With the Indianapolis 500 in the rearview mirror and the Pacers out of the NBA Playoffs, Indiana golfers can now focus solely on golf.
One Indiana dad, who deserves special recognition on Father’s Day, is PGA Tour professional Adam Schenk. He will be playing in the U.S. Open at held in Pinehurst. The last Indiana golfer to win the U.S. Open was Fuzzy Zoeller, who won in 1984, after defeating Australia’s Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff.
This year’s top Indiana boys high school golfers will be playing for the individual state medalist and the team title on June 12-13 at the IHSAA’s 87th Annual Boys Golf State Finals at the Prairie View Golf Club. All tickets, $15 each, can be downloaded with your phone. Children under age five will be admitted free.
Follow live scoring at BlueGolf.com. The defending IHSAA team champion is Noblesville’s Guerin Catholic and the reigning individual champion is Guerin Catholic’s Leo Wessel.
Ann Liguori’s new book, “Life on the Green” features lessons and wisdom from golfing legends, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Nancy Lopez, Annika Sorenstam, among others.
Kudos to the LPGA’s Lexi Thompson who will retire from her full-time commitment to the LPGA Tour at the end of this year. One of her 15 LPGA Tour wins came in Indiana at the 2017 Indy Women in Tech Championship at Brickyard Crossing Golf Club. She will be missed on tour. Indiana Golf Journal wishes Lexi good luck in her future endeavors.
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