At Midwest Golfing Magazine we believe that proper, committed practice with the help of a knowledgeable instructor is the optimal path to improvement. That’s why we have developed an exclusive website series with Andy Runkel, who is the PGA Head Golf Professional at The Bog in Saukville, Wisconsin. Andy has seen it all in his over 18 years of teaching experience and we are thrilled that he has offered to share his insights. Our initial installment starts at the beginning and focuses on Andy’s approach when taking on a new student. Please provide a brief biography and a few main principles that are your hallmarks when…
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!
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 31, 2017 – The Symetra Tour, the official qualifying Tour for the LPGA, rolls back into Milwaukee for the third annual PHC Classic at Brown Deer Park Golf Course. Tournament play begins on Friday, August 4 and the final-round is scheduled for Sunday, August 6. Play will begin at 7:30 a.m. all three days of the tournament. There will be a cut to the low 60 and ties following second-round play on Saturday, August 5. In addition to competing for the $100,000 total tournament purse, the field of 156 players are also vying for the final two spots in…
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (Aug. 1, 2017) – Scotty Cameron has added a high-MOI mallet with enhanced toe flow to his new Futura line of putters – the Futura 5.5M – combining the forgiveness of a mallet with the feel of a blade. Inspired by Scotty’s work with players on the worldwide professional tours, the Futura 5.5M offers a new mallet option featuring the alignment and high-MOI characteristics of the Futura line coupled with a neck configuration that promotes a flowing, arced putting stroke more commonly associated with blade style putters. The Scotty Cameron Futura 5.5M is available in North American golf shops beginning Aug.…
Antigua Group, Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and marketers of lifestyle and golf apparel under the distinguished Antigua brand, is the official provider for Team USA’s uniforms at the 2017 Solheim Cup. The 2017 Solheim Cup will be held at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa from Aug. 18-20. Having created Team USA’s clothing at the last three Solheim Cups, working on the 2017 uniforms presented a unique challenge for Antigua designer Danielle Dellios, who created something fresh and new using the traditional red, white and blue color scheme. “Instead of coming up…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — July 31, 2017 — CLEVELAND GOLF® establishes a new category of wedges with the announcement of the Cleveland CBX Wedge, a cavity back wedge designed for the 84% of golfers who play cavity back irons*. Cleveland CBX Wedges will launch in North America on Sept. 15, 2017. Cleveland Golf is a trailblazer of wedge design, continually innovating short game technologies since 1979. Their latest wedge offering, the Cleveland CBX Wedge, is a new take on traditional wedge philosophy aimed at the segment of golfers who play forgiving cavity back irons. The Cleveland CBX is built to be…
MGM had the great fortune of stepping back in time and playing Wawashkamo Golf Club on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan a few years ago. Golfers have to either bike or take a horse-drawn carriage to get to the historic course that is situated in the middle of the island. We believe that golf aficionados need to experience Wawashkamo at least once in their life. The course name is Indian for “Walk a Crooked Path” which is how they described golf the first time they saw it played! For a complete report on what makes Wawashkamo distinctive, please see below.…
Midwest Golfing Magazine 2017 Summer Issue Read the full issue online. [su_button url=”https://xdigital.spiweb.com/publication/?i=572349″ target=”blank” background=”#23551c”]Read Online[/su_button] Summertime is always our favorite time as long days and warm nights lead to the best time of the year to play in the Midwest. Our 2017 Summer Issue is chalked full of great destinations sure to make your summer memorable. Our issue begins with our cover feature on The Warren Course at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The USGA late last year announced that the Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw design will host the 2019 U.S. Senior Open, making it the first university course…
FRENCH LICK, Indiana, July 12, 2017 – Trish Johnson (Bristol, England) completed a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship presented by Old National Bank on Wednesday on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. She turned in a final-round 73 to finish at 4-under, 212 for the 54-hole event, three shots clear of Michele Redman (Minneapolis, Minnesota). “I’m often asked what my favorite course in the world is and I always say St. Andrews, but I think this place (Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort) has taken over,” said Johnson, who has now won twice on the course.…
FRENCH LICK, Indiana, July 11, 2017 – Trish Johnson (Bristol, England) hit her first shot of round two into the water on hole one, but recovered to post an even-par, 72 on Tuesday and maintains a strong grip at the top of the leaderboard at the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship at French Lick Resort. She is 5-under, 139, through 36 holes and is three shots clear of former Indiana University star Michele Redman (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Johnson and Redman are the only players under-par through 36 holes. Four-time LPGA Tour winner Lorie Kane, who has made one start on the LPGA this…
FRENCH LICK, Indiana, July 10, 2017 – The first time Trish Johnson (Virginia Water, Great Britain) pulled up to the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort, she knew instantly that the place was special. Johnson posted a 5-under, 67 on Monday in the first-round to build a four-stroke lead at the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship. On a day that featured wind gusts peaking at 33-miles-an-hour, Johnson handled the difficult conditions masterfully and made seven birdies. Carolyn Hill (Saint Petersburg, Florida) is in second place at 1-under, 71 and Marilyn Lovander (Punta Gorda, Florida) is in third place at even-par. World…