GURNEE, Ill. – Keith Williams grew up in central Pennsylvania where, as a kid, he’d ride his bike to a par-3 course in front of a local motel off Exit 17 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He’d pay a couple of bucks and take his three clubs out to the glorified field, where he taught himself the game.
Now, as chief executive officer of UL, the 63-year-old Williams title sponsors the best international team format in golf: the UL International Crown. The second staging of the event took place July 21-24 at the Merit Club, 20 miles from the company’s Northbrook, Ill.