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Rich Harvest for the Palmer Cup – and more

Jerry Rich prepares his Rich Harvest for the

Palmer Cup – and more

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News––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Illini Fall in NCAA Semifinal 6Three named to Hall of Fame 8Billiter takes IPGA Match Play 9Amateurs storm back to win Radix Cup 11Cover Story: Palmer Cup at Rich Harvest 14

Columns––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Grill Room: There are five majors 4Luke Cella: Trees and Turf 17

Departments––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Around Illinois 18Junior 20College: NU women 10th in NCAA 22Tour Guide 22Tournament Calendar / Scoreboard 23The Directory 25

Say this about John Daly.The man has not changed.Loud as his golf pants, Daly is the same irrepress-

ible character he was when he first burst upon the American golf scene 24 years ago.

Has it been that long since Daly arrived at the PGA Cham-pionship as the ninth alternate, in the field because Nick Price withdrew and the other eight on the list ahead of him were other-wise unavailable, than, with Price’s caddie on his bag went out and won the whole shooting match?

It has. And in that near quarter-century, which has seen Tiger Woods become dominant and then fade to the middle of the pack, Daly has skyrocketed to the heights, fallen to earth, and repeated the process, all of it in as public an eye as accompanied Woods since his Thanksgiving evening drive into a fire hydrant.

To steal a line from Jack Brickhouse, Daly may have been a burden, but he was never a bore.

There may be no second acts in American life, but there are certainly curtain calls, and Daly has had more than one.

Recently, he turned up at U.S. Cellular Field be-fore a White Sox game, plugging one of his products.

He also had a few off-the-wall comments about golf today and his role in it.

“After seeing my name on about 10,000 bar menus,

I decided about two years ago to do a real John Daly cocktail,” Daly said in the Bard’s Room. “Sweet tea lemonade. We’ve got raspberry and we’ve got peach.”

Call it a Millennial’s version of an Arnold Palmer. Daly calls it a success.

“We’re in 26 states now with my drink in less than two years. We’re actually kicking ass with my drink. Pizza, that’s going good too. Perky’s Pizza, John Da-ly’s Pizza, we’re doing well with that.”

So Daly’s brand goes beyond the wild pants he’s been wearing the past couple of years. But the Arkan-san won’t give up loyalty for lucre.

“Loyalty is better than anything, and honesty, that’s the way I live life,” Daly said. “I want the drink in Ohio, but I want the White Sox to beat the Reds, too, because I’m a Cardinals fan. Grow up in Arkansas, you become a Cardinals fan.

“If we get into Ohio, I’ll be loyal to Ohio, too.”As for the state of men’s pro golf today, Daly sees

four as eminent.“Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods aren’t done

yet,” Daly surmised. “They both are artists and they both practice really hard, like I do. I still feel if you put Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods against Jordan Spi-eth and (Rory) McIlroy, my guys are gonna beat ‘em. And my guys are Phil and Tiger. I love ‘em to death.

“Jordan is on the putting roll that Tiger Woods had for 10 years, and McIlroy is really good. The ball-strik-ing is impeccable.”

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coming for what’s now the Encompass Championship at North Shore Country Club – the club’s in the final year of three as host – does that mean the 50-plus set won’t be back in Chicago in 2016?

Well, that’s the way to bet, especially with the June 1 anouncement that the Champions Tour has a sponsor and a course in Madison, Wis., for a tournament beginning next year.

Steve Stricker spearheaded the move, even though the 48-year-old won’t be eligible to play in it until 2017. But Ameri-can Family Insurance will sponsor, and the University of Wisconsin was coaxed into holding it at University Ridge.

The coaxer? Stricker, who bent ath-letic director Barry Alvarez’s ear during a basketball game over the winter.

So Madison has a sponsor, a course, a date for 2016 (June 22-26, if you’re plan-

ning ahead, and which happens to be the approximate date of the Encompass week-end the last two years), a three-year com-mitment from AFI with an option for 2019, and a local favorite (plus Jerry Kelly, J.P. Hayes, Skip Kendall and two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North) and to help sell tickets.

Chicago has no sponsor, no course, and no local favorite.

Say no more. Except goodbye.DEERE NEXT: The John Deere Clas-

sic has been sponsored by Deere and Co. since 1998, one of the longer sponsorship runs on the PGA Tour.

Expect it to get longer. Deere’s deal with what was originally the Quad Cities Classic runs through next year, but the expectation is the biggest employer in the QC area will renew for another term of at least three years.

Herb GouldMeeting of minds Architect Steve Smyers (left) and Golf Digest architecture editor Ron Whitten were among the panelists in a discussion of golf architecture at Olympia Fields Country Club on May 20, part of the club’s 100th anniversary season.


The Grill Room by Tim Cronin

Make no mistake, the Players is a majorThe arguments came loud and long after

Rickey Fowler captured the Players Championship.

They were made, in fact, before anyone had bought the topic up, as if the defense had to be made before anyone went on offense.

The argument: The Players isn’t a major championship. More than one story had this theme: “Rickey Fowler didn’t win a major, but...”

But what? But the Players is a major. It has been for some time.

Don’t take the word of this corner as the de-finitive word. Look at the actions of the players in the Players. Or, if you prefer, The Players.

They play hurt. They schedule themselves into what they hope is the right frame of mind, either by playing the week before, or not.

They understand the course will be difficult – not insane, but far tougher than the usual PGA Tour setup, which is meant to induce birdies.

They even get the idea behind the 17th hole, the famed par 3 with the island green where NBC stations more cameras than it used to use on a moon shot. Really, it’s easier than it looks, but coming where it does in the round, and as the centerpiece of a dramatic closing stretch, it’s as famous a hole as there is in golf. A tip o’the tam to Alice Dye for nudging Pete to make it happen.

With all that and with each passing year add-ing to the history, it’s clear that the Players has become one of the five most important tourna-

ments of the year in men’s golf. This year’s sensational shootout, captured by Fowler at the end of an impossibly exciting final three hours, only made it obvious. It mattered who won.

That’s not the case in Palm Springs or Greensboro or most of the other stops on the oversize check tour.

It took the Masters about 20 years to really be accepted on the same level as the U.S. Open and PGA. The 1954 playoff between Sam Snead and Ben Hogan was the trigger. And like it or not, the Western Open became a near-major.

Today, with television a considerable influ-ence, there’s room for five majors.

The Masters. The Players. The U.S. Open. The British Open. The PGA.

Now, how do you rank them?The U.S. Open used to be the unmatched

No. 1, unless you bowed to the Queen, in which case it was the British Open. The Masters was usually second, the “other” Open third, and the PGA more often than not brought up the rear.

Jack Nicklaus, with a closet full of green jackets, famously placed the Masters fourth,

correctly noting “it isn’t the championship of anything.”

Ah, but the Masters has what no other tour-nament has. An aura. The combination of beauty and history and being played at the same place every year – and being first – gives the Masters the goosebump factor among spectators that no other tournament can duplicate.

That is what the Players has been chasing. The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass isn’t a botanical garden, but like Augusta National, it changes even as it doesn’t change.

Plus, as with Augusta when the greens are slick, it demands proper placement off the tee and precise second shots. A player has to think before pulling the trigger, and pros hate to think.

For the home viewer, limited commercial breaks mean more golf on the telly than any tournament except the Masters.

The winners are worthy. Not always known – hello, Craig Perks – but every major has outli-ers. The Masters had a slew of them a generation ago, and Charlie Coody and Tommy Aaron were thrilled to surprise everybody.

Former commissioner Deane Beman’s pronouncement that his baby was a major upon inception in 1974 long worked against it being recognized as such. Beman was premature, but correct.

Major? Unquestionably.Fifth among equals? Probably. But the PGA

ought to watch its back.

One for the thumb After 42 years, it’s time to welcome the Players into the majors’ fold.

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118th NCAA Championship

Illinois overmatched against USCStroke play victory earns top seed, but Illini ‘crumble’ on back 9 against Trojans in semifinals

By Tim Cronin–––––

In another era, there might have been a pa-rade in downtown Urbana to celebrate an NCAA title for Illinois’ men’s golf team.

The Fighting Illini, after all, scored lower than the other 14 teams in stroke play at the 118th NCAA Championship.

But since 2009, the NCAA crown has been decided in match play. The stroke play competi-tion decides the individual champion, but when it comes to the team title, it merely determines the eight survivors for match play.

And never in seven years has the stroke play winner – the top seed – won the championship.

The vagaries of match play were once again on full display at Concession Golf Club in Bra-denton, Fla. on Tuesday, June 2. Illinois rallied on the back nine to defeat eighth-seeded UCLA 3-2 in the morning quarterfinals, and then fell as some brilliant shotmaking by fifth-seeded South-ern California combined with some blunders by the Illini to give the Trojans a 3.5-1.5 victory and a berth in the championship match against Loui-siana State. The Tigers romped, 4-1, in the final.

“It’s a one-day shootout, and with that comes uncertainty,” Illini coach Mike Small said. “We played well at times and didn’t finish in others. What we did to UCLA in the morning got done

to us in the afternoon by USC.“We just kind of crumbled a little bit. But it

was a great season. Rated No. 1 for a lot of the

season, win the stroke play against the best teams in the country, just straight-up golf for four days and we had the low score.

Jason Roberts / Illinois Athletics Communications Department

Ill-i-yi-yi Thomas Detry’s 2-0 match play mark in the NCAA Championship wasn’t matched by his teammates.


NCAA Men’s ChampionshipConcession GC • Bradenton, Fla.

Match Play • June 2-3Final

Louisiana State d. Southern California, 4-1Semifinals

Louisiana State d. Georgia, 3-1-1Southern California d. Illinois, 3-1-1

Thomas Detry (Ill.) d. Sean Crocker, 2 & 1Bobby Gojuangco (USC) d. Dylan Meyer, 2 & 1Rico Hoey (USC) d. Charlie Danielson, 2 & 1Brian Campbell (Ill.) halved with Jonah TexeiraEric Sugimoto (USC) d. Nick Hardy, 3 & 1

QuarterfinalsLouisiana State d. Vanderbilt, 3-1-1

Georgia d. South Florida, 4-1Illinois d. UCLA, 3-2

Detry (Ill.) d. Manev Shah, 1 upJonathan Garrick (UCLA) d. Campbell, 1 upDanielson (Ill.) d. Jake Knapp, 4 & 3Lorens Chan (UCLA) d. Meyer, 4 & 2Hardy (Ill.) d. Preston Valder, 1 up

Southern California d. Texas, 3-0-2–––––

Stroke Play • May 29- June 1 1 Illinois + 3 1,155 2 Vanderbilt + 5 1,157 T3 Georgia + 6 1,158 Texas + 6 1,158 5 Southern California + 9 1,161 6 South Florida +16 1,168 7 Louisiana State +17 1,169 8 UCLA +20 1,172

Did not advance to match play 9 Georgia Tech +23 1,17510 Texas Christian +27 1,179

11 Florida State +29 1,18112 Auburn +31 1,18313 South Carolina +35 1,18714 Southern Methodist +40 1,19215 San Diego State +41 1,193

–––––Illinois Individuals

T 3 Thomas Detry 68-71-73-70 – 282 - 6T22 Dylan Meyer 72-70-75-73 – 290 + 2T25 Brian Campbell 72-77-72-70 – 291 + 3T38 Nick Hardy 74-73-76-72 – 295 + 7T54 Charlie Danielson 74-78-78-70 – 300 +12

(Bryson Dechambeau, SMU, won with 280, - 8)–––––

NCAA RegionalSagamore GC • Noblesville, Ind.

May 14-16T1 Illinois - 4 860 Southern Methodist - 4 860 3 Nevada-Las Vegas - 1 863 4 UCLA + 5 869 5 Oregon + 7 871

Did not advance to NCAA Championship 6 Colorado +15 879 7 Alabama +18 882 8 Virginia Tech +30 894 9 East Carolina +31 89510 Georgia Southern +38 90211 Marquette +40 90412 New Mexico State +42 90613 Alabama State +47 91114 Penn +65 929

–––––Illinois Individuals

1 Brian Campbell 69-72-65 – 206 -10T11 Charlie Danielson 75-71-70 – 216 ET21 Nick Hardy 71-74-75 – 220 + 4T27 Thomas Detry 74-77-71 – 222 + 6T33 Dylan Meyer 71-78-75 – 224 + 8

“A lot to be proud of and a lot to build on.”And a lot for the Illini to kick themselves re-

garding match play.Detry, whose next stop is the Palmer Cup at

Rich Harvest Farms, had chased the individual stroke play title, only to finish tied for third, two strokes behind Bryson Dechambeau of Southern Methodist. But the Illini, with Detry and Camp-bell posting 70s that counted, edged Vanderbilt by two strokes finish first in stroke play.

Once, that meant the championship. Now, it puts a target on the backs of the players.

As it turned out, Detry was the only Illini to go 2-0 in match play. He birdied four of his last six holes to steal a 2 & 1 victory from UCLA’s Manev Shah in the morning, then beat USC’s Sean Crocker by a like margin in the afternoon.

The other results were mixed. Charlie Dan-ielson was stunned by Rico Hoey of USC, 2 & 1, after going 2 up through five holes. Hoey eagled the par-4 ninth hole via a 180-yard hole-out to square the match and steal the momentum. Danielson had won seven straight holes to come from behind and shock UCLA’s Jake Knapp in the morning.

Brian Campbell, the only senior, went 0-1-1. He was 2 up on USC’s Jonah Texeira at the turn and settled for a halved match after losing to UCLA’s Jonathan Garrick in the morning.

Dylan Meyer was a surprising 0-2, and fel-low freshman Nick Hardy, playing in the last spot both in the quarterfinals and the semis, went 1-1, losing his last four holes to lose to USC’s Eric Sugimoto 3 & 1. Hardy was 1 up after a birdie on the 13th. Sugimoto had chipped in to win the second hole and held the lead until the 12th, but Hardy, who rallied to beat UCLA’s Preston Valder in the morning, couldn’t duplicate the feat.

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Finally, Sobb, a seven-time state major win-ner, has been the player you didn’t want to be up against for decades.

Rich Harvest Farms developer Jerry Rich and CDGA founder Francis Peabody each had 10

By Tim Cronin–––––

The 18-person selection committee of the Il-linois Golf Hall of Fame had a difficult choice on May 13.

It wasn’t so much who among the 10 finalists should be inducted. All were worthwhile, and all will likely be inducted eventually.

It was whom each of the 18 had to leave off their ballot, which had room only for five names.

A depth of the field was the best in years, and at the end of Selection Night, three of the 10 gained the necessary two-thirds vote for election.

H. Chandler Egan, a amateur-turned-archi-tect from a century ago, and Leon McNair and Jim Sobb, professionals of current vintage, won election as the Hall’s 16th class. They will be in-ducted on October 23.

Egan received votes from 16 of the 18 casting ballots. McNair collected 14, and Sobb 13.

It’s an overachieving class. Chandler Egan’s amateur playing record was outstanding, and his architectural resume, which includes the remod-eling of Pebble Beach, has until now been largely unheralded.

McNair has done it all in golf, from construc-tion to running a first-class shop to innovating programs to bring people into the game and keep them there.

votes, two short of election.The remainder of the ballot: Gary Hallberg

9, Harry Radix 7, Emil Esposito 3, Phil Kosin 3, William Langford 2. The members of the com-mittee cast 87 of a possible 90 votes.

Hall’s ranks swell to 82 with election of trio

H. Chandler EganRaised in Highland Park, H. Chandler Egan owns one of the greatest amateur records in American golf. Egan won the U.S. Amateur twice (1904-05), the Western Amateur four times (1902-04-05-07), as well as the Intercollegiate (now NCAA) individual title in 1902. Runner-up in 1903 Western Amateur, 1904 Olympic Games at Glen Echo, 1909 U.S. Amateur. Jumped into course design after moving to Oregon, including a remodeling of Pebble Beach, improving 16 of the 18 holes in conjunction with Robert Hunt-er, in 1928, two years after he won the California Amateur on the course. Egan designed 18 courses, including Eugene Country Club. Egan was a five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Amateur.

Leon McNairA co-founder of the Illinois PGA Foundation, Leon McNair has been interested as much in the charitable side of the game as the playing side. He was head professional at Fox Bend, a course he helped build working for architect-builder Brent Wadsworth, from its opening in 1967 until his retire-ment in 2005. He’s a member of the board overseeing the First Tee of Aurora and Fox River Valley, and president of Wadsworth Golf Charities. He was Illinois PGA Section president in 1991-92. As a player, McNair was part of a Southern Illinois squad that won the 1964 NCAA College Division championship. He’s a former member of the Hall of Fame selection committee.

