Josh Lesnick (third from left) found golf as a 13-year-old with his father; Today he sponsors an engagement with his family and friends, in this case, at Canal Shores outside of Chicago. Photo: courtesy Josh Lesnik
Although he was born in Washington, D.C., where his father Steve worked as a public relations specialist at Kemper Insurance, Josh Lesnik was as Chicago as he came, having lived in and around the Windy City most of his life. Now 54, he knew triumph and despair with his Cubs and enjoyed the impressive speed of the Bulls as Michael Jordan led them to their NBA titles in the ’90s. Ask him to name his foursome of his golf dreams, and Lesnick lists not only the players he admires (musicians Jerry Garcia and Bob Marley and Golden Age course engineer Seth Raynor) but also the four Chicago icons he’d ask to join the group in other capacities, with longtime Cubs announcer Harry Caray and actor/comedian Chris Farley driving the drinks cart, John Belushi fixing drinks on the 19th hole and former Bulls coach F…