Articles filed under LPGA
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Streelman, Points qualify for U.S. OpenJun 05, 2012 12:00 pm - No local players survived Monday's sectional qualifying for the 112th U.S. Open at Chicago's sectional qualifier at Village Links of Glen Ellyn, but that elimination sen...
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Mistwood’s sod bunkers offer unique perspectiveMay 29, 2012 12:03 pm - Stacked sod-wall bunkers are rare at Chicago courses, but they won’t be as much a mystery after owner Jim McWethy reopens his Mistwood Golf Club course in Romeoville. T...
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ND golfer wins Open qualifier at SchaumburgMay 15, 2012 12:00 pm - Notre Dame golfer Max Scodro, of Chicago, carded a 7-under-par 65 to earn medalist honors at Monday's 90-player U.S. Open local qualifier at Schaumburg Golf Club. ...
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Winfield’s Streelman readies for third U.S. OpenMay 01, 2012 12:04 pm - Kevin Streelman’s golf game may be peaking at just the right time. The PGA Tour player from Winfield got into this week’s U.S. Open with an extraordinary nine holes in l...
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Illinois Open champ ready to return to playMay 01, 2012 12:03 pm - For more than three decades, Illinois club professionals dominated their amateur counterparts. Those days are apparently over. Last week the Chicago District Golf Assoc...
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With renovation, Eagle Ridge puts disaster in its pastMay 01, 2012 12:03 pm - Eagle Ridge, Illinois’ biggest golf resort, endured a disastrous summer in 2011, when extraordinary rainfalls did severe damage to all four of its courses. On one nightm...
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Slowly but surely, PGA’s Affrunti recoveringApr 24, 2012 6:39 pm - Last Sunday’s conclusion of the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open created a time of reflection for Crystal Lake’s Joe Affrunti, whose last appearance on golf’s premier circui...
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Minor changes in place for Cog Hill's top courseApr 18, 2012 5:30 am - Cog Hill is off the PGA Tour calendar this year for only the second time since 1991, but that won't keep owner Frank Jemsek from tweaking his Dubsdread layout that hoste...
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Spellman's scorecard: If BMW goes to Conway, get ready for a treatFeb 10, 2012 4:30 am - Ta-da!! One of the worst-kept secrets over the past year was that if the BMW Championship returned to Chicago in 2013, the front-runner to host the event would be...
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LPGA season begins with more events, optimismFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been t...