Daily Dose: I-L-L-I-N-I

well, Mike Small did it again. The U of I head men's golf coach has been the best player in the Illinois PGA section for awhile now, but his performance kind of "dipped" - if you can call it that - the last few years.

Some speculated it had to do with an equipment change.

Well, that should be put to bed as Small captured his 2nd PGA Professional National Championship and earned a berth into this year's PGA Championship up at Hazeltine in Minnesota.

Then this morning, U of I alumnus D.A. Points fired an impressive 6-under 64 in the first round of Tiger's tournament at Congressional.

Points, a Pekin native, is a great guy and 2009 is his first full season on the PGA Tour since 2006. He may have figured something out as he has carded five top 25's already and nearly $1 million.

And of course, you've got Illinois alumnus Steve Stricker still doing big things......

It's been a great summer so far for the blue and orange