January-December 2012

05/11/12

Reassessing the word ‘junior’

Fire up the time machine because 20-year-olds can play WPGA junior events again

Posted at 12:50 PM | Permalink

05/01/12

Private vs. public

Wisconsin golf course owner nails Golf Digest columnist – with the truth

Posted at 12:51 PM | Permalink

04/18/12

Steinhauer to skip U.S. Women’s Open

Wisconsin’s greatest female player will not attempt to qualify for championship in Kohler

Posted at 10:00 AM | Permalink

04/11/12

Swing like Bubba

But the new Ping in pink driver doesn’t come with a 313-yard guarantee

Posted at 03:13 PM | Permalink

03/22/12

Anatomy of a meltdown

Nancy Lopez’s 1998 Blackwolf Run butt-kicking began with a brutal opening hole

Posted at 11:24 AM | Permalink

03/16/12

‘Jerilyn Britz won the beans’

Website looks back at the hurdles and happiness of trailblazers on the early LPGA Tour

Posted at 11:22 AM | Permalink

03/09/12

'Poor' Tiger

This just in: Making money is no longer important to professional golfers

Posted at 04:40 PM | Permalink

02/29/12

Junior golf can take you places

Almost 10 years later, this foursome forges ahead in grown-up golf world

Posted at 12:08 PM | Permalink

02/24/12

The long and short of it

For the second year in a row, Dustin Johnson can’t match Mark Wilson

Posted at 04:35 PM | Permalink

02/23/12

Happy birthday, Steve

Stricker celebrates in Arizona with a second-round win over Louis Oosthuizen

Posted at 03:59 PM | Permalink

02/15/12

Gentlemen, start your golf carts

2012 Wisconsin State Golf Association tournament registration begins today

Posted at 03:49 PM | Permalink

02/01/12

Begay earns GWAA’s Bartlett Award

PGA Tour player has worked to improve the health of Native American children

Posted at 04:33 PM | Permalink

01/23/12

Wilson wins everywhere

The Menomonee Falls native is one of Wisconsin’s greatest players

Posted at 12:17 PM | Permalink

01/10/12

Guess who’s still the top earner in golf?

Some of these guys are living off their reputations; not their ability to hit a golf ball

Posted at 02:21 PM | Permalink

01/05/12

Grown men should not wear saddle shoes

Ten golf style and fashion rules for the (extremely) common man.

Posted at 11:33 AM | Permalink

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Editor Rick Pledl joined Killarney Golf Media in 1995. A longtime member of the Golf Writer’s Association of America, Pledl is also an award-winning outdoor writer. He previously worked as a freelance journalist and as a reporter at various daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin. Email him at rpledl@wisgolfer.com.

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