A TASTE OF WISCONSIN Erin Hills on the left via the drone is now open for the 2016 Golf Season, remaining tee times and cottage space are selling out fast. Erinhills.com for more information, home of the 2017 U.S. Open. CASSY TULLY-Fine Art, your home for Wisconsin’s best golf art, have Cassy design something for your club cassytully.com. ______________________________________________________________________
Golfers on Golf Radio is back for week 5 of the 22 hole season.
Chicago’s favorite foursome of Ed Stevenson, Mike Munro, Bill Berger and Rory Spears has another exciting week of golf talk lined up for you starting at 9 AM on Am 1240 WSBC.
On the local scene, the Publisher of Chicagoland Golf Val Russell joins us on the tee first, and then from beautiful sunny warm Florida it’s former Kempersports VP and now sales manager Doug Schmidt of the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Tarpon Springs, just North of Tampa. Four courses and that includes Coppherhead home of the Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour.
Why not hint to your family that for Fathers Day, that dad want’s to play Whistling Straits, that was recently home of the 2015 PGA Championship.
Why not send your dad up to play one of the best courses he will ever play, that’s right the Top 100 Modern Classic designed by Pete Dye, Whistling Straits. Home of the 2020 Ryder Cup.
Right now contact Kohler about the Golf Escape package, there is not a better way to say “Thanks Dad” to a golfing father. See Destination Kohler online or you can call (888)-293-7337.
Innisbrookgolfresort.com home of the recently renovated Copperhead Golf Course.
GALENA’S EAGLE RIDGE RESORT AND SPA proudly annouces a speicla golf VIp eventwith Chicago Bears Kicker Robbie Gould a 3 handicap player, on June 4th, the resort will be offering the ” Good as Gould” package starting at $199 per night. To learn more call (800)-892-2269.
The CDGA Mid-Amateur will be held for the second time, and tee’s off this Monday at the Lake Shore Country Club, that last played host to a CDGA event in 2007,when it was the host site for the CDGA Amateur.
The championship will have a stroke play qualifier on Monday morning, with a 16 player match play event, until the winner is decided in the finals match on Wednesday afternoon.
Last year the field size was 74 and the championship was own by John Ehgrott. Steve Putzel received the clubs sponsors exemption and will be the only LSCC member in the field. The course is par of 71 and plays to a yardage of 6,813 yards. the course was designed by Donald Ross.
THE GUST BUSTER UMBRELLA has been named best Golf Umbrella by Golf Digest, receiving and Editors choice award. GustBuster Umbrella’s are a favorite of the Gog Blog and have proven themselves in the worst conditions. They can withstand winds of 55 MPH without collapsing. For more information on the best umbrella in golf you can call (888)-Gustbuster or online see GustBuster.com.
The Ottinger Family owners of three golf courses in the Atlantic City area, including the famed Atlantic City Country Club, has announced the completions of the renovations to the clubhouse and the golf course.
Phase 1 included a makeover to the entrance way and lobby, including the McDermott and Fraser rooms, and the Fraser Library, Grand Ballroom, restrooms and corridors. It also included a new bridal suite that overlooks the golf course and has breath taking views of the AC-Skyline. The kitchens have been redone, along with the completion of a new halfway house.
On the golf course greenside bunkers were renovated on six holes during phase 1. In Phase 2 of the renovations, the famed Taproom Bar Grille were renovated along with two private dining area’s and the creation of a sky deck. Phase 2 of the bunker renovations are underway and are expected to completed in just a few days. The golf course is a par 70 course, that plays 6,577 yards from the back tees. It was designed by John Reid in 1897, and has been renovated by Willie Park (1915) William S. Flynn (1925) and Tom Doak (1999).
The 119 year old Atlantic City Country Club is the home of where the term “birdie” was first coined, is rated the #1 Public Course in New Jersey by three major golf publications. For more information on tee-times and more call (609)-236-4411. Online you can visit accountryclub.com.
Jack Nicklaus winner of 18 major championships and the “Greatest Golfer of All Time”, who once said that “Golf is meant to be fun”, has taken that phrase to a new level with the release of JACK NICKLAUS PERFECT GOLF.
Promoters feel that this is the most realistic computer golf game on the market today. Golfers, Non-golfers and gaming enthusiasts are expected to have hours of fun playing the courses the game has to offer.
“We have developed a number of innovative technologies bringing together the virtual and real worlds into a seamless environment,” says Robert Samuels, the chairman and CEO of Perfect Golf. “We are proud to team with Nicklaus Companies once again and look forward to our shared mutual success.”
For more infomration please visit jacknicklausperfectgolf.com.
CARNOUSTIE GOLF SPORTS WEAR, Father’s Day is coming and Carnoustie Golf has announced it’s Spring/Summer 2016 line of performance knits, and they make a perfect gift for Dad, or maybe the graduate in your family.
The 2016 Performance Knits might feel like silk, but come from a very fine micro polyester. This line produces the quality golfers have received from Carnousties cotton garments.
“We choose to offer only the best quality designed with a current yet refined sensibility,” says CEO Marshall Mancillas.
For more information see Carnoustiesportswearonline.com or visit their facebook or Twitter pages.
ANTIGUA Sportswear now in time for Fathers Day is highlighting one of it’s most popular polo’s, the Element heathered short sleeve polo. Ron McPherson the CEO of Antigua calls this shirt, “our largest selling style in our spring and summer collection.”
To see more of the Element-short sleeve polo visit, Anitgua.com or ShopAnitgua.com.
SPORTSMANS GOLF CLUB in Northbrook has just announced that Golf Board is coming soon to Sportsmans, call the club at (847)-291-2351 for more details on Golf Board, starting in June.
That’s it for now, stay clicked in for more golf news. RS