Author: 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!

Golf, Ill. (June 7, 2019) – Prestwick Country Club in Frankfort, Illinois, will host the 2020 Women’s Western Amateur and the 2022 Women’s Western Junior, the Women’s Western Golf Association and Western Golf Association announced today. The 2020 Women’s Western Amateur is set to be played July 20-25. This will be the first time Prestwick Country Club has hosted the prestigious amateur championship. The 2022 Women’s Western Junior, to be played June 20-24, will mark the 50th anniversary of the championship being held at Prestwick C.C. In 1972, Nancy Lopez won at Prestwick C.C. for her first of three consecutive…

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Evian Championship Berths for Winner, Runner-Up on the Line at Ninth Annual Tournament Escanaba, MI – The Symetra Tour’s Island Resort Championship returns to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Sweetgrass Golf Course at The Island Resort and Casino, June 21-23. This year’s event marks the ninth consecutive year Sweetgrass has been the event’s host venue and the first year that the winner and runner-up of the 54-hole stroke play tournament will earn an automatic exemption into the Evian Championship in France, one of the LPGA Tour’s five “Majors.” With that huge incentive plus an increased purse of $200,000 (with $30,000 going…

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Lake Geneva, Wis. (June 5, 2019) – The AAA Four-Diamond Grand Geneva® Resort & Spa, owned and managed by Marcus® Hotels & Resorts, will celebrate its 25th birthday in style with unique experiences, offerings and events beginning this month. Special 25th Golf Anniversary Offers include: Golfers can take advantage of the resort’s fall birthday tournament, limited-edition golf merchandise and new promotions throughout the year, including rounds of golf priced at the resort’s opening rate in 1994. The resort is also hosting a private celebration for all golf members. Grand Geneva will offer a 25th Birthday Locals Club for the regional community, which includes…

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Ridgedale, Missouri (June 5, 2019) – Golfweek, the premier golf publication known for its in-depth coverage and rankings of golf courses nationally, has named Buffalo Ridge Springs at Big Cedar Lodge as the “Best Course You Can Play in Missouri” in the magazine’s “2019 Best” issue. For the first time, the respected publication also ranked Buffalo Ridge Springs among the “Top Courses You Can Play in America”, ranking No. 89. The national rankings are based on evaluations from more than 850 Golfweek course raters who survey more than 3,600 golf courses annually. “We are incredibly honored for Buffalo Ridge Springs to be named by such…

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Faith – Family – Freedom  GRAND HAVEN, Michigan —As we gather this weekend with family and friends to celebrate Memorial Day, we pause to remember, honor and pay tribute to those who have died for our freedoms while serving in the United States Armed Forces. It is with that same spirit in which Folds of Honor was founded, and what inspired Folds of Honor Founder Dan Rooney to collaborate with icon Jack Nicklaus and Nicklaus Design to create American Dunes Golf Club. Located near the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, Grand Haven Golf Club hosted the first golf tournament that…

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[Editor’s Note] Being 6’4″ has it’s challenges when it comes to clothes shopping. My line is I am too short for the NBA, yet too tall for the real world. At least my golf clothes can fit properly thanks to our friends at Callaway Apparel!! Callaway® Apparel is committed to designing innovative, performance-driven clothing to help golfers succeed on and off the course, no matter how they are built. Callaway’s Big & Tall apparel offers a range of extended sizes so you have access to the latest performance apparel technology. Callaway Big & Tall apparel is engineered with a full…

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CHASKA, Minn. (May 30, 2019) – The PGA of America is offering free on-site parking at Hazeltine National Golf Club for fans attending the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. One of five majors in women’s professional golf, the major championship will be contested at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., June 18 – 23. “We’ve worked hard to ensure the 2019 KPMG Women’s Championship is accessible for everyone and that includes parking and transportation accessibility,” said Renee DeLosh, Championship Director. “We are proud to offer free on-site parking for all fans coming out for this major championship, something not…

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Petoskey, MI – BOYNE Golf, one of the largest and most-lauded golf resort companies in the U.S. is pleased to announce that two of its acclaimed resort golf courses have been ranked on Golf Digest’s 2019 – 2020 list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses. The Heather at Boyne Highlands Resort joins the distinguished roster for the first time while the 18-hole Links/Quarry pairing at Bay Harbor Golf Club has been a staple on the list since 2003. The publication’s biennial review of America’s top public courses can also be found on Golfdigest.com. Golf Digest uses nearly 1,000 low-handicap male and…

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Announced at this week’s Media Day – Nicklaus and Brett Favre will take on Andy North and Toby Keith in 9-hole exhibition Jack Nicklaus, widely recognized as golf’s greatest player of all time, will play in The AmFam Champ Celebrity Foursome, hosted by Andy North, at this year’s American Family Insurance Championship, tournament officials announced Tuesday. Nicklaus will join local favorite and two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North, Green Bay Packers great Brett Favre and country music star Toby Keith. The foursome will play in a 9-hole exhibition on Saturday, June 22, part of the second round of the PGA…

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PHOENIX (May 20, 2019): Focusing on the needs of highly skilled golfers who rely on pinpoint accuracy, PING introduced the Blueprint today, a forged-blade iron sized and shaped to ensure the workability and confidence required to play with score-lowering precision. The 8620 carbon steel iron is available for pre-order and custom fitting at authorized PING golf shops around the world beginning today. “As the name suggests, we’ve applied a Blueprint approach to the new irons,” said John K. Solheim, PING President. “Every detail is extremely precise and carefully calculated. The resulting design is spectacular in every way for the elite…

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