Chicago sports fans are an informed bunch. Chicago Bulls’ fans know that turnovers are bad. Chicago Bears’ fans know that takeaways are good. Next season it will be a neutral position, a ‘give and take’ scenario for Chicago golf fans who enjoy viewing the Web.com Tour. In 2019 we’re giving up the Rust-Oleum Championship and […]
70 / 30 : Tournament Week at The BMW Championship
This week’s BMW Championship at Conway Farms is the third round of the FedEx Cup playoffs and it is where the field is trimmed from 70 players to 30 players. Paraphrasing a line from a 1980’s futuristic action movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: “Seventy men enter, thirty men leave…seventy men enter, thirty men leave.” On […]
Western Golf Association: Growing the Game Since 1899
Our guest this episode is the Senior Vice President of tournaments within the Western Golf Association, Vince Pellegrino. You can learn more about Vince and the Western Golf Association at wgaesf.org. In this interview with Vince, we learn: How winning an Evans Scholarship impacted his life Why the Western Golf Association started in Chicago How […]
Mark Rolfing and Sustainable Urban Golf in Chicago
NBC Golf Channel commentator Mark Rolfing is a Chicago native and the founder of the Chicago Parks Golf Alliance. He’s also spearheading the effort to renovate and rejuvenate South Shore and Jackson Park courses in connection with the upcoming Obama Presidential Library. In this interview, we talk with Mark about his Chicago roots, his career […]
2015 BMW Championship: A Totally Stunning Event
Following the Bears’ loss to the Packers on Sunday, the mood of sports fans in Lake Forest quickly changed from “bummer” to “stunner” with the ignition of the 2015 BMW Championship featured in their home town. The good news started at the beginning of the week with the announcement that the BMW Championship will return […]