Jim SobbA Palatine native and two-time Division II All-America recipient at Western Illinois, has compiled one of the better playing records among current Illinois club professionals. He’s won three Illinois PGA Championships (1995-99-2000), and four Illinois Match Play titles (1990-93-95-2011). In the latter year, he also won the Illinois Senior Match Play, becoming the only player to sweep both match play crowns in the same year. Sobb won the player of the year title in 2000 and has won the senior player of the year title five times since 2007, including last year. He’s played in the Radix Cup 22 times, more than any other professional, and second only to Joel Hirsch’s 23 appearances, with a record of 13-5-4. A two-time winner of Illinois PGA professional of the year (1995-2000) and former member of the Hall’s selection committee, he also collected the Bill Strausbaugh Award for service to his fellow pros in 2012.Photos courtesy Don Holton / Exmoor CC Archive (Egan); Mike Schoaf / Illinois PGA (McNair, Sobb)


Billiter sinks Brodell on 21st holeNew faces dominate down the stretch in season’s first state major at Kemper Lakes

By Tim CroninReporting from Hawthorn Woods

–––––Jim Billiter made a splash on his 29th birthday.Then he won the 64th Illinois PGA Match

Play Championship.With a bogey.In the final twist of a match with plenty of

them, Billiter beat Brian Brodell for the title on the 21st hole – after hitting his tee shot on the par-3 third hole at Kemper Lakes Golf Club into the water.

The assistant at Merit Club accomplished that on May 14 with a bogey thanks to a saucy pitch shot to about seven feet from the cup, and cour-tesy of Brodell bouncing his 171-yard 7-iron tee shot over the green and then chunking his chip shot. That left him an even more treacherous par chip, which went 12 feet past the cup.

When Brodell, an assistant at Mistwood Golf Club, failed to sink the bogey putt, Billiter stepped up and sank his.

Game over. Trophy presented. Winner delight-ed and dumbfounded. Loser just dumbfounded.

“When I shanked it in the water, I thought it was over,” Billiter said of his full-out 8-iron. “But as soon as I saw him go long, I knew I had a chance. That’s a really delicate shot. I thought he’d hit it long and two-putt for a four.

“Then he gave me a little luck when he flubbed

his first one. I figured we’d both make (four) and go to the next hole.”

Billiter’s 90-yard pitch from the drop area was sublime, and left him about seven feet. He

Tim Cronin / Illinois Golfer

Thump! Jim Billiter escapes a greenside bunker on Kemper Lakes’ fourth hole in the final match.

64th Illinois PGA Match Play

drained it with brio.“The whole day, I was nervous,” said Billiter,

who closed out Prestwick’s Simon Allen 4 and 3 in the morning semifinal. “It’s emotionally tax-

• June 2015 • Illinois Golfer www.illinoisgolfer.net–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ing. Six rounds in three days, plus I played 36 on Monday (at two courses). It was exhausting.”

It might also signify the beginning of a sea change in those at the top in state professional golf. Match play can be capracious, but the Illi-nois PGA Match Play is generally an exception. Favorites prevail, and familiar faces are always in the final four.

This year was different. While Billiter had won the Assistant’s Match Play title, this was his first time in contention in a state major, a group of six tournaments, three of them open only to Il-linois Section pros, two only to amateurs, and the Illinois Open, which is open to all.

Brodell is new to the state and the Illinois Section. He’s in his first full year at Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville, after a stint as assistant men’s coach at Purdue.

He was sitting at the bar in the Kemper Lakes clubhouse after the match. There’s no truth to the rumor he ordered a boilermaker.

“That was a sad way to end it, and it would have been sad for him to end that way if he shanks it in the water and I (win),” Brodell said. “I had confidence in the chip, all of a sudden I flub-shank it, and the rest is history.”

But he made it to the final match, and the fol-lowing notables did not:

• Three-time defending champion Curtis Malm, bounced in the fourth round.

• Top-seeded Travis Johns, who fell to Billiter in the quarterfinals.

• Ageless Jim Sobb, the new Hall of Famer, ousted in the fourth round.

And so it went, until only Allen, of the four semifinalists, had experience at that level.

The championship match was a woulda, shoul-da, coulda match – with the regulation 18 played in

just 2 hours 40 minutes – from the start.Billiter was 2 up after two holes, but Brodell

eagled the fourth hole and squared the match at the fifth.

Brodell led 1 up with a bogey at the eighth when Billiter doubled it – the reverse of the fran-tic finish – and then bogeyed the ninth, making the match square at the turn even though, with the usual concessions, Brodell had scored even par 36 to Billiter’s 3-over 39.

Brodell sank a 12-footer for birdie on the par-4 12th and remained 1-up until he bogeyed the par-4 16th. Billiter handed the lead back by plunking his tee shot into the water on the par-3 17th. Brodell smacked his tee ball to 15 feet and Billiter gave him the hole after hitting the back fringe with his third.

Billiter’s big tee shot at the last set up a 116-yard second. He wedged it to eight feet above the hole.

“It was almost easier being down one, be-cause I knew I could just swing hard, and the putt, I knew I could ram it in,” Billiter said.

After Brodell’s longer birdie putt missed, Bil-liter stepped up and sank his to force extra holes. Along the way, Billiter lipped out three putts that would have won holes. And Brodell was coming close from long range.

“They were all decent putts, so I was OK with that,” Billiter said of his close calls. “I had looks, but I was nervous and my putting was tentative all day.”

Routine pars on the first two holes brought them to the third tee, and the final surprise.

Brodell advanced to the title match with a 19-hole victory over Glen View Club’s Kyle Bauer.

Billiter collected $4,000 for his effort. Bro-dell was awarded $2,000, as balm.

64th Illinois PGA Match PlayKemper Lakes GC • May 11-14

FinalJim Billiter (Merit C) d. Brian Brodell (Mistwood), 21 holes

SemifinalsBilliter d. Simon Allen (Prestwick), 4 & 3Brodell d. Kyle Bauer (Glen View), 19 holes

QuarterfinalsBilliter d. Travis Johns (Medinah), 1 upAllen d. Matt Slowinski (Conway Farms), 1 upBrodell d. Garrett Chaussard (Chicago Highlands), 1 upBauer d. Scott Baines (Bryn Mawr), 2 & 1

Billiter’s Road to the ChampionshipRd. 1 ByeRd. 2 d. Matt Swan, 7 & 6Rd. 3 d. Mike Harrigan, 2 & 1Rd. 4 d. Katie Pius, 4 & 3QF d. Travis Johns, 1 upSF d. Simon Allen, 4 & 3

It was a classic battle of old salts, and the kid won out.

Doug Bauman, at 58 one year Jim Sobb’s ju-nior, scored a 1 up victory in the final match of the Illinois PGA Senior Match Play Championship at Shoreacres in Lake Bluff on Thur., May 28.

Bauman, head pro at Biltmore, thus defended the title he won for the first time last year. Ivanhoe sage Sobb, recently elected to the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame, was also seeking his second title.

Bauman over Sobbin Sr. Match Play


By Tim CroninReporting from River Grove

–––––The avalanche of amateur-generated points at

the 54th Radix Cup started slowly.One from Glenn Przybylski and Blake John-

son, the third pair out, on the front nine of Oak Park

Country Club’s Donald Ross-designed course. A half-point from the next twosome, the team of Ray-mond Knoll and Jack Watson.

Even when the next amateur pair, Kyle Nathan and Chadd Slutzky, won the front nine from pros Curtis Malm and Rich Dukelow, it only meant the annual scrap between the best of the Illinois PGA

Section and the amateurs picked by the Chicago District Golf Association was even.

Then Tim “Tee-K” Kelly and Dan Stringfel-low, a pair of collegiate big hitters from Medinah Country Club, laid a 4-up rout on pros Travis Johns – who teaches at Medinah – and Matt Slowinski.

The amateurs, thanks to their last four pairings,


Charged up Amateurs Raymond Knoll (left) and Jack Watson, who combined for a best-ball 6-under 66, fist-pump after winning the 17th hole in the 54th Radix Cup.

A stunning comeback

Amateurs win54th Radix Cup

A stunning comeback

Amateurs win54th Radix Cup


2015 Radix CupCDGA Amateurs 11, IPGA Pros 7

Steve Orrick, Frank Hohenadel (p), d. Dave Ryan, Derek Meinhart (a), 3-0Jim Billiter, Adam Schumacher (p), d. Jordan Fahel, Justin Smith (a), 3-0Glenn Przybylski, Blake Johnson (a), d. Connie DeMattia, Garrett Chaussard (p), 3-0Jack Watson, Ray Knoll (a), d. David Pagelow, Frank Bruno (p), 2.5-0.5Kyle Nathan, Chadd Slutzky (a), d. Curtis Malm, Rich Dukelow (p), 3-0Tim “Tee-K” Kelly, Dan Stringfellow (a), d. Travis Johns, Matt Slowinski (a), 2.5-0.5

Year-by-year1962 Pros, 12-3 1989 Pros, 10-51963 Pros, 9-6 1990 Ams, 8-71964 Pros, 11-4 1991 Pros, 9-61965 Pros, 10-5 1992 Pros, 8.5-6.51966 Pros, 19-11 1993 Pros, 10-51967 Pros, 18-9 1994 Pros, 12-31968 Pros, 11-4 1995 Tie, 7.5-7.51969 Pros, 8-7 1996 Pro, 9.5-5.51970 Pros, 11-4 1997 Pros, 12-31971 Pros, 8-7 1998 Pros, 11-41972 Pros, 9.5-5.5 1999 Ams, 8.5-6.51973 Pros, 11.5-3.5 2000 Ams, 11-41974 Ams, 9.5-5.5 2001 Pros, 10-51975 Ams, 11.5-8.5 2002 Ams, 10.5-4.51976 Ams, 30-15 2003 Pros, 8-71977 Ams, 8.5-6.5 2004 Pros, 11.5-3.51978 Pros, 8.5-6.5 2005 Ams, 10.5-7.51979 Pros, 8.5-6.5 2006 Ams, 12.5-5.51980 Ams, 9.5-5.5 2007 Pros, 11-71981 Tie, 7.5-7.5 2008 Ams, 14.5-3.51982 Ams, 9-6 2009 Ams, 10.5-7.51983 Pros, 10-5 2010 Pros, 10-81984 Pros, 8-7 2011 Ams, 12.5-5.51985 Ams, 9-6 2012 Ams, 11.5-6.51986 Pros, 13-2 2013 Pros, 12.5-5.51987 Pros, 8.5-6.5 2014 Pros, 11-71988 Pros, 10.5-4.5 2015 Ams, 11-7

Pros lead 34-18-2, Ams have won 7 of last 11

were in the process of a come-from-behind victory in the Radix, the type of turnaround that rarely hap-pens. Usually, one team gets out front and stays there. Not this time. While the first two pro pairs scored 3-0 victories, the amateurs won the final four matches and 11 of the last 12 points for an 11-7 victory to grab the old bowl on Wed., June 3.

It was the seventh triumph for the amateurs in the last 11 renewals, and the most surprising. The ams won 3.5 points in the last four matches on the front side, another 3.5 on the back, and all four overall points in those matches.

Kelly, fresh off his victory in the Joliet Amateur (page 18) believed it was the youthful makeup of the amateur squad that helped carry the day.

“The young guys coming up, there’s just a lot of talent out there nowadays,” Kelly said. “The last five years in Chicago, you’ve got Dan (Stringfel-low), Raymond (Knoll), myself, even Doug Ghim at Texas and Kyle Kochevar. We’ve got a lot of re-ally good young adults and college players in this area now.

“It’s because we’ve all pushed each other. A couple of guys were better younger. Young golf is pretty hot right now in the Chicago area.”

That’s a theory backed by fact. When the ama-teurs first broke through in the mid-1970s, they were led by a kiddie corps featuring Gary Hallberg, Jim Joseph, Lance Ten Broeck and Tom Evans. History does repeat in golf.


Then the fight began In blue and orange respectively, the CDGA Amateur and IPGA Professional teams pose with the Radix Cup before the 54th renewal. Oak Park Country Club champion Justin Smith (left) and pro Frank Bruno hold the trophy.

Text by Tim CroninText by Tim Cronin As Rich as it gets

The Palmer Cup is the latest example of Jerry Rich using his backyard playland to boost the game.It won’t be the last.

The Palmer Cup is the latest example of Jerry Rich using his backyard playland to boost the game.It won’t be the last.

As Rich as it gets

Illinois Golfer Cover Story


Jerry Rich didn’t have to go to all the trou-ble.

Having built a great fortune, and then using a small part of it to build a golf

course in his backyard, Rich didn’t have to go and share.

John D. Rockefeller, the oil baron who built courses on two estates and bought a third, hadn’t.

Walter Annenberg, publisher of newspapers, TV Guide and the Daily Racing Form, hadn’t.

Albert Lasker, creator of modern advertising, whose William Flynn-designed Mill Road Farm on the outskirts of Lake Forest was the toughest course in Chicagoland, hadn’t.

When those moguls built private courses, they stayed private as long as their owners decreed.

Creator of the integrated stock quote machine – he was Bloomberg before Bloomberg – Rich first built his backyard course a little at a time – three homemade holes, then a few more, then multiple tees, then, in concert with architect Greg Martin, the full 18.

Then, rather than only play with family and friends on Rich Harvest Farms’ course from that point, Jerry Rich went in another direction.

He opened the doors.Now, not to everyone – though there remain

blueprints for an additional 18, one that would be open to the public, that Rich mothballed over a decade ago when the golf boom fizzled – but far wider than anyone could have envisioned.

It started with a pro-am to benefit the Kids Golf Foundation, which he started in 1998 as a way of giving back to his fellow man through the game. A pro-am with Sam Snead – whom he met at Pine Tree Golf Club in Boynton Beach, Fla., where both were members – and Bob Murphy be-

gan the fund-raising efforts.That wasn’t enough. He invited the Western

Golf Association to drop by, and they played the Western Junior there in 2003.

That wasn’t enough. Rich, through his Pine Tree membership, also became friends with Beth Daniel. Soon enough, Rich was negotiating with the LPGA to bring the Solheim Cup to his Sugar Grove enclave.

Courtesy Rich Harvest Farms (including photo on page 14)

Unlike any other Rich Harvest Farms’ course includes the 16th, a downhill par 5 of 634 yards with a third shot over water to a green fronted by quarry rock (above) and the claustrophobic 13th (previous page), featur-ing a dogleg-left fairway speckled with trees. An artificial turf mat that created sparks, real and verbal, remains as a tribute to Jerry Rich’s persistence.

In 2007 it arrived. So did more than 30,000 people a day, thanks to several years of spade-work in attracting interest in the Naperville-Joliet area. The first day of play saw the biggest traffic jam in the history of Sugar Grove. A better traffic pattern the next two days got everyone in quick-ly, and those who were there saw a thriller, the American team rallying to score a victory over the visiting Europeans.


amid the aural bedlam of Chicago’s south side, will defend his crown under the silent skies of Sugar Grove.

Before that, this very month Rich Harvest hosts the Palmer Cup.

A cross between the NCAAs and the Ryder Cup, the Palmer Cup was started by Arnie himself in 1997, and his Bay Hill Lodge was the early host before it went on the road.

To say Rich is tickled is to understate it.“A unique event – the 10 best Americans

against the 10 best European-born players,” Rich said when the Palmer was awarded to Rich Har-vest. “Arnold wants to bring it to a whole new level and raise a little more money, because they don’t have the sponsors in Europe that we have here.”

In 2018, the Palmer Cup will expand to in-clude women.

This year’s 19th edition includes Illinois’ Thomas Detry, 3-1 in the 2014 Palmer Cup and

the latest in a line of standouts from Belgium lured to Champaign by Mike Small; the afore-mentioned Hossler, who plays for Texas; Fred Haskins Award winner Maverick McNealy of Stanford; and Arizona State’s Jon Rahm of Spain, the world’s top-ranked amateur and this year’s Ben Hogan Award winner.

The coaches are Georgia Tech’s Bruce Hep-pler for the U.S., and for Europe, France’s Jean Van de Velde, whose collapse at the end of the 1999 British Open remains vivid.

They’ll be playing alternate shot and best-ball matches in the morning and afternoon of June 12, and singles on both the 13th and 14th, using the same rotation of holes as was used in the Sol-heim Cup. That means there’s drama early, with a reachable par-5 guarded by a lake, and late, with the final hole offering options off the tee.

Remarkably, admission is free for both the Palmer Cup and the Western Amateur. To say the least, that’s rich.

