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The Chicago Park District Golf Courses will undergo $5.5 million worth of improvements under a new 15-year contract with Billy Casper Golf Management. The contract was approved by district board Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Currently, the Chicago Park District, which is the largest park district in the United States, includes six courses, two miniature golf courses, three driving ranges and three new learning centers. The renovation project will concentrate on better maintenance practices in addition to rebuilding some bunkers and tee boxes, with the overall aim of making these municipal facilities popular destinations for traveling golfers and city residents. The goal of Casper Golf is to increase use by up to ten percent. In 2007, there were 140.000 rounds of golf played on park district courses. 

LAS VEGAS – If you need further evidence that Las Vegas has become a player among golf vacation destinations, consider this latest ranking of golf courses from a renowned industry publication. In the 2009 Golf World Readers’ Choice Awards, five Las Vegas golf courses were listed among the top 50; that’s 10 percent.

With its signature island green, par-3, Bali Hai Golf Club is one of the five Las Vegas golf facilities to make the list. It’s also one of three courses owned and operated by Walters Golf to be included in the top 50. Royal Links Golf Club , another Walters Golf property, came in at No. 13, and Desert Pines Golf Club is ranked 50^th. TPC Las Vegas was listed at No. 27, while Bear’s Best Golf Club , a compilation of the best holes from Jack Nicklaus’ courses around the world, finished 47^th. 

After scouring the nation for golf's best instructors and creating a series of portable, affordable instructional videos featruing a number of golf's top 100 teachers, eGolfTip.com is set to launch just in time for the Holidays. The golf tutorial Web site hopes to help golfers translate an informative lesson into better play on the course. Here's how they plan to do it.

Many of us have experienced the phenomenon of immediate improvement during a golf lesson with an expert who has easily determined our swing flaws and offered up a quick prescription. A few tweaks to our alignment along with a pair of sensible swing thoughts and we're hitting it long and straight.