As a PGA professional, I’ve given over 20,000 golf lessons to players of all ages and skill levels. With that experience comes lots of different assumptions or misconceptions that my students have about the golf swing. Here are a few common misconceptions or “mis-cup-ceptions” that I hear quite often that cause you to miss the […]
Book Review: “The Story of the Masters”
David Barrett is a talented, experienced, and passionate golf writer, credited with authoring six books about golf, with two published works encompassing golf’s greatest triumphs: “Miracle at Merion”, Ben Hogan’s inspiring victory at the 1950 U.S. Open, and “Making the Masters”, detailing how Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts built the Masters from scratch into the […]
Chicago Golf Course Connections to the Masters
When Augusta National Golf Club opened for play in January of 1933, there were over 150 golf courses already in operation in the Chicagoland area. Among those Chicago golf courses was the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton. By 1933, six Chicago golf courses had already hosted the […]
The 2021 BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club
The 2021 BMW Championship, part of the FedEx Cup, will be played at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, from August 26-29. The 2020 BMW Championship took place August 27-30 at Olympia Fields Country Club in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and was won by Jon Rahm. The event took place on Olympia […]
Illinois State Amateur Championship Golf Tournament
The Illinois State Amateur Championship will take place July 20-22, 2021 at Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville, Illinois. The Illinois State Amateur Championship is conducted by the Chicago District Golf Association and is the most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the state of Illinois. The event was first played in 1931 at Quincy Country Club […]
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