On the Rich Harvest Farms Docket 2015 Palmer Cup June 12-14 U.S. vs. European collegians in Ryder Cup format 2015 Western Amateur August 3-8 Best 156 amateurs chase a major amateur title 2016 International Crown July 19-24, 2016 32 LPGA players from eight nations in team play 2017 NCAA Women’s Championship May 19-24, 2017 Team and individual college championships 2017 NCAA Men’s Championship May 26-31, 2017 Team and individual college championships

Rich Harvest Farms, a course some love and some love to hate, was on display across the globe for three days. Quirky in places and sublime in others, it proved to be a good course for match play golf, for there’s plenty of risk and reward across the 18 holes.

But that wasn’t enough, either. Well before the Solheim, Rich had an idea for what might, for lack of a better phrase, be called a super-Solheim. Rather than a U.S. vs. Europe showdown, Rich wanted the best players from across the globe in a team format. Four players from each of eight na-tions, duking it out for the International Crown.

LPGA commissioner Mike Whan, whom Rich has on speed dial, listened and agreed. Rich sought a sponsor, thought he had one, and saw it back out when the Great Recession hit.

Years passed, but Rich finally got the go-ahead from the LPGA. The first in what will be a biennial series was staged at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. Spain was the surprise winner.

Next year, the International Crown, now with UL as a title sponsor, comes to what Rich hopes will be its permanent home when it’s played in the United States. (In 2018, it will be played in South Korea.)

But there’s more. The Northern Illinois grad had long donated the use of his course to the Hus-kies golf teams for practice and competition, with an NCAA regional there in 2007. That helped convince the NCAA to award the 2017 men’s and women’s championships to Rich Harvest.

But there’s even more, and this year. In Au-gust, Rich Harvest hosts the Western Amateur, second in age and stature to only the U.S. Ama-teur on the play-for-pride circuit. Beau Hossler, who triumphed last year at Beverly Country Club


Too many trees leave turf quality in shadowLuke Cella

Most golf courses in the Midwest, especially in Illinois, have many trees. Some of the trees have be-come part of the course, strategi-

cally defining how we play certain holes.Recently, I played a course I had managed

over 20 years ago, one I had not visited for a long time. It was hard not to notice the trees, some that were gone, but most those that had become quite large and impacted the course dif-ferently from what I had remembered. The trees also impacted the turf.

It is hard to think of shade in a negative light because we enjoy it so much, especially on a warm afternoon as we seek to escape the sun. But that tree shade filters the sunlight from the turf.

All green plants require sunlight, a concept most learned when examining photosynthesis in grade school. What most didn’t learn is that plants require a specific color within the spec-trum of light for photosynthesis to occur. Both trees and turf need that same specific color of light and since it hits the trees first, the turf never gets the right sunlight. Simply, turf in shade does not have the correct light to photosynthesize. This is the filtering effect trees have on turf.

Turf in shade is weakened. The filtered sunlight limits the amount of growth no matter what a superintendent will do to it. It needs more sunlight. If you were fed every nutrient your body needed to capacity except one, say iron, that lack of iron would be the limiting factor in

the function and growth of your body. Iron is an important component of hemoglobin, the sub-stance in our red blood cells that help transport oxygen throughout.

An iron deficiency means oxygen can’t be used because we don’t have enough iron to create the hemoglobin to help transport it. In the same way, shade limits the growth of turf because it prohibits the necessary amount sunlight from reaching the plant needed for photosynthesis.

In addition, tree roots compete with turf for water and nutrients during the growing season. Even out of the growing season shade impacts turf during our winters. Winter shade keeps the soil cooler longer and can cause ice to form, sometimes damaging turf.

Some trees are an integral part of a course. They help to define and frame golf holes. Trees provide backdrops for putting greens and can di-rect play on a doglegged hole. There is no doubt

some trees have their place on a golf course. However, the ones that don’t influence

play but impact playing conditions should be considered for removal or trimming. There are many tools that a superintendent can use today that measure the true amount of sunlight that is blocked/filtered by specific trees on a property. The impact of pruning limbs, thinning canopies and removing individual trees can now be calcu-lated before the work is done.

Forever there will be the fight between trees and turf for sunlight. Just remember, golf is played on the turf that covers ground, not on the trees that impact the turf.

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to [email protected] golf course superintendent Luke

Cella is the Executive Director of the Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents.

Luke Cella / MAGCS

Coping with a copse of trees This forest is between the 10th and 16th holes at Flossmoor Country Club.


Kelly’s a hero Tim “Tee-K” Kelly of Wheaton capped his sophomore year at Ohio State by winning the 50th Joliet Amateur.


Around Illinois

By Tim CroninReporting from Joliet

–––––His given name is Timothy. Says so on his birth

certificate and his driver’s license.But on every scoreboard, it’s Tee-K, not Tim

Kelly.A name to remember, it seems.Kelly, a Wheaton native who just finished his

junior season at Ohio State, captured the Illinois Amateur two years ago. On May 30-31, he added his name to the distinguished list of winners of the Joliet Amateur, winning the 50th playing at Wedge-wood Golf Course.

Kelly collected the trophy on Sunday, but it can fairly be said that he won it the afternoon before, when, in a windblown monsoon on the level of the one portrayed in “CaddyShack,” Kelly scored 3-under-par 69. That wasn’t the low score of the day – a 67 was posted in the morning by Hinsdale teen Drew Shepherd – but it was six strokes better than anyone else scored on Saturday afternoon.

In other words, watch out for Kelly.And in the final round, played in a stiff north-

east wind, he delivered with an even-par round of 72 for an aggregate of 3-under 141 and a one-stroke victory over Trent Wallace, a Joliet resident headed for Illinois State who had graduated from Joliet West two nights before, and Ben Bradbury of Mo-kena, whose 4-under 68 was the best score of the

Kelly captures 50th Joliet Amateurfinal round.

That was nothing compared to Kelly’s 69 on Saturday.

“Probably the worst weather I’ve played 18 holes of golf in,” Kelly decided. “And one of the better tournament rounds I’ve ever played. It was still tricky today, though. The wind was swirly and some hole locations were tricky. You’ve just got to keep your ball in front of you.”

He did, and continued to do so. In the final round, Kelly was 6-under for the championship through 12, but doubled the par-3 13th when his wind-aided tee ball sailed left and out-of-bounds.

Suddenly, he and Wallace were tied. Bradbury would join them for a moment soon after, but Kelly was the steady one down the stretch, playing the last six holes in 1-over, a lip-out bogey on the par-4 16th his only miscue.

“After yesterday, I know I can play in any-thing,” Kelly said. “I just kept giving myself birdie looks and settled for tap-in pars.”

None of Kelly’s myriad 15-footers for birdie dropped, but Wallace only made one birdie down the stretch, and bogeys on 12, 13, 15 and 17 ne-gated his good work on the 14th, where he planted an approach a foot from the cup.

Wallace scored 1-over 73 on Sunday to reach 142.

“On 15, I had 50 yards in (with the approach) and made bogey, and I three-putted 17,” Wallace

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said. “My putter and my wedges failed me. I’ll forget about it. Maybe not tomor-row, but I’ll forget about it.”

Bradbury’s road to 142 was a roundabout one. A for-mer sales rep for Bettanardi Golf, he traded that life for a job in the real world a few years ago, and hadn’t played a great deal of competitive golf since.

But an opening 74 was five strokes to the good of the cut line, placing him in the back half of the field.

Starting on the 10th hole, he was making pars and not making putts. That changed on the front nine, where he birdied five of the first six holes to elbow his way to the front of the field.

Only a bogey on the sev-enth hole, his 16th of the day, kept him from forcing sud-den-death with Kelly.

“I didn’t do anything dif-ferent,” Bradbury said. “Putts just started falling for me. I didn’t think that was close for the lead at all.”

Shepherd, a Hinsdale Central standout making his debut in adult golf, had sur-prised the field with the 67 for the overnight lead. He scored 4-over 76 on Sunday

and finished fourth at 1-under 143, treating the weekend as a learning experience in finish-ing fourth. Nobody else in the field broke par, or matched it.

“I struggled most of the way and figured out how to make scrappy pars,” Shep-herd said. He hadn’t broken 73 in three IJGA appearances this season.

Woodbine to reopenClosed last year as a

result of Homer Glen’s pur-chase with an eye toward creating the southwest subur-ban town’s first park, Wood-bine Golf Course is close to reopening.

Village officials, stymied by the inability to figure out how to turn the clubhouse into a village hall for a rea-sonable price, and without a plan for a park, decided to in-vite the Ludwig family, for-mer owners of the 103-acre course, to reopen it under contract through 2016, The Daily Southtown reported May 28.

New mayor George Yu-kich said an engineer will be hired to look into flood con-trol, after which a park plan-ner will create a master plan for the park.

Meanwhile, there will


Junior Trophy dash at GlenwoodieIt’s positively the last time we’ll say it – until

2016, that is.Entries remain open for the IllInoIs Golfer

Challenge Junior Golf Championship, slated for Wed., July 1 at Glenwoodie Golf Course in Glenwood. The entry blank is on the next page, the fee just $36. The deadline is Fri., June 19.

Players get a shot at trophies like the 2014 ver-sions pictured above – the top three in each bracket haul home hardware – and everyone gets goodies

at the first tee and lunch right from the Glenwoodie grill after the round.

There are four divisions, two for boys and two for girls. All the details and the entry blank can be found on the next page.

If you’re from 13 to 18 and itching to play, don’t delay, enter today!

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be golf. The course, which closed late last fall, had been maintained this spring, but crew will be needed to bring it into playing condition.

Woodbine could reopen as early as June 11.Volunteers needed for Encompass

The Encompass Championship, the Chicago area’s likely-to-disappear stop on the Champions Tour, needs volunteers for its third edition, set for North Shore Country Club in Glenview from July 8-12.

Volunteers are needed for gallery control, player and fan services, parking, admissions, scoring and cleanup, tournament director Mike Galeski said.

“Volunteers are the lifeblood of any golf tournament in that they help assure that the char-ity beneficiaries of the event receive the highest possible financial contribution,” Galeski said. “We are interested both in people who have vol-unteered previously at golf tournaments and in those who are just interested in seeing what it might be like. We invite anyone who’s interested to contact us.

“We have a volunteer force that is committed to helping us create the best possible tournament experience while at the same time making new friends and renewing old bonds while support-ing charity and being part of the great game of golf.”

For more information on volunteering, visit www.encompasschampionship.com and click the Volunteer tab.

Tom Lehman is the defending champion.People

Garrett Chaussard has moved from a teach-ing berth at Cog Hill to a similar post at Chicago Highlands, on the manmade bluff above the Tri-State in Westchester.

The Illinois Golfer Challenge Junior Golf Championship for ages 13-18 at Glenwoodie on Wednesday, July 1!

We’re back at beautiful Glenwoodie for the 27th year! Here are the rules:

ELIGIBILITY: Amateur boy and girl golfers ages 13 to 18 (player cannot be 19 or older on July 1). No USGA handicap is necessary. Proof of age must be furnished upon request. Entries subject to the approval of the Tournament Committee and may be rejected at any time, including during the champi-onship. Reasons for rejection may include unbecom-ing conduct. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to issue special invitations.

DIVISIONS: Two boys divisions and two girls divisions (13-15 and 16-18). Players must play in their own age group. Trophies awarded for first, second and third place in each division.

ENTRY DEADLINE: Friday, June 19, 2015.SEND ENTRY TO: Tim Cronin, Illinois

Golfer Challenge, P.O. Box 541, Worth, IL 60482-0541. Official entry blank (which may be photo-copied) and full entry fee must be included. Faxed and emailed entries will not be accepted.

Do not send entries to Glenwoodie.ENTRY FEE: $36. Make check or money order

payable to Tim Cronin.SIZE OF FIELD: Limited to the first 156 en-

tries. Entries beyond that will have alternate status. No tee entries are accepted.

ENTER EARLY.STARTING TIMES: Play begins at 6:30 a.m.

Players will be notified of tee times by email about one week prior to July 1. Please provide your email address on your entry. Starting times will be avail-

able on www.illinoisgolfer.net. The player will start at the time set by the Committee.

REGISTRATION: Players must register at the starter’s table at least 15 minutes before tee time. Players receive appropriate mementos at registra-tion. Upon turning in their scorecard post-round, players receive tickets for a light lunch.

WITHDRAWALS: By letter to the Illinois Golfer P.O. Box, or via e-mail to [email protected] by June 26, entitled to full refund. No refund thereafter.

ALTERNATES: Extra entries will be held on file. If openings in a division occur, they will be entered in order of receipt.

CONDITIONS OF PLAY: 18 holes, stroke play. The 2015 Rules of Golf of the United States Golf Association will apply, including prohibitions in effect regarding non-conforming drivers. In accordance with USGA rules changes, distance-measuring devices are now allowed.

First-place tie broken by sudden-death playoff. Players must walk and carry own bags. Pull carts are permissible. Spectators must stay 30 feet from contestants and may not provide transportation except in case of severe weather. Coaching of any kind is prohibited. Cellular telephones and other audio-video devices are prohibited on the course for both players and spectators. No individual may play in more than six Challenges.

Rules officials will be on hand.QUESTIONS? e-mail Tim Cronin at

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Name ________________________________Address ______________________________ City _________________________________ State__________________ Zip____________E-mail _______________________________Telephone (______) _____________________ Date of birth ___________________________ Age on 7/1/2015________________________ School and class year (in fall) ______________ On golf team? __________________________ Handicap/average score __________________ Division entered (circle):Boys 13-15 Girls 13-15 Boys 16-18 Girls 16-18 Have you played in the Challenge before? ____

Enclose $36 entry fee and mail to:Tim CroninIllinois Golfer ChallengePO Box 541, Worth, IL 60482-0541

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Tour Guide

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Five strokes over four rounds by five play-ers separated Northwestern’s women’s team from a berth in the match-play portion of the NCAA Championship at Concession Golf Club in Bra-denton, Fla., last month.

The Wildcats took 10th play, its best finish, but one that came up short of getting to match play, and a shot at the NCAA title.

Still, the best finish for the team in NCAA play wasn’t a downer.

“I am really proud of the way we played to-day,” coach Emily Fletcher said when play con-cluded May 25. “It was tough and the girls just continued grinding. To see the progress we have made over the last seven years is just incred-ible.”

The Wildcats tied for 15th the last two years, and have reached the NCAA finals four straight years. Northwestern scored 14-over 302 for 66-over 1,218 in the final round.

Junior Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, a WGCA honorable mention All-America selection, led the yea with an even par 72 to finish tied for 10th. That’s also a best for the Wildcats.

“It was obviously a team effort,” Tangka-molprasert said. “Seeing [my teammates] fight so hard really kept me going and definitely brought out my best game.”

Four Wildcats return for the 2015-16 season.

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Kevin Streelman 72nd WGR$1,370,912 in 18 starts 44th FECBest: 2nd Shriners71.281 scoring average

Mark Wilson 423rd WGR$455,798 in 17 starts 116th FECBest: T 8 McGladrey Classic71.292 scoring average

Luke Guthrie 247th WGR$455,495 in 19 starts 128th FECBest: T 7 Valspar Championship71.841 scoring average

Luke Donald 64th WGR$421,498 in 11 starts 151st FECBest: T 7 Honda Classic71.191 scoring average

D.A. Points 387th WGR$345,258 in 17 starts 150th FECBest: T12 New Orleans71.498 scoring average

Scott Langley 248th WGR$336,270 in 19 starts 144th FECBest: T17 Frys71.393 scoring average

Carlos Sainz Jr. 645th WGR$115,407 in 12 starts 206th FECBest: T 9 Sanderson Farms73.102 scoring averageFEC: FedEx Cup; through Byron Nelson from PGA Tour, World Golf Ranking

Northwestern women 10th in NCAA

Ghim excels for TexasArlington Heights’ Doug Ghim quickly found

a spot on the traveling squad for Texas, but the freshman dropped a 2 & 1 decision to USC’s Rico Hoey in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Champi-onship.

Ghim had led the Longhorns in stroke play, tying for eighth at 2-under-par 286 at Concession on rounds of 72-73-70-71. Teammate Beau Hoss-ler, whom Ghim lost to in the quarterfinals of last year’s Western Amateur, was 10th in stroke play at 287.

NCAA Women’s ChampionshipConcession GC • Bradenton, Fla.

Stroke Play Qualifying • May 22-25 1 Southern California +40 1,192 2 Duke +45 1,197 3 Baylor +46 1,198 4 Stanford +47 1,199 5 Arizona +53 1,205T6 Tennessee +60 1,212T6 Texas Tech +60 1,212 8 Washington +62 1,214

Did not advance to match play 9 Arkansas +65 1,21710 Northwestern +66 1,21811 California-Davis +68 1,22012 Purdue +70 1,22213 Wake Forest +72 1,22414 Alabama +74 1,22615 UCLA +81 1,233


Tournament CalendarThe National Scene

Key national and international championships,WGA, WWGA, USGA, plus tour stops in Illinois and vicinity

June11-14 61st WPGA (LPGA) Championship, Westchester CC, Rye, N.Y.12-14 Decatur-Forsyth Classic (Symetra Tour), Hickory Point GC, Forsyth15-18 98th Western Junior, Riverside GC, North Riverside15-20 115th Women’s Western Amateur, Nashville G&AC, Brent-wood, Tenn.18-21 115th United States Open, Chambers Bay GC, University Place, Wash.25-25 36th U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso CC, Sacramento, Calif.

