If you have ever picked up a copy of Midwest Golfing Magazine since our inception in 2003, you have seen our affinity for The Golf Courses of Lawsonia in Green Lake, Wisconsin grow. But we are not alone! Make sure to check out the great article from our good friends at Golf Digest within the below link. You’ll notice some incredible love for the Midwest, especially Wisconsin and Michigan. https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-23-best-summertime-buddies-trip-golf-destinations
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!
Joe Charles is Back For his 5th Season as Director of Instruction at Treetops Resort Gaylord, MI –Students have traveled from all over the world to improve their game at Treetops’ Golf Academy. Top-notch instruction continues to be a Treetops staple, as they pride themselves on programs geared for students of all golfing levels. Joe Charles (Director of Instruction) is excited to be returning for his 5th golf season at Treetops. This year Treetops Resort has some great programs scheduled at the Golf Academy intended to help all players of any ability level enjoy playing golf more! Juniors Treetops is…
Unique Format Developed By Callaway Pits Defending NCAA Champions Stanford Cardinal Against Illinois Fighting Illini CARLSBAD, Calif., March 4, 2020 – Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY), an industry leader in distance-enhancing technologies in golf clubs and balls, today announced the inaugural Callaway Golf Next-Gen 2020 Challenge, scheduled for Saturday, March 21st at Rolling Hills Country Club in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Callaway developed the concept and will produce the live stream broadcast for this one-of-a kind competition, which pits the defending NCAA champion Stanford Cardinal against the Illinois Fighting Illini in a unique format. Both teams will bring seven players. Five…
LIMITED EDITION GEAR INSPIRED BY HIS LIFE WITH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE ARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION CARLSBAD, Calif. (March 2, 2020) – To honor one of golf’s greats, COBRA PUMA Golf athlete Rickie Fowler will once again don a limited-edition collection of gear at the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Throughout the week, Fowler will wear accessories and use gear that was inspired by the life of his friend and mentor, Arnold Palmer, including a new API COBRA x Vessel Stand Bag, special headwear and a pair of IGNITE PROADAPT PALMER shoes. To allow fans to celebrate…
CARLSBAD, Calif. – February 25, 2020 – OGIO Inc., a leading innovator of sports and travel bags, backpacks, and golf bags, announced today its partnership with Ship Sticks, the world’s premier golf club shipping provider. To launch the partnership, starting today for a limited time, customers who buy a golf bag or travel cover from OGIO.com will be offered a free return ground shipment on their next round-trip order on ShipSticks.com. The process is simple: shortly after the purchase of a qualifying product, OGIO customers will receive the details on how to schedule their shipment on Shipsticks.com to virtually any…
CARMEL, Ind. (February 25, 2020) … The Western Golf Association will bring one of the world’s oldest amateur golf championships to central Indiana for the first time in 2020 when Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel hosts the 118th Western Amateur on July 27-August 1. First held in 1899, the Western Amateur features one of the deepest and strongest fields in amateur golf as well as the game’s most grueling format. It is the world’s third oldest amateur championship behind the British Amateur (1885) and the U.S. Amateur (1895), and attracts top-ranked golfers from around the world. Past Western Amateur…
Select volunteer opportunities remain for August event at Olympia Fields Country Club GLENVIEW, Ill. (February 26, 2020) – Golf fans interested in volunteering at the 2020 BMW Championship are encouraged to sign up soon, as nearly 1,300 of 2,000 volunteer positions available already have been filled for the event, set for Aug. 18-23 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Select volunteer opportunities are still available to assist in staging the BMW Championship – the penultimate event of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs – when it returns to Olympia Fields for the first time since 1971. Volunteers perform…
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – Wild Rock Golf Club and Trappers Turn recently announced that the two courses will again be co‐hosting the Dells’ Junior Golf Championship presented by American Family Insurance on June 29‐30, 2020. Open to boys and girls ages 12‐18, The Championship will take place for boys on June 29th, tarting at 9 a.m. with stroke play at Trappers Turn. For girls, stroke play will begin at 9 am at Wild Rock.There will be a box lunch served at the turn at both courses and a banquet will be held for all participants at Glacier Canyon Conference Center…
Missoula, Montana – Golf bags with individual club dividers are more popular every year. To answer this demand, Sun Mountain is introducing the 2.5+ 14-way bag. This bag has a spacious 10.5 inch top with fourteen individual dividers and weighs just under four pounds. The 2020 2.5+ 14-way is available in six different colors with a full-retail price of $239.99. For the retailer nearest you, call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com. 2.5+ 14-way features fourteen individual club dividers that run the full length of the bag to protect clubs and prevent the clubs’ shafts from tangling together. This is important to…
The Golf Course Receives Quality Assured Certification for 2020 Season STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) has named SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a quality assured golf course for the 2020 season. SentryWorld, an 18-hole parkland golf course, hosted the USGA’s 71st U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in impressive fashion last summer and continues to provide golf lovers an exceptional and challenging course. SentryWorld is owned and operated by Sentry, one of the nation’s largest mutual insurance companies, which is headquartered in Stevens Point. In 2019, IAGTO announced the launch of its new Quality Assured…