SORRY FOLKS I STILL DONT HAVE NAME FOR THIS COLUMN YET, BUT I WILL
GET ONE ONE OF THESE MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT NEWS FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE JOHN DEERE CLASSIC (JDC). 
The PGA Tour and the John Deere Classic announced a new agreement extending
the tournament through 2016. The new six year deal means the quad cities will
have the PGA Tour for quite some time, squelching rumors the tournament would
end after the 2010 event.

John Deere has been the title sponsor for this event since 1998, that is held the
week before the British Open in July. The JDC is one of the most successful
tournaments on tour in raising money for charity, through the events Birdies For
Charity program. Since 1998 the tournament has raised over 30 million dollars
for charity, over 500 quad cities area organizations have benefited from the money
raised at the JDC.

GOG sends it's congratulations to JDC Tournament Director Clair Petersen,
Communications Director Barry Cronin, the entire staff at the JDC and at the John
Deere Company. Steve Stricker will be this years defending champion.

THE BMW Championship at Cog Hill in Lemont, has a ticket special running for
Chicago District Golf Assocation members through December 31st. Clubhouse
tickets are discounted. There is also a new ticket plan called the Corporate Ticket
Book, for people who need to distribute tickets to multiple clients, or employees.

For more information www.BMWChampionshipUSA.com  or contact ticket Sales
Manager Nik Lapin at (847)-724-4600

Defending Champion Tiger Woods is expected to be in the field. If one he is healthy,
and two if he qualifies, since the BMW Championship is a Fed-Ex Cup Playoff event.
Neither should be a problem by September.

ONE OF THE MIDWEST'S great golf travel destinations the Harvester Golf Club, in
Rhodes Iowa just east of Des Moines has completed renovations by architect Keith
Foster. The award winning Harvester G.C. one of Golfweek Magazines Greatest 100
Modern Courses (#73), will have a new look especially on the the closing holes of
both nines.

New limestone rock walls will boarder the water, extending from the par 3 17th hole tee
box, up to the area around the 18th green. The same rock face will also run along the
water, on the leftside of the par 4 9th hole. Head Professional John Haberman says
that, "Foster also took out the second fairway water crossing on the 18th hole. All 75
of the courses bunkers have been re-edged, There have been a few new bunkers added,
along with a couple of new sod-faced looking grass bunkers. A few tee boxes have 
been repositioned."

The Harvester will re-open weather permitting around April 1st of 2010, I suggest golfers
don't wait too long to go visit. Tee times will fill up quickly.  For More information on
The Harvester Golf Club call 641-227-4653 or on line at www.harvestergolf.com

JUST A REMINDER..THE WHITE PINES GOLF DOME IS OPEN.....so head over to
Bensenville and stop in at White Pines, visit our good friend and fellow GOG radio
host Mike Munro. The White Pines Golf Dome is open daily from 7 AM to 11 PM. The
dome is rated one of the best in America, Come work on your game all winrer long.

TITLELIST the #1 ball in golf....is rolling out not only some new golf balls in 2010 but
some new clubs as well. On the golf ball front, come March look for the new NXT
ball, and NXT Tour ball in addition to the DT-Solo. Club wise the new AP-1 and AP-2
Irons, plus the Bob Vokey CC-Wedges. CC is the Condition of Competition wedges 
that tour players will have to play with. The new conforming wedges will reduce spin,
especially on shots from in the rough.

SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTERS...look for a new series of California style putters. The
Monterrey, the Sonoma, the Del Mar and the Coronado. The studio select putters
such as the popular Newport are still available. COBRA GOLF (part of the Titlelist family)
will introduce the new Cobra S2-Driver and S2 Fairwaywood in February, the S2 Irons
are on the market now.

THE ARDENT GOLFER HITS THE COURSES AND THE AIRWAVES...a new golf show
the Ardent Golfer will begin production in April. It will debut on Comcast Sports Net
in May. Elmhurst based Crane Golf Solutions has teamed up with Mondo Video
Productions to do the show. The program will feature a golfer with about a 15 handicap
and some personality, visiting midwest area golf destinations. www.ardentgolfer.com
The show will also have tips from golf professionals.

Q-SCHOOL is on the air......watch the Golf Channel this weekend Dec 5-6-7, to see who
makes it through the six round, third and final stage of qualifying for the 2010 PGA Tour.
It might be the most pressure packed tournament all year, keep your card, lose your card,
a partial card. Jobs and money are on the line, nerves are cracking, check it out. This event
is not part of the silly season. The final rounds are being played at Bear Lakes G.C. near
West Palm Beach in Florida.

HOW ABOUT SOME WINE AS THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GOLF GIFT......Golfers Ernie Els
and Luke Donald have joined the ranks of David Frost and Greg Norman in producing
their own line of wines. Els now has three wines, the Engelbrecht Els Red 2005 ($38 a bottle),
the 2005, Cirrus Syrah ($55 a bottle) and the Ernie Els Red Blend 2004 ($89 a bottle). To help
Els in the production of his line of wines, he has teamed up with a well known name in South
African wine industry John Engelbrecht.

Donald has also taken an acitve role with his Napa Valley Vineyard area produced wines.
Donald first released in 2008 ,a Red Claret ($40 a bottle). This past spring Donald released
a Chardonnay ($30 a bottle). Distribution in the Chicago area is being handled by the Lake
Bluff based, Terlato Wines International. To order Els or Donald Wines visit www.uncorked.com

Enter a special promo code ( First 20) and get a 20% discount on your order. To get more info
on Els and Donalds Wines visit http://www.uncorked.com/wine/brand/Ernie-Elswines.html
or the same link but instead of Ernie-Elswines, insert Luke-Donald-collection.html instead.
One can also branch off to /gifts/golf.html for nice golf gifts to go with the wine.

WELL THATS ALL FOR THIS MONTH..HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT AFTER
THE FIRST OF JANUARY IN 2010. www.golfersongolf.com