MISTWOOD GOLF CLUB invites you to visit their booth at the Chicago Golf Show, and the club this summer, and McQ’s Dome all year long for golf, horse racing and great food in the bar. Mistwoodgc.com, Mcqsdome.com. THE FRENCH LICK RESORT is the main sponsor of the Chicago Golf Show, see all the golf specials for 2018 at their booth. ______________________________________________________________________

THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Director of Content and Creation. On the par 3 course the Sandbox at Sand Valley. Visit the Sand Valley booth at the Chicago Golf Show, and follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy and on Facebook and Linkedin

Chicago’s largest golf show, the Chicago Show is underway in Rosemont at the Donald Stephens Convention Center.

Weekend tickets are $10 for adults, and parking in the parking garage across the street is $15.

The show program a must read is produced by Chicagoland Golf and publisher Val Russell.

There are plenty of stories in the program to get you excited about the golf season ahead.

Two features in the program are by Len Ziehm who celebrates 50 years in the golf writing business in 2018. Ziehm takes a look at Florida golf and the Women’s KPMG PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes. Other features include a look at new equipment, the inaugural U.S. Sr. Women’s Open at the famed Chicago Golf Club, and what’s happening in Pinehurst North Carolina, the home of American Golf.

Chicagoland Golf Publisher Val Russell shows off the 2018 Chicago Golf Show program and first issue edition of Chicagoland Golf.

Once you enter the show that runs until 6 PM on Saturday and 4 PM on Sunday, you need to visit the French Lick Resort booth.

The French Lick Resort will host a Symetra event this summer with the Sr. LPGA Championship returning in the fall.

In the meantime, if you haven’t played the Pete Dye Course and the Donald Ross Course at the resort, now is the time to plan ahead and book your stay. Visit Frenchlick.com today.

THE SR. PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP trophy is on display at the WGA booth, along with the BMW Championship trophy. The Sr. Players will be contested in July at Exmoor Country Club.

TROPHIES and there are several on display. The Sr. Players Championship trophy is on display at the WGA booth, along with the BMW Championship trophy.

The new U.S. Sr. Women’s Open trophy is on display on Saturday morning at the CDGA booth, that has it’s own trophies on display.

The KPMG Women’s PGA trophy is out for viewing in their booth, KPMG/PGA will be held in late June at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer.

Destination booths include, Michigan properties like Forest Dunes, Boyne Golf and Tullymore St. Ives, in Wiscosin it’s Sand Valley, The Bog, Lawsonia Links, Hawks View in Lake Geneva, other Lake Geneva properties.

Goose Island Brewing and Tito’s Vodka, have bars sets up so you can enjoy a cocktail while you enjoy the show. Visit the Illinois PGA Section for free lessons, and several equipment companies have their new clubs out for testing, including the new Callaway line of Rogue Woods and Irons.

Tickets at Chicagogolfshow.com or at the door. The long putt contest is waiting for you.