THE NEW TITLEIST 917 DRIVER Now on the market and in the pro shops and retail golf stores, see Titleist.com. White Pines Golf Club in Bensenville 36 holes on the course and a 37th in the clubhouse, see whitepinesgolf.com. Book Holiday Parties Now ______________________________________________________________________

THE GOG BLOG by Rory Spears, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory on facebook, linkedin and twitter @GogBlogGuy. With Artist Cassy Tully at the Ryder Cup.

THE GOG BLOG’S Sunday Morning Short Game is back for November.

Keeping up with golf news as we towards the end of the outdoor golf season, and prepare to go into the domes, and other places to play some indoor golf.

Are you ready for new equipment, where there is some on the market, and some coming soon. Like the new driver by Wilson Sports, that be released on Black Friday. The new driver will be the winner of the Driver vs Driver contest being shown on the Golf Channel.

Now on the market is the new Titleist 917 Driver that is getting rave reviews for it’s distance and control, go hit a new 917 before you purchase any driver in this off season.

If your starting to think holidays there are plenty of options out there for you, and I encourage you to pass around the proper shopping instructions to friends ans family so they don’t waste time buying you the wrong things, so you end up returning them after the holidays. Our column holiday shopping comes out tomorrow.

  NEED HOLIDAY GOLF ORNAMENTS well Kohler area artist Cassy Tully has created her 2016 line of golf ornaments, if you enjoy Kohler and the four championship Pete Dye courses, see her holiday designs at Cassytully.com. Several options to pick from.

ILLINOIS MEN’S GOLF continues on a roll. Mike Small’s team recently competed in the East Lake Cup Challenge, shown live on The Golf Channel. After knocking off Texas, Illinois beat Oregon for the title, these wins should put Illinois back at #1 after falling to #2 in a couple of polls.

RECRUITING FRONT, Small has landed a couple of Blue Chippers to add to his team in 2017. First up is Brendan O’Reilly who plays his high school golf at Hinsdale Central, where he just won the 3A Individual title and helped his team to their fourth straight team title. Varun Chopra from Urbana High School will also join the Illini in 2017, after a fourth place finish in 2016 at the 1A high school level. Varun was second in state in 2015.

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Links Capital Advisors and Principal Chris Charnas are ready to help you sell or purchase your current or next golf property.

LCA is now announcing that the Antioch Golf Club is on the market, with an asking price of high six figures. In California the Pacific Golf Centers in Santa Cruz are for sale for a low six-figure number. Contact Chris on these two golf properties at (847)-866-7192.

Standing at the Deer of the TPC Deere Run Golf Links, home of the John Deere Classic. Johndeereclassic.com

The 2016 John Deere Classic has raised a record amount of of money for charity, through it’s Birdie for Charity program.

This year the championship raised a record $10.5 million dollars, that will benefit 491 local charities in the Quad Cities area.

This amount breaks the previous record set in 2015, that was a figure of $8.73 million.

“Everyone associated with the John Deere Classic is extremely proud and appreciative that individual donors, companies and family foundations stepped up in a big way to make this year’s charitable contribution by far the largest in tournament history,” said JDC tournament director Clair Peterson.

This amount brought the all time total raised to $81.3 million dollars.

Former PGA President Derek Sprague presents an award to Kohlers Jim Richerson for the 2015 PGA Championship.

Kohler Company’s Director of Golf Jim Richerson was named the new national secretary of the of the PGA of America, at the annual meeting of the association in New York City on Friday afternoon.

Richerson will then start moving up the chain of officers and will be the President of the PGA of America in just a couple of years.

Richerson with the support of the Kohler family and Kohler Company has made the resort one of the top golf destinations in the world. Whistling Straits will hold the 2020 Ryder Cup matches as the resorts next major golf event. For more information on the American Club and Kohler golf, see Destinationkohler.com. It’s not to late to cuddle up in Kohler for 2016.

The Gog Blog Returns on Monday. RS