Two hundred top amateur golfers compete across three divisions at the North Shore Amateur Golf Tournament. The event takes place July 28-29, 2021 at Sunset Valley Golf Club in Highland Park. North Shore Amateur Divisions: Championship Division (recommended handicap of 8 or less) – Black Tees (6700 yards) Open/Senior Division – Blue Tees (6300 yards) […]
Joel Hirsch’s Dream and Gift to Sunset Valley Golf Club
There were many brave military veterans returning home from world wars who did not want to be called, and insisted that they were not, ‘heroes’. They maintained that the true ‘heroes’ were those who died while fighting for their country. And while golf might not be regarded as a life or death situation (avid golf […]
Chicago’s Top 10 Public Golf Course Clubhouses
With golf’s surge in popularity in the late 1990’s spearheaded by Tigermania, Chicago was graced with the ‘building’ of many new golf facilities, and in order to stand out, or, stand above the competition the new facility needed a lush, scenic piece of land for its 18-hole (or more) course routing, and, a modern, stylish […]
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 […]
The Sun Rises on the New Sunset Valley Golf Club
“The Sun Also Rises” is the title of a novel written by America’s greatest author, Ernest Hemingway, and that title can also be a segue to articles written about the project to renovate and transform Highland Park’s hometown golf course into the new Sunset Valley Golf Club. The updated Sunset Valley course reopens to the […]
