The Illinois PGA hasn’t been afraid to make changes to its tournaments – especially the biggest ones. First the section opened its Illinois Women’s Open to out-of-state players because, said IPGA executive director Carrie Williams, “We wanted the strongest field it could be.’’ So did the staff at long-time tourney site Mistwood Golf Club, […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Last week’s LIV/Chicago tourney at Bolingbrook Golf Club set the stage for this week’s LIV Individual Championship at the Club of Chatham Hills in Indianapolis. Last year Bolingbrook hosted that tournament with Jon Rahm winning. Rahm has a mathematical chance to win the top prize again after finishing tied for second at Bolingbrook. He gained […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
It was a rare team sweep in the fourth version of the LIV/Chicago tourney Sunday at Bolingbrook Golf Club. Dean Burmester won the individual title and his Stinger unit won the team crown – and both came in one-hole sudden death playoffs. Burmester, whose only previous LIV win was at Miami last year, watched two […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Maybe it was the weather – 91 degrees with winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. Maybe it was the gallery. Though no attendance figures were given it was most certainly the largest of the 14 rounds played by the LIV Tour in Chicago over the past four years. Whatever the reason, the leaderboard […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Sergio Garcia tees off with Dustin Johnson looking on. They shared the first-round lead in the LIV/Chicago tourney at Bolingbrook Golf Club. (Joy Sarver Photos) | Len Ziehm On Golf
Welcome to the 17th season of the Len Ziehm on Golf website. The last few years have all been big ones, for one reason or another and this year is no exception.| lenziehmongolf.com
Another Rahm-Niemann duel at LIV/Chicago? | lenziehmongolf.com
In 2022 – the first season for the LIV Golf League – the dominant player, by far, was Dustin Johnson. Every year since the race for that top honor has gotten tighter and the winner has changed. In 2023 it was Talor Gooch. Last year it was Spain’s Jon Rahm. And now – going […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Mike Small, the University of Illinois coach who has won 14 Illinois PGA titles, was bidding for a recording tying fifth Illinois Open crown on Friday. He had an uncharacteristically bad day at Kemper Lakes in Kildeer and didn’t get it, but the day wasn’t a complete downer. In July one of Small’s […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Travis Johns, a teaching professional at Medinah Country Club, and Brian Ohr, who is “transitioning’’ to instruction after focusing on tournament play, were paired together in the first two rounds of the 76th Illinois Open and benefitted from it at Kemper Lakes, in Kildeer. John, 47, took the first-round lead with a 68 when Kemper […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
The best golf you’ll see in the Chicago area this year begins on Friday when the LIV/Chicago tournament tees off at Bolingbrook Golf Club. LIV, in its fourth straight year with a Chicago stop, has three events remaining on its 14-tournament season. Last year only 22 of 54 bettered par at Bolingbrook in what then […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
HARRIS, MI. – The Island Resort & Casino in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula already has two golf courses that offer variety for their players. So, now they have a third course that will split the different style-wise between the two. Michigan architect Paul Albanese, who designed the first two courses – Sweetgrass and Sage Run – […]| Len Ziehm On Golf
Lake Forest’s Pierce Grieve has a big stretch of golf ahead, and his game is ready for it.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Back in 2019 Scottie Scheffler won the first NV5 Invitational Championship – a Korn Ferry Tour event played at the Glen Club in Glenview. Now he’s the world’s No.1-ranked golfer with five major titles, the most recent coming in last weeks’ British Open.| Len Ziehm On Golf
The Dunes Club will welcome the PGA Tour for the second straight year. (Joy Sarver Photos) | Len Ziehm On Golf
Jordan Less, hitting a tee shot, and Connor Hamm staged a stirring duel as partners in the final two rounds of the Illinois State Amateur. (Photos Courtesy of the Chicago District Golf Association).The Illinois State Amateur has been played for 94 years, but it’s doubtful it ever had a tournament wrapup quite like Thursday’s at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Pierce Grieve has won Illinois’ two biggest amateur tournaments. (Photo Courtesy of the CDGA)The biggest tournaments of the Chicago golf season are coming fast and furious now, starting with the 94th Illinois State Amateur, which concludes its three-day run at Stonebridge, in Aurora, on Thursday.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Brian Campbell’s win in the John Deere Classic was pulled off with the University of Illinois logo on his golf bag.Sunday’s conclusion to the John Deere Classic triggered the end of the PGA Tour’s season in Illinois. The JDC is the circuit’s only annual stop in the state, and recently-crowned champion Brian Campbell headed a group of this year’s leading competitors on to a charter flight to Ireland a few hours after the last putt dropped at TPC Deere Run. They’ll play in this ...| Len Ziehm On Golf
Brian Campbell and his girlfriend Kelsi McKee celebrate another playoff win. (Joy Sarver Photos)SILVIS, IL. – Brian Campbell was just finishing up at the University of Illinois when he saw TPC Deere Run for the first time. That was in 2015 when he got in the John Deere Classic field as a sponsor’s exemption and missd the cut. He’s come a long way since then.| Len Ziehm On Golf
There was lots of drama on the 18th green at TPC Deere Run at the end of the third round of the John Deere Classic. Doug Ghim (left) left frustrated after losing the tournament lead while defending champion Davis Thompson rolled in a putt to take sole possession of the lead. (Joy Sarver Photos).SILVIS, IL. – Doug Ghim’s chances of becoming the 25th first-time PGA Tour winner at the John Deere Classic looked good after he held the solo lead after the first and second rounds.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Arlington Heights’ Doug Ghim is the 36-hole leader in the John Deere Classic. (Joy Sarver Photos)SILVIS, IL. – Could this be the week that Arlington Heights’ Doug Ghim notches his first victory on the PGA Tour? It’s certainly possible.| Len Ziehm On Golf
The John Deere Classic, Illinois’ only annual PGA Tour event, will be held for the 54th time starting on Thursday at TPC Deere Run in downstate Silvis. and this staging will be a big different than those of the past.| Len Ziehm On Golf
The Chicago District Golf Association staged two of its biggest tournaments last week, with Barrington’s Bridget Butler winning the 92nd Illinois State Women’s Amateur at The Grove, in Long Grove, and Tennessee golfer Ford Martin capturing the Chicago Adaptive Open in a playoff with Winfield’s Victor Postillion at Fox Bend, in Oswego.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Unique bunkers are a key factor in making Ocala Preserve a challenging course. (Joy Sarver Photos) | Len Ziehm On Golf
Doug Ghim got some good news this week. The U.S. Golf Association made the PGA Tour player from Arlington Heights one of the 156 official starters in the 125th U.S. Open, which tees off on Thursday at Pennsylvania’s Oakmont course.| Len Ziehm On Golf
Last week’s PGA Championship at North Carolina’s Quail Hollow had its surprises. None of the 20 club professionals survived the 36-hole cut. Neither did established stars Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka and Shane Lowry.| Len Ziehm On Golf
The PGA Championship, second major event of the PGA Tour season, claims the national golf spotlight on Thursday at Quail Hollow, in Charlotte, N.C., but the Illinois Section of the PGA staged its first of four majors last week and it produced a result for the local record books.| Len Ziehm On Golf
General manager Kurtis Kuhn shows off Pine Lakes’ original building from the Myrtle Beach Hall of Fame Garden.MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – This is a given. If you’re in search of a golf destination Myrtle Beach will never let you down. So many courses, an oceanfront location for beach goers, lots of other entertainment options, lodging and dining options. It’s all there.| Len Ziehm On Golf
