Principal Charity Classic: Follow Rick Brown’s tweets during today’s final round
Rick Brown — the Register’s golf reporter — will keep you up to date as the PGA Champions Tour event ends today at Glen Oaks Country Club throughout the tournament.
View ArticleHaas, father and son, win in 2012
Just two father-son tandems have won tournaments on the Champions Tour and PGA Tour in the same year. Bob and David Duval did it in 1999. Jay and Bill Haas did it in 2011. And now 2012, to make them...
View ArticleGolfer Nate McCoy named Iowa State’s male athlete of the year
From Iowa State University: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State golfer Nate McCoy has earned his share of awards and honors in his record-setting senior season on the links in 2011-12. He just added another to his...
View ArticleWhere will the 2013 Principal Charity Classic land?
So just where will the Principal Charity Classic land in 2013? Two major championships have been hosted in Greater Des Moines – the 1963 U.S. Amateur at the Wakonda Club and the 1999 U.S. Senior Open...
View ArticleBermel qualifies for major, Proehl hopes to follow suit
John Bermel had the thrill of a golfing lifetime in 1994 when he played a practice round with Arnold Palmer the Tuesday before the start of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla....
View ArticleDes Moines Golf and C.C. has Principal offer
The Des Moines Golf and Country Club has received a proposal from Principal Financial Group to host the Principal Charity Classic golf tournament, an annual stop on the Champions Tour. That proposal...
View ArticleZach Johnson Foundation Pro-Am adds players
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. – Bo Van Pelt and Scott Stallings have been added to the lineup for the second annual Zach Johnson Foundation golf outing, which takes place July 30 at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar...
View ArticleJohnson sees advantages to “new’ caddy at Deere
Silvis, Ill. – Zach Johnson will have a new caddy this week at the John Deere Classic. Mike Bender, his swing coach, will take over for Damon Green, who is playing in the U.S. Senior Open. “He’s going...
View ArticleWednesday at the John Deere Classic
Silvis, Ill. – Steve Stricker finds his success at the John Deere Classic a touch ironic. “I love to deer hunt, and the first thing I see when I walk in from the parking lot every day is this big, huge...
View ArticleJohn Deere Classic: Follow Rick Brown’s updates on Twitter
You can follow Des Moines Register staff writer Rick Brown on Twitter at /RickBrownDMR
View ArticleFerentz, headcovers and birdies at the John Deere Classic
Silvis, Ill. – Zach Johnson added a new touch to his golf bag Thursday. The Titleist headcover for his utility club was replaced with a Hawkeye headcover. “Just for (Thursday),” Johnson said. Thursday...
View ArticleWaukee’s Proehl leaves John Deere on high note [watch video]
Silvis, Ill. – Chad Proehl said goodbye to the John Deere Classic on a positive note Friday. The pro from Sugar Creek golf course in Waukee, Ia., missed the cut, but he shot a 4-under-par 31 on his...
View ArticleJohn Deere Classic: Lovemark (son of a Drake hoopster) shoots 64
Silvis, Ill. – Jamie Lovemark is playing a tournament within a tournament this week at the John Deere Classic. The son of former Drake basketball player Gary Lovemark needs to make $280,139 this week...
View ArticleTom Watson gives Zach Johnson’s caddy a lift
Silvis, Ill. – Zach Johnson and Damon Green were reunited again Sunday night in the Quad Cities, thanks to Tom Watson. Green, Zach Johnson’s fulltime caddy, and Watson played in the U.S. Senior Open at...
View ArticleBender shares insight behind Johnson’s John Deere win.
Mike Bender relished the opportunity to caddy for Zach Johnson at last week’s John Deere Classic. But Bender, like Johnson an Iowa native, found value in the experience beyond the thrill of victory....
View ArticleZach Johnson talks round-saving doublebreaker, 66 in British Open
It wasn’t perfect. Zach Johnson had two bogeys Saturday. But he also had six birdies and shot a third-round 66, the lowest round of the day, in the third round of the British Open. The Iowa native...
View ArticleZach Johnson’s British Open rollercoaster
Zach Johnson’s wild ride ended today with a final-round 75 and tie for ninth at the British Open. “Roller-coaster week,” Johnson tweeted to his Twitter followers (@ZachJohnsonPGA). “Low, high, low,...
View Article“Fresh Prince’s” Carlton Banks tees it up for Zach Johnson
Cedar Rapids, Ia. – Alfonso Ribeiro, born in New York City and currently living in Los Angeles, is about to become a transplanted Iowan. Best known for his role as Carlton Banks in the long-running...
View ArticleZach Johnson says Firestone feels like home
Zach Johnson hopes to continue his strong season and Ryder Cup run at this week’s World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. One thing going for...
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