July 9-12 70th U.S. Women’s Open, Lancaster CC, Lancaster, Pa. 9-12 45th John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis10-12 3rd Encompass Championship, North Shore CC, Glenview13-17 89th Women’s Western Junior, Hope Valley CC, Durham, N.C.19-22 144th Open Championship, Old Course, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland20-25 68th U.S. Junior Amateur, Colleton River Plantation, Bluffton, S.C.20-25 67th U.S. Girls Junior Amateur, Tulsa CC, Tulsa, Okla.

August 3- 8 113rd Western Amateur, Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove10-16 115th U.S. Women’s Amateur, Portland GC, Portland, Ore.13-16 97th PGA Championship, Whistling Straits (Straits), Haven, Wis.17-23 115th U.S. Amateur, Olympia Fields CC (North), Olympia Fields

September 9-12 U.S. Women’s State Team, Dalhousie GC, Cape Girardeau, Mo.12-13 45th Walker Cup, Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Lancashire, Eng-land17-20 112th BMW Championship (Western Open), Conway Farms GC, Lake Forest24-27 29th Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta, Ga.26-10/ 1 61st U.S. Senior Amateur, Hidden Creek GC, Egg Harbor Twp., N.J.26-10/ 1 54th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Hillwood CC, Nashville, Tenn.

October 3- 8 35th U.S. Mid-Amateur, John’s Island C, Vero Beach, Fla. 3- 8 29th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Squire Creek CC, Choudrant, La.28-30 11th Presidents Cup, Jack Nicklaus GC Korea, Songdo IBD, Korea

USGA Qualifyingwww.usga.org; generally conducted locally by CDGA

June30 U.S. Junior Amateur, Senica’s Oak Ridge GC, LaSalle

July 6 U.S. Amateur, Ruth Lake CC, Hinsdale 7 U.S. Amateur, Weibring GC at Illinois State, Normal 9 U.S. Amateur, Royal CC of Long Grove

22 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Sportsman’s CC, NorthbrookAugust

31 U.S. Senior Amateur, La Grange CC, La GrangeSeptember

3 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Village Links of Glen Ellyn10 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Crestwicke CC, Bloomington10 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Glen View C, Golf21 2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, Mistwood GC, Romeoville24 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, Kankakee CC, Kankakee

Illinois PGAwww.ipga.com

June 3 54th Radix Cup, Oak Park CC, River Grove

July20-22 66th Illinois Open, Royal Melbourne CC / Hawthorn Woods CC27 Senior Masters, Onwentsia C

August10-11 Illinois PGA Senior Championship, Whisper Creek GC, Huntley31-9/ 2 93rd Illinois PGA Championship, Medinah CC (No. 1)

September14-15 Illinois Senior Open, McHenry CC, McHenry

October 5-6 Illinois Players Championship, Eagle Ridge (General), Galena

Chicago District GAwww.cdga.org

June 3 54th Radix Cup, Oak Park CC, River Grove22-25 96th CDGA Amateur, Knollwood C, Lake Forest

July14-16 85th Illinois Amateur, Panther Creek CC, Springfield27-30 14th CDGA Senior Amateur, Merit C, Libertyville

August17 3rd CDGA Super Senior Amateur, Schaumburg GC, Schaumburg25-26 23rd Illinois Mid-Amateur, Flossmoor CC, Floosmoor

September 2 CDGA Gross and Net, Heritage Bluffs GC, Channahon 8 8th CDGA Better Ball of Pairs, Kemper Lakes GC, Hawthorn Woods16-18 29th Illinois Senior Amateur, Ravisloe CC, Homewood14 41st CDGA Mixed Championship, Oak Park CC, River Grove

Chicago Women’s District GAwww.cwdga.org

June 3 CWDGA Stroke Play, Bryn Mawr CC, Lincolnwood

July23 Better Ball of Pairs, Green Acres CC, Northbrook

August10-12 84th CWDGA Championship, Edgewood Valley CC, La Grange27 Senior Better Ball of Pairs, Big Foot CC, Fontana, Wis.

September 9 Tournament of Team Champions, Riverside GC, North Riverside

Illinois Women’s GAhttp://iwga.org

June23-26 82nd Illinois Women’s Amateur, Illini CC, Springfield

August 4- 5 36th Illinois Girls Junior, U. of Illinois GC (Orange), Savoy

September15-17 45th Illinois Senior Women’s Amateur, CC of Decatur

Illinois Junior GAKey tournaments • www.ijga.org

June23-25 Illinois Junior Amateur, Makray Memorial GC, Barrington30 Cog Hill Sizzler, Cog Hill G&CC (Nos. 1, 3), Lemont

July 8-10 IJGA-CDGA Junior Amateur, Mill Creek GC, Geneva20-24 Chick Evans Junior Match Play, Itasca CC, Itasca

AugustTBA Player of the Year Championship, TBA11 Prep Team Challenge, Fox Run GL, Elk Grove Village

Mid-America Junior Golf Tourwww.ijga.org/majgt

June 8- 9 Classic at Kankakee Elks CC, Aroma Park16-18 Championship at Geneva National GC (Player), Lake Geneva, Wis.25-26 Classic at Meadowbrook CC, Racine, Wis.

July 1- 2 Second City Classic, Ravisloe CC, Homewood 6- 7 U. of Illinois Classic, Stone Creek GC, Urbana16-17 Sanctuary Classic, Sanctuary GC, New Lenox20-21 Purdue Classic, Kampen GC, West Lafayette, Ind.23-24 Kenosha Classic, Kenosha CC, Kenosha, Wis.27-29 Championship at Illinois State, Weibring GC, Normal

August 4- 6 Championship at the Den (boys), The Den at Fox Creek, Bloomington10-11 Blackstone Classic, Blackstone GC, Marengo

September19-20 Minnesota Open, Legacy GC, Fairbault, Minn.

October24-25 Autumn Open, Mistwood GC, RomeovilleFollow Illinois Golfer on Twitter: @illinoisgolfer


Notable Junior TournamentsJuly

1 27th Illinois Golfer Challenge Junior Golf Championship, Glenwoodie GC, Glenwood

August 2 Southern Illinois GA Junior Players Championship, Rend Lake GC, Whittington

NIMAGAwww.nimaga.org

June 7 Summer Classic, Phillips Park GC / Highland Woods GC15 June Midweek, Prairie Landing GC, West Chicago25 Senior Open, Fox Run GC, Elk Grove Village

July12 Freedom Open, Sanctuary GC / Broken Arrow GC20 Summer Scramble, Turnberry CC, Lakewood

August 3 August Midweek, Lake Barrington Shores CC, Lake Barrington 8- 9 Club Championship, Buffalo Grove GC / Links at Carillon23 Two-Man Better Ball, Prairie Bluff GC, Lockport

September12 Patriot’s Day Classic South, Old Oak CC, Homer Glen13 Patriot’s Day Classic North, Randall Oaks GC, West Dundee19 NIMAGA vs. Milwaukee, Evergreen GC, Elkhorn, Wis.

October 3-4 NIMAGA Players Championship, Boone Creek GC, Bull Valley

Weekly Challenge Golf TourKey tournaments • www.wcgt.com

June 6 Heritage Bluffs GC, Channahon

July11 Village Links of Glen Ellyn

August10 Cress Creek CC, Naperville

September19 Balmoral Woods, Crete

October 5 Tournament of Champions, Bull Valley GC, Woodstock

Notable TournamentsJune

5 Sanctuary Ladies Invitational, Sanctuary GC, New Lenox 6- 7 34th Zigfield Troy Open, Zigfield Troy GC, Woodridge13-14 67th Pine Hills Invitational, Pine Hills GC, Ottawa27-28 Blackberry Amateur, Blackberry Oaks GC, Bristol

July12-13 Effingham Open, Effingham CC, Effingham18-19 North Shore Amateur, Sunset Valley GC, Highland Park18-19 Lockport Amateur, Broken Arrow GC, Lockport19-20 Aldeen Cub, Aldeen GC, Rockford

25-26 Lake County Amateur, Lake Bluff GC, Lake Bluff27-29 Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open, Mistwood GC, Romeoville31 Lake County Senior Amateur, Lake Bluff GC, Lake Bluff

August

1- 2 Illinois Match Play Championship (final 4 rounds), Prestwick GC, Frankfort

September12-13 Pontiac Elks Invitational, Pontiac Elks GC, Pontiac

Illinois PGASenior Match Play Championship

Shoreacres • May 26-28Round of 16 (Round 3)

Jim Sobb d. Dave Erickson, 4 & 2 Jerry Swain d. Jim Holmes, 3 & 1 Mike Harrigan d. Terry Russell, 5 & 4 Craig Carney d. John Platt, 4 & 3 Billy Rosinia d. Kevin Healy, 20 holes Scott Sadler d. Dino Lucchesi, 3 & 2 Doug Bauman d. David Hannon, 1 up Gary Groh d. Bill Sakas, 3 & 2

Quarterfinals Sobb d. Swain, 2 & 1 Harrigan d. Carney, 4 & 3 Rosinia d. Sadler, 1 up Bauman d. Groh, 5 & 4

Semifinals Sobb d. Harrigan, 3 & 1 Bauman d. Rosinia, 3 & 2

Championship Bauman d. Sobb, 1 up

Itasca Stroke PlayItasca CC • 6,645 yards • Par 72 • May 18

1 68 (- 4) Jim Sobb T 2 70 (- 2) Connie DeMattia, Andy Mickelson, Chris Green 5 71 (- 1) Adam Schumacher 6 72 ( E ) Rich DukelowT 7 73 (+1) Ryan Peavey, Brian Carroll, Tim Streng, Brian DaltonT11 74 (+2) Ryan O’Connor, Michael Troy, Billy Rosinia, Harlan Chemers, Johnny Schwaller, Brian Brodell, Jim MillerT18 75 (+3) Curtis Malm, Chris French, Mike Harrigan, Eric Iilc, Dave Erickson, Steven Di NinoT24 76 (+4) Matt Slowinski, B.J. Paul, Kevin Rafferty, Matt Fonner, Frank Hohenadel, Nicholas Gonneville, Steve Orrick, Ken Milne, T.A. Hezlep

CDGA Mid AmateurBowes Creek CC • 6,731 yards • Par 71 • May 17-20

Round of 16 Glenn Przybylski (74*) d. Dylan Gergen (70), 21 holes Chadd Slutzky (72) d. Michael Natale (72), 3 & 2 Steve Sawtell (71) d. Doug Mccoy (73), 5 & 4 Ted Pecora (71) d. Mike Henry (73), 6 & 5 Matt Shipley (72) d. Chris Schultz (72), 3 & 1 Jon Zolecki (70) d. Tom Fox (74*), 2 up

Blake Johnson (72) d. Todd Mitchell (72), 2 & 1 John Ehrgott (70) d. Kyle Nathan (74*), 4 & 3

Quarterfinals Natale d. Przybylski, 3 & 2 Henry d. Mccoy, 19 holes Schultz d. Zolecki, 22 holes Ehrgott d. Johnson, 3 & 1

Semifinals Natale d. Henry, 1 up Ehrgott d. Schultz, 1 up

Championship Ehrgott d. Natale, 5 & 4*won playoff to advance to match play

USGA QualifyingU.S. Senior Open

Barrington Hills CC • 6,848 yards • Par 71 • 2 spots • May 27 1 69 (- 2) Chien Soon LuT 2 72 (+1) Sonny Skinner (won playoff for final spot), Mike Rice (1st alternate), a-Dave Ryan (2nd alternate)T 5 73 (+2) Dan Scardina, Steve HuttonT 7 74 (+3) John Cyboran, Jay Dempsey 9 75 (+4) a-Mark EspositoT10 76 (+5) Gary Hallberg, Patrick Becker, Richard Pfeil, Brad Stumpf, Tim Sheppard, James KeefeT16 77 (+6) David Johnson, Jim Kennedy, John Haffner, J.T. Johnson, Peter Jordan, Bradley Kay, Graham Banister, a-Ted Pecora, Scott Rech, Vic Tyson

U.S. Women’s OpenWestmoreland CC • 6,291 yards • Par 73 / 146 • 2 spots • May 17

1 145 (- 1) Christina Foster (76-69) 2 146 ( E ) Elizabeth Nagel (73-73) 3 147 (+1) Lauren Mielbrecht (71-76, 1st alternate)T 4 148 (+2) Kaitlin Park (73-75, 2nd alternate), Samantha Troyanovich (73-75) 6 149 (+3) Kacie Komoto (74-75) 7 150 (+4) August Kim (73-77)T 8 151 (+5) Aurora Kan (75-76), Suchaya Tangkamolprasert (75-76), Hana Lee (72-79)T11 152 (+6) Ember Schludt (74-78), Abbey Carlson (75-77)T13 153 (+7) Danielle Lemek, Elizabeth Tong (79-74), Courtney Dow (72-81)T16 154 (+8) Sarah Shipley (77-77), Gabrielle Shipley (78-76), Heather Ciskowski (80-75), Megan Furtney (78-77), Katherine Sharp (78-77), Erica Shephard (78-77), Rebecca Klongland (80-75), Bing Singhsumalee (78-77)

Scoreboard

The DirectoryCook County / North

Anetsberger 9: 27 / 1,128 / unrated Day: $12; End: $141750 Techny Ct., Northbrook • (847) 291-2971 • www.sportsmansgolf.com Michael Wenzel––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––---––––––––Arlington Lakes 18: 68 / 5,336 / 65.8 / 115 Day: $34; End: $371211 S. New Wilke Rd., Arlington Heights • (847) 577-3030 • www.ahpd.org/programs/golf Tim Govern (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bartlett Hills 18: 71 / 6,463 / 71.7 / 130 TBA800 W. Oneida, Bartlett • (630) 837-2741 • www.bartletthills.com Phil Lenz––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Billy Caldwell 9: 35 / 3,108 / 69.6 / 115 Day: $18; End: $206150 N. Caldwell Ave., Chicago • (773) 792-1930 • www.forestpreservegolf.com ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bridges of Poplar Creek 18: 70 / 6,500 / 71.2 / 136 Day: $35; End: $671400 Poplar Creek Dr., Hoffman Estates • (847) 884-0219 • www.poplarcreekcc.com

Brian Bechtold––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Canal Shores (Peter Jans) 18: 60 / 3,904 / 57.9 / 86 TBA1031 Central St., Evanston • (847) 475-9173 • www.canalshores.org Donnie Oelerich––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Chick Evans 18: 71 / 5,626 / 67.2 / 122 Day: $30; End: $336145 Golf Rd., Morton Grove • (847) 965-5353 • www.forestpreservegolf.com Grit Suyasri––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Edgebrook 18: 66 / 4,567 / 61.2 / 88 Day: $26; End: $306100 N. Central Ave., Chicago • (773) 763-8320 • www.forestpreservegolf.com Jim Tourloukis (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fox Run 18: 70 / 6,287 / 70.1 / 119 Day: $36.50; End: $45.50333 Plum Grove Rd., Elk Grove Village • (847) 228-3544 • www.foxrungolflinks.com Thomas Klaas (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Glen Club 18: 72 / 7,149 / 74.8 / 140 Sum M-Tu: $165; W-Su: $1902901 W. Lake Ave., Glenview • (847) 724-7272 • www.theglenclub.com Alex Prior––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Glencoe 18: 72 / 6,527 / 71.6 / 130 Day: $42; End: $50621 Westley Rd., Glencoe • (847) 835-0250 • www.glencoegolfclub.com Matt Radde––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Glenview Prairie 9: 31 / 1,955 / 29.7 / 94 7-Day: $202800 W. Lake Ave., Glenview • (847) 657-1637 • www.golfglenview.com Kristen Kechik (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Glenview Park 18: 70 / 6,109 / 68.9 / 123 Day: 40; End: $50800 Shermer Rd., Glenview • (847) 724-0250 • www.golfglenview.com Michael Stone––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Golf Center Des Plaines 9: 27 / 1,050 / 70.0 / 113 Day: $12; End: 14; Night: $17353 River Rd., Des Plaines • (847) 803-4653 • www.dpparks.org/golfcenter––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Grayslake 9: 27 / 1,137 / unrated Day: $12; End: $142150 Drury Ln., Grayslake • (847) 548-4713 • www.glpd.com Mike Perez (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Highland Woods 18: 72 / 6,934 / 72.5 / 124 Day: $38; End: $432775 Ela Rd., Hoffman Estates • (847) 359-5850 • www.forestpreservegolf.com Joe Bidro (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hilldale 18: 71 / 6,432 / 71.6 / 135 TBA1625 Ardwick Dr., Hoffman Estates • (847) 310-1100 • www.hilldalegolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Indian Boundary 18: 72 / 6,068 / 69.0 / 116 Day: $30; End: $438600 W. Forest Preserve Ave., Chicago • (773) 625-9630 • www.forestpreservegolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lake Park 9: 27 / 1,515 / unrated Day: $13; End: $141015 Howard St., Des Plaines • (847) 391-5730 • www.dpparks.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Twin Lakes 9: 29 / 1,460 / 35.0 / 113 Day: $12; End: $141200 E. Lake Dr., Palatine • (847) 934-6050 • saltcreek.multisportsystems.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Villa Olivia 18: 72 / 6,510 / 72.4 / 124 Rt. 20 & Naperville Rd., Bartlett • (630) 289-1000 • www.villaolivia.com/golfinfo––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Walnut Greens 9: 27 / 1,078 / unrated 1150 N. Walnut Ln., Schaumburg • (847) 490-7878 • www.walnutgreensgolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Weber Park 9: 27 / 1,095 / 35.5 / 113 9300 Weber Park Pl., Skokie • (847) 674-1400 x3600 • www.skokieparkdistrict.org

