Fifty-six years ago he sang “the times they are a-changin’” and who could have imagined that today Bob Dylan’s words are so apropos to golf. Until recently, competitive professional golf was on a three month hiatus and modified charitable versions, featuring golf’s big names along with famous football heroes, were the only live golf telecasts. […]
Top 10 Toughest Golf Course Greens in Chicagoland
After finishing a round at any given course newcomers might believe that the greens were difficult, while long-time regular golfers who are acquainted with all the subtleties of the greens can putt ‘lights out’. Each course’s superintendent and head professional may believe that their course has the trickiest greens, while the members say that all […]
Old Top Farm Golf Course: Pictures, Numbers, and Words
Utilizing three descriptive modes — pictures, numbers, and words — Chicago Golf Report presents a review of Old Top Farm Golf Course. Old Top Farm is a privately owned, 9-hole, open to the public, golf course located in Crystal Lake, IL. Old Top Farm has 3 sets of tees: the blue set plays to a […]
ABC’s Holey Moley Returns for Season 2
Editors’s Note: Holey Moley returns to ABC on Thursday, May 21 with 13 new episodes of the extreme mini-golf competition series where the winner will receive a $250,000 prize. Rumored guests for season 2 include “The Bachelor’s” Chris Harrison, Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis and “Police Academy” star Steve Guttenberg. Could it be that Chicago […]
Chicago’s Top-10 Nine Hole Golf Courses
“When you’re short on time, just play nine!” Realizing the demands and constraints placed upon personal time in modern life, in the early 1970’s some member associations of the USGA accepted 9-hole scores for handicap posting. By the late 1990’s, all associations were required to provide 9-hole ratings so that independent 9-hole scores could be […]
