![]() Back From the Grave: Illinois Course Reborn ![]() Seeding of the property is expected to be completed soon and the course is slated to reopen by August 2023. The remodeled Golf Academy will feature indoor hit- ting areas, club and putter fitting areas, an indoor putting green, room for food and beverage offerings and a short game practice area with Toptracer technology. In addition to golf, the new TPC Wisconsin will offer tennis, swimming, pickleball and other activities. The overhaul of the property will also include improvements to the golf academy adjacent to the golf course and the club- house. “I couldn’t ask for a better scenario with my first golf course design project to be the same property that I spent the better part of 30 years of my golf career and where I have raised my family,” Stricker said. PGA Tour pro Steve Stricker, a 12-time tournament champion who is Tiziani’s son- in-law, is leading the design work. It closed after last season to allow reconstruction of the course, including the regrading of all fairways and greens, replacement of greens, tees, bunkers and cart path system, a new irrigation system, and environmental improvements to existing ponds and water- ways. The course built on the edge of the Cherokee Marsh opened 60 years ago. Dennis Tiziani, Cherokee Park owner, said the transition will allow the course to offer “the one- of-a-kind experience we envision for our members.” The club, the only one in Wisconsin to carry the TPC banner, will be added as a licensed property, with ownership and operations remaining in the hands of Cherokee Park Inc. It was announced in May that the Madison property would become the 30th course in the PGA Tour’s TPC’s network of upscale golf facilities. When it reopens in late summer of 2023 after a complete overhaul, the former Cherokee Country Club in Madison, Wisconsin will be known as TPC Wisconsin. ![]() One of the most-whispered secrets in the Midwest golf scene is secret no more. Wisconsin Course Getting Promotion to TPC Status The 12,000-acre resort already boasts world-class layouts designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (the original Sand Valley Course) and David McLay Kidd (Mammoth Dunes), plus a 17-hole par-3 course designed by Coore and Crenshaw (the Sandbox). The Lido is scheduled to open in 2023, followed by Sedge Valley in 2024. Doak is simultaneously working on the Lido, a private club associated with the resort. The course is inspired by the classic heathland courses of London and the English coast. The centerpiece of the expansion is Sedge Valley, an 18-hole course designed by Tom Doak and in the early stages of construction. It’s hard to fact-check, but I don’t think anything is close to this.” The Punchbowl at Bandon (Dunes) is 2.5 acres. “The putting course going to be eight acres, so it’s almost 400,000 square feet,” said Michael Keiser, who owns and manages Sand Valley along with his brother, Chris. In May, Sand Valley (pictured above) began on a multi-facility expansion that will include a restaurant, pool complex, tennis center, practice facility and what is being billed as the “world’s largest putting course.” The sprawling Sand Valley Resort in central Wisconsin, already one of America’s premier golf destinations, is getting a whole lot bigger. Sand Valley Resort is Getting Bigger, Bolder and Better than Ever Before
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