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About Greg Miles

Greg Miles has been a writer following golf in Chicago since 1990. For the past 28 years he has been a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and currently is classified as a GWAA "Life Member". He played his first round of golf on his 11th birthday, and since then has played more than 6,900 rounds of golf in his lifetime at 514 different courses. He has interviewed more than 275 golfers across all the professional tours along with famous celebrity golfers. Additionally, he is a member of several other competitive and honorary golf associations, as well as the Golf Nut Society.

Ultimate Ultimates: Chicago’s Top-10 Toughest Finishing Golf Holes

March 1, 2021 by Greg Miles

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The Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides multiple definitions for the word “ultimate”, two of which are a) the best or most extreme of its kind (synonym: utmost), and, b) the last in a progression or series (synonym: final). Using this word twice provides a great topic for an article and list pertaining to our area’s most […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Chalet Hills Golf Club, Cog Hill, Links at Carillon, Mistwood Golf Club, Prairie Landing Golf Club, Steeple Chase Golf Club, Stonewall Orchard Golf Club, The Glen Club, Village Links of Glen Ellyn, Whisper Creek

It’s Time For Scottsdale Golf

February 15, 2021 by Greg Miles

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“You can never be too rich” said one elderly gent as he lent his words of wisdom to the discussion; “and, you can never be too thin” commented another golden ager seated in a rocking chair. These were statements that we overheard, way back when, on our junior high-school class trip to the senior citizen’s […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Ben Crenshaw

Chicago’s Top 10 Public Golf Course Clubhouses

February 7, 2021 by Greg Miles

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With golf’s surge in popularity in the late 1990’s spearheaded by Tigermania, Chicago was graced with the ‘building’ of many new golf facilities, and in order to stand out, or, stand above the competition the new facility needed a lush, scenic piece of land for its 18-hole (or more) course routing, and, a modern, stylish […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Arrowhead Golf Club, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Glen Club, Harborside International Golf Center, Makray Memorial Golf Club, Mistwood Golf Club, Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, Sunset Valley Golf Course, Veterans Golf

2021 Sportsman’s Country Club Renovation Update

January 17, 2021 by Greg Miles

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The calendar has flipped over to 2021 after the end of a most troublesome and unusual year. But in our local sports world, 2021, so far, has not been that unusual: the Chicago Bears were quickly ousted from the NFL postseason, the Blackhawks are currently without a regular captain, missing their upcoming young centerman, lacking […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Rick Jacobson, Sportsman's Country Club

The Chicago Golf Connection to the Sony Open in Hawaii

January 13, 2021 by Greg Miles

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One of the favorite golf tournaments to watch on television each year for many Chicago golf fans, and for me as well, is the Sony Open in Hawaii. By broadcast time, we have usually survived the entire holiday season and are battling the snows and cold temperatures of winter. Seeing the green grass of Waialae […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, Featured Events

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