HERITAGE OAKS 3535 DUNDEE ROAD IN NORTHBROOK is back with a new name, a new clubhouse, a new big-size putting green, a driving range with now with Trackman, and of course, a new look golf course. So make a tee-time at Heritageoaksgc.com or call the club at (847)-291-2351. Heritage Oaks is part of the Northbrook Park District.

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Jamie Fischer with Conway Farms caddie Jose Ornelas at Heritage Oaks Golf Club.

JAMIE FISCHER IS GOING HOME!

Even with a bogey on the par 4, 18th hole, Conway Farms Golf Club teaching professional Jamie Fischer stayed out of a playoff.

Fischer’s drive on 18, found a fairway bunker, so she started asking her caddie Jose Ornelas where do we stand.

Ornelas offered solid advice telling Fischer, lets just make concentrate on making a par. But even with a bogey, Fischer was 2 shots clear of a playoff. Because Fischer was in the last group to tee off, she was the last player from the Heritage Oaks Golf Club’s qualifier to make it into the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Open.

But while making it into the U.S. Senior Women’s Open is pretty special in-itself. For Fischer, it’s a trip back home to the neighborhood where she grew up in Dayton Ohio. So one thing Fischer won’t need to look for tournament week, is a hotel room.

With her mom still having the house in the neighborhood Fischer grew-up in, Fischer will stay with mom that week in her childhood home. So the commute over to host site NCR Country Club will be a short one.

But another thing going for Fischer, is that she played in the 1986 U.S. Women’s Open on NCR’s championship South Course (won by Jane Geddes). So she has seen NCR’s set-up for a USGA championship. But the defending champion from the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open will be Annika Sorenstam, who is tough to beat on any golf course.

Heritage Oaks in Northbrook played host to the USGA Men’s Senior Amateur qualifier in the morning. Followed by the U.S. Senior Women’s Open in the afternoon.

Fischer will have company from Illinois when she heads to Dayton in late August for open week. (August 22-28).

While Tracy Hanson with a score of 4 under par won the qualifier, runner up was Audra Burks from Springfield.

Earlier this year, Mistwood Golf Club teaching professional Nicole Jeray received word from the USGA, that she would be exempt directly into the field at NCR.

Both NCR Courses-North and South were originally designed by Dick Wilson, known for his work in the Chicago area with his design of Cog Hill #4 (Dubsdread).

CLICK HERE to hear the interview with Jamie Fischer who qualified for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open.

So for more information on the U.S. Senior Women’s Open please visit USGA.org.