BMW CHAMPIONSHIP PLANS FOR CROOKED STICK

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THE GOG BLOG by Rory Spears, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy. On the covered bridge at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel Indiana.

The 2016 BMW Championship is on the road again, and this time it’s close enough to home, that Chicago golf fans can hit the road and still attend the championship.

This years home is a return to the Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel Indiana, a course designed by Hall of Fame course designer Pete Dye. (See our interview with Pete Dye from yesterday).

The BMW was played at Crooked Stick in 2012, and it was won by Rory McIlroy.  In 2017 it will return to Conway Farms in Lake Forest, before heading to Aronimink near Philadelphia in 2018, and back to Medinah Country Club in 2019 the final year of the BMW contract.

Crooked Stick will also host the 2020 Western Amateur Championship.

This year the top 70 players remaining the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs, will compete for a spot in the top 30 field the following week in Atlanta at the tour championship. The BMW Championship is the primary fund raiser for the Evans Scholar Foundation.

At the recent media day,defending champion Jason Day was not in attendance, but did tape a preview message that was played. His message is heard on the interview below.

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WGA Vice President of Tournaments Vince Pellegrino speaks at BMW Championship media day, at the Crooked Stick Golf Club.

WGA Vice-President of Tournaments Vince Pellegrino spoke at media day about the championship, along with members of Crooked Stick and the chairman of this years championship.

Pellegrino himself is an Evans Scholar who attended Indiana University.

Current Evans Scholars were on hand at media day, to both speak about their experience in the program, and to caddie for those playing the round of golf on media day.

Click here to hear the press conference from BMW Championship media day at Crooked Stick, along with the message from PGA Tour player Jason Day.

The Crooked Stick Golf Club has had a few changes made to the golf course since 2012, and Pete Dye tells golfers on Golf that he might add “a little something” for those tour players before they show up in September. The championship week is September 5-11. See BMWChampionship.com or visit WGAESF.org for more details.

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Rory spent over 8 years growing up working at Rob Roy Golf Club in Prospect Hts.IL, then two years at Chevy Chase in Wheeling. He has covered golf in Chicago since 1986. Rory was one of the initial members of WSCR all-sports radio Chicago and covered golf there for 5 seasons, before moving on to work for ESPN/Sportsticker and ESPN Radio. In addition to hosting Golfers on Golf Radio on WCPT AM820 Chicago, he writes for both the Chicago District (CDGA) Magazine, and formerly Chicagoland Golf. Rory has played over 525 courses in 39 states, and rates golf courses. He does golf course management and communications consulting, within the golf industry.