The BMW Championship is returning to the Chicagoland area in 2019. The event, conducted by the Western Golf Association, will be played at Medinah Country Club. The precursor to The BMW Championship, was the Western Open, which was a fixture on the PGA Tour for decades. 70 of the Tour’s top players will be participating […]
Evans Scholars Invitational
The Evans Scholars Invitational on the Web.com Tour, managed by the Western Golf Association, will be contested the week of May 20-26, 2019, at The Glen Club in Glenview. The event will run through 2022. All proceeds will benefit the event’s sole charity, the Evans Scholars Foundation. The tournament marks the return to The Glen […]
Chicago’s Web.com Event Moves to The Glen Club
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 […]
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