How many PGA players come out of Northwestern University?
ZERO!
We’re willing to guess there has never been a PGA professional from Evanston, IL. It’s TOO COLD! You can’t practice year round. It’s hard to concentrate when you are shivering. Yet, here we are. David Lipsky almost wins the Sony Open.
Well done, David, but you’ve still got a ways to go before you can seize the mantle of the best golfer to come out of Illinois because that belongs to Bill Mehlhorn, a person few people remember, but one of the better golfers you’ve never heard of. He still holds the distinction of having won the 3rd most tournaments without a major - right up there with Steve Stricker and Lee Westwood. Also wore a cowboy hat!
Si Woo Kim was a 14-1 shot going into Sunday so hat tip to him for winning. Of course he would have won by 12 shots had he worn one of our hats, but he seems to be satisfied with sqeeking out wins by the slimmest of margins. Odd but perfectly within his rights to do so.