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Wisconsin.golf's Gary D'Amato & Rob Hernandez break down the 99th Wisconsin State Open, which begins Monday at Geneva National GC, the re-birth of the Club at La Belle in Oconomowoc, the WD from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals of Charlie Danielson & another strong finish from River Falls'…

MADISON – Rob O’Loughlin is pitching his latest and greatest new idea, Ad Flag, but one story reminds him of another, which reminds him of another. Out they come, rapid fire, occasionally in completed thoughts and sentences, other times morphing into something totally unrelated.

Wisconsin.Golf's Gary D'Amato & Rob Hernandez look back on a busy week on the Symetra Tour, Dakotas Tour, well, the Dan Woltman Tour and then look ahead to the U.S. Am, Wisconsin State Open and so much more on their weekly podcast.

NEW BERLIN – The old way of practicing golf:

Wisconsin.golf's Gary D'Amato & Rob Hernandez look back at a strange weekend of Wisconsin golf, look ahead to the promise of an exciting PHC Classic on Symetra Tour at Brown Deer Park.

SALEM — It was mid-morning on a perfect day to play golf – sunny skies, temperatures in the 70s – when I arrived at Spring Valley Country Club without a reservation last Wednesday, expecting to find a full parking lot and a wait for an open tee time.

STEVENS POINT — If I’m calling the shots at the United States Golf Association, I’m looking at the calendar today and figuring out how soon the organization can get another championship booked at SentryWorld.

Talking.Golf (7/29/19): Gary & Rob look back at U.S. Girls Junior, crazy Sunday at Barracuda Championship, look ahead to week ahead in tournaments, on site

GREEN LAKE — It was the summer of 1973 when I joined a bunch of high school golf team buddies on an adventure to Green Lake to play Lawsonia Links. You might have read about our exploits in my previous course review of what is now the Links Course at The Golf Courses of Lawsonia.

On the list of important golf courses built in Wisconsin over the last 50 years — a list that includes major championship venues Blackwolf Run, Whistling Straits and Erin Hills — it can be argued that none was more important than SentryWorld in Stevens Point.

Wisconsin.golf's Gary D'Amato and Rob Hernandez look back at last week's Wisconsin State Am, Open Championship and break down this week's crazy calendar of Wisconsin golf activity including the Wisconsin State Women's Amateur, U.S. Amateur local qualifying and the U.S. Girls Junior Championship.

DELAVAN — Registered letters from out-of-state law offices don’t often show up in the mail at Delbrook Golf Club, so naturally, PGA professional Dan Piecha was intrigued when one arrived last summer from Venice, Florida.

Round of the day

Round of the day

OCONOMOWOC – It looks like a hibernation pod from a spaceship or H.G. Wells’ time machine or, more down to earth, the mother of all tanning beds. It occupies the space once reserved for the dining room table in Mike Thompson’s house on Okauchee Lake.

EAGLE – It had been 16 years since I last played Eagle Springs Golf Resort, but it was exactly as I remembered it: the drive in on a narrow road flanked by cottages, the quaint old clubhouse with a weathered deer antler serving as the doorknob and a course that is equal parts quirky and fun.

Wisconsin.Golf's Gary D'Amato and Rob Hernandez look back at what could be the final Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Charlie Danielson's incredible weekend at the 3M Open, MinitourMania with Jordan Niebrugge, John Langhoff and Dan Woltman, a great start to the summer for another Stricker (Izz…

GREEN LAKE — Back in the mid-1970s, long before a shuttered Army base became Whistling Straits, a cattle farm became Erin Hills and Sentry Insurance CEO John Joanis built an ahead-of-its time destination course called SentryWorld, a bunch of us teens packed into a couple cars and headed nort…

Wisconsin.Golf's Gary D'Amato & Rob Hernandez look back at Steve Stricker's weekend duel with Jerry Kelly en route to his historic victory at the U.S. Senior Open in South Bend, Ind., Owen Butler's victory at the Ray Fischer State Amateur Tournament and more before looking ahead to this …

PEWAUKEE — Its formal name is Naga-Waukee War Memorial Golf Course but regulars know it simply as “The Nag.”

Gary D'Amato and Rob Hernandez of Wisconsin.Golf break down Gary Woodland's victory at the U.S. Open, Osceola native Charlie Danielson's memorable week at Pebble Beach Golf Links and a busy week on the Wisconsin golf calendar before looking ahead to this week's American Family Insurance Cham…

BARABOO — Judging by the Friday night fish fry and the line at the all-you-can-eat salad bar, locals have no problem finding Baraboo Country Club.The place was packed, and the wait staff was moving faster than a downhill putt at Augusta National.

I take three or four practice swings, sweeping my pitching wedge back and forth across the grass and picturing where I want the ball to land.

Wisconsin.Golf's Gary D'Amato & Rob Hernandez look back at WIAA state boys golf tournament, look ahead to U.S. Open and a crowded state golf calendar

The first in a weekly series of golf course reviews by Wisconsin.Golf senior writer Gary D'Amato.

Russell Dettmering was five minutes old when he announced to the world – or at least to his father – that he was going to be a golfer.

Gary D'Amato and Rob Hernandez of Wisconsin.golf look at another near-victory for Madison golfer Jerry Kelly on the PGA Tour Champions, another top-10 finish for Charlie Danielson in Canada, a solid showing by Madison's Steve Stricker at The Memorial, more steady play from Jordan Niebrugge on the Web.com Tour and a 20-hole victory by Joe DuChateau and Thomas Wettstein at the WSGA State Bestball (Four-Ball) Championship before turning their attention to some great storylines at this week's WIAA state boys golf tournament.

STEVENS POINT – Wine and stories flowed and laughter punctuated the conversation as a group of golfers dined at Muse at Sentry, the upscale restaurant on the Sentry Insurance campus, after a chilly mid-May round at SentryWorld.