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Chicago Golf Show – The Complete History

February 24, 2021 by Walter Lis

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The 2021 Chicago Golf Show was unfortunately cancelled, but the 2022 event has already been announced for February 25-27. We look forward to revisiting one of the great traditions in Chicago golf. The Chicago Golf Show historically serves as the first indication that winter can’t last forever and spring is near. It’s the combination of […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, Featured Events Tagged With: Chicago Golf Show

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 […]

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Chicago Golf Club – The 18-Hole Birthplace of Golf in North America

January 3, 2021 by Walter Lis

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No discussion of the history golf in North America can be complete without the inclusion of Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. One of the five original members of the USGA, the club has held numerous national championships and shaped the development of golf in the United States, while also hosting nearly every top professional […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: CB Macdonald, Charles Blair Macdonald, Chicago Golf Club

Chicago’s Early Connection to the Masters Golf Tournament

March 31, 2019 by Walter Lis

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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 in Wheaton. One of the most […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, The Masters Tagged With: Augusta National Golf Club, Bobby Jones, Chicago Golf, Chicago Golf History, Highland Park Golf, Highland Park Golf Courses, Horton Smith, Sunset Valley Golf Course, The Masters

Joseph Roseman – Yankee Ideas Help Shape Augusta National Golf Club

April 1, 2018 by Greg Miles

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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, dogwoods, tall Southern pines, and a drive or stroll along Magnolia Lane […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, Golf News, The Masters Tagged With: Augusta National Golf Club, The Masters

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