Articles filed under Golf
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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 ...
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Haas shoots 66 to take early lead at Bay HillMar 22, 2013 1:45 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — Bill Haas wanted to make up for his bad finish in the opening round at Bay Hill. He did that and more Friday. Haas kept bogeys off his card for a 6-under...
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Winfield native finally a PGA Tour winnerMar 17, 2013 5:00 pm - PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Winfield native Kevin Streelman finally won on the PGA Tour with a game that looked as if he had done this many times before. Streelman, who graduate...
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Mascot for Cubs would be just fineMar 15, 2013 5:30 am - News of the Cubs mulling the introduction of a mascot got me thinking. First of all, they're the only team in town without a mascot, right? Secondly, when's the last tim...
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Golfer survives fall into sinkhole on downstate courseMar 12, 2013 4:22 pm - ST. LOUIS — Suddenly being swallowed up by the earth on a golf course’s fairway drove a wedge between Mark Mihal and a stellar round. The 43-year-old mortgage broker was...