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Golf Quote of the Day: Life is better on a golf course
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Protected: Vid test 3
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Course of the Day! Settler’s Hill Golf Course, Batavia, Illinois
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Settler’s Hill Golf Course features 18 holes of truly picturesque golf right in Batavia, IL. If you’re looking for a challenge, especially if you enjoy playing with water as an obstacle, Settler’s Hill Golf Course is for you. Half the holes feature water, which along with deep bunkers and some tricky greens makes for a challenging day on the course. Enjoy a round at Settler’s Hill soon.
Check out their virtual tour here:
http://www.lookaroundgolf.com/golf-course-11/Settlers-Hill-Golf-Course-Batavia-IL.html
New course just added! Wing Park Golf Club, Elgin, IL.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Wing Park Golf Club is a great example of why nearly every golf course is perfect in and of itself. It all comes down to why you’re playing it. Wing Park is a classic, Victorian-era 9 hole course. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places. Is it a challenging course for a seasoned golfer? Not really, but it makes a very enjoyable “quick 9″ for that golfer. It’s the perfect place for the beginner to learn the game and for any golfer to tune up their swing.
Not every course needs to be, or for that matter should be, a PGA-style challenge and Wing Park Golf Club delivers a very good golf experience and an excellent value. A small water feature and a few bunkers are really the only obstacles and the greens are small, typical of courses of that era.
You can rent clubs at Wing Park Golf Club, which is another reason it’s a great place to bring a friend who is just “getting their feet wet” in the game.
Check out the tour at:
http://www.lookaroundgolf.com/golf-course-76/Wing-Park-Golf-Club-Elgin-IL.html
Competitive Golf for the Everyday Golfer
Friday, May 14th, 2010Here’s something interesting for any one interested in playing some competitive golf in a tournament setting. The Weekly Challenge Golf Tour is a handicap based weekly “tour” that allows players of varying skill levels to feel the rush of competitive golf while playing some of the areas best courses. For more info, visit www.wcgt.com
Among the courses featured on the tour are Springbrook Golf Course in Naperville, IL, Mistwood Golf Course in Romeoville, IL, Balmoral Woods Country Club in Crete, IL, Naperbrook Golf Coursein Plainfield, IL, Dubsdread at Cog Hill Golf Course in Lemont, IL, Prairie Landing Golf Club in West Chicago, IL, St. Andrews Golf and Country Club in West Chicago, IL and the Village Links of Glen Ellyn in Glen Ellyn, IL.
All of those great courses can be seen on LookAroundGolf so check ‘em out and if you’re looking for a chance to play some competitive golf, check out the Weekly Challenge Golf Tour.
A couple of Tasty Blogs…
Friday, May 14th, 2010For those of us that can’t get enough golf, here’s a couple of great blogs to spend some time with on a rainy day or evening. The first is http://beavergolf.blogspot.com/
The Beaver Golf blog is a well written and tasty mix of equipment and course reviews along with other stray thoughts on what’s going on in the game. There’s a great review of Mistwood Golf Course in Romeoville, Illinois. The review really tells why Mistwood is such a great place to play.
The second blog worth checking out is The Grouchy Golf Blog, a perfect slice of opinionated, irreverent and just very enjoyable golf talk. Check it out at http://www.grouchygolf.com/
If you’ve got a favorite blog, let us know. We’re always in the mood for some good golf reading.