THE MISTWOOD GOLF DOME SEASON IS HERE. So it’s time to take your golf game over to Bolingbrook from Romeoville for hitting the ball, and getting your latest club fitting done. Mistwood’s team of fitters including Matt Carter (above right) will get you set for when outdoor golf returns in 2025. Mistwoodgolfdome.com. or call (630)-739-7600.
THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Director of Content and Creation for Golfers on Golf. Follow Rory on Twitter-X or connect on LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram. Odyssey AI putter fitting in the Mistwood Golf Dome in Bolingbrook.
SHOPPING SEASON CONTINUES!
Because it did begin last week at the Twin Orchard Country Club in Long Grove.
Twin Orchard CC Director of Merchandising Stacy Larson ran a tremendous show again this year.
So plenty of golfers made the trek to Long Grove and got some great deals.
I was one of them. Purchased a great pair of $120 slacks for $58, and a few pairs of socks, that normally would be $14 or $16 a pair, for $5-6 and 8 dollars. You can not beat prices like that. Opening night the line for the cash registers was almost all the way across the banquet room for 2+ hours after the doors opened. But in spite of the snow on Day 2, plenty of golfers were there to continue buying what was still for sale.
THIS WEEK is BLACK FRIDAY, which some clubs or companies will start tomorrow to get a jump on the competition. The Black Friday Golf Sale at the Mistwood Golf Club is one of the good ones. Reminder the sale is at the golf club’s pro shop on Renwick Road in Romeoville and not at the MGD in Bolingbrook.
COG HILL GOLF has announced that they now have a online golf shop on their website that is open for business. So visit CogHillgolf.com THE COG HILL HOLIDAY SALE-OPEN HOUSE is Saturday December 7th from 9A to 2P. Great deals and munchies/punch at the sale.
JEMSEK GOLF has announced that Tyler Wollberg is the new head golf professional at Pine Meadow GC in Mundelein. Wollberg a Mundelein native comes over from The Grove Country Club in Long Grove. Wollberg replaces 20 year Pine Meadow professional Dennis Johnsen who is retiring after 50 years in the golf business.
There is a retirement party of Johnsen on Sunday December 8 at “The Pine” from 1-4p. Wollberg will start on Monday the 9th and a “meet and greet” with Wollberg is scheduled for Sunday the 15th from 1-4P at “The Pine.”
RETIREMENT AT CANTIGNY GOLF-KemperSports Management will need to find a GM for both The Glen Club and Cantigny Golf. Terry Hanley tells Golfers on Golf he is retiring from the golf business at the end of December. But Hanley and his wife will be opening their own non-golf venture in 2025. So stay tuned.
SO IF YOUR QUESTION is what to buy for yourself or your favorite golfer for the holidays. I will have some thoughts right here tomorrow at GOG. But tomorrows ideas will be based on what I have and what I use. What’s in my bag and what I wear, after plenty of testing both on and off the course. What the fitters have told me, plays into my club selection. Putters is another story, my tryouts for the starting job are incomplete. So more details on that tomorrow.
IT’S REALLY SAD what some idiots did to 7th (I think) green at the recently renovated “Evans Course” at Canal Shores in Evanston/Wilmette. The green on the hole after the famed putting hole-designed by architect Todd Quitno, was driven on by a vehicle. With an intent to do damage, and plenty of damage was done. Really disgusting. RS