Richard Lee (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Willow Hill 9: 35 / 2,895 / 34.2 / 118 1350 Willow Rd., Northbrook • (847) 480-7888 • www.willowhillgolfcourse.com Adam Kwiatkoski––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wilmette 18: 70 / 6,400 / 70.9 / 130 3900 Fairway Dr., Wilmette • (847) 256-9777 • www.golfwilmette.com Jamie Locke––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Winnetka 18: 71 / 6,517 / 72.6 / 130 9: 27 / 1,194 / unrated 1300 Oak St., Winnetka • (847) 501-2050 • www.winpark.org/golf-club Cortney Miller ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Cook County / SouthCog Hill No. 1 / Blue 18: 70 / 6,282 / 69.7 / 118 Day: $37; End: $45, twi $39 No. 2 / Ravines 18: 72 / 6,639 / 71.8 / 124 7-Day: $57; Day t: $41; End t: $43 No. 3 / Red 18: 72 / 6,402 / 69.7 / 116 Day: $37; End: $45, twi $39 No. 4 / Dubsdread 18: 72 / 7,616 / 77.8 / 151 7-Day: $155; twi $10012294 Archer Ave., Lemont • (630) 257-5872 • www.coghillgolf.com David Impastato––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Coyote Run 18: 71 / 6,478 / 69.5 / 123 Practice 3: 9 / 373 / unrated 800 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor • (708) 957-8700 • www.coyoterungolf.com Brian Smith––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deer Creek 18: 72 / 6,905 / 73.2 / 129

25055 S. Western Ave., University Park • (708) 672-6667 • www.deercreekgolfcourse.comRobert Speaker

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Dunne National 18: 72 / 7,262 / 75.4 / 142 16310 S. Central Ave., Oak Forest • (708) 429-6886 • www.forestpreservegolf.com

Brian Dober (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Flagg Creek 9: 33 / 2,493 / 31.9 / 104 6939 S. Wolf Rd., Countryside • (708) 246-3336 • www.flaggcreekgolfcourse.com Billy Rosinia––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fountain Hills 9: 36 / 3,233 / 35.1 / 112 12601 S. Kedzie Ave., Alsip • (708) 388-4653 • www.fountainhillsgc.com Rich Gottardo (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fresh Meadow 18: 70 / 6,283 / 70.1 / 116 2144 S. Wolf Rd., Hillside • (708) 449-0000 • www.freshmeadowgc.com Michael Huber––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Gleneagles Red / Lakes 18: 70 / 6,029 / 68.0 / 116 White / Woodland 18: 70 / 6,302 / 70.1 / 124 13070 McCarthy Rd., Lemont • (630) 257-5466 • www.golfgleneagles.com Gregg Miller––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Glenwoodie 18: 72 / 6,902 / 71.6 / 125 19301 S. State St., Glenwood • (708) 758-1212 • www.glenwoodiegolf.com Phil Robbins––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Makray Memorial 18: 72 / 7,015 / 74.1 / 132 Day: $49; End: $741010 S. Northwest Hwy., Barrington • (847) 381-6500 • www.makraygolf.com Don Habjan––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Marovitz (Waveland) 9: 36 / 3,265 / 35.2 / 124 Day: $26; End: $293600 N. Recreation Dr. (at Addison), Chicago • (312) 742-7930 • www.cpdgolf.com

Mark McCord (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Mount Prospect 18: 71 / 6,309 / 71.0 / 129 Day: $41; End: $51600 S. See Gwun Ave. (at Shabonee), Mount Prospect • (847) 259-4200 • www.mppd.org/golf.php Renovation in progress, reopening summer Brett Barcel––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Nickol Knoll 9: 27 / 1,163 / unrated Day: $13; End: $153800 N. Kennecott Ave., Arlington Heights • (847) 590-6050 • www.ahpd.org/programs/golf/nickol Tim Govern (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Old Orchard 18: 70 / 6,119 / 70.1 / 130 M-Th: $68; F-Su: $78700 W. Rand Rd., Mount Prospect • (847) 255-2025 • www.oldorchardcc.com Doug Brezeau––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Palatine Hills 18: 72 / 6,800 / 72.5 / 127 Day: $40; End: $46512 W. Northwest Hwy., Palatine • (847) 359-4020 • www.palatinehills.org Dan Hotchkin––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Rob Roy 9: 36 / 3,022 / 37.8 / 119 Day: $15; End: $17505 E. Camp McDonald Rd., Prospect Heights • (847) 253-4544 • www.robroygc.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Robert A. Black 9: 33 / 2,361 / 31.7 / 100 Day: $20; End: $222045 W. Pratt Blvd., Chicago • (312) 742-7931 • www.cpdgolf.com Jerry Losos––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Schaumburg Tournament / Baer 18: 71 / 6,644 / 71.7 / 130 Players 9: 35 / 3,189 / 34.7 / 124 401 N. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg • (847) 885-9000 • www.schaumburggolf.com

Preston “Pepi” Irwin––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sportsman’s Classic 18: 70 / 6,278 / 70.4 / 126 Day: $41; End: $51 East 9: 35 / 3,010 / 34.6 / 118 Day: $22; End: $273535 Dundee Rd., Northbrook • (847) 291-2351 • www.sportsmansgolf.com Greg Baron––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Tam O’Shanter 9: 33 / 2,457 / 63.2 / 110 Day: $18; End: $206700 W. Howard St., Niles • (847) 965-2344 • www.niles-parks.org Chris Urgo––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Traditions at Chevy Chase 18: 72 / 6,610 / 71.9 / 128 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling • (847) 465-2300 • www.chevychasecountryclub.com

Margie Arnold (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

About the DirectoryIncluded are all public courses and practice ranges in the nine-county Chicago area, plus selected courses elsewhere in Illinois and in Indiana, Wisconsin and southwest lower Michigan. Course detail (yardage, rating, slope from back tees) supplied by courses and the CDGA. Summer weekday, weekend non-resident peak and select twilight rates listed. Rates are walking un-less cart is mandatory. Fees provided by courses, subject to change at a course’s discretion. Head pro or GM listed if known. Please e-mail changes to [email protected]. Expanded list-ings are available; please e-mail or call (708) 638-1164.

Harborside International Port 18: 72 / 7,164 / 74.8 / 136 Starboard 18: 72 / 7,166 / 74.7 / 135 11001 S. Doty Ave. East, Chicago • (312) 782-7837 • www.harborsideinternational.com Joel Voss––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hickory Hills 18: 71 / 6,018 / 67.9 / 116 9: 30 / 1,560 / unrated 8201 W. 95th St., Hickory Hills • (708) 598-5900 • www.hickoryhillsgolfclub.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Jackson Park 18: 70 / 5,444 / 65.7 / 109 6401 W. Richard Dr., Chicago • (773) 667-0524 • www.cdpgolf.com Tyrone Banks (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Joe Louis The Champ 18: 72 / 6,742 / 71.4 / 124 13100 S. Halsted St., Riverdale • (708) 849-1731 • www.forestpreservegolf.com Bryan Carroll––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Marquette Park 9: 36 / 3,245 / 35.5 / 119 6700 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago • (312) 747-2761 • www.cdpgolf.com Steve McDaniels (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Meadowlark 9: 36 / 3,404 / 35.9 / 114 11599 W. 31st St., Oak Brook • (708) 562-2977 • www.forestpreservegolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Meadows of Blue Island 18: 71 / 6,581 / 71.3 / 121 2802 W. 123rd St., Blue Island • (708) 385-1994 • www.meadowsgc.com Jerry Vidovic––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Hills 9: 34 / 2,520 / 33.0 / 109 13200 S. 76th Ave., Palos Heights • (708) 448-5544 • www.oakhills.com Allan Parkes––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Odyssey 18: 72 / 7,095 / 73.1 / 131 19110 S. Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park • (708) 429-7400 • www.odysseycountryclub.com

Ed Staffan––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Palos Southmoor 9: 35 / 3,154 / 70.4 / 128 13100 Southwest Hwy., Orland Park • (708) 448-6550 • www.paloscountryclub.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Palos Hills 9: 35 / 2,838 / 67.4 / 119 7301 W. 105th St., Palos Hills • (708) 599-0202 • www.paloshillsweb.org/golf Gwen Leddy (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ravisloe 18: 70 / 6,321 / 70.8 / 127 18231 S. Park Ave., Homewood • (708) 798-5600 • www.ravisloecountryclub.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––River Oaks 18: 72 / 5,952 / 69.3 / 119 1 Park Ave., Calumet City • (708) 868-4090 • www.forestpreservegolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ruffled Feathers 18: 72 / 6,898 / 73.7 / 140 1 Pete Dye Dr., Lemont • (630) 257-1000 • www.ruffledfeathersgc.com Gordon Acton––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Silver Lake North 18: 72 / 6,826 / 72.6 / 124 South 18: 70 / 6,337 / 70.2 / 124 Rolling Hills 9: 29 / 1,587 / 27.1 / unsloped 14700 S. 82nd Ave., Orland Park • (708) 349-6940 • www.silverlakecc.com Gregg Tengerstrom––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––South Shore 9: 33 / 2,713 / 32.9 / 112 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago • (312) 955-1892 • www.cpdgolf.com Adrienne Carney (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Stony Creek 18: 65 / 5,004 / 62.5 / 103 5850 W. 103rd St., Oak Lawn • (708) 857-2433 • www.golfstonycreek.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Water’s Edge 18: 72 / 6,904 / 72.9 / 131 7205 W. 115th St., Worth • (708) 671-1032 • www.watersedgegolf.com Jim Torloukis (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––White Mountain 9: 29 / 1,741 / 27.1 / unsloped 9901 W. 179th St., Orland Park • (708) 478-4653 • www.whitemountaingolfpark.com

Mike Camerano––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Lake County / IllinoisAntioch 18: 71 / 6,183 / 70.2 / 130 40150 N. Rt. 59, Antioch • (847) 395-3004 • www.antiochgolfclub.com Vince Juarez––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Arboretum 18: 72 / 6,447 / 71.6 / 137 401 Half Day Rd., Buffalo Grove • (847) 913-1112 • www.arboretumgolf.com Carmen Molinaro––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Barrington Park District 5: 15 / 675 / unrated 235 Lions Dr., Barrington • (847) 381-0687 • www.barringtonparkdistrict.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bittersweet 18: 72 / 6,754 / 72.8 / 130 875 Almond Rd., Gurnee • (847) 855-9031 • www.bittersweetgolf.com Sean Joyce––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bonnie Brook 18: 72 / 6,701 / 72.3 / 128 2800 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan • (847) 360-4730 • www.waukegangolf.org Tony Tinetti––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Brae Loch 18: 70 / 5,876 / 67.5 / 114 33600 N. Hwy. 45, Grayslake • (847) 968-3444 • www.lcfpd.org/brae_loch Bill Ebdon––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Buffalo Grove 18: 72 / 6,693 / 72.1 / 127 48 Raupp Blvd., Buffalo Grove • (847) 459-5520 • www.buffalogrovegolf.com Joe Bridges––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Countryside Traditional 18: 72 / 6,397 / 70.3 / 118 Prairie 18: 72 / 6,757 / 71.4 / 121 20800 W. Hawley St., Mundelein • (847) 968-3466 • www.lcfpd.org/countryside––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Crane’s Landing Marriott 18: 70 / 6,290 / 71.1 / 130 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire • (847) 634-5935 • www.craneslandinggolf.com Tim Pagel––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deerfield 18: 72 / 6,816 / 72.4 / 131 1201 Saunders Dr., Riverwoods • (847) 945-8333 • www.deerfieldgolf.org Jason Minnina––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deerpath 18: 70 / 6,255 / 70.6 / 130 500 W. Deerpath Rd., Lake Forest • (847) 615-4290 • www.deerpathgolf.com Rick Walrath (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Foss Park 18: 72 / 6,839 / 71.9 / 113 3124 Argonne Dr., North Chicago • (847) 689-7490 • www.fossparkgolf.org Gabe Monroe––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fox Lake 18: 72 / 6,359 / 71.3 / 126 7220 State Park Rd., Fox Lake • (847) 587-6411 • www.foxlakecc.net Vince Juarez (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Greenshire 9: 27 / 1,265 / unrated 38727 N. Lewis Ave., Beach Park • (847) 360-4777 • www.waukegangolf.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Heather Ridge 9: 35 / 3,007 / 35.1 / 117 5900 HeatherRidge Dr., Gurnee • (847) 367-6010 • www.heatherridgegolf.com Dirk Skelley––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hickory Knoll 9: 30 / 1,780 / 35.5 / 113 24745 W. Monaville Rd., Lake Villa • (847) 356-8640 • www.golfhickoryknoll.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Highland Park 18: 71 / 6,618 / 71.5 / 132 1201 Park Ave. West, Highland Park • (847) 433-9015 • www.highlandparkcc.com Rick Sargent––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lake Bluff 18: 72 / 6,589 / 71.3 / 124 355 W. Washington St., Lake Bluff • (847) 234-6771 • www.lakebluffgolfclub.com Ed Heiser––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lakemoor 18: 72 / 6,334 / 70.5 / 124 29000 W. Sullivan Lake Rd., Lakemoor • (815) 759-0011 • no website––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Libertyville 9: 27 / 1,205 / 35.0 / 113 870 Country Club Dr., Libertyville • (847) 362-5733 • www.libertyville.com Connie Kowal (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Midlane 18: 71 / 6,681 / 73.1 / 131 4555 W. Yorkhouse Rd., Wadsworth • (847) 623-4653 • www.midlaneresort.com Michael Chappell––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pine Meadow 18: 72 / 7,297 / 74.8 / 138 1 Pine Meadow Ln., Mundelein • (847) 566-4653 • www.pinemeadowgc.com Dennis Johnsen––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Renwood 18: 72 / 6,062 / 69.0 / 124 701 E. Shorewood Rd., Round Lake Beach • (847) 231-4711 • www.renwoodgolf.com

Brad Rouse––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Shepherd’s Crook 18: 71 / 6,769 / 72.1 / 128 351 N. Greenbay Rd., Zion • (847) 872-2080 • www.shepherdscrook.org Larry Myers (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Shiloh 9: 35 / 2,900 / 67.2 / 118 23rd St. and Bethesda Rd., Zion • (847) 746-5500, x420 • www.shilohparkgolf.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Steeple Chase 18: 72 / 6,827 / 73.1 / 139 200 N. La Vista Dr., Mundelein • (847) 949-8900 • www.mundeleinparks.org/steeplechase.html

Bill Brolley––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Stonewall Orchard 18: 72 / 7,124 / 74.7 / 148 25675 W. Hwy. 60, Grayslake • (847) 740-4890 • www.stonewallorchard.com Jeff Pajula––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sunset Valley 18: 72 / 6,484 / 71.8 / 131 1390 Sunset Rd., Highland Park • (847) 432-7140 • www.sunsetvalleygolfcourse.org

