Chicago Golf Report

Pro-Women's Club Championship
2018-09-27 00:00 (America/Chicago) | Ravinia Green Country Club, 1200 Saunders Rd, Riverwoods, IL, 60015, United States

Fall Pro-Pro
2018-10-01 00:00 | Bull Valley Golf Club, 1311 Club Road, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

IPGA Senior Players Championship
2021-10-11 07:00 - 2021-10-12 18:00 | Beverly Country Club, 87th Street & Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
The top 32 players on the 2021 Errie Ball Player of the Year Points list will qualify for the IPGA Senior Players Championship October 11-12 at Beverly Country Club in Chicago. The championship will be 36-holes contested over two days with no cut.

Illinois Senior Open Championship
2022-06-27 07:00 - 2022-06-28 22:00 | Preserve at Oak Meadows, 900 N Wood Dale Road, Addison, IL, 60101, United States
The XXIO Illinois Senior Open Championship will take place June 27-28, 2022 at The Preserve at Oak Meadows in Addison, Illinois. The event is a 36-hole individual stroke play competition with no cut.
Formerly known as Oak Meadows Golf Course, the The Preserve at Oak Meadows in Addison was renamed to reflect the $16.8 million transformation of the 288-acre property into something much more than 27 holes of flood-prone, 1920s-era golf.

Illinois State Amateur Championship
2022-07-19 00:00 - 2022-07-21 00:00 | Westmoreland Country Club, 2601 Old Glenview Road, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States
The Illinois State Amateur Championship will take place July 19-21, 2022 at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, Illinois. Many prominent professionals and amateurs have played at Westmoreland Country Club including Bobby Jones, Chick Evans, Frances Ouiment, Walter Hagan and Jock Hutchison.
The 2021 event was won in a four hole playoff by Ethan Farnam of Crystal Lake. This was the second consecutive victory for Farnam in the Illinois State Amateur Championship.
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 and was initially conducted as match play until 1963. the event is now a 72-hole stroke play competition contested over three days.
Since the Championship was first conducted at stroke play, 46 different golfers have hoisted the Louis L. Emmerson trophy, several of which are current or former members of the PGA Tour. Crystal Lake native and Saint Mary’s College golfer Ethan Farnam held on to capture the 2019 title at Cantigny Golf. The event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Any Illinois resident with an official USGA Handicap Index of 7.4 or below was eligible to sign up for one of eight qualifiers conducted throughout the entirety of Illinois. In total, 104 individuals advanced from these qualifiers, with the remaining 28 spots going to players who were exempt due to past performances in the State Am and other CDGA-administered tournaments.
Past champions include:
• Jim Frisina Sr. (1942, ‘47, ‘54, ‘56, ‘58 champ)
o 13x U.S. Amateur qualifier
• Gary Hallberg (1978 and ‘79 champ)
o 3x PGA Tour winner
• Joel Hirsch (1988 and ‘89 champ)
o 2x Senior British Amateur winner
• Jerry Haas (1982 and ‘84 champ)
o 8 professional victories
• Mark Hensby (1994 champ)
o 6 professional victories
• D.A. Points (1995, ‘98 and ‘99 champ)
o 3x PGA Tour winner
• Luke Guthrie (2009 champ)
o 2x Korn Ferry Tour winner
• Vince India (2010 champ)
o Korn Ferry Tour professional
• Tee-K Kelly (2013 and ‘15 champ)
o 1 PGA Tour Latinoamérica win
• Nick Hardy (2016 champ)
o 3x U.S. Open participant
• Patrick Flavin (2017 champ)
o 1 PGA Tour Latinoamérica win
• Jordan Hahn (2018 champ)
o Made PGA Tour debut at the 2021 Valspar Championship

Phil Kosin Illinois Women's Open
2022-07-25 08:00 - 2022-07-26 17:00 | Mistwood Golf Club, 1700 W Renwick Rd, Romeoville, IL, 60446, United States
The 27th Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open will take place Monday, July 25th and Tuesday, July 26th 2022 at Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville.
The Illinois Women’s Open was the vision of the late Phil Kosin, who believed that Illinois needed a women’s state championship. Kosin’s passion for golf radiated throughout the pages of his Chicagoland Golf newspaper, on his blog, and over radio waves as host of a radio show on 670 The Score. Kosin was passionate about the game and dedicated himself towards the tournament for 15 years.
36 hole Championship held on Monday, July 25 and Tuesday, July 26. There will be no cut in between rounds and players will be repaired after the completion of round 1.
Entries are open to all female professionals, and all female amateurs with a current USGA Handicap Index of 15.0 or less. Contestants must be 17 years of age.
The inaugural trophy was won by Diane Daugherty, Carbondale. Burr Ridge amateur Kerry Postillion won back-to-back championships in 1996, 1997, and a third in 1999. Nicole Jeray won in 1998 and 2003, amateur Emily Gilley, Flossmoor won in 2000 and 2001, with Naperville pro Maria Long winning in 2002.

2022 Illinois Open Championship
2022-08-01 07:00 - 2022-08-03 19:00 | White Eagle Golf Club, 3400 Club Drive, Naperville, IL, 60564, United States
The 2022 Illinois Open Championship will be played August 1-3 at White Eagle Golf Club in Naperville, Illinois. The state championship of golf is a 54-hole championship over three days to determine the finest player in the state of Illinois.
The Illinois Open has a 264-player field. Any legal resident (professional or amateur) of the State of Illinois is eligible to qualify for the Illinois Open. Amateurs must carry a verified handicap index of 10.0 or less.
The first Illinois Open was won by Abe Espinoza in 1931 at Hickory Hills Country Club.
Tee-K Kelly from Wheaton won the 2021 Illinois Open Championship at Stonebridge Country Club. Kelly, who led at the end of all three rounds, posted a final round 4-under-par 68 for a tournament total 17-under-par 199. Kelly tied the Illinois Open 54-hole score to par (Carlos Sainz, Jr. 2016), and recorded the second-lowest Illinois Open 54-hole score (David Cooke, 2015).
White Eagle Golf Club is a 27 hole private golf facility that was originally designed by Arnold Palmer Design Group and features three nine-hole courses. Holes 1 through 9 are referred to as the Red Course and holes 10 through 18 are the White Course. Holes 19 through 27 were developed at a later date and are referred to as the Blue Course.

Illinois PGA Championship
2022-08-22 - 2022-08-25 | Makray Memorial Golf Club, United States
The 2022 Nadler Golf Cars Illinois PGA Professional Championship will take place August 22-25 at Makray Memorial Golf Club in Barrington, Illinois. This year marks the 100th Illinois PGA Professional Championship.
The top 9 finishers will qualify for the 2023 PGA Professional Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa and Santa Ana Golf Club in Sana Ana Pueblo, New Mexico from April 30 – May 3.
This year’s field features eight past champions, including defending champion, Andy Mickelson (Mistwood Golf Club). Makray Memorial Golf Club will play host to the Section Championship for the first time in tournament history.
