ZIEHM & SPEARS PODCAST SERIES 2020-VOLUME 16

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LEN ZIEHM in PGA Village of Port St. Lucie Florida, RORY SPEARS in the WCPT Am 820 Chicago studio’s, home of Golfers on Golf Radio in it’s 30th season. #Golfisback     _____________________________________________________________________

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This week Len and Rory discuss the increase of play this year in the sport of golf. The Atkins family donating/gifting the Stone Creek Golf Club to the University of Illinois. The Women’s Western Amateur is being played at Prestwick Country Club in Frankfurt and so is the Western Amateur Championship at the Crooked Stick Golf Club.

Both tournaments will have a large contingent of the players from the University of Illinois. Demo days are back in force, happening at multiple locations around the area. Rich Harvest farms and Jerry Rich announce a major promotion and begin preparations for next years Palmer Cup.

The Schaumburg Golf Club is less than 30 days from opening it’s final 9 holes from renovations.

The Illinois PGA Section events return this week. The Ryder Cup might be pushed into 2021, all that and more with Ziehm & Spears Volume 16.

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About Rory Spears

Rory spent over 8 years growing up working at Rob Roy Golf Club in Prospect Hts.IL, then two years at Chevy Chase in Wheeling. He has covered golf in Chicago since 1986. Rory was one of the initial members of WSCR all-sports radio Chicago and covered golf there for 5 seasons, before moving on to work for ESPN/Sportsticker and ESPN Radio. In addition to hosting Golfers on Golf Radio on WCPT AM820 Chicago, he writes for both the Chicago District (CDGA) Magazine, and formerly Chicagoland Golf. Rory has played over 525 courses in 39 states, and rates golf courses. He does golf course management and communications consulting, within the golf industry.