Golf tip: 6 tips getting beyond the chipping yipsJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - You can improve and get beyond the chipping yips. You must believe you can change and improve otherwise you will stay stuck in your current mindset by thinking you have ...
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Loaded field for next week's 70th Illinois OpenJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - The 70th Illinois Open, always the premier event of the season for local players, tees off next week with a field that resembles a walk down memory lane. There'll be sev...