Tour Edge, Golf’s Most Solid Investment, officially releases a brand-new hybrid that recently debuted on the PGA Champions Tour with stunning success. The new Exotics CBX hybrid integrates new technology designed to push the boundaries of low-spin distance combined with tour-inspired feel and workability. Based on initial feedback from some of the game’s best players, the CBX may very well become the most versatile, powerhouse club in your bag. The CBX hybrid was sent out early to the PGA Champions Tour and was immediately put into the bags of several players, ultimately earning a second-place finish at the Senior Players…
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!
You would be hard pressed to find another college football program with more tradition than the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of South Bend, Indiana. But just across Douglas Road within the borders of their utopian campus, the Notre Dame golf scene is heading towards their golden age thanks to an ambitious benefactor, two of the finest architects in the land, and a high-profile USGA Championship coming to The Warren Course at Notre Dame in 2019. Midwest Golfing Magazine had the incredible fortune of receiving a behind-the-scenes tour of upcoming modifications with course co-designer Bill Coore of the design firm of…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, August 6, 2017 – Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ontario) handled the pressure of her first Sunday lead like a veteran that has won many times before. She posted a bogey-free 4-under, 68 at Brown Deer Park to win the PHC Classic by three shots. Marchand finished with a three-day score of 13-under, 203. After a 1-under, 71 on Friday, Marchand made 13 birdies and just one bogey over the final two rounds to earn her first win on the Symetra Tour and her first win as a professional. Marchand pockets the $15,000 and moves from 41st to 17th on the Volvik Race for the…
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…
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…