Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 27, 2009
Fall travel has advantages
With kids back in school, and many summer vacations spent, those who have the time and freedom to travel Wisconsin in the fall can find many advantages.
Tags: wisconsin, autumn, fishing, camping, hiking, biking, cycling, hunting, golf, tourism

Sports - June 2, 2009
Missing links: The sun sets on a golfer's passion
For many years, OnMilwaukee.com sports columnist Dave Begel was obsessed with playing golf. Now that he has put away his clubs and given up playing the game regularly, he has come to realize that it wasn't so much the game that kept him coming back to the course, but the friendship and the ritual and the connection that the sport fostered for much of his life.
Tags: dave begel, golf, brown deer park

Sports - May 28, 2009
MU golfer Van Sickle wins Byron Nelson award
Marquette University golf standout and recent graduate Mike Van Sickle was named 2009 recipient of the Byron Nelson Award Thursday at the NCAA Division I men's golf championship.
Tags: mike van sickle, marquette, golf, byron nelson

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 21, 2009
Golfing Arizona's finest courses, 2009
The 2009 edition of Phoenix area golf getaways is a bit shorter this year than last, as a jam-packed Brewers Spring Training schedule didn't allow for every waking minute to pursue par under pleasant but overcast skies. We did hit Grayhawk, the Phoenician and Kierland, however, and all three are all spectacular courses.
Tags: arizona, golf, scottsdale, spring training, Grayhawk Golf Club, Phoenician, Kierland, Phoenix, Raptor, Talon

Sports - Jan. 27, 2009
To play, or not to play? That is the question in golf
Playing golf is a great way to get outside and spend time with friends. It's also a frustrating, time-consuming and expensive exercise. When you've played the sport your whole life, when do you know that it's time to hang up the spikes and look for other hobbies?
Tags: golf, brown deer golf course

Sports - June 8, 2008
A good walk spoiled, indeed
Golf is supposed to be relaxing and fun. But, only if you don't stink at it like the author.
Tags: jason wilde, golf, al harris, daryn colledge, al harris, ruvell martin, macc fund, john cary

Sports - May 27, 2008
A great sport on the brink of falling into a black hole
Columnist Dave Begel loves golf, but he thinks the game is heading for the junk heap of sports. It used to be popular, but now ranks in popularity somewhere between extreme fighting and motocross.
Tags: golf, tiger woods, mickelson, pga, crowd noise

Sports - May 22, 2008
Let's golf!
The weather is finally turning, and we're going to have a little bit of spring after all. You dragged your clubs out of your garage or your basement, and you're looking for a reason to get out and golf.
Tags: golf, nonprofit

Sports - May 11, 2008
Golfing Arizona's finest courses
A golf trip is a worthy-vacation any time of year. But after a brutal winter in Milwaukee, the best time to hit the links in Arizona has to be late March. We reviewed Vistal Golf Club, The Raven at South Mountain, The Westin Kierland Golf Club and the TPC Scottsdale.
Tags: golf, Vistal Golf Club, The Raven at South Mountain, The Westin Kierland Golf Club and the TPC Scottsdale, arizona, phoenix, scottsdale

Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 5, 2008
Milwaukee (dis)county: making the most of your residency
Sure, you get to pay a lot of taxes and that earns you the right to gripe, but what are some of the other tangible benefits of being a Milwaukee County resident (in addition to the great parks, etc.)?
Tags: Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Art Museum, Domes, Boerner, Zoo, Cool Waters, Pelican Cove, Community Center, Kosciuszko Park, Mitchell Park, Greenfield Park, golf, Brown Deer Park

Sports - Feb. 23, 2007
Ready to get in the swing
In anticipation of golf season, OMC sports columnist Dave Begel plans to spend the weekend cleaning his clubs and spikes and pondering his 10 favorite (read: affordable) places to tee it up.
Tags: dave begel, golf, brown deer, lawsonia, the bull, dretzka, nagawaukee, johnson park, brighton dale, milwaukee country club

Sports - Sept. 27, 2006
U.S. Ryder Cup woes start with Woods
OMC national sports columnist Steve Czaban analyzed the U.S. team's dreadful showing last weekend and determined that Tiger Woods and his mega-superstar aura are hurting his side's chance for victory.
Tags: czaban, ryder cup, tiger woods, golf, PGA, Azinger

Sports - Sept. 20, 2006
Why Wie shouldn't walk among the men
With another last-place finish in her non-trophy case, Michelle Wie is strengthening the case for people like Steve Czaban, who think she should abandon her PGA dreams for the time being.
Tags: Wie, PGA, golf

Sports - Aug. 19, 2006
Nothing finer than a day at Medinah
OMC correspondent Bob Brainerd talks about his day strolling the gallery at the PGA Championshp at Medinah.
Tags: brainerd, pga, golf, medinah

Sports - July 29, 2006
Fitness trailers give pros a place to work out, hang out
When rain delayed play at the U.S. Bank Championship Friday Brown Deer, many of the golfers hit the fitness trailer to work out and pass the time. Regular visitors use the trailer to rehab an existing injury or prevent a new one.
Tags: golf, us bank championship, physiotherapy associates, stryker, champions, lpga