THE CHICAGO AREA’S BIGEST RENOVATION PROJECT takes another step forward this Saturday, when the Baer Nine Opens at the Schaumburg Golf Club located on Roselle Road. The first seven holes are ready to go, with holes 8&9 just a few weeks away from being ready for action. (L) The final topdressing is underway on the 18th hole, and the tenth hole (R) has rounded into shape. Details at Schaumburggolf.com _____________________________________________________________________
The Gog Blog by Rory Spears-Director of Content and Creation. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy Linkedin and Facebook. Instagram at Rorygolf18. With Wilson Golf VP-GM Tim Clarke at Am 750 WNDZ home of Golfers on Golf Radio.
WHAT A GREAT RADIO SHOW this past Saturday, with Tim Clarke the VP-GM of Wilson Golf as our guest host.
Golfers on Golf Radio Am 750 WNDZ, every Saturday morning at 10 AM.
Ed Stevenson-Bill Berger and I had fun with Tim Clarke joining us in studio. It’s been a wild week, for everyone that’s part of Wilson Golf.
So much buzz was created with the U.S. Open win, for Wilson Golf staff professional Gary Woodland. That the brand name “Wilson”, got a shot in the arm in the golf division. Wilson Golf has been “trending” in the right direction for a while, but Woodlands win doesn’t hurt. Woodland will have some new Wilson prototype clubs to test this week in Detroit. What’s next from Wilson Golf-stay tuned. Because Wilson golf is very community orientated, they recently handed out 500 putters to kids at a First Tee event in Chicago.
The Schaumburg Golf Club at 401 N. Roselle Road is a year round golf facility.
THE NEXT PHASE of the 27 hole golf course renovation is coming to the tee, and ready for some golf.
Starting this weekend, the first seven holes will be open for play. With the last two holes, 17 & 18 opening in the next couple of weeks. (At least by Aug. 1st)
The work done by golf architect Todd Quitno of Lohmann-Quitno Golf Designs is very good. It will make the Schaumburg Golf Club, one of the top public golf facilties in the entire area.
CLICK HERE to hear the interview with Schaumburg Golf Club GM Jon Parsons, who updates the Baer 9 renovation project. Enjoy the first seven holes starting on Saturday.
THE LAST U.S. OPEN in the Midwest of any kind for the next several years, tee’s off this week in South Bend on the Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore designed Warren Course.
LAST WEEK Ben Crenshaw was nice enough to call me to discuss an upcoming project at Big Cedar Resort in MO. and this weeks U.S. Senior Open course in South Bend.
Because of the U.S. Sr. Open, Coore and Crenshaw came back in recent years to tune up the Warren Course. But Crenshaw told me that,” Bill and I backed-up some tee’s straight in-line. So they did not stick out like sore-thumbs. The green complexes and bunkers around the green have remained the same. The course will be a good challenge for the players, and Bill and I are darn proud of that golf course.”
David Tom’s is the defending champion. Golfers on Golf will be reporting from the Warren Course a couple of days this week. Stay tuned both here, and on Golfers on Golf Radio this coming Saturday.
U.S. Hickory Open Champion Rick Woeckener wins at Belvedere with Hickory Shafted Clubs.
YOU HAVE TO LOVE RICK WOECKENER, who is the new U.S. Open Champion, playing with old-time Hickory shafted golf clubs. At the famed Belvedere Golf Club, in Charlevoix MI.
If you love golf history and you’re not a technology person. Maybe the old hickory shafted club style is for you.
And you can still have clubs like this made. There is a U.S. Open you can play in. Some players even dress the part from days gone by.
Woeckener shot rounds of 75-78 for the 36 hole total of 153 in the Gross Division, to get the win.
“This is a great honor and I’m just happy I played good enough to win,” said Woeckener. “There are a lot of good players in the field.”
Golfing legend Tom Watson is a member of Belvedere, and plays the course with hickory clubs. Watson says the club’s par 4, 16th hole, is one of the best par 4’s in America.
The club that opened in 1925 is a Willie Watson design, who designs include Olympia Fields and the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
For more information Belvedere Golf Club see belvederegolfclub.com or call the club at (231)-547-2611.
Now is your chance to check out Taylor Made golf clubs. So be ready to visit the Preserve Golf Course, this coming Friday June 28th. Fittings by appointment only, because time is limited. Call head professional Jamie Nieto at (630)-451-3471, so you can be scheduled. Dupagegolf.com. Golfweek Magazine has put the Preserve on the Best in State You Can Play List, the only course in DuPage County on that list.
JORDAN SPEITH says he might play the john Deere Classic before heading to the Open Championship. Stay tuned.
The Gog Blog returns all week, so stay clicked in. RS