Rob Saunders (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ThunderHawk 18: 72 / 7,031 / 73.8 / 136 39700 N. Lewis Ave., Beach Park • (847) 872-4295 • www.lcfpd.org Bill Ebdon––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Vernon Hills 9: 34 / 2,836 / 34.2 / 120 291 Evergreen Dr., Vernon Hills • (847) 680-9310 • www.vernonhillsgolf.com O.B. Sanders (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Village Green 18: 70 / 6,018 / 68.6 / 117 2501 N. Midlothian, Mundelein • (847) 566-7373 • www.villagegreencc.com Tim Miles Jr. (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––White Deer Run 18: 72 / 7,101 / 74.5 / 142 250 W. Gregg’s Pkwy., Vernon Hills • (847) 680-6100 • www.whitedeergolf.com Bob Malpede––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Willow Glen 18: 71 / 6,637 / 72.1 / 125 2821 Great Lakes Dr., Great Lakes • (847) 688-4593 • www.mwrgl.com/recreation/golf/golf.htm Dan Kraft (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DuPage CountyApple Orchard 9: 27 / 1,275 / unrated 692 W. Stearns Rd., Bartlett • (630) 540-4807 • www.bartlettparks.org/Golf/general Tony Nuzzo––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Arrowhead South-East 18: 72 / 6,738 / 72.5 / 132 combinations vary West 9: 36 / 3,295 / 35.9 / 130 26W151 Butterfield Rd., Wheaton • (630) 653-5800 • www.arrowheadgolfclub.org

Bruce Stoller (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Blackhawk Trace at Indian Lakes Resort Highland / Woodland 18: 72 / 6,919 / 73.1 / 133 Island 9: 36 / 3,443 / 35.7 / 124 250 W. Schick Rd., Bloomingdale • (630) 529-6466 • www.golfindianlakes.com Tom Denklau––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bloomingdale 18: 71 / 6,251 / 70.2 / 123 181 Glen Ellyn Rd., Bloomingdale • (630) 529-6232 • www.bloomingdalegc.com Dave Shallcross––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Cantigny Woodside 9: 36 / 3,587 / 37.6 / 143 Day: $79; End: $9518-hole Lakeside 9: 36 / 3,437 / 36.6 / 136 Replay: $65; 9: $40combinations vary Hillside 9: 36 / 3,394 / 36.2 / 135 Youth Short 9: 27* / 954 / unrated Youth: $10; Adult: $1727W270 Mack Rd., Wheaton • (630) 668-8463 • www.cantignygolf.com Patrick Lynch––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Carriage Greens 18: 70 / 6,395 / 71.4 / 126 8700 Carriage Greens Dr., Darien • (630) 985-3400 • www.carriagegreens.com

James Sims (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Country Lakes 18: 73 / 6,656 / 71.9 / 121 1601 Fairway Dr., Naperville • (630) 420-1060 • website inactive Mike Jablecki–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

• June 2015 • Illinois Golfer www.illinoisgolfer.net–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Eaglewood Resort 18: 72 / 6,017 / 68.2 / 120 1401 Nordic Rd., Itasca • (630) 773-1400 • www.eaglewoodresort.com Andy Carr–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Downers Grove 9: 36 / 3,233 / 72.6 / 131 2420 Haddow Dr., Downers Grove • (630) 963-1306 • www.dgparks.org–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Glendale Lakes 18: 71 / 6,190 / 69.8 / 125 1550 President St., Glendale Heights • (630) 260-0018 • www.glendalelakes.com Jennifer Ferrell–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Green Meadows 9: 30 / 1,888 / unrated 18W201 W. 63rd St., Westmont • (630) 810-5330 • www.dupagegolf.com Dean Westrom–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ken-Loch 9: 30 / 1,840 / unrated 1S601 Finley Rd., Lombard • (630) 620-9665 • no website Linda Lies–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Klein Creek 18: 72 / 6,701 / 72.6 / 137 1N333 Pleasant Hill Rd., Winfield • (630) 690-0101 • www.kleincreek.com Matte Allman–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Links & Tees 9: 27 / 1,161 / unrated 900 W. Lake St., Addison • (630) 458-2660 • www.addisonparks.org/links_and_tees–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Maple Meadows 18: 70 / 6,438 / 71.0 / 126 East 9: 34 / 2,815 / 33.7 / 121 272 S. Addison Rd., Wood Dale • (630) 616-8424 • www.dupage.golf Chris Malek (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Brook 18: 72 / 6,541 / 71.1 / 126 2606 York Rd., Oak Brook • (630) 990-3032 • www.oak-brook.org Trey Van Dyke–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Meadows 18: 71 / 6,718 / 71.9 / 127 900 N. Wood Dale Rd., Addison • (630) 595-0071 • www.dupagegolf.com Ed Stevenson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pheasant Run Resort 18: 72 / 6,424 / 70.6 / 122 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles • (630) 584-4914 • www.pheasantrun.com Robert Jan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Prairie Landing 18: 72 / 6,950 / 73.8 / 139 2325 Longest Dr., West Chicago • (630) 208-7600 • www.prairielanding.com Brian King–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––River Bend 9: 36 / 3,300 / 70.8 / 126 5900 S. Rt. 53, Lisle • (630) 968-1920 • www.riverbendgolfclub.org Debbie Culbertson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––St. Andrews St. Andrews 18: 71 / 6,920 / 71.8 / 124 Joe Jemsek 18: 72 / 6,770 / 72.0 / 120 3 N. 441 Rt. 59, West Chicago • (630) 231-3100 • www.standrewsgc.com Dave Erickson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Salt Creek 18: 63 / 3,946 / unrated 701 W. Thorndale Ave., Wood Dale • (630) 773-0184 • www.saltcreekgolfclub.com Tony Perry–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Seven Bridges 18: 72 / 7,111 / 74.6 / 144 1 Mulligan Dr., Woodridge • (630) 964-7777 • www.sevenbridges.com Don Ferreri–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Springbrook 18: 72 / 6,896 / 73.0 / 130 2220 W. 83rd St., Naperville • (630) 848-5060 • www.springbrookgolfcourse.org Mike Lzyun–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Streamwood Oaks 9: 36 / 3,404 / 72.9 / 125 565 Madison Dr., Streamwood • (630) 483-1881 • www.streamwood.org–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sugar Creek 9: 32 / 2,344 / 62.0 / 106 500 E. Van Buren, Villa Park • (630) 834-3325 • www.sugarcreekgolfcourse.org Cory Ferrell–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Twin Lakes 9: 28 / 1,381 / unrated 400 W. 59th St., Westmont • (630) 852-7167 • www.wpd4fun.com Ashley Medley (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Village Greens of Woodridge 18: 72 / 6,638 / 71.2 / 121 1575 W. 75th St., Woodridge • (630) 985-3610 • www.villagegreensgolf.com Brandon Evans–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Village Links of Glen Ellyn 18: 72 / 7,208 / 74.9 / 138 9: 36 / 3,303 / 35.7 / 129 485 Winchell Way, Glen Ellyn • (630) 469-8180 • www.villagelinksgolf.com Noel Allen–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Mistwood 18: 72 / 6,773 / 72.4 / 137 M-Th: $80; twi $60 F-Su: $95; $twi 751700 W. Renwick Rd., Romeoville • (815) 254-3333 • www.mistwoodgolf.net Andy Mickelson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Naperbrook 18: 72 / 6,677 / 72.0 / 127 22204 W. 111th St., Plainfield • (630) 378-4215 • www.naperbrookgolfcourse.org Tim Dunn–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Old Oak 18: 71 / 6,609 / 71.1 / 128 14200 S. Parker Rd., Homer Glen • (708) 301-3344 • www.oldoakcc.com Dan Shields–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Prairie Bluff 18: 72 / 7,007 / 73.2 / 125 19433 Renwick Rd., Lockport • (815) 836-4653 • www.prairiebluffgc.com Steve Lunde–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sanctuary 18: 72 / 6,917 / 72.5 / 131 485 N. Marley Rd., New Lenox • (815) 462-4653 • www.golfsanctuary.com Bob Schulz–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Square Links 9: 30 / 1,749 / unrated 7861 W. St. Francis Rd., Frankfort • (815) 469-1600 • www.fspd.org Brian Zipse–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Tamarack 18: 70 / 6,901 / 73.7 / 136 24032 Royal Worlington Dr., Naperville • (630) 904-4000 • www.tamarackgc.com Brett Hafstad (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Tuckaway 18: 72 / 6,192 / 69.7 / 117 27641 Stony Island Ave., Crete • (708) 946-2259 • website inactive Jason Poblocki–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––University 18: 71 / 6,701 / 71.4 / 123 23520 Crawford Ave., University Park • (708) 747-0306 • www.universitygolfclub.com

Paul Blockoms–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wedgewood 18: 72 / 6,836 / 72.5 / 128 5001 Caton Farm Rd., Joliet • (815) 741-7270 • www.jolietwedgewoodgc.com Jason Shook–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Willow Run 9: 35 / 2,930 / 33.9 / 113 12600 W. 187th St., Mokena • (815) 485-2119 • www.willowrungolf.net Rich Wisslead (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Woodbine 18: 70 / 6,020 / 68.2 / 115 14240 W. 151st St., Homer Glen • (708) 301-1252 • www.woodbinegolf.com Jim Ludwig (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Woodruff 18: 68 / 5,424 / 66.1 / 114 621 N. Gougar Rd., Joliet • (815) 741-7272 • www.jolietwoodruffgc.com Kirk Blakney (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

McHenry CountyBlackstone 18: 72 / 6,734 / 72.8 / 139 9700 St. Andrews Dr., Marengo • (815) 923-1800 • www.blackstonegc.com Susan Concialdi (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Boone Creek Prairie/Creekside 18: 71 / 6,435 / 70.4 / 122 Valley 9: 35 / 2,883 / 33.9 / 115 6912 Mason Hill Rd., Bull Valley • (815) 455-6900 • www.boonecreekgolfclub.com Tyler Wollberg–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Cary 18: 72 / 6,135 / 69.0 / 119 2400 Grove Ln., Cary • (847) 639-3161 • www.carycountryclub.com Bob Keith–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Chalet Hills 18: 73 / 6,877 / 73.6 / 137 943 Rawson Bridge Rd., Cary • (847) 639-0666 • www.chalethillsgolfclub.com Brian Smith–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Chapel Hill 18: 70 / 6,133 / 70.1 / 122 2500 N. Chapel Hill Rd., McHenry • (815) 385-3337 • www.chapelhillgolf.com Larry Piet (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Craig Woods 9: 34 / 2,290 / 70.0 / 113 5815 S. Rt. 47, Woodstock • (815) 338-9781 • www.crystalwoodsgc.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Crystal Woods 18: 72 / 6,427 / 70.6 / 128 5919 S. Rt. 47, Woodstock • (815) 338-3111 • www.crystalwoodsgc.com John Craig–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Foxford Hills 18: 72 / 7,047 / 74.2 / 142 6800 S. Rawson Bridge Rd., Cary • (847) 639-0400 • www.foxfordhillsgolfclub.com Rob Sankey

Western Acres 9: 35 / 3,052 / 69.2 / 111 2400 W. Butterfield Rd., Lombard • (630) 469-6768 • www.westernacres.com Don Voth–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––White Pines East 18: 70 / 6,371 / 71.1 / 127 West 18: 72 / 6,624 / 71.5 / 127 500 W. Jefferson St., Bensenville • (630) 766-0304 • www.whitepinesgolf.com Mike Huber (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Willow Crest 18: 70 / 6,474 / 71.1 / 132 3500 Midwest Rd., Westmont • (630) 850-5515 • www.oakbrookhillsresortchicago.com/golf/golf.htm

Randy Bolstad–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Zigfield Troy 9: 27 / 1,089 / unrated 1535 75th St., Woodridge • (630) 985-4653 • www.zigfieldtroygolf.com Tim Troy, Dennis Troy–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Will CountyBalmoral Woods 18: 72 / 6,625 / 72.4 / 131 Day: $32; End: $4326732 S. Balmoral Woods Dr., Crete • (708) 672-7448 • www.balmoralwoods.com Bill Abrams–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Big Run 18: 72 / 7,028 / 74.4 / 138 17211 W. 135th St., Lockport • (815) 838-1057 • www.bigrungolf.com Bill Roper–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bolingbrook 18: 72 / 7,104 / 73.8 / 135 2001 Rodeo Dr., Bolingbrook • (630) 771-9400 • www.bolingbrookgolfclub.com Eric Aldrich–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Boughton Ridge 9: 32 / 2,205 / 30.1 / 105 335 E. Boughton Dr., Bolingbrook • (630) 739-4100 • www.bolingbrookparks.org

Peter Pope (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Braidwood Fairways 9: 36 / 2,914 / unrated 35494 Essex Rd. south of Smiley Rd., Wilmington • (815) 458-2965 • no website –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Broken Arrow East / North 18: 72 / 7,034 / 74.5 / 130 South 9: 36 / 3,469 / 37.0 / 140 16325 W. Broken Arrow Dr., Lockport • (815) 836-8858 • www.golfbrokenarrow.com

Michael Chen (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Cinder Ridge 18: 72 / 6,968 / 73.1 / 139 24801 Lakepoint Dr., Wilmington • (815) 476-4000 • www.cinderridge.com Sue Krueger (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deer Creek 18: 72 / 6,905 / 73.2 / 129 25055 S. Western Ave., University Park • (708) 672-6667 • www.deercreekgolfcourse.com

Robert Speaker–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Golf Vista Estates 9: 29 / 1,505 / unrated 4951 Augusta Blvd., Monee • (708) 534-8204 • www.golfvistagolfclub.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Green Garden Blue 18: 72 / 6,670 / 71.7 / 120 Gold 18: 72 / 6,713 / 71.8 / 126 Emerald 9: / 3,181 / 70.8 / 122 9511 W. Manhattan-Monee Rd., Frankfort • (815) 469-3350 • www.greengardencc.com

Scott Lunde (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Heritage Bluffs 18: 72 / 7,171 / 74.1 / 138 24355 W. Bluff Rd., Channahon • (815) 467-7888 • www.heritagebluffs.com Brian Smith–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Inwood 18: 71 / 6,196 / 70.1 / 131 3200 W. Jefferson St., Joliet • (815) 741-7265 • www.jolietinwoodgc.com Brian Legan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lincoln Oaks 18: 71 / 6,186 / 69.0 / 120 395 E. Richton Rd., Crete • (708) 672-9401 • www.lincolnoaksgolfcourse.com Bob Seymour (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Links at Carillon Blue / Red 18: 71 / 6,844 / 70.9 / 124 White 9: 36 / 3,438 / 36.0 / 61 21200 S. Carillon Dr., Plainfield • (815) 886-2132 • www.carillongolf.com Jeff Yackley–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Longwood 18: 70 / 6,404 / 70.7 / 130 3503 E. Steger Rd., Crete • (708) 758-1811 • longwoodcc.com Joe Tintari (GM)

• June 2015 • Illinois Golfer www.illinoisgolfer.net–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Golf Club of Illinois 18: 71 / 7,011 / 74.4 / 137 1575 Edgewood Rd., Algonquin • (847) 658-4400 • www.golfclubofil.com Robert Lemke (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hunter 18: 72 / 6,381 / 69.2 / 115 5419 Kenosha St., Richmond • (847) 678-7940 • no website–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Marengo Ridge 18: 72 / 6,654 / 72.5 / 129 9106 Harmony Hill Rd., Marengo • (815) 923-2332 • www.marengoridgegolfclub.com Bob Witek (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Grove 18: 71 / 7,021 / 75.0 / 142 16914 Oak Grove Rd., Harvard • (815) 648-2550 • www.oakgrovegolfcourse.com

Tim Miles Jr. (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Old Top Farm 9: 37 / 2,881 / 30.0 / 113 2120 Crystal Lake Rd., Crystal Lake • (815) 479-9361 • no website Scott Kerbs–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pinecrest 18: 72 / 6,604 / 71.5 / 123 11220 Algonquin Rd., Huntley • (847) 669-3111 • www.huntleyparks.org/parks-facilities/golf/

Mike Yackle–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pistakee 9: 36 / 3,029 / unrated 815 W. Bay Rd., McHenry • (815) 385-9854 • no website Jason Whitt (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––RedTail 18: 72 / 6,803 / 72.8 / 130 7900 Redtail Dr., Lakewood • (815) 477-0055 • www.redtailgolf.com Chris Neuhart–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Waters Edge 18: 33 / 1,700 / unrated 4005 N. Rt. 23, Marengo • (815) 568-5983 • no website Mark Horan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Whisper Creek 18: 72 / 7,103 / 73.7 / 133 12840 Del Webb Blvd., Huntley • (847) 515-7680 • www.whispercreekgolf.com

