The Western Golf Assocation tends to go to communities

The Western Golf Assocation tends to go to communities

As a FedEx Cup Event, the BMW Championship was intended to alternate between the Chicago area and other Midwestern cities. The decision to move the 2014 event away from the Chicago area comes as no surprise to Katherine Jemsek, president of Cog Hill.“The Western Golf Assocation tends to go to communities that haven’t had a Woods Is Associated With Nicklaus In Masters tournament in a while, and from the past they have shown that they will continue to rotate in and out of Chicago,” she said.Cog Hill has hosted the Fedex Cup Playoff event every year since its inauguration in 2007, with the exception of 2008, when it was held in St. Louis. The 2012 event has been scheduled in Indianapolis for quite some time (Illinois’ Medinah Country Club will host the Ryder Cup that year).A site for the 2013 BMW Championship has not yet been determined.Cog Hill received some negative comments from tournament players last year following a redesign of the Dubsdread course and months of heavy rains. The club has since hired a new superintendent, Scott Pavalko, who is in his second week on the job.

Jemsek reports that a visit by the PGA Tour agronomist earlier this week went well.When the BMW Championship is held in the Chicago area, Jemsek believes that Cog Hill is still the ideal location for it.“We have the infrastructure, we have space for the corporate hospitality, for parking for spectators, to allow BMW to build the experience they want for everyone who comes through the tournament,” she said. “There are a lot of other good golf courses in Chicago, but with the space and infrastructure and parking needed to host such an event, I think that we are still the logical choice.”