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Peter Donahue, PGA

Founder | Senior Coach My office is out in the fresh air under some big oak trees. The people with whom I work are all curious, eager, and motivated. I advocate for the game of golf, and also for studentship and evolution. I’m living a dream that I first dreamed fifty...

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Chris Oehlerking, PGA

Managing Partner | Senior Coach  Chris, a proud native of Canada, has a passion for helping people who have a desire to learn. Chris believes anything can be learned when commitment, consistency and patience are present. Teaching Philosophy Chris educates his student...

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Travel League/ESP Fall Tournament #3

Storms threatened to cut short the North Shore Junior Tour’s return to Sportsman’s Country Club on September 20, but the players from the 4 teams managed to dodge the worst of it – playing through nothing more than a slight drizzle. The Golf Practice finished in...

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Travel League/ESP Fall Tournament #4

The members of The Golf Practice teams came ready to play as The North Shore Junior Tour made its lone stop of the fall season to Highland Park Country Club. The home course for The Golf Practice yielded record low scores as many of the Team Team members shot personal...

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Travel League/ESP Fall Tournament #5

Deerfield Golf Club played host to the North Shore Junior Tour on October 4th for the 5th tournament of the Fall Season. The full force of fall weather met the players with temperatures barely creeping over 40 degrees, light rain off and on, and two stoppages for...

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Travel League/ESP Fall Tournament #6

The final stop for the North Shore Junior Tour in the 2014 Fall Season was Winnetka Golf Club.  Earlier in the season, the league met the course following heavy rains and played through difficult, wet conditions, but a new course awaited the competitors on Saturday....

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Highland Park golf center opens

Highland Park golf center opens HIGHLAND PARK — Golfers who don’t want to idle away the off-season have a new resource at The Golf Practice’s new 7,000-square-foot training facility in Highland Park. The space allows golf students to improve their game in a...

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Indoor golf training, healing hot-and-cold packs, more

Highland Park golf center opens The Golf Practice: This 7,000-square-foot training facility in Highland Park helps golfers improve their game in an indoor setting similar to a golf course. “In order for players to really get better, the practice experience and the...

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Golf Chicago Magazine – May 2013

The Golf Practice: High-Tech Learning Chicago Golf, May 2013 Profiles: Neal Kotlarek When looking for a facility to host an indoor training and practice facility, golf professional Peter Donahue and his partners worried that the 3,500 sq. ft. section of a Highland...

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ABC 7 Chicago

CENTURY-OLD COURSE NOW ALL ABOUT JUNIOR GOLF Saturday, May 24, 2014 EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) --  View full article on ABC 7 There's a nearly century-old golf course on the North Shore that has been through rough times, but thanks to an energetic new board there's money in...

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