RIDGE CC PRO MARK KRIZIC BUYS FYRE LAKE GC IN QUAD CITIES

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Welcome to Fyre Lake Golf Club in Sherrard IL.

FYRE LAKE GOLF CLUB in Sherrard Illinois, a suburb of the Quad Cities is getting a badly needed new owner.

Enter Mark Krizic the Director of Golf at Chicago’s Ridge Country Club, and a IPGA professional at the club for 16 years, but it became time for Krizic to follow his dreams. That is to become a golf course owner.

Krizic and his family will move on from his family at Ridge Country Club, and begin the task of building up Fyre Lake Golf Club in the Quad Cites area.

The first hole at Fyre Lake Golf Club.

Krizic will have some work to do, as the club has had it’s issues in the community under past ownership’s.

What’s expected is that under the professional ownership that Krizic will bring to Fyre Lake, the clubs new reputation will be a good one. But it will take some time to build that reputation.

The course was built by the Jack Nicklaus design team, has as they say in the industry, good bones. The potential at Fyre Lake is unlimited and Krizic might just be the golf pro to take the course to the next level. Krizic is the type of leadership Fyre Lake has been crying out for.

Krizic worked through Chris Charnas of Links Capital Advisors on the sale, and as of Monday of this week, has taken control of the golf course. What else is in the plans for Fyre Lake, listen in on our interview with Krizic.

Click here to hear the interview with the new owner of Fyre Lake Golf Club Mark Krizic.

The par 4, 12th hole with an island green.

The course is currently open for play, and Krizic has already changed some of the maintenance practices that were in place at the club.

Fyre Lake has been a popular place to play golf especially with out of town visitors who come to the Quad Cites during the John Deere Classic week.

TPC Deere Run and Fyre Lake are both public courses, and make for a great 36 hole play when your in the Quad Cities.

For more information on Fyre Lake visit on line Fyrelakegolf.com, or call the club at (309)-644-4575

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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.