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Len Ziehm

Len Ziehm

Joined: Jul 6, 2021

After 50-plus years reporting on golf for mainly Chicago publications, Ziehm is a lousy retiree. After 41 years at the Chicago Sun-Times covering a variety of sports (but always golf), Ziehm works as a golf columnist for the Daily Herald chain of Chicago-area newspapers. Ziehm has covered 28 U.S. Opens, 11 Masters, 19 PGA Championships, five U.S. Women’s Opens and the last 34 stagings of the late, great Western Open. Since retiring from the Sun-Times in 2010, he has taken on travel-writing projects and has written on golf destinations in 30-plus states. Ziehm is a member of the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame.

Midwest trail a fitting tribute to Arthur Hills
Golf

Arthur Hills was one of the most prolific course architects of his time. Now, a small portion of his work in Ohio and Michigan has been compiled to form a golf trail in his name

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Bald Mountain a star in own right
Golf

Rumbling Bald Resort's Bald Mountain made a cameo appearance in the 1987 box office blockbuster movie "Dirty Dancing." More than 30 years later, though, the W.B. Lewis-designed course is more than just a tourist attraction

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Youth caddies face uphill climb amid coronavirus
Golf

The Western Golf Association, which oversees the revered Evans Scholars program, prepares safety measures for caddies and golfers. The old caddie creed might need an update, too. Loopers will have to ‘show up, keep up, shut up … and stay socially distant’

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Top public courses to play in Palm City
Golf

Three Palm City, Fla., public golf courses – Hammock Creek Golf Club, The Fox Club and Crane Watch Club – have undergone changes in the past year. With restrictions due to the coronavirus lifted, all three courses are poised for a revival

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Giving you The One finger — golf glove, that is
Golf

The One, a single-finger suede golf glove, covers only the middle finger and a majority of the palm. Because of the material used and the design, the glove provides benefits that a traditional golf glove cannot

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