The start of the golf season should be a triumphant time for Windy City locals celebrating the end of the cold weather months and the promise of green fairways. Optimism is obviously tempered this year with the recent events and the Stay-at-Home order to help control the spread of the Coronavirus. As long as golf […]
Podcast – Mike Mandakas of Saint Xavier University
PGA Professional Mike Mandakas grew up in the Chicagoland area, attending Hoffman Estates High School before a successful collegiate golf career at William Woods University in Missouri. After becoming a teaching pro, Mike founded The Players Club of Chicago, a golf improvement facility that includes a driving range and teaching academy with locations in Justice […]
Saint Xavier University Completes Successful Inaugural Golf Season
Chicago’s oldest college and Chicago’s newest collegiate golf team completed a successful first season as the Saint Xavier University men’s golf team recently finished third overall out of the 11 teams competing at the 2013 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Golf Championship at the Balmoral Woods Country Club in Crete. Three Saint Xavier golfers were […]
The Players Club of Chicago Golf Learning Center Opens in Justice
Chicago Golf welcomed a new and improved practice facility recently with the opening of The Players Club of Chicago Golf Learning Center in Justice. This 26-acre facility has room for 55 grass and mat teeing areas both indoors and out. “With the highest level of service possible,” said Schaumburg native and golf professional Mike Mandakas, […]
