CHANDLERS CHOP HOUSE at Schaumburg Golf Club is ready to serve you the food and beverage of choice. You can enjoy Chandlers while getting your game in shape down on the lower level in the new simulators. Schaumburg Golf Club is located at 401 N. Roselle Road near Woodfield Mall, see Schaumburggolf.com or call (847)-885-9000. ______________________________________________________________________
THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, EDITOR AND DIRECTOR OF CONTENT, Follow Rory on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy and to the Schaumburg Golf Club.
Where did our early spring go, and now we are back in the snow. For parts of the last few weeks, courses have been open for outdoor play, now something we can not say.
It’s likely that the snow won’t last all that long, hopefully it will soon be gone.
In the meantime, work on your game inside, the domes are open and are a great place to practice. If your not up for a dome and would like to post a score, check out the facilities with simulators. Schaumburg Golf Club is one of those places with new state of the art simulators. You can just swing away, or play a Top 100 course with friends, take a lesson from GM/Pro Jon Parsons or the SGC Teaching staff. Schaumburg has Chandlers Chop House on the main floor ready to serve you, so go eat, golf, or watch the NCAA tournament and more. Schaumburg Golf Club renovation work starts on June 5th, see Schaumburggolf.com for details.
TROPHY on the Farm, the NCAA Championship’s come to Rich Harvest Farms from May 19 to 31, get your tickets today at NCAA.Com/tickets.
The NCAA National Championship’s come to Rich Harvest Farms from May 19-31, tickets and corporate hospitality are on sale now.
Why not come and spend at least one day enjoying the grounds at Rich Harvest Farms. Where you can enjoy all the golf action right up close. Why spend 5-times the amount on ticket fee’s, parking fees, and to watch the action from the balconies, where the players look like ants.
At the NCAA Championships, you can watch all the action standing up close to the players. This is your chance to see the top professionals of tomorrow, up close and personal today.
The local teams of Illinois and Northwestern are working hard to make the field, lets hope they do. My look at the paths of both Illinois golf teams as they try to ride the bus or take the road to Rich Harvest Farms.
BIG 3 partner Len Ziehm is keeping busy at Lenziehmongolf.com with several posts about what is happening in Florida. Check out his storys on the Florida PGA Tour, that stops this week at Arnold Palmers Bay Hill Classic. The new statue of the King was unveiled on Saturday during the volunteer breakfast.
I AM disapointed about the amount of major players that are skipping Bay Hill, in fact many of them are skipping the Florida swing. Which might be understandable considering the schedule, but many of them went to Mexico, and you have wonder why they didn’t skip that tournament, which would have been the easy one to skip, WGC event of not. The King, the late Arnold Palmer deserves a great turn out this week at the tournament he created, after doing all he did for golf and the players of the day, the games best should be there to honor Palmer.
WHAT A GREAT TOURNAMENT at the Innisbrook Golf Resort this past week, where Winfields Kevin Streelman moved into the top 10, but ended up in 18th place. Past champion and NU Wildcat Luke Donlad missed the cut. Illini alum Steve Stricker missed the cut as well. Stricker heads to the Champions Tour this week in Tucson, flanked by Illinois golf coach Mike Small. Special thanks to Innisbrook sales guy and former Kemper Sports VP Doug Schmidt for keeping us plugged into the week that was. To make your trip to one of America’s great golf resorts visit Innisbrookgolf.com.
FROM MY ILLINI trip of the past week. I was gathering information for an upcoming story for Chicagoland Golf and the NCAA Championships, but other news I did learn includes:
Small off to play on the Champions Tour this week. Mike Small will also miss the PNC this year, and a chance to play in the PGA Championship, due to his commitment to play in Steve Strickers American Family Insurance event in Wisconsin.
Dylan Meyer will defend his Western Amateur title at the Skokie Country Club in late July and early August. Stephanie Miller will defend her Illinois Women’s Open title at Mistwood in late July. (While the snow is landing outside-head to McQ’s Dome in Bolingbrook, part of Mistwood Golf, for golf, betting horses, and enjoying BBQ and great food all during the NCAA basketball championships, and during the Blackhawks run to and through another Stanley Cup Championship).
Nick Hardy along with Meyer will try to qualify to play in the U.S. Open at Erin Hills. Hardy has written John Deere Classic Tournament Director Clair Peterson a letter, hoping to be awarded a sponsors exemption for this years JDC tournament that will again be played in July.
The Gog Blog returns all week long, stay clicked in. RS