After a weather-shortened golf season, it looks like Winter will be hitting Wisconsin early this year. At least courses are beautiful for another week or two.
Some great additional research I was able to come across for North Hills Country Club in Menomonee Falls, including AW Tillinghast’s letter to the PGA redesigning the then-16th hole and tournament results from the 1940 Milwaukee Open (Hogan, Snead), 1951 Pabst Blue Ribbon Open (Snead), and 1961 Milwaukee Open (Nicklaus, Player, Venturi)
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I came across this interview on the Feherty Show with Ken Venturi a few months back, and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it. Following his injury-shortened career as one of the PGA’s greatest stars, including 14 Tour wins and a US Open victory, Venturi became the voice of golf for 35 years as Lead …