The Milwaukee County Parks System has announced that two golf courses, Grant park and Lincoln Park will be open this weekend beginning Friday because of the unseasonably warm weather we have been having this winter.
To make a tee time at Grant, call (414) 762-4646; to make a teee time at Lincoln, call (414) 962-2400.
The county parks system is also offering four free golf cart passes to anyone who purchases an unlimited golf pass before March 1. The premium rate is $1499 (which includes Brown Deer Park), with a less expensive option for $999 (which does not include Brown Deer). Both have options for "bring a friend" passes as well.
To purchase a golf membership, visit the Parks Administration Building at 9480 Watertown Plank Road during regular business hours.
Doug Russell has been covering Milwaukee and Wisconsin sports for over 20 years on radio, television, magazines, and now at OnMilwaukee.com.
Over the course of his career, the Edward R. Murrow Award winner and Emmy nominee has covered the Packers in Super Bowls XXXI, XXXII and XLV, traveled to Pasadena with the Badgers for Rose Bowls, been to the Final Four with Marquette, and saw first-hand the entire Brewers playoff runs in 2008 and 2011. Doug has also covered The Masters, several PGA Championships, MLB All-Star Games, and Kentucky Derbys; the Davis Cup, the U.S. Open, and the Sugar Bowl, along with NCAA football and basketball conference championships, and for that matter just about anything else that involves a field (or court, or rink) of play.
Doug was a sports reporter and host at WTMJ-AM radio from 1996-2000, before taking his radio skills to national syndication at Sporting News Radio from 2000-2007. From 2007-2011, he hosted his own morning radio sports show back here in Milwaukee, before returning to the national scene at Yahoo! Sports Radio last July. Doug's written work has also been featured in The Sporting News, Milwaukee Magazine, Inside Wisconsin Sports, and Brewers GameDay.
Doug and his wife, Erika, split their time between their residences in Pewaukee and Houston, TX.
