KemperSports and the City of Lake Forest announced today that an effort to renovate and update Deerpath Golf Course, located in Lake Forest, Ill., began on September 18, 2017. The $1.1MM golf course improvement plan will enhance playability and conditioning of the golf course by installing continuous cart paths and improving drainage throughout the municipal gem. “We have made great strides in improving the conditions of the course and we are confident that this renovation will situate Deerpath for continued success,” said General Manager Vince Juarez. “These changes are an important next step.” In addition to improving existing cart paths…
Author: Glen Turk
Glen Turk
Glen Turk is a Wisconsin native who has been the Senior Writer/Editor of Midwest Golfing Magazine since 2006. Besides being an avid golfer, Glen enjoys traveling, music, and cheering on the finest professional sports team of all-time, the Green Bay Packers. Glen’s ultimate golf goal is to play in all fifty states and currently he is more than half way there. His other dream, albeit far-fetched, it to record an ace in all seven states of our distribution area. Thanks to an ace in Illinois in 2015, and one in Michigan in 2016, he has three down, four to go!
The wait is finally over for Streamsong Resort and avid golfers across the country. One of the most anticipated course openings in recent years took place in Central Florida today as Streamsong Resort debuted its third course, Streamsong Black, designed by Gil Hanse, architect of the 2016 Olympic Golf Course. Golf industry leaders, journalists and guests were treated to the first rounds of golf on Streamsong Black before the resort welcomes public play on the new course beginning Friday, Sept. 29. Streamsong is now the only location in the world where players can enjoy three distinct courses designed by four…
With the final weekend of the 2017 PGA Tour season in the books, SuperStroke putter grips dominated the FedExCup leaderboard claiming the top five positions. The top five collectively took home $17.5 million in FedExCup prize money and with the win at East Lake, SuperStroke putter grips tallied their 24th Tour win this season with over $100,000,000 in PGA Tour earnings and three of the last four FedExCup titles. The TOUR Championship was ultimately decided by a dramatic 18th hole birdie putt from the all but guaranteed 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year using his SuperStroke Pistol GT 1.0…
Missoula, Montana – Since its introduction, the Sun Mountain 2Five golf bag has been the lightest, full-featured bag on the market. Weight-saving components include carbon-fiber legs, high strength-to-weight plastics, and ultra-lightweight fabric. For 2018, the new 2.5+ will have increased durability, increased comfort, and more storage. All of these improvements for the same retail price as before, $219.99, and increasing weight by only three ounces. For the retailer nearest you, call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com. “We added the equivalent weight of two golf balls but raised durability, comfort and pocket space,” said Ed Kowachek, President of Sun Mountain Sports. “We’re satisfied…
The lighter the club, the faster the swing speed. Weighing just 286 grams, the Epic Star driver is Callaway’s lightest driver. That works in conjunction with our ball speed-enhancing Jailbreak Technology to help players of all types break their personal distance barrier. Key components: • Jailbreak technology radically changes how the head behaves at impact to promote faster ball speed • Ultra-light Exo-cage head construction consists of 46% lightweight triaxial carbon and a 9.7-gram crown • Premium, ultra-light 39-gram Grand Bassara™ driver shaft, made in Japan by Mitsubishi® (first sub-40 gram shaft in a Callaway driver) uses a proprietary MR70 carbon…
2017 Fall Issue of Midwest Golfing Magazine Read the full issue online. [su_button url=”https://xdigital.spiweb.com/publication/?i=572350″ target=”blank” background=”#23551c”]Read Online[/su_button] Before I summarize the stories that make up our 2017 Fall Issue, I would like to thank our readers and partners for partaking in the 7th Annual RoyBoy’s Evil Twin Golfing Outing. The event was held on August 27th at Cherokee CC in Madison and honored my brother and MGM co-founder Jeff Royle, who passed away unexpectedly this past January. There are too many companies and courses to thank for their donations, but your kindness did not go unnoticed! Fall has always been…
French Lick, IN – Golfers in the Midwest seeking a premier destination to experience fall colors combined with championship golf should proceed directly to French Lick. Nestled among the Hoosier National Forest, at one of the highest elevation points in the Midwest, is one of America’s premier golf resorts, French Lick Resort. Over the next few months, the resort’s historic and championship level golf is the perfect activity among the hardwoods that turn to scarlet, rust, gold and orange and frame views that extend 40 miles in many directions. It is one of the most spectacular fall color golf opportunities anywhere in…
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 12, 2017 – KemperSports announced today that eight courses that it manages were featured in GOLF Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S. The company manages more top-ranked courses than any other management company. “As a company, we are fortunate to work with so many fantastic golf properties,” said KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner. “This honor is a true testament to the vision of our clients as well as the KemperSports staffers that manage each of these great golf courses.” KemperSports-managed properties that were honored include: GOLF Magazine Top 100: No. 17 – Pacific Dunes – Bandon,…
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The BMW Championship is the penultimate event in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs, with the top 70 PGA TOUR players competing for an $8.75 million purse, including $1.575 million for the winner. Past champions include Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson, Justin Rose and Tiger Woods. Dustin Johnson, the world’s top-ranked golfer and winner of the 2016 BMW Championship, will defend his title Sept. 12-17 at Conway Farms Golf Club against a field of the world’s best golfers, including 2017 Open champion Jordan Spieth and 2015 BMW Championship winner Jason Day. Also expected to…
The LPGA travels from Portland, Ore., to the capital city of Indiana this week as a world-class fi eld of 144 professionals from 26 different countries descends on Brickyard Crossing Golf Club for the inaugural Indy Women in Tech Championship presented by Guggenheim. This is the Tour’s first stop in Indiana since the ninth Solheim Cup in 2005, where the U.S. captured the fi rst of three consecutive victories, the only time that has been accomplished in Solheim Cup history. Earlier this year, the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship was contested at the Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Resort, one…