HERITAGE OAKS GOLF CLUB at 3535 Dundee Road in Northbrook. This weekends Turkey Trot outing is sold out. But the outdoor season golf season continues on, with play lasting until-stay tuned. Because with Mother Natures help a first in Northbrook Golf could happen stay tuned. Acorn Grill with food and drink specials. So for those ready for indoor golf-the 2 simulators are open. (847)-291-2351 Heritageoaksgc.com.
The Gog Blog by Rory Spears, Director of Content and Creation for Golfers on Golf. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy or connect on LinkedIn/Facebook or Instagram. On the First Tee at the Grove Country Club. Photo by Sean Breese.
I’M BACK…
My health is coming back FINALLY. But it’s been a long two months away from Golfers on Golf.
Special thanks to my alias Peter Parker for filling in on one post for me a couple of weeks back.
Actually a few folks asked if I was about to start shooting webs with my left arm, after seeing the damage from what is believed to be a spider-bite.
What started as a nearly month long illness from a sinus infection-that appeared to run down into the lungs. Phase two was getting bit apparently by a spider, the enlarged an inflamed my arm to twice it’s size. So when my left hand finally shrunk back down to size, my three middle fingers did not fully work. But now I’m glad to say they do. So as I geared up to type, I have been hit by four Comcast outages. But after visits by the Comcast technicians, it appears all the bugs (pun-intended) have been repaired. But yet another setback that has kept me off line and out of the world of golf for another two weeks.
The good news is that FINALLY-I am back out playing golf. But while not normally as well as I do play. I am playing. I guess I could say, you don’t know what got till it’s gone. Missing the fall golf season was really tough. My arm is not 100% perfect, it’s still weaker than the right one, and has some area’s of skin to again start looking normal. It does have a full range of motion, which allows for a golf swing. So all is not perfect, but it’s much better than it was. Golfersongolf.com is back with plenty of catch-up to do But I will do just that.
IT WAS GOLF DAY TODAY at the Ivanhoe Club in Ivanhoe.
Blow the lines-it is that time of year, even on a 70 degree day.
I HAD NOT BEEN to the Ivanhoe Club since the end of the Rust-Oleum event on the Korn Ferry Tour.
There was a knock on the club that it was to far away from the city to draw big crowds. So while there is some truth to that, the same thing is said about Rich Harvest Farms for the LIV Golf tournaments.
But last year on Sunday over 22,000 golf fans make the trek to Sugar Grove to see the top players in the world of golf in the first year of LIV. So the Ivanhoe Club with it’s three nine’s, Forest, Prairie and Marsh are all good Arthur Hills designs. But while large amounts of water comes into play on some holes.
This challenging design is good private club golf, that would make a great host to some tournament in the future. So here is hoping the club is ready to host another event. I feel it could, even though long time head golf professional Jim Sobb has retired. But new pro Jim Billiter has Ivanhoe running to a point where things have not missed a beat. While I was there I noticed the new Pickleball courts were under construction, for those who enjoy the game. Ivanhoe will soon be Pickleball friendly.
The year end golf sale is back at Twin orchard Country Club. Deals-deals and deals.
THE YEAR END GOLF SALE is back.
NEXT WEEK Thursday 9-8, Friday 9-8 and Saturday from 9 to 5.
This show provides a great variety of golf products at great prices from clubs both private and public.
So you will find deals here you won’t find anywhere else. The credit for this great golf event is Stacy Larson who handles merchandising for Twin Orchard. I am proud to say the two clubs I represent, both Heritage Oaks GC in Northbrook and The Grove Country Club will be there with items to sell. I will be there all four days, so do say hello if we cross paths.
MISTWOOD GOLF CLUB has decided to remain open through November 19th, after originally planning to close in early November. But the Mistwood Golf Dome has opened for the winter golf season as of November 1st.
GOLFERS ON GOLF RADIO host and partner Len Ziehm has posted several recent stories in both the Arlington Heights Daily Herald, and at Lenziehmongolf.com. Len has stories on the Annika event in Florida that is really worth checking out.
BLACK FRIDAY EVENTS are happening. The Indoor sale at the Mistwood Golf Dome in Bolingbrook starts early. The four-man scramble at Chad Johansen’s Blackberry Oaks in Bristol. Cog Hill is running Black Friday golf and sales, so golfers be ready for Black Friday. The Chad Johansen indoor golf facility is now opening for the winter golf season in Yorkville.
CALLAWAY ODYSSEY GOLF has launched it’s new line of putters. The story on the line will be out here shortly.
THE LARGEST GOLF DOME in the Chicago area, the Willow Hill Golf Dome has opened for the winter season. Visit Willowhillgolfdome.com/golf hours are 8 Am to 3 pm, with rates at $15 per half hour.
WEATHER IN THE CHICAGO AREA is shaping up to be not to cold for the remainder of the month. Temperatures could be in the 50’s and low 60’s on some days into early December. So if that’s the case, do get out and play. It’s not too late. RS