Archive for Chicago Golf History
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Chicago’s Early Connection to the Masters Golf Tournament
Since 1895, like the Masters, Chicago golf courses have hosted nearly every great golfer to ever play the game. Numerous major professional and amateur tournaments have been held at top golf courses in Chicago and its suburbs, beginning with the US Amateur Championship in 1897 at Chicago Golf Club i...
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Joseph Roseman – Yankee Ideas Help Shape Augusta National Golf Club
In early April, when thousands of patrons personally visit The Masters tournament along with hundreds of millions more who will be watching on television, the impressions that will strike them are that of true Southern hospitality, Southern traditions, and Southern landscape beauty. Azaleas, dogwoo...
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Former Glenview Resident Elected to PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame
Former North Shore Country Club professional and former Glenview resident Bill Ogden will be inducted on March 12 into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Ogden, who passed away in 2005 at age 78, will be honored at the PGA Education Center at PGA Village along with se...
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Local Publisher Helped Grow Chicago Golf
Chicago golf recently lost one of its strongest voices with the passing of Charles Chudek, the former publisher of Chicagoland Golfer, a biweekly newspaper that covered golf-related news, instruction, features and the results of local amateur and national professional golf tournaments. Mr. Chudek, 8...
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Sportsman’s Country Club in Northbrook
Sportsman's Country Club in Northbrook is a 27-hole facility with a rich history and a vibrant future. Originally opened in 1929 as Sky Harbor Golf Club, Sportsman’s Country Club officially debuted in 1931 with an opening ceremony and tournament that featured the legendary Chick Evans, who posted ...