Christopher Strand–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kane CountyBliss Creek 18: 69 / 5,592 / 67.0 / 115 1 Golfview Rd., Sugar Grove • (630) 466-4177 • www.blisscreekgolf.com Gordon Pike (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bonnie Dundee 18: 69 / 6,015 / 68.1 / 112 270 Kennedy Dr., Carpentersville • (847) 426-5511 • www.bonniedundeegc.com Jim Opp–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Bowes Creek 18: 71 / 6,917 / 73.2 / 142 1250 Bowes Creek Blvd., Elgin • (847) 214-5880 • www.bowescreekcc.com Mike Lehman–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deer Valley 9: 29 / 1,358 / unrated 46W994 Jericho Rd., Big Rock • (630) 556-3333 • www.deervalleygc.net–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fox Valley 18: 72 / 5,937 / 68.6 / 126 2500 N. River Rd., North Aurora • (630) 879-1030 • www.aurora-il.org/operations Jeff Schmidt–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Highlands of Elgin 18: 72 / 6,961 / 73.8 / 136 875 Sports Way, Elgin • (847) 931-5950 • www.highlandsofelgin.com Jim Vogt–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hughes Creek 18: 72 / 6,506 / 71.6 / 127 1749 Spring Valley Dr., Elburn • (630) 365-9200 • www.hughescreek.com Sam Bradberry–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Mill Creek 18: 71 / 6,420 / 71.4 / 135 39W525 Herrington Dr., Geneva • (630) 208-7272 • www.millcreekgolfcourse.com Craig Kight–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Orchard Valley 18: 72 / 6,745 / 72.4 / 134 2411 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora • (630) 907-0500 • www.orchardvalleygolf.com Jim Tourloukis (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Phillips Park 18: 71 / 6,186 / 69.8 / 121 1001 Hill Ave., Aurora • (630) 256-3760 • www.phillipsparkaurora.com Jeff Schmidt–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pottawatomie Park 9: 35 / 3,007 / 69.8 / 122 845 N. Second Ave., St. Charles • (630) 584-8356 • www.stcparks.org James Wheeler

Randall Oaks 18: 71 / 6,598 / 71.7 / 133 3: 9 / 300 apx. 4101 Binnie Rd., West Dundee • (847) 428-5661 • www.randalloaksgc.com Steve Gillie–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Settler’s Hill 18: 72 / 6,630 / 72.1 / 130 919 E. Fabyan Pkwy., Batavia • (630) 232-1636 • www.settlershill.com John O’Connor–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Tanna Farms 18: 71 / 6,510 / 72.0 / 131 39W808 Hughes Rd., Geneva • (630) 232-4300 • www.tannafarms.com Chad Zipse–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Valley Green 18: 60 / 3,841 / 70.0 / 113 314 Kingswood Dr., North Aurora • (630) 897-3000 • www.valleygreengc.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wing Park 9: 36 / 3,077 / 70.8 / 115 1000 Wing St., Elgin • (847) 931-5952 • www.cityofelgin.org Bill Eubanks–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wolf Run 9: 64 / 4,229 / 70.0 / 113 1700 Jericho Rd., Aurora • (630) 906-1402 • www.wolfrungolfcourse.net Roger Wolf (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kendall CountyBlackberry Oaks 18: 72 / 6,404 / 71.3 / 134 2245 Kennedy Rd., Bristol • (630) 553-7170 • www.blackberryoaks.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Cedardell 9: 35 / 3,029 / 69.4 / 127 14264 S. Hale St., Plano • (630) 552-3242 • www.cedardellgolfclub.com Terry Donahue–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fox Bend 18: 72 / 6,890 / 73.1 / 130 3516 U.S. Hwy 34, Oswego • (630) 554-3939 • www.foxbendgolfcourse.com Brad Doyle (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Whitetail Ridge 18: 71 / 6,524 / 71.0 / 128 7671 Clubhouse Dr., Yorkville • (630) 882-8988 • www.whitetailridge.us Patrick MacDonald–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kankakee CountyAspen Ridge 18: 70 / 6,191 / 69.6 / 119 1763 E. 4000 N Rd., Bourbonnais • (815) 939-1742 • www.aspenridgegolf.com Leo Ciaccio (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Cardinal Creek Center / South 18: 72 / 6,423 / 70.0 / 122 North 9: 36 / 3,274 / 35.1 / 122 615 S. Dixie Hwy., Beecher • (708) 946-2800 • www.cardinalcreekgolf.com Ron Lyon (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––High Point 9: 27 / 3,263 / 70.8 / 116 309 High Point Dr., Essex • (815) 365-4000 • www.golfhighpoint.com Debra Deegan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Kankakee Elks 18: 71 / 6,430 / 71.1 / 120 2283 Bittersweet Dr., Aroma Park • (815) 937-9547 • www.elksgolf627.com Kyle Morris–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Manteno 18: 72 / 6,462 / 70.8 / 120 7202 N. 4000 E Rd., Manteno • (815) 468-8827 • www.mantenogolf.com C.J. Wade (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Minne Monesse 18: 72 / 6,357 / 70.7 / 126 15944 E. Six Mile Grove Rd., Grant Park • (815) 465-6653 • www.minnemonesse.com Debra Hurley–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Springs 18: 72 / 6,260 / 70.0 / 122 6740 E. 3500 S Rd., St. Anne • (815) 937-1648 • www.oakspringsgolf.com Sam Ortman (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Shamrock 18: 60 / 3,357 / 65.0 / 107 6575-B E. Rt. 17, Aroma Park • (815) 937-9355 • golfshamrock.com Gene Smith–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––South Shore 18: 72 / 6,200 / 68.9 / 122 1727 N. River South Rd., Momence • (815) 472-4407 • website inactive–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Lake County / IndianaCedar Creek 9: 31 / 1,741 / 66.5 / 104 10483 W. 109th Ave., Cedar Lake • (219) 365-2902 • www.lakecountyparks.com

Tom Zimmerman–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Centennial Park 9: 36 / 3,300 / 72.4 / 132 1005 S. Centennial Dr., Munster • (219) 836-6931 • www.munster.org Matt Meneghetti–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Indian Ridge 18: 72 / 6,217 / 69.1 / 110 6363 Grand Blvd., Hobart • (219) 942-6850 • www.hegangolf.com Chuck Hegan (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lost Marsh 18: 72 / 6,872 / 72.0 / 128 9: 27 / 2,600 / unrated 1001 E. 129th St., Hammond • (219) 932-4046 • www.lostmarshgolf.com Niko Sullivan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––MacArthur 9: 27 / 1,390 / unrated 4000 Indianapolis Blvd. (at 140th St.), East Chicago • (219) 391-8362 • no website–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Knoll 18: 70 / 5,703 / 67.3 / 107 11200 Whitcomb St., Crown Point • (219) 663-3349 • www.hegangolf.com Dave Steuer (GM) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Palmira 18: 72 / 6,921 / 72.7 / 122 12111 W. 109th St., St. John • (219) 365-4331 • www.palmiragolf.com Rich Nicpon (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pheasant Valley 18: 72 / 6,869 / 72.3 / 126 3838 W. 141st Ave., Crown Point • (219) 663-5000 • wwwhegangolf.com Pat Hedge–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––River Pointe Pointe 9: 36 / 3,256 Pines 9: 36 / 3,167 Ponds 9: 36 / 3,2996700 Country Club Rd., Hobart • (219) 942-2747 • www.whitehawkcountryclub.com/river-pointe–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Scherwood 18: 71 / 6,849 / 73.4 / 125 9: 30 / 1,463 / unrated 600 E. Joliet St., Schererville • (219) 865-2554 • www.scherwood.com Marv Hanson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––South Gleason Park 18: 71 / 6,312 / 68.5 / 108 3400 Jefferson St., Gary • (219) 980-1089 • www.gary.in.us/parks/golf.asp Nymrod Adkins–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––South Shore 18: 70 / 5,466 / 67.0 / 118 14400 Lake Shore Dr., Cedar Lake • (219) 374-6070 • www.golfssc.com/ Dennis Scaggs–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Summertree 18: 72 / 6,596 / 71.9 / 124 2323 E. 101st Ave., Crown Point • (219) 663-0800 • www.hegangolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Turkey Creek 18: 70 / 6,202 / 69.3 / 118 TO HERE6400 Harrison St., Merrillville • (219) 980-5170 • www.turkeycreekgolf.com Chris Cioroianu–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––White Hawk Grey / Black 18: 72 / 7,011 / 73.9 / 141 Red / Silver 18: 72 / 7,201 / 75.1 / 139 1001 White Hawk Dr., Crown Point • (219) 661-2323 • www.whitehawkcountryclub.com

Drew Brining–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wicker Memorial Park 18: 72 / 6,887 / 72.6 / 122 8554 Indianapolis Blvd., Highland • (219) 838-9809 • www.wickermemorialpark.com Bill Springer–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Illinois OutlyingAldeen 18: 72 / 7,131 / 74.7 / 139 1900 Reid Farm Rd., Rockford • (815) 282-4653 • www.aldeengolfclub.com Dennis Geddes–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Atwood Homestead 18: 72 / 7,431 / 74.7 / 127 8990 Old River Rd., Rockford • (815) 623-2411 • www.winnebagocountygolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Bourne 18: 72 / 6,355 / 70.0 / 123 2359 N. 35th Rd., Norway • (815) 496-2301 • no website Deb Rollo

Buena Vista 9: 32 / 2,477 / 31.3 / 53 131 Buena Vista Dr., DeKalb • (815) 758-4812 • www.dekalbparkdistrict.com Russ Robinson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Chicago Golf & Tiki Tees 9: 34 / 2,690 / unrated 7-Day: $9210 S. Pointe Ct, DeKalb • (815) 517-1449 • http://chicagogolfandtikitees.com/–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Deer Valley 18: 71 / 6,415 / 70.7 / 124 9: 27 / 715 / unrated 3298 Hoover Rd., Deer Grove • (815) 438-4653 • www.dvforegolf.com Chris Sandell–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Den at Fox Creek 18: 72 / 6,926 / 73.3 / 134 3002 Fox Creek Rd., Bloomington • (309) 434-2300 • www.thedengc.com Jason Wingate–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa General 18: 72 / 6,820 / 73.2 / 142 North 18: 72 / 6,836 / 73.2 / 134 South 18: 72 / 6,862 / 73.7 / 140 East 9: 34 / 2,648 / 66.0 / 117 Hwy. 20 at Galena Territory, Galena • (815) 777-5000 • www.eagleridge.com Ikhlas Ahmed–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Edgebrook 18: 72 / 6,294 / 70.9 / 126 Suydam Rd., Sandwich • (815) 786-3058 • www.sandwichgolf.com Clyde Henning–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Elliot 18: 72 / 6,433 / 70.3 / 120 888 S. Lyford Rd., Rockford • (815) 332-5130 • www.rockfordparks.org David Claeyssens–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Emerald Hill 18: 72 / 6,318 / 70.3 / 121 M-Th: $23; F-Su: $2516802 Prairieville Rd., Sterling • (815) 622-6204 • www.emeraldhillgolf.com Kristen Wegmann (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Fairways 18: 66 / 4,649 / 64.4 / 104 555 S. Seventh St., Rochelle • (815) 562-6666 • www.rochellecountryclub.com Randy Mershon–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hickory Ridge 18: 72 / 6,863 / 73.3 / 137 2727 W. Glenn Rd., Carbondale • (618) 529-4386 • www.cpkd.org Michael Day–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hidden Lake 18: 70 / 5,735 / 67.1 / 115 12985 350 East St., Sheffield • (815) 454-2660 • www.hiddenlakegolfclub.com Pete Macnaughton–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Highland Springs 18: 72 / 6,777 / 70.2 / 129 Day: $20; End: $239500 35th St. W, Rock Island • (309) 732-7265 • www.rigov.org Todd Winter (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hunter’s Ridge 18: 72 / 6,337 / 70.5 / 125 12927 Ill. Hwy. 26, Princeton • (815) 879-6531 • www.huntersridgegc.com Wanda Nelson–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Indian Oaks 9: 36 / 3,345 / 71.8 / 118 603 E. Preserve Rd., Shabbona • (815) 824-2282 • www.indianoakscountryclub.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ingersoll 18: 71 / 6,107 / 68.9 / 111 Youth 4: par up to player 101 Daisyfield Dr., Rockford • (815) 987-8834 • www.rockfordparks.org Nancy Joan Kauzlarich–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ironhorse 18: 72 / 7,131 / 73.0 / 125 2000 Ironhorse Dr., Tuscola • (217) 253-6644 • www.ironhorsegc.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Kewanee Dunes 18: 72 / 6,832 / 72.4 / 130 Day: $32r; End: $37r3536 Midland Rd., Kewanee • (309) 852-4508 • www.kewaneedunes.com Colby Horsley (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lake Carroll 18: 72 / 6,418 / 71.6 / 1302911 Ironwood Dr., Lanark • (815) 493-2808 • www.visitlakecarroll.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Ledges 18: 72 / 6,740 / 72.5 / 129 7111 McCurry Rd., Roscoe • (815) 389-0979 • www.winnebagocountygolf.com Steven Hare–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lena / Wolf Hollow 18: 71 / 6,408 / 70.9 / 122 Day: $25; End: $306546 N. Shippee Road, Lena • (815) 369-5513 • www.wolfhollowgolf.net–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lick Creek 18: 72 / 6,910 / 73.5 / 137 2210 N. Parkway Dr., Pekin • (309) 346-0077 • www.pekinparkdistrict.org–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––More facilities (373) are listed in Illinois Golfer than any other area publication.

Links at Kokopelli 18: 71 / 7,039 / 74.7 / 139 1527 Champions Dr., Marion • (618) 997-5656 • www.kokopelligolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lost Nation 18: 71 / 6,222 / 69.5 / 114 6931 S. Lost Nation Rd., Dixon • (815) 652-4212 • www.lostnationgolf.com Brian Goad–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Macktown 18: 71 / 5,756 / 67.9 / 112 2221 Freeport Rd., Rockton • (815) 624-7410 • www.winnebagocountygolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Maple Bluff 18: 72 / 6,569 / 71.1 / 121 Day: $20; End: $22E. 1600 St., Geneseo • (309) 944-5418 • www.golfmaplebluffgeneseo.com Dennis Peck (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Metamora Fields 18: 71 / 7,023 / 74.1 / 130 801 Progress St., Metamora • (309) 367-4000 • www.metamorafields.com Jeff Roche–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Nettle Creek 18: 71 / 6,562 / 72.1 / 130 5355 N. Saratoga Rd., Morris • (815) 941-4300 • www.nettlecreek.com Kurt Nolen–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Oak Club of Genoa 18: 72 / 7,032 / 74.1 / 135 11770 Elwood Greens Rd., Genoa • (815) 784-5678 • www.oakclubgolf.com (inactive)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Pine Hills 9: 35 / 3,203 / 72.0 / 122 1667 N. 2501st Rd., Ottawa • (815) 434-3985 • www.pinehillsgc.com (inactive) Jim Sipula––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Piper Glen 18: 72 / 7,005 / 73.5 / 132 7112 Piper Glen Dr., Springfield • (217) 483-6537 • www.piperglen.com Audra Burks––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Pontiac Elks 18: 72 / 6,804 / 73.0 / 132 Rt. 116 W at Elks Club Rd. (east of I-55), Pontiac • (815) 842-1249 • www.pontiacelks.com

Ron Dohman–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––PrairieView 18: 72 / 7,135 / 73.5 / 133 7993 N. River Rd., Byron • (815) 234-4653 • www.prairieviewgolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Prophet Hills 9: 35 / 3,040 / 67.6 / 106 7-Day: $23r4319 Bishop Rd., Prophetstown • (815) 537-5226 • www.prophethills.com Jodi Farral (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Rail 18: 72 / 6,583 / 71.7 / 127 1400 S. Club House Dr., Springfield • (217) 525-0365 • www.railgolf.com Ryan Matrisch–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Railside 18: 72 / 6,755 / 71.8 / 121 120 W. 19th St., Gibson City • (217) 784-5000 • www.railside.com Cody Warmoth–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Red Barn 9: 32 / 2,120 / 28.0 / 113 12379 Wagon Wheel Rd., Rockton • (815) 624-8037 • www.redbarngolfcourse.com

Marianne Kaiser–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Red Tail Run 18: 72 / 7,351 / 74.4 / 132 520 W. Grove Rd., Decatur • (217) 422-2211 • www.redtailrun.org–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Rend Lake East-West 18: 36 / 6,812 / 71.8 / 131 South 9: 36 / 3,442 / 12575 Golf Course Dr., Whittington • (618) 629-2353 • www.rendlakegolfresort.com

