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LIV GOLF IS BACK !

IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNED TOMORROW, at the Bolingbrook Golf Club.

So yes you heard me correctly, the Bolingbrook Golf Club.

The club was most recently the host of a Forme Tour event. That tournament had a few former members of the University of Illinois Men’s Golf Team in the field, headed up by Dylan Meyer.

There are those who will wonder why LIV Golf is headed to Bolingbrook GC.. So maybe there will be more answers tomorrow. But in-part it’s more likely that LIV missed the deadline set by Rich Harvest farms, to tell RHF it was coming back.

DID LIV SPEAKS WITH OTHER AREA CLUBS-word is Bolingbrook stepped up when talks with Olympia Fields Country Club broke down. So that’s a tough one for OFCC, because hosting a PGA Tour playoff event, and a LIV Golf event in back-to-back years. Would have been a real feather in the cap of Olympia Fields. Especially since the tab for renovation work at Olympia Fields, has run higher than expected on the South Course.

APP CRAP- as everyone knows, there is NOTHING more annoying these days than somebody, some company or even some golf course telling you and constantly bugging you to get their APP. One social media platform last year sent me 90+ emails in 120 days to get their APP. That is pretty sad. Because it should never happen. Then the people who get mad when you won’t get WhatsApp-seriously get a life.

BUT WHAT’S WORSE is that golfers are letting weather APP’S destroy their day on the golf course. I understand when a real downpour is coming, that will last hours. You should take a rain check and move to another day. But what’s amazing is golfers who cancel rounds, because they are afraid of a few drops on 17 and 18. because I always thought golfers were a tougher breed than that.

I have seen my course Heritage Oaks my club in Northbrook-with a very light tee sheet on some beautiful days lately. Why, because some APP or weather person said Tuesday calls for heavy rain. Then when you hear the full report, the rain is starting at 7-8 Pm.  While the entire day is nice and sunny, good news is that golfers who show up. Can really enjoy an outstanding round of golf with good pace-of-play.

THE COST OF JUNIOR GOLF-on your license plates. I was just looking at the Youth Golf brochure of supporting Jr. Golf in Illinois. Because like so many other things in Illinois, the cost of supporting this great cause has jumped up. So a tip of the cap or golf visor to those who do, because at $198.00 to renew every year it’s getting pricey.

ONE FINAL NOTE-I will have more coming up this week on the return of Golfers on Golf Radio. Looks like our first tee time for 2024 is at 9Am this Saturday. Back on WNDZ-Am 750. RS