One of our partners and friends, Jason Kauflin, is moving up the ranks thanks to his recent partnership with The Bloomington Minnesota’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. Under the leadership of Bloomington Minnesota’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, industry golf veteran Jason Kauflin has been selected to represent all international and domestic golf tour operator requests for the popular Great Northern Golf Trail. Kauflin will be attending the International Association of Golf Tour Operators North America Conference in June 2019 and looks forward to the many appointments to highlight the Great Northern Golf Trail. “Now it is time for Minnesota to shine,”…
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!
CHARLEVOIX, MI – Historic Belvedere Golf Club, which has hosted an annual Society of Hickory Golfers major championship since 2006, has been selected to host the major among hickory majors – the U.S. Hickory Open in 2019. The tournament is being planned for June 20-22 of 2019. “Belvedere is a classic, classic course,” said Rick Meyer, the club’s president. “It is old-school in small town America. When dry and firm, it plays fast and requires a hickory style ground game. Our club and the Charlevoix community are committed to and will host a great championship.” Meyer lends a unique perspective…
Oneida, Wisconsin, June 29, 2018 – The second edition of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic is just days away. Here’s everything fans need to know before attending the tournament. Tickets: Spectators can still purchase tickets via www.ThornberryCreekLPGAClassic.com. Beginning Tuesday, July 3 at 7 a.m., tickets will be available at the admissions gate. General admission tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate. Weekly general admission is $65 in advance and $75 at the gate. A limited number of clubhouse tickets, Skywoman Suite hospitality tickets and access to The Deck at 17 Green presented by Festival Foods is…
The United States Golf Association (USGA) recently announced that 16 past U.S. Women’s Open champions are among the 61 players who are fully exempt into the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, scheduled for July 12-15, 2018 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Ill. “We’re thrilled by the response our USGA champions have had to this inaugural championship, and know Chicago Golf Club will provide an outstanding venue for fans to watch some of the game’s greats tee it up on what will now be senior women’s golf’s grandest stage,” said Mike Davis, USGA CEO. “The consistent growth in women’s golf…
The Wilson Staff FG Tour V6 irons have returned with a new, distinguished look: RAW. This unplated finish, which has become increasingly more prominent amongst Tour professionals, was initially popularized in the brand’s FG Tour PMP wedges. These rustic irons are designed to develop a unique patina based on age, exposure, and use over time meaning that no two clubs will be the same. Wilson’s coveted FG Tour V6 RAW irons are a very limited production run, meaning that only a finite amount of sets will be built. These clubs were carefully were developed through a combination of rigorous in-depth…
Chicago’s premier public facility hosts the 118th version of one of women’s most prestigious amateur tournaments Romeoville, IL – Mistwood Golf Club, one of the Chicago area’s top golf facilities, will host the 118th Women’s Western Golf Association’s (WWGA) National Amateur Championship later this month June 25-30. The WWGA event, one of the oldest and most prestigious women’s amateur championships, has built a storied history through annually providing competition for 120 of the top-ranked amateur women from around the world. This year players will be represented from nine countries and 27 states. Many of golf’s greatest are past champions of WWGA tournaments including…
By Dan Moore The 1920s were roaring when William Langford and his partner Theodore Moreau were tapped in 1927 to design what is now universally regarded as their best course, the Lawsonia Links Course in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Built on the 1,100 acre estate of deceased Chicago Daily News publisher Victor Lawson, the “Lawsonia Country Club” course would be a centerpiece of “America’s Finest Country Club Colony.” The H.O. Stone Company of Chicago envisioned a property that would feature lakefront mansions, a Benjamin Marshall-designed luxury hotel and clubhouse, horseback riding, tennis, yachting, and more. However, by the time the course…
If you ever get the chance to meet Dean Snell, Founder of Snell Golf, you will quickly understand why he is one of our all-time favorites. His affable personality and incredible business acumen have merged perfectly to form line of golf balls that are as good as anything else on the market. Please see below for more information on their brand new 2018 MTB Black and Red Golf Ball Collection. Snell Golf continues to grow as a cult favorite in the direct-to-consumer golf ball world. With its new models all winning GOLD MEDALS in the Golf Digest Hot List, the…
Golf Social Influencer, Paige Spiranac, and SuperStroke Grips are partnering up to raise funds for The Cybersmile Foundation with a limited edition putter grip launch on the seventh annual Stop Cyberbullying Day (June 15, 2018). Half of all sales from the limited edition grip will be donated directly to The Cybersmile Foundation in order to support their ongoing commitment to tackle all forms of digital abuse and harassment. “I’m very excited to partner with SuperStroke on this important initiative to help support The Cybersmile Foundation,” said Paige Spiranac. “The putter grip serves as a fun piece of inspiration both on…
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. presents a one of a kind, unified and distinguished resort experience with the addition of THE ROW-a newly branded destination in the heart of Reno, uniting the Eldorado Resort Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno. Stretching across four city blocks, THE ROW encompasses 25 restaurants, 22 bars and lounges, 11 nightspots, over 4,000 luxury rooms and suites and 227,000 square feet of casino space with 3,000 slot machines and 125 table games. In addition, THE ROW has over 4,100 of the best Team Members in the industry. “THE ROW showcases what we do best-…