Articles filed under Venues
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Quick start crucial to winning Ryder CupSep 25, 2012 5:00 am - The Super Bowl of golf is nearly here, the first practice only hours away and Team USA is looking at a significant home-course advantage. With Chicago sports fans as pas...
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Ryder Cup prep turned into battle against natureSep 24, 2012 5:10 pm - As director of golf course operations at Medinah Country Club, Curtis Tyrrell has known for nearly five years that if the grounds weren’t in outstanding condition it wou...
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Our Ryder Cup team breaks down the challengeSep 24, 2012 12:00 pm - We’re not golf experts and we don’t play them on TV. Just four guys from the newspaper who watch a lot of golf and love to sit around and talk about the game. We’ll be o...
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Ryder Cup gate and shuttle hoursSep 24, 2012 11:55 am - Here are opening and closing times for the 39th Ryder Cup, as well as shuttle transportation times for spectators: Gate hours at Medinah All spectators must enter...
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Tents of the rich and famous line Ryder Cup courseSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - Bleachers are available throughout the Medinah Country Club grounds for this week's Ryder Cup action, but your best chance to get a great view is to be a member of the 1...
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Medinah's storied past adds to allureSep 23, 2012 8:00 am - In 1954, Calvin Koeppel was a young man growing up in Elmwood Park when his father asked the family if he should buy a house on a lake or join a country club. The decisi...
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Shoppers score Ryder Cup gear, glimpse of course at Medinah pre-saleSep 22, 2012 4:13 pm - For those who don’t have a ticket to next week’s Ryder Cup golf tournament at Medinah Country Club, the first day of the public pre-sale Saturday at the Ryder Cup Golf S...
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Beltran tags Marmol, Cards beat Cubs in 10 inningsSep 22, 2012 4:00 pm - Carlos Marmol met his match in Carlos Beltran. Marmol yielded a tying solo homer to Beltran in the ninth and Jon Jay doubled in the winning run an inning later as the St...
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As a sports draw, Ryder Cup a major factorSep 22, 2012 11:53 am - The Ryder Cup is often called the Super Bowl of golf, but don’t go comparing it to the NFL championship game. Las Vegas doesn’t. According to Kevin Bradley, manager of B...
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Young Illinois golfers to show off skills at MedinahSep 21, 2012 5:59 pm - With the world’s best golfers waiting to take the Ryder Cup stage, some of Illinois’ finest youth golf talent will bask in the spotlight today at Medinah Country Club. ...