The beneficiaries The honor roll of past Steele Memorial scholarship winners Begun as a labor of love and remembrance by the family of the late Mike Steele, the golf tournament they started in 1987 has given a strong head start in life to 19 young people who were former athletes at eight different Springfield-area high […]
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy works for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and is a freelance golf writer. Murphy, who was Mike Steele’s basketball coach in middle school, serves as a member of the Steele Memorial Committee.
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A different ‘memorial’ day
Pardon the folks on Bob-O-Link Drive for missing a few traditional late-May cookouts, swimming-pool opening days and Indy 500s. For going on two decades now, John and Dixie Steele have postponed their own personal Memorial Day for a couple of weekends — until the last divot is replaced and the last score is posted at […]
