Youth is served

The men's Lincoln Highway tournament has thrived on tradition for 85 years. The tourney consists of nearly the same group of teams that dreamed up the concept in the Nachusa Tavern in 1923. The best-against-bogey scoring system, which awards players a plus for beating a hole's designated score or a minus for going over, remains. This weekend the event even returns to the course where the first Lincoln Highway was held, at what is now called Timber Creek Golf Club in Dixon. Timber Creek's team, however, has shed one of its long-standing traditions. In the past, players had to be at least 18 years old to play for the club in the Lincoln Highway. Starting this year, the club decided to throw that rule away. "There were reasons that the rule ha