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Book Review: Seven Days in Augusta

April 5, 2020 by Greg Miles

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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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Product Reviews Tagged With: Augusta National Golf Club, The Masters

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

Chicago’s Most Exclusive Golf Course – Bunker Hill Farms

August 4, 2017 by Greg Miles

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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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Augusta National Golf Club, Bunker Hill Farms, Chicago Golf Club, Medinah Country Club, Old Elm Club, Rich Harvest Farms, Shoreacres

Holy Amen Corner, it’s Masters Week!

March 4, 2017 by Scott Verdun

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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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Golf News, The Masters Tagged With: Augusta National Golf Club, Golf Course Superintendent, Scott Verdun, The Masters, Turf Maintenance

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