HERITAGE OAKS GOLF CLUB at 3535 Dundee Road in Northbrook is open for it’s second full year from renovation. So try the new Trackman range, try the new Acorn Grill, complete with Taco Tuesday’s and Wings on Wednesdays. There are now two simulators in the clubhouse for year round golf. But there is still plenty of golf season left for outdoor play. So book a tee time by calling (847)-291-2351 or Heritageoaksgc.com. Head Golf pro John Billiter (m) will compete in next weeks IPGA Section Championship.
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Martha Kuwahara was back at Glenbrook North High School tryouts on Monday at Heritage Oaks in Northbrook, IL.
Martha Kuwahara 15, of Northbrook Illinois was back in the environment she enjoys most, golf.
Monday was the first day of golf team tryouts for the Glenbrook North Spartans girls golf team, at their home course of Heritage Oaks GC in Northbrook. But for Kuwahara the national Drive-Chip and Putt Champion at Augusta National Golf Club, it should have been easy day.
So even though her scorecard said a round of 69 (-2), her day wasn’t as easy as it sounded. Because walking 18 holes these days isn’t quite so easy, in fact it’s a little painful. So painful she could be sitting out some of her Glenbrook High School’s upcoming golf team matches. Because that’s what happens when you get electrocuted in a Jacuzzi, and you are left paralyzed from the waste down for three days. But Kuwahara insists she will take part in the next two days of tryouts, since the rounds of golf are only 9-holes.
But just a few weeks back-things got scary for Kuwahara, when after her practice round at an AJGA event in Pewaukee Wisconsin. Kuwahara jumped into the Jacuzzi at her hotel, the Wildwood Hotel recommended by the AJGA as the place to stay. But an electrical fire that caught the hotel’s pool area on fire, electrocuted Kuwahara forcing her to withdraw from the golf tournament.
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Kuwahara says she really enjoyed her time in Drive-Chip and Putt, which at 15 and she will be 16 before next years competition, means she will be too old to compete again.
Martha Kuwahara at Medinah Country Club warming up for the DCP finals.
Players like Rory McIlroy teased her about getting her autograph when she asked for theirs. Winning Drive-Chip and Putt made her much more well known.
During a tournament this summer in Florida, she noticed Illinois Coach Renee Slone following her. Kuwahara has seen the University of Illinois golf facility while visiting her brother, who attends the universities dental school. Kuwahara says that plenty of colleges are now following her Instagram page.
But with college still three years away, right now Kuwahara is just looking forward to walking again, with out the pain that’s been bothering her for the last month and keeping her off the golf course.