Articles filed under Golf
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2 local golfers take different pro tour pathsDec 07, 2012 6:10 pm - Rarely does a Chicago golfer get through a qualifying school for any of the professional tours. This year, though, two did — and their roads to success couldn’t be much ...
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McIlroy voted PGA Tour player of the yearDec 04, 2012 12:09 pm - LA QUINTA, Calif. — Rory McIlroy sure didn’t feel like the PGA Tour player of the year when he arrived at Kiawah Island for the final major of the year. He had missed th...
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Long putters to go belly up in 2016Nov 28, 2012 1:52 pm - THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Golf’s governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday t...
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USGA, R&A expected to ban long, belly puttersNov 27, 2012 6:00 pm - THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley, two of the major faces in the debate over belly putters, said Tuesday they would not fight a change in the rules...
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McIlroy wins Dubai World Championship by 2 strokesNov 25, 2012 12:42 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy made five straight birdies down the stretch to overtake Justin Rose and win the Dubai World Championship on Sunday, ending a h...
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College-bound standouts ink letters of intentNov 20, 2012 6:05 pm - Conant’s Miranda Cavin, Prospect’s Noelle Johnston and Hersey’s Abby Fesl and Amanda Petro recently made official their college plans. Cavin, a standout softball player,...
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Choi wins final LPGA Tour event of the yearNov 18, 2012 3:39 pm - NAPLES, Fla. — U.S. Women’s Open champion Na Yeon Choi won the Titleholders on Sunday to turn a great season into her best one yet. Locked in a battle with So Yeon Ryu a...
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Longtime Buffalo Grove golf course manager retiresNov 16, 2012 1:18 pm - Since their inception, Carmen Molinaro has been the face of Buffalo Grove’s golf courses. This week, the Buffalo Grove village board said goodbye to Molinaro, who has re...
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Back in the day takes back seat to new realityNov 16, 2012 4:30 am - Different world: The Brian Urlacher-Danieal Manning fiasco would never have arisen back in the day. Not a chance. But the bottom line is: this isn#146;t bac...
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Why even bother with an NFL trade deadline?Nov 02, 2012 5:30 am - Tepid stove league: Can you imagine how gaga fans would go if the NFL actually made trades at the trade deadline? Instead, all we get are crickets and a confir...