Yorkville senior Carter Humbers, who shot rounds of 37 and 37 to help lead the Foxes to four wins in two SPC triangular matches, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Oregon hosted Rochelle on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at Silver Ridge Golf Course. Rochelle won the dual 171-188 as Ian Metzger earned medalist with a 39. Jackson Messenger led Oregon with a 43.

This year's Club Championship golf tournament at Lake Carroll was especially special for Kaden Brown. The Forreston High School senior had plenty of fun breezing through the Lake Carroll Golf Course to becoming one of the youngest club champions at area courses this year.

Streator's Brennen Stillwell won the individual title of Monday's Streator Bulldogs Boy Golf Invitational in a playoff, Ottawa claimed the team title of the event for the fifth straight time, and La Salle-Peru's Adan Chiu carded a hole-in-one.

Teams from La Salle-Peru, Ottawa, Streator and St. Bede all competed during the Streator Bulldog Invitational on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 at Eastwood Golf Course in Streator.

The Oregon High School boys and girls golf teams are holding their ninth annual Playday fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the Silver Ridge Golf Course.

Check out our team-by-team boys and girls golf previews with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team for the 2025 season.

Here are five Times area boys and girls golfers to keep an eye on during this fall season.

Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon high school golfers squared off Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in a match at Silver Ridge Golf Course north of Oregon.

The village-owned RedTail Golf Club in Lakewood will be adding two golf simulators this fall with the village manager betting her job that they will make a profit over the winter despite board concerns on the golf club’s finances.

The high school boys and girls golf seasons began last week across Illinois. Here are five storylines we’ll be watching in The Times coverage area in 2025.

Times All-Area Golf honoree Grant Siegel has committed to continue his education at the University of St. Francis and his golf career with the Fighting Saints.

Grant Park hosted Manteno and Bishop McNamara in boys & girls golf on Aug. 15, 2025.

Kankakee Community College Athletics is planning a fall golf outing for former athletes and community members.

The 2025 boys golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego Co-op sophomore Alli Wiertel fired a course record 59 at Whitetail Ridge to win the Plainfield North Invite and the team took second, while Oswego East was first and Oswego second at the Panther Stableford in Thursday's Record Newspapers sports roundup.

The 2025 girls golf season gets underway this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Times All-Area Golf honoree Keegan Murphy has committed to continue his education at Illinois Valley Community Collegeand his golf career with the Eagles.

Here's a scorecard of the history of the Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational heading into Sunday's tournament at Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby

A sleek space filled with the sounds of laughter, clinking glasses and the solid thwack of a perfect swing is quietly transforming a stretch of Sterling's Galt Road into a popular social destination.

X-Golf Sauk Valley in Sterling lets you get your swings in without fighting weather, slow play and lost balls.

The 66th annual Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational will be held on Sunday, Aug. 10 at Edgewood Park Golf Club in McNabb. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with a 9 a.m. modified shotgun start.

Jon Prescott won the Illinois Valley Mens Golf Championship on Sunday, July 27, 2025 at Spring Creek Golf Course in Spring Valley. Mason Kimberley received second place and Bryer Harris finished in third. The two-day event featured hundreds of golfers playing two courses (Senica's Oak Ridge and Spring Creek Golf Course) in the Illinois Valley with a total of 36 holes of golf.

The event will feature a 10 a.m. shotgun start at Fairways Golf Course, a day of community connection and a shared celebration of the Foundation’s growth since its founding.

The Putnam County Athletic Booster Club will hold its golf outing on Saturday, Aug. 9 at Edgewood Park Golf Club in McNabb. Registration will start at 9 a.m. with a shot gun start at 10 a.m.

Marquette's Ashton Grady has signed on to continue his education at North Central College and his golfing career with the Cardinals.

Seneca's Ryker Terry has committed to continue his education at Loras College and his golf career with the Duhawks.

Boys and girls golfers compete in the final round of the McHenry County Junior Golf Association's McHenry County Junior Amateur on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Foxford Hills Golf Club in Cary.

Here is a gallery of photos from the 102nd annual Ladies Lincoln Highway golf tournament, which took place on Friday and Saturday at Timber Creek Golf Club in Dixon. Timber Creek won the team title and Katie Drew was the individual winner.

Today’s Play of the Day for the Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Golf for July 8 was “subtract two holes, No. 1 and No. 7.” Mary Cooney finished first, Linda Halberg second and Sue Moss third.

Save-A-Pet is hosting its first-ever Tee Off Fore Tails Golf Scramble on July 10 at Stonewall Orchard Golf Club in Grayslake.

Streator High School graduate Nolan Ketcham has committed to continue his education and golf career at North Central College.

Dundee-Crown senior Jared Russell earned All-Fox Valley Conference honors in three sports, setting school records in basketball and baseball. He also posted a 4.0 GPA and is the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Athlete of the Year.

Still swingin' away: Cold or gloomy weather preventing you from visiting the golf course? Need help on improving your game? There's plenty of green to play through on simulator video screens that can be custom-designed by a Galena business, both in the home and on the back yard.

Riverside Healthcare golfers helped raise more than $218,000 to assist behavioral health services during the organization's 48th annual golf outing on Friday at the Kankakee Country Club.

Incoming junior Hall golfer Joseph Perez shot his first career hole in one from the white tees on the No. 3 hole at Spring Creek on Monday. He didn’t have to tell his coach, Mason Kimberly, about it because he was playing with him.

Jamie Schmitt won the 77th annual Pine Hills Invitational at Pine Hills Golf Course in Ottawa on Sunday. Schmitt, after shooting a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday, roared to a second-round 66 to win his first championship at the event.

The McHenry Country Club has been sold for almost $2 million to a local businessman and philanthropist, and the McHenry City Council had a special meeting to grant a liquor license.

The Brent Wadsworth Alumni Golf Outing typically raises $25,000, which funds fall mini-grants for students and staff at Joliet Township High School District 204.

The CC2 Forever Foundation will host its annual Strike Out Cancer event Saturday at Flink Field in Lockport. The foundation was founded after 18-year-old Connor Christian died from an aggressive brain tumor.

Higher costs and economic uncertainty cited as reasons John Whiteside Memorial Golf Outing currently falling shot of fundraising goals needed for the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Memorial Squad.

The JTHS 24th Annual Brent Wadsworth Alumni Golf Outing benefits students and staff at District 204 in Joliet.

A Swedish study suggests a link between playing golf and longer life expectancy, highlighting the sport’s health benefits.

Revenue generated by all three golf courses run by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County totaled $8.38 million last year, the agency’s director of golf said Tuesday.

Proceeds benefit the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood that provides honorably discharged veterans a military ceremonial burial service at no charge for families that request it.

La Grange resident Jack Harrington recently was named a recipient of the Evans Scholarahip

Downers Grove North High School senior Colin Finn earned a free ride to college as a recipient of the Chick Evans Scholarship

Lakemoor trustees have voted to annex a golf course so that the property can be redeveloped as a solar farm, despite reservations by some nearby residents.

Matthew Hicks, who also teaches building trades at the Whiteside Area Career Center and owns a construction business, built the 13-hole course. It will have a grand opening Saturday, April 12.

Kankakee area tourism continues to grow, visitors seek the outdoors.