Articles filed under Venues
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European team paying tribute to BallesterosSep 25, 2012 1:43 pm - To say it has been a crazy month for Sweden’s Peter Hanson doesn’t do justice to the word crazy. It began at the KLM Open in Holland when Hanson learned his 1-year-old ...
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Medinah offers Team USA big Ryder Cup edgeSep 25, 2012 11:31 am - By 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, fans of both the U.S. and Europe were shouting at each other and singing partisan songs throughout Medinah. So much for the friendly Ryder Cup atmo...
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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...