Sports - Feb. 3, 2009
LPGA event could get Milwaukee tourney out of trap
The U.S. Bank Championship has lost some luster over the years -- not that it had a whole lot in the first place. Now that the title sponsor is leaving, local organizers should think about courting an LPGA event to bring up-and-coming stars like Natalie Gulbis (pictured) to town.
Tags: us bank championship, brown deer park, bill bertha, lpga, natalie gulbis

Sports - Aug. 26, 2008
Some new international sporting rules; thanks LPGA
Since the LPGA is an American organization, I won't argue its language policy. However, I will suggest that it work both ways.
Tags: LPGA, French Open, British Open, Wimbledon, hurling, Tour de France

Sports - July 20, 2007
Searching for hope and meaning in the US Bank Championship
While the rest of the golf world fixates on the British Open, OMC sports columnist Dave Begel wonders how much longer Milwaukee and the U.S. Bank Championship should put up with third-class treatment from the PGA.
Tags: dave begel, us bank championship, steve stricker, jerry kelly, lpga, milwaukee

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

Sports - July 28, 2006
Begel: Milwaukee should tell the PGA Tour to take a walk
OMC columnist Dave Begel thinks that the U.S. Bank Championship has outlived its usefulness in the market and should be replaced by an annual LPGA event.
Tags: begel, us bank, milwaukee, pga, lpga, brown deer

Sports - June 2, 2006
Begel ponders some of the imponderable mysteries of sport
OMC columnist Dave Begel ponders some of the imponderable aspects of sports -- the NCAA nickname policy, the lack of prize money for women's golf and the lack of love for the Admirals.
Tags: begel, kournikova, admirals, lpga, boxing

Sports - Sept. 14, 2005
Pretty in Pink: LPGA's Paula Creamer
Meet Paula Creamer, the LPGA's next superstar. She's a teenager with a Madison Avenue smile. She's a prom date dream, and the apple of any dad's eye. Her game is flawless. Her attitude, fearless. She'll talk trash, and then back it up.
Tags: Paula Creamer, LPGA, pink panther

Sports - Feb. 19, 2003
Annika's gender bender
There's no doubt, Annika Sorenstam is head and shoulders above the other 124 best professional women golfers on the planet. But if you run the math, you'll see more than twice as many men scrambling to get into the Top 125 on their tour, than the ladies. Ergo: the PGA Tour is showcasing the cream of a much deeper talent crop than the LPGA.
Tags: Czaban, PGA, LPGA, golf, Annika