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THE LOVE OF GOLF

Years ago, I told my wife that if I was the only one left on Earth after a world war… that I would go and play golf.

History Being Made In St. Paul

Unparalleled. Historical. Unprecedented.
All three words have been used to describe the move the University of St. Thomas made just three years ago from NCAA Division III to Division I.

2024 Drive, Chip and Putt Qualifiers

Did you see Nick Dunlap win the TOUR event played in Palm Desert. As you probably know – Dunlap is a 20-year-old at the U of Alabama. An amateur hadn’t won on TOUR since Phil Mickelson won the Tucson Open in 1991.

DRAMA Missing On TV Golf

The Psychic is bored! For years the drab winter season in the frozen north was the time to watch golf on television and practice putting on the carpet.

LIVE FROM THE INSIDE

Did you see Nick Dunlap win the TOUR event played in Palm Desert. As you probably know – Dunlap is a 20-year-old at the U of Alabama. An amateur hadn’t won on TOUR since Phil Mickelson won the Tucson Open in 1991.

The End Of The Innocence

In 1989, Eagles frontman Don Henley released his third solo album titled The End of the Innocence. The title track reached #8 on the Billboard charts and was Henley’s fifth top ten as a solo artist.

The Launch Club – Ready For Liftoff

Let’s face it, this winter has been unlike any other. While I have played golf in Minnesota in January (in 1998 my brother Ken reminds me), the mild temperatures are unprecedented and much warmer than the 1877-1878 “year without a winter” that historians like to reference.

Golf Zone: Your Year-round Golf Solution

At a time when hundreds of businesses were closing, Brian Colvin decided to go all in on purchasing a Chaska, Minnesota-based golf venture.

Be A Part Of This Historical Event

The Minnesota Section PGA is excited for the 53rd year of the Minnesota PGA Foundation Pro-Am, formerly known as the Tapemark Minnesota PGA Pro-Am. The event will be held at Southview Country Club on June 7-9, 2024.

Voluntary Participation

The 2023 3M Open, like every other PGA TOUR event, requires an army of people to come to fruition. The TOUR and its players are obviously the main ingredients in a great tournament, but it is the volunteers that really finish the dish.

And The Winner Of The 2023 3M Open Is…Charity

Golf that matters. That has been the rallying cry for the 3M Open ever since its inception in 2019. At the heart of every PGA TOUR tournament is philanthropy.

Spot The Difference

Hard to believe but it has been 5 years since the 3M Championship became the 3M Open. More than just a name change, the tournament went from being a 25-year PGA TOUR Champions event to a full-fledged, FedEx Cup point-winning PGA TOUR event.
Lots and lots of water.

3M Open Teeing-Up 5th Anniversary

Though a 5th anniversary is traditionally recognized by the gift of wood, incarnation number five of the 3M Open may instead be marked by water.
Lots and lots of water.

Making Memories And More At Cragun’s

The name Cragun’s conjures up long summer days spent dangling your toes in the water while those elusive walleyes play hard to get. Or perhaps the name might dust-off your memory on that surgical 3-wood you hit onto the green and then sunk the 30-footer for your first eagle.

So Much More At Mystic Lake Casino Hotel

If you haven’t gotten started on your late-summer and fall travel plans the time is now and the place is Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake. They’ve made it easy to ‘follow the lights’ with their iconic beams of light reaching into the night sky.

Taking Everything For Granted

So, I was rereading Ben Hogan’s “Five Fundamentals” and read the intro by Herbert Warren Wind. Wind was talking about how much work went into the original articles for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and then even more work to put it into a book-form.