Craig Zingzilieta–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––River Heights 18: 72 / 6,528 / 70.8 / 126 1100 S. Annie Glidden Rd., DeKalb • (815) 758-1550 • www.riverheightsgc.com Roger Huber–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Rock River Golf & Pool 18: 70 / 5,920 / 69.2 / 123 Day: $20; End: $233901 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls • (815) 625-2322 • www.rockriversupperclub.com/golf–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sandy Hollow 18: 71 / 6,228 / 69.3 / 115 2500 Sandy Hollow Rd., Rockford • (815) 987-8836www.rockfordparkdistrict.org/sandy-hollow Nancy Joan Kauzlarich–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Senica’s Oak Ridge 18: 72 / 6,830 / 72.1 / 131 658 U.S. Hwy. 6, LaSalle • (815) 223-7273 • www.senicasoakridge.net Sherry Henkel–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Shady Oaks 18: 71 / 6,212 / 69.6 / 123 577 U.S. Hwy. 52, Sublette • (815) 849-5424 • www.shadyoakscc.com

Silver Ridge 18: 72 / 7,005 / 73.5 / 130 3069 N. Hill Rd., Oregon • (815) 734-4440 • no website Jason Wombacher––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sinnissippi 9: 37 / 3,230 / 35.5 / 130 1401 N. Second St., Rockford • (815) 987-8838 • www.rockfordparks.org–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Spencer T. Olin 18: 72 / 6,941 / 73.5 / 135 4701 College Ave., Alton • (618) 465-3111 • http://spencerolingolf.com Adam Rockey–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Spring Creek 18: 72 / 6,225 / 71.9 / 125 Day: $21; End: $24 286 Spring Creek Dr., Spring Valley • (815) 894-2137 • www.springcreek-golfcourse.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Stone Creek 18: 72 / 7,118 / 74.1 / 131 2600 Stone Creek Blvd., Urbana • (217) 367-3000 • www.stonecreekgolfclub.com Mickey Finn–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sunset 9: 36 / 3,169 / 69.5 / 115 7-Day: $10 (18), $8 (9)216 Sunset Hill, Mount Morris • (815) 734-4839 • www.sunsetgolfmm.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Swan Hills 18: 71 / 6,359 / 71.0 / 113 2600 Gustafson Rd., Belvidere • (815) 547-3232 • no website Catherine Beaves–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sycamore 18: 71 / 5,993 / 68.0 / 114 940 E. State St., Sycamore • (815) 895-3884 • www.sycamoreparkdistrict.com Kirk Lundbeck–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Timber Creek 18: 71 / 6,504 / 71.6 / 126 Day: $27; End: $33729 Timber Creek Rd., Dixon • (815) 288-5110 • www.timbercreekdixon.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Timber Pointe 18: 72 / 7,077 / 73.8 / 125 5750 Woodstock Rd., Poplar Grove • (815) 544-1935 • www.golfthepointe.com Randy Schairer –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––TPC at Deere Run 18: 71 / 7,258 / 75.8 / 144 3100 Heather Knoll, Silvis • (309) 796-6000 • www.tpc.com/tpc-deere-run Brian DeJohn–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––U. of Illinois Orange 18: 72 / 6,896 / 72.9 / 130 Blue 18: 72 / 6,479 / 70.2 / 119 800 Hartwell Dr., Savoy • (217) 359-5613 • www.uofigolf.com Michael Wallner–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WeaverRidge 18: 72 / 7,030 / 73.1 / 136 5100 WeaverRidge Blvd., Peoria • (309) 691-3344 • www.weaverridge.com Clay Stevens––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Weibring at Illinois State 18: 72 / 6,915 / 72.7 / 131 800 Gregory St., Normal • (309) 438-8065 • www.isugolf.com Laura Provost––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Wolf Creek 18: 72 / 6,637 / 69.1 / 117 21062 N 1850 East Rd., Pontiac • (815) 842-9008 • www.golfatwolfcreek.com Brett Hendren ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Wyaton Hills 9: 36 / 3,071 / 66.8 / 117 17879 1500 North Ave., Princeton • (815) 872-2641 • no website Max Hallberg Jr.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Indiana OutlyingAberdeen 18: 72 / 6,917 / 73.0 / 134 245 Tower Rd., Valparaiso • (219) 462-5050 • www.golfataberdeen.com Mike Higdon–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Birck Boilermaker Kampen 18: 72 / 7,253 / 76.5 / 145 Ackerman 18: 71 / 6,436 / 70.3 / 124 1300 Cherry Ln., West Lafayette • (765) 494-3139 • www.purduegolf.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Blackthorn 18: 72 / 7,105 / 75.2 / 135 6100 Nimitz Pkwy., South Bend • (574) 232-4653 • www.blackthorngolf.com Rich Love–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Brassie 18: 72 / 7,008 / 74.3 / 137 1110 Pearson Rd., Chesterton • (219) 921-1192 • www.thebrassie.com Deane Borcherding–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Briar Leaf 18: 72 / 6,850 / 73.2 / 132 3233 N. State Rd., LaPorte • (219) 326-1992 • www.briarleaf.com Jay Williams–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


Brickyard Crossing 18: 72 / 6,994 / 74.5 / 137 4400 W. 16th St., Speedway • (317) 484-6572 • www.brickyardcrossing.com Jeff Schroeder–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Creekside Glen 9: 36 / 3,270 / 36.0 / 125 Meadows 3: 2335 Clifford Rd., Valparaiso • (219) 531-7888 • www.creeksidegolfcourse.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Duck Creek 18: 70 / 5,338 / 70.0 / 113 636 N. 700 W., Hobart • (219) 759-5870 • www.duckcreekgolfcourse.com Ken Habhan (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Forest Park 18: 70 / 5,642 / 67.2 / 114 1155 Sheffield Dr., Valparaiso • (219) 531-7888 • www.forestparkgolfcourse.com

Emma Eichhorn (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Fort 18: 72 / 7,148 / 74.4 / 139 5200 N. Post Rd., Indianapolis • (317) 543-9597 • www.thefortgolfcourse.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––French Lick Resort Ross 18: 70 / 7,030 / 72.3 / 135 Dye 18: 72 / 8,102 / 80.0 / 148 Valley Links Bendelow 9: 36 / 3,478 / 8670 W. State Rd. 56, French Lick • (888) 936-9360 • www.frenchlick.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Harrison Hills 18: 72 / 6,820 / 72.6 / 131 413 E. New St., Attica • (765) 762-1135 • www.harrisonhills.com Geoff Curtis (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hulman Links 18: 72 / 7,225 / 74.9 / 144 990 N. Chamberlain St., Terre Haute • (812) 877-2096 • www.hulmanlinks.com David Kennedy–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Mink Lake 9: 35 / 3,000 / 33.5 / 102 636 N. Calumet Ave., Valparaiso • (219) 462-2585 • no website–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Robbinhurst 18: 68 / 5,629 / 66.5 / 111 383 W. County Rd. 875 N., Portage • (219) 762-9711 • www.robbinhurst.com Andrew Elderkin–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sandy Pines 18: 72 / 6,801 / 72.2 / 135 10527 Bunker Dr., DeMotte • (877) 987-3611 • www.sandypinesgc.com Brad Burvan–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Swan Lake Black 18: 72 / 7,112 / 74.2 / 129 Silver 18: 72 / 6,825 / 72.0 / 126 5203 Plymouth Tr., Plymouth • (800) 935-5545 • http://swanlakeresort.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Trophy Club 18: 72 / 7,317 / 75.3 / 138 3875 N. State Rd. 52, Lebanon • (765) 482-7272 • www.thetrophyclubgolf.com B.G. Winings–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Warren at Notre Dame 18: 71 / 7,020 / 74.6 / 135 110 Warren Golf Course, Notre Dame • (574) 631-4653 • www.warrengolfcourse.com John Foster–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

WisconsinAbbey Springs 18: 72 / 6,466 / 71.4 / 133 1 Country Club Dr., Fontana • (262) 275-6113 • www.abbeysprings.com Jerry Mortier (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Big Oaks 18: 72 / 5,848 / unrated 9: 36 / 2,962 / unrated 6117 123rd Pl., Pleasant Prairie • (262) 694-4200 • www.bigoaksgolf.com Jose Reyes–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Blackwolf Run River 18: 72 / 7,404 / 76.2 / 151 Meadow Valleys 18: 72 / 7,250 / 75.1 / 145 1111 W. Riverside Dr., Kohler • (866) 847-4856 • www.destinationkohler.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Bog 18: 72 / 7,110 / 74.9 / 142 3121 County Hwy. 1, Saukville • (800) 484-3264 • www.golfthebog.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Brighton Dale Links Blue Spruce 18: 72 / 6,687 / 72.0 / 129 Day: $26; End: $33 Red Pine 18: 72 / 7,024 / 72.9 / 132 Day 9: $16; End 9: $18 White Birch 18: 72 / 6,977 / 73.3 / 130 830 248th Ave., Kansasville • (262) 878-1440 • www.co.kenosha.wi.us/publicworks/golf

MichiganAngels Crossing 18: 72 / 7,169 / 74.3 / 135 3600 E. West (Schoolcraft) Ave., Vicksburg • (269) 694-2700 • www.golfangelscrossing.com

Joe Farrell––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Harbor Shores 18: 72 / 6,861 / 71.7 / 143 201 Graham Ave., Benton Harbor • (269) 927-4653 • www.harborshoresgolf.com Ross Smith (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––HawksHead 18: 72 / 7,003 / 72.8 / 129 523 HawksNest Dr., South Haven • (269) 639-2121 • www.hawksheadlinks.com Larry Tebelak–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lake Michigan Hills 18: 72 / 6,911 / 73.9 / 135 2520 Kerlikowske Rd., Benton Harbor • (269) 849-4653 • www.lakemichiganhills.com

Mike Longyear–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Whittaker Woods 18: 72 / 7,071 / 74.3 / 144 12578 Wilson Rd., New Buffalo • (269) 469-3400 • www.golfwhittaker.com Steve Dell–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Chicagoland RangesStand-alone Outdoor Facilities / Indoor Domes

Aurora Sports Dome 100 Business Rt. 30, Aurora (630) 820-8624BallyBunion 4200 Rt. 83, Long Grove (847) 634-3363Bartlett Golf Center 1301 W. Lake St., Bartlett (847) 830-9385Better Shots 825 Tyrell Rd., Gilberts (847) 697-5000Birdies & Eagles 800 Mcdonald Rd., South Elgin (847) 931-2233Bobby’s Hunt Club 491 S. Hunt Club Rd., Gurnee (847) 549-6090Boulder Golf Range 2900 Beverly Rd., Hoffman Estates (847) 426-1588Bridgeview Sports Dome 8900 S. 77th Ave., Bridgeview (708) 924-8290Bushwood Golf 30 W. Madison St., Maywood (708) 344-2700Central Park Range 5799 Central Ave., Portage, Ind. (219) 762-4653Crete Family Fun Center 955 Main St., Crete (708) 672-7991Crystal Lake Learning 4418 Buhl Rd., Crystal Lake (815) 479-9150Deer Run Family Golf 11007 Rt. 120, Woodstock (815) 338-9701Diversey Driving Range 141 W. Diversey Pkwy., Chicago (312) 742-7929Douglas Park Learning 1401 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago (312) 747-7670Golf Farm 2100 N. Rt. 12, Wauconda (847) 526-4000Green Garden Golf Dome 9511 W. Monee-Manhattan Rd., Frankfort (815) 469-3350Green Valley Golf 26W101 Lake St., Hanover Park (630) 289-6600Golf Learning Center Hamilton Lakes 500 Park Blvd., Itasca (630) 773-7997Harry Semrow Range 1150 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines (847) 296-5764Highland Park Learning 2205 Skokie Valley Rd., Highland Park (847) 433-3422Lippold Park 1 E. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake (815) 459-0680Master Golf 425 S. Rt. 45, Grayslake (847) 223-6886McQ’s Sports Dome 730 N. Bolingbrook Dr., Bolingbrook (630) 739-7600Mid Iron 12680 S. Bell Rd., Lemont (630) 257-3340Oakton Range 2800 W. Oakton Ave., Park Ridge (847) 692-3580Paradise Golf Supply 1500 N. Main St., Crown Point, Ind. (219) 313-6769Parfection Park 6215 S. Bridge St., Yorkville (630) 553-6855Partner Golf Center 6615 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago (773) 286-2060Pro Circle 1810 Rt. 12, Spring Grove (815) 675-2747Riedy’s Tee Time 1400 Maple Ave., Lisle (630) 852-5759Sports Zone Family Fun 100 Business Rt. 30, Aurora (630) 820-8624Sugar Grove Family Fun Rt. 47 & Jericho Rd., Sugar Grove (630) 466-3866Sunset Meadows Range 811 S. Dwyer Ave., Arlington Heights (847) 394-5865T-Time Golf 13750 W. 159th St., Homer Glen (708) 301-6500The Players Club Chicago 8500 W. 79th St., Justice (708) 924-9889Top Golf 699 W. Thorndale Ave., Wood Dale (630) 595-4653Westland Golf 11900 Algonquin Rd., Huntley (847) 669-0204White Pines Golf Dome 500 W. Jefferson St., Bensenville (630) 422-1060Woodland Trails 1500 E. Euclid Ave., Mount Prospect (847) 296-4563–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Bristol Oaks 18: 72 / 6,319 / 70.1 / 120 16801 75th St., Bristol • (262) 857-2302 • www.bristoloaks.com Frank Blum (GM)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Brown Deer Park 18: 71 / 6,716 / 72.6 / 132 7625 N. Range Line Rd., Milwaukee • (414) 352-8080 • http://milwaukeecountygolfcourses.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Delbrook North 9: 35 / 3,183 / ratings Middle 9: 36 / 3,326 / combine South 9: 36 / 3,266 / on 9s700 S. 2nd St., Delavan • (262) 728-3966 • www.delbrookgc.com Dan Piecha–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Erin Hills 18: 72 / 7,820 / 77.9 / 145 7169 County Rd. O, Erin • (866) 772-4769, (262) 670-8600 • www.erinhills.com Rich Tock–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Geneva National Palmer 18: 72 / 7,171 / 74.8 / 140 Trevino 18: 72 / 7,120 / 74.5 / 137 Player 18: 72 / 7,039 / 74.4 / 138 1221 Geneva National Ave. South, Lake Geneva • (262) 245-7000www.genevanationalresort.com David Winget–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Grand Geneva Brute 18: 72 / 6,997 / 73.8 / 136 Highlands 18: 71 / 6,167 / 71.9 / 131 7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva • (262) 248-8811 • www.grandgeneva.com

Patrick Hansen (GM)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hawk’s View Como Crossing 18: 72 / 7,032 / 73.1 / 133 M-Th: $75; F-Su: $85 Barn’s Hollow 18: 54 / 2,708 / unrated M-Th: $20; F-Su: $257377 Krueger Rd., Lake Geneva • (262) 348-9900 • www.hawksviewgolfclub.com

Matt Boesch–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Johnson Park 18: 72 / 6,703 / 71.5 / 124 6200 Northwestern Ave., Racine • (262) 637-5068 • www.racinegolfonline.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lake Lawn Resort 18: 70 / 6,418 / 69.2 / 120 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan • (262) 728-2347 • www.lakelawnresort.com Jeff Selgren–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Lawsonia Links 18: 72 / 6,853 / 72.8 / 130 Woodlands 18: 72 / 6,618 / 72.7 / 132 W2615 S. Valley View Dr., Green Lake • (920) 294-3320 • www.lawsonia.com Jeff Kleinke–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Nippersink Resort 18: 71 / 6,652 / 69.9 / 119 N1055 Tombeau Rd., Genoa City • (262) 279-6311 • www.nippersinkresort.com Tracy Heim–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Petrifying Springs 18: 70 / 5,979 / 67.8 / 119 Day: $24; End: $324909 7th St., Kenosha • (262) 552-9052 • www.co.kenosha.wi.us/publicworks.golf Chris Adams––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Shoop Park 9: 34 / 2,631 / 35.5 / 113 4510 Lighthouse Dr., Racine • (262) 681-9714 • www.racinegolfonline.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Spring Valley 18: 70 / 6,354 / 70.1 / 119 23913 Wilmot Rd., Salem • (262) 862-2626 • www.springvalleyccsalem.com John Wagner–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Twin Lakes 18: 70 / 5,930 / 67.5 / 116 1230 Legion Dr., Twin Lakes • (262) 877-2500 • www.tlccgolf.com Chad Cantwell–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––University Ridge 18: 72 / 6,888 / 73.2 / 142 9002 County Rd. PD, Verona • (800) 897-4343 • www.universityridge.com Mike Gaspard–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Washington Park 9: 35 / 2,759 / unrated 2801 12th St., Racine • (262) 635-0118 • www.racinegolfonline.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Whistling Straits Straits 18: 72 / 7,790 / 77.2 / 152 Irish 18: 72 / 7,201 / 75.6 / 146 N8501 Hwy. LS, Haven • (800) 618-5535 • www.destinationkohler.com–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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