2019 Golf Packages Highlight Dye, Ross, and Improving Your Game French Lick, IN – One of the country’s premier historic golf destinations, French Lick Resort, nestled among the Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana, has been a place that legends, champions, and golf aficionados have been experiencing since the early 20th century. Regarded as one of the Best Golf Resorts in the America’s by Golf Digest, serious golfers nationwide seeking a buddy trip golf adventure and experience the only golf destination in the world that features a combination of hall of fame designers Donald Ross and Pete Dye together with two historic…
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!
BELOIT, Wisc. (Feb. 26, 2019) – For the second time in five years, Travis Becker, director of instruction at the Beloit Club and Ironworks Golf Lab, has been named the Wisconsin PGA (WPGA) Teacher of the Year. The Teacher of the Year award recognizes individuals who provide outstanding services as a golf teacher, innovator and coach. Because of his teaching success, Becker is the only coach in Wisconsin to lead PGA Junior League All Star teams in two different regions to a state championship. Becker’s junior golf programs now reach more than 400 kids annually, and he has performed more…
Carbon Series leads premium 2019 Part One collection with 70 new lines Galvin Green, the leading premium performance golf apparel brand, has launched its most advanced collection of technical clothing for the start of the 2019 season, with a total of 368 ground-breaking garments and matching accessories. Building on its pioneering multi-layer concept, the Galvin Green 2019 Part One collection has been taken to the next level to offer more styles, colours and sizes, including 70 brand new lines for men, women and juniors. These include an even bigger selection of lightweight garments with greater breathability, stretch properties, moisture transportation,…
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (February 20, 2019) – PGA of America President Suzy Whaley today announced that Steve Stricker will serve as the United States Ryder Cup Team Captain for the 43rd Ryder Cup, which will be played September 22-27, 2020 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. Stricker becomes the 29th U.S. Captain since the Ryder Cup’s inception in 1927. A native of Edgerton, Wisconsin (located 95 miles southwest of Whistling Straits), Stricker made his Ryder Cup debut in 2008 (at the age of 41) and played in three consecutive Ryder Cups (2008, ‘10, ‘12). “Steve Stricker’s career has long established a…
The Lake of The Ozarks Golf Trail is thrilled to announce the formation of The Golf Trail’s Giveaway Passport that allows local and traveling golfers to access 13 incredible properties throughout the region. This passport can be picked up for free at local Golf Shows throughout the Midwest and gives holders the chance to play all 13 participating courses for only a minimal cart fee to validate the free greens fee. Each course has its own specific guidelines as to when they complimentary greens fees can be redeemed. Steve Walker, Executive Director of the Lake of The Ozarks Golf…
In commemoration of the company’s 20th Anniversary and in appreciation of its over 1 million customers, SkyGolf®, maker of SkyCaddie®, the most trusted Rangefinder in Golf, recently released its Limited Edition SkyCaddie SX500 GPS handheld with much acclaim. The SX500 is powerful, reliable, ruggedized, packed with stroke-saving technology and delivered with the largest and most visually stunning display among distance measuring devices in golf. “Since 1998, SkyGolf has been dedicated to pioneering the use of GPS products to help golfers to improve their game. SkyCaddie is known for its accuracy and dedication to course mapping on the same ground golfer’s…
Golfers have always been drawn to distinctive settings. That’s why Augusta National, Pebble Beach, and St. Andrews are the most consistent entries on any must-play list from around the world. Having the chance to go to a destination that stands out is not only the reason to go once, but the top reason to go back time and time again. Wolf Creek in Mesquite, Nevada is one of those magical places, a golf course that perfectly blends anticipation, an off-the-chart wow factor, and lasting memories for all that they have been fortunate enough to play this public oasis in the…
(Miami, FL, February 14, 2019) — Callaway® Apparel announces the launch of SWING TECH™ – technology that fuses athletic performance with classic fit and game-changing innovation. Re-engineered construction and materials provide noticeably less restriction and more stretch to maximize your range of motion on every swing. “What makes SWING TECH so revolutionary? A total redefinition of what performance golf apparel should be. We explored seam construction and materials that we used in our products with the goal of limiting restriction throughout the swing,” stated Lupe Benitez, Vice President of Design for Callaway Apparel. “With the incorporation of SWING TECH, we are…
PLAYERS ON THE “ROAD TO THE LPGA” WILL COMPETE FOR GREATER THAN $4 MILLION IN TOTAL PURSES FOR FIRST TIME IN TOUR HISTORY DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Symetra Tour has released the official 2019 “Road to the LPGA” schedule, featuring 24 tournaments—the most in a season since 1988—and $4 million in purses, marking the first time in the 39-year history of the Tour that plateau has been surpassed. To give perspective on this purse figure, it is up 27 percent from 2018. In addition, compared to the 15 events and $1.62 million in purses offered by the 2013 schedule, the…
John Smoltz, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer turned pro golfer, will bring his unique blend of athleticism to the 2019 American Family Insurance Championship, to be held June 21-23 at University Ridge Golf Course. Smoltz, 51, will compete in the PGA TOUR Champions event under a sponsor’s exemption, one of five exemptions that will be granted to fill out the 78-player field. The full field for the championship will be set June 14. “While his talent and grit on the mound is legendary, he’s also an excellent competitor on the golf course. We’re thrilled to have a great athlete…