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GOLFEST 2009 - WHISTLING STRAITS/CHICAGO
RANK - COURSE 
5 - Whistling Straits - Straits Course
11 - Blackwolf Run - River Course
23 - Cog Hill Golf & Country Club (No. 4)
36 - Whisting Straits - Irish Course
37 - Weaverridge Golf Club
51- Pine Meadow Golf Club
56 - TPC at Deere Run
92 - The General at Eagle Ridge


MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The tentative dates for the trip are May 12-18, 2009. 

     We are proud to announce that the planning process for Golfest 2009 is already underway, thanks to the assistance of Mike Fitzgerald of GolfExclusives.com.  The plan is to invade Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in May and play the three ranked courses at the Kohler/America Club Resort.  That would include the Straits course (5th), the Irish Course (36th), and Blackwolf Run (11th).  Whistling Straits is best described on their website as a throwback to the raw freshness of Ireland sculpted into the Wisconsin coastline.  Sounds kind of scary!  Either way, Mike Fitzgerald knows all of the quirks of these courses, since he just returned from the resort.
     Since three courses would never be enough to quench our Golfest diet, the plan would be to continue south to the burbs of the greaterr Chicago area.  That venture would include invasions of Cog Hill (23rd), Weaverridge (37th), and Pine Meadow (51st), the TPC course at Deere Run (56th), and the famous General at Eagle Ridge (92nd).
     Mike Ditka's Restaurant and Cigar Bar on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago will be the site for the final night dinner and awards.  Not that anyone is counting --- but we have added a countdown timer to this page!  ... 

EDITOR NOTE:  Details are pending, but will be announced soon. The trip is being booked with the assistance of Mike Fitzgerald of Golf Exclusives.