UNLV Junior CJ Gatto

Complete First Round Story ... Now.

May 16, 2007--ST. GEORGE, Utah – UNLV women’s golf got off to a rough start at the NCAA West Regional, posting a team score of 319 (+35) after the first round on the Entrada at Snow Canyon course on Thursday afternoon. It didn't get much better for the Rebels as they struggled to a 17th-place finish and failed to qualify for the NCAA Finals.

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May 9, 2007--Just recently, the PGA Tour pulled the rug out from the Las Vegas Founders, the volunteer group of business leaders that have operated the Las Vegas PGA Tour event here in Las Vegas for the past quarter century. With only minutes of notice, the PGA Tour announced that the Shriners would be taking over control of the event, and that the Founders were done. Thanks, but no thanks, for 25 years of service.

May 2, 2007--Las Vegas' own Butch Harmon has added another stallion to the stable to go along with PGA Tour stars Fred Couples, Corey Pavin and Adam Scott, and LPGA star Natalie Gulbis, among others. As has long been discussed in the national media, Phil Mickelson sought out Harmon, who operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at the Rees Jones-designed Rio Secco Golf Club, to help straighten out his woes off the tee. Mickelson, who originally tried to keep the news quiet, finally went public, saying in a statement: "Butch is one of the very best teachers in the world. He's helped two players rise to number one in the game, and I'm fortunate that he has agreed to spend time working with me on my game, particularly on my driving." Harmon famously worked with Tiger Woods for many years, much of that time spent in and around his Las Vegas school and the holes of Rio Secco, and helped Tiger hone the swing that has produced golf's most spectacular individual decade.

April 29, 2007--The UNLV Mens Golf Team competed again in Arizona at the Mountain West Conference tournament. The event was played at the Catalina Golf Course at Tucson National. The No.6 UNLV men's golf team shot the lowest score of the final round and was the only team under par as it shot 5-under par 279 on Saturday at the Mountain West Conference Men's Golf Championship played at the Catalina Course at Tucson National (par 71, 7,136 yards), but finished in second place, one shot back of BYU.

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April 24, 2007--UPDATED STORY. 11:00 AM PST. The PGA Tour announced that the Las Vegas Founders, the host organization for the PGA Tour's FRYS.com Open, are out and the Shriners Hospitals for Children are in, effective immediately. The announcement was posted on PGATOUR.com before the paid staff of the Las Vegas Founders were made aware of the change, and news of the change came in to key members of the Las Vegas Founders with very little, if any, notice before the news went public. According to sources, The Las Vegas Founders Golf Foundation committee held an emergency meeting in the evening to determine the exact ramifications of the announcement. The event had been on shaky ground for years due to sponsorship problems, but the Las Vegas Founders still managed to raise more than $2 million for charity in 2006, giving money to several organizations including more than $500,000 to the Nevada Cancer Institute. Las Vegas Founders Golf Foundation Chairman Tim Cashman issued the following statement:

April 22, 2007--Three times in a row the Lady Rebels of UNLV golf had won the Mountain West Conference tournament championship, but that streaked end at the hands of TCU over the weekend in St. George, Utah. TCU was the champion, but the Enrada at Snow Canyon golf course was the true victor as TCU was the best team with a total of a whopping +52. UNLV carded a team total of +96.