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California’s famed LaCosta was one of our favorite stops during our coast to coast golf tour.[/caption]
By Len Ziehm
Our latest, extended travels to golf destinations are over now, and they were unprecedented. We were basically on the road for six months - from Oct. 1 to April 10 - and made visits to destinations in Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California. Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Indiana.
We covered about 14,000 miles on this all-driving odyssey and hit 18 destinations with a lengthy stay in Winter Haven, FL., in between - a period during which we tested a number of golf facilities in the Orlando area. All were chronicled in my reports and Joy’s photos.
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By Andrew Lamie, Tournament Coordinator, Rust-Oleum Championship
We are just two months away from the first year of the Web.com Tour’s Rust-Oleum Championship to be held at the Ivanhoe Club.
What exactly is the Web.com Tour?
Many casual golf fans probably do not know that much about the Web.com Tour. First off, alumni of the tour include PGA Tour superstars Jim Furyk, Zack Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker and current world #1 and Masters favorite, Jason Day.
Right now much of Chicago has Cubs fever. To put in terms relative to baseball, the Web.com Tour is the AAA league of professional golf. 
By Julie Suh, President, EWGA Chicago Metro Chapter
Attention Women Golfers! Are you looking to play more golf? Join a golf league? Improve your game? Play competitive golf? Meet other golfers? Expand your business and social network? EWGA is the answer!
EWGA is an international women’s golf association, with chapters in more than 100 major cities in the U.S. plus international locations. EWGA is comprised of a broad range of golfers from beginners to experienced players, including accomplished, interesting professional women from a collection of diverse backgrounds. 
Eight nations to compete for second UL International Crown at Merit Club in July
By Molly Gallatin, LPGA Media
After the conclusion of the ANA Inspiration, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced the eight countries that will compete in the second playing of the UL International Crown, which will be held on July 21-24 at the Merit Club outside Chicago.
Based on the Rolex Women’s World Rankings, the eight countries that will compete in the second playing of the UL International Crown are - Republic of Korea, United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, England, China and Australia.
Team Australia was the last team in with 390 points, edging out ninth place Sweden by a mere eight points. The defending champions, Spain, did not qualify and finished in 11th place 96 points out of the final spot. 
The ninth hole of the Stewart nine was our most memorable hole at Thistle.[/caption]
Putting wasn’t part of the first session at First Tee but there was still time to use the practice green.[/caption]
Find discounted rounds at area golf courses
Beginning in 2016, Ivanhoe Club in the northwest Chicago suburb of Ivanhoe, Ill., which is very near Rust-Oleum’s corporate headquarters in Vernon Hills will hold the Championship. A three-year agreement for 2016-18 is in place. The 2016 Rust-Oleum Championship will be played the week of June 6-12. 
Lakes Wales’ latest logo honors only one of its designers.[/caption]
The club proclaims it a Ross design in its website and uses a likeness of the legendary architect in its most recent logo.
There’s only one problem.
Ross was involved in the course’s creation for sure, but recent research suggests he wasn’t the only architect and may not have even been the main one. Another almost-as-famous architect, Seth Raynor, was involved as well. 
