For the vast majority of golf fans who are interested in following the Masters tournament each year, their only contact or association with Augusta National Golf Club is gained solely by watching the event on television. Further curiosity about ANGC may even warrant an internet search. But then there are a select few who obtain […]
Chicago’s Early Connection to the Masters Golf Tournament
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 […]
Joseph Roseman – Yankee Ideas Help Shape Augusta National Golf Club
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 […]
Chicago’s Most Exclusive Golf Course – Bunker Hill Farms
If you play a lot of golf in the Chicago area — or more accurately stated — if you play a lot of golf with a lot of different partners in the Chicago area, chances are you will encounter a golfer who claims to have played “all” of Chicago’s exclusive golf clubs. This list usually […]
Holy Amen Corner, it’s Masters Week!
For most of my early years in golf I was an overly critical player nitpicking at each detail as if I played Augusta National Golf Club on a daily basis, then I decided to study Turf Maintenance at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and gained an entirely different appreciation for each golf course I step […]
