Glen Flanagan Wins First Title of The Season

For the first time in a long time weather was not part of our story. Today was a great day to be playing golf. We're sorry that many of you couldn't make it. Blackstone Golf Club in in great shape. The greens are rolling true and fairly fast which was just what the doctor ordered.
 
Glen was striking the ball well today but it was definately his putter that was saved his bacon more than once. Glen sank several putts of more than fifteen feet to save par or bogey and on the 8th hole he was really fortunate. His tee shot on the par 3, 8th hole left him just off the putting surface on the left side of the green. The pin was located on the front right about 35 to 40 feet away.
 
Glen admitts to just trying to get the ball close to save par but the putt seemed to have eyes only for the hole. The putt broke 3 to 4 feet from left to right and fell into the side of the cup for a birdie. On the ninth hole he managed a bogie thanks to him sinking a putt from about 20 feet,
 
Glen tried to get the tournament away on the back side starting with a double bogie on the 10th and double par, as Glen likes to call it, on the 14th hole. He did manage to right the ship long enough though to hold on for a three shot win over 2 time champion Jeff Vidlak to earn his first victory of the season.
 
You can view the scores and results on the Blackstone Championship results page.
 
Our next tournament is fast approaching on July 6th. It is the Bowes Creek Classic and will feature one of the newest courses to the Chicago area. Register today for the Bowes Creek Classic and your chance to become our newest champion just like Glen.

1 Shot Golf Challenge at Balmoral Woods Country Club

Hey everyone we will be holding a 1 Shot Golf Challenge at Balmoral Woods Country Club on Saturday July 3rd on their 16th hole. We will be there from 9 am until about 4 pm and for those of you that don't know how this works let me explain.
 
We will be taking names, emails addresses and phone numbers from everyone that participates. Then you choose whether you will participate in the $10, $20 or $50 challenge. The $10 challenge will possibly be for a Balmoral Woods hat, the $20 challenge may be for a dozen golf balls and the $50 challenge will be for a three year America's Golf Tour Membership.
 
After you choose which challenge you want to take then you tee it up, take your swing and if your golf ball comes to rest on the putting green you win the challenge! If not then at least you had a chance and a portion of the proceeds will be given to Caddy For A Cure.
 
So get your tee times for Saturday July 3 at Balmoral Woods Country Club. You may check out the rates for the weekend here. Before 11 am it will cost $67 each for golf and cart while if you start between 11:00 am to 1:50 pm it will cost each of you $52. Check out the replay rate so that you can have another chance at one of the chalenges.
 
You can book your tee time online so that you can play Balmoral Woods Country Club, Rated as one of the top 10 area public golf facilities, is a must play in Chicagoland! We will see you there.

June 30: Blackstone Championship Pairings

Here are the pairings for the Blackstone Championship that will take place at Blackstone Golf Club on Wednesday June 30, 2010.

Vidlak Wins Second Straight Tournament

Wow the weather really makes it exciting around Chicago. It was storming early Saturday morning, placing our round in question. Were we going to get more rain or a thunder storm? Then just like they say just wait a minute and the weather will change. Sure enough the skies cleared up and it got hot!
 
The best part of the day as usual is golfing and that didn't disappoint. Nettle Creek Country Club has flip flopped their nines which I feel makes the round better. Their short par 4 ninth hole is a good birdie chance and puts a premium on your second shot to get it close. Some of the long hitters may even be able to put it on the green with a perfect drive.
 
Craig McDuffee started out strong on the front nine and took a 1 shot lead at the turn. However that lead quickly disappeared after the 10th hole. He had trouble off the tee and was magnified as he continued on that hole. That is when Jeff Vidlak took control of the tournament and he never looked back. No one mounted a challenge so when Jeff stumbled on 16 it wasn't enough to bring anyone close enough to be a concern.
 
To view the score and results click here.

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