December 26, 2007--David Feherty, the hilarious and knowledgeable CBS golf analyst, is featured in a promotional video for Bali Hai Golf Club, one of three Las Vegas golf courses owned and operated by Walters Golf. Click now to watch the Bali Hai Golf Club video, and see and hear why Feherty calls it a "unique and wonderful" experience. Also, you can find the BEST prices for Las Vegas tee times and Las Vegas golf packages by clicking Las Vegas Golf Getaways ... now. Royal Links Golf Club and Desert Pines Golf Club are the sister Las Vegas golf courses to Bali Hai. For more ...

December 24, 2007--Over this past weekend, the world watched on ABC as the LPGA Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour competed in the Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge over the 18 holes of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Reflection Bay Golf Club, one of three Las Vegas golf courses at the world-class Lake Las Vegas Resort. But before the event, actually played about a month ago, some of the competitors and those covering it for ABC, took time out to tell GolfLasVegasNow.com about Lake Las Vegas Resort and Las Vegas in general. "It's just beautiful," said ABC's Judy Rankin, while walking to the first tee to begin her broadcast. "Reflection Bay is right there with a lot of the great golf courses in the world." The good news? You can play this course, just like the pros. For more ...

December 13, 2007--The World's number one golfer was in Las Vegas over the weekend, taking in the mega-fight between Las Vegas resident Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and British fighter Ricky Hatton.  "I (also) went to Mayweather/De la Hoya, and this one here was absolutely incredible," Woods said in a press conference before his Target World Challenge event. Also, ESPN.com reported that Woods spent some time with his golf instructor, Hank Haney, while here. Tiger has many ties to Las Vegas golf courses. For more ...

November 21, 2007--The 2008 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is about 11 months away, but for the first time in a long time, the Las Vegas PGA Tour event played at Las Vegas golf course TPC Summerlin (pictured) is drawing coverage months in advance. And the stories are coming from all angles, due solely to the agreement between Timberlake--arguably the world's biggest star under the age of 30--and the PGA Tour for the music mogul to become the celebrity host of the 26th-straight year of PGA Tour golf in Las Vegas. The agreement between the Shriners, PGA Tour and Timberlake runs through 2012, and the coverage has come from traditional golf media outlets, but the entertainment giants have jumped on for this one. People, eonline, worldofjustin.com, gossipworld.com, starpulse.com and many others are covering the story and most likely will have major presence in Las Vegas during tournament week next October. One thing is for sure, tournament week next year will be high on style and glitz, and now the only question is whether the golf played by the PGA Tour players can match the hype. For more ...

November 9, 2007--Seemingly on a daily basis, the world's most famous people tee it up on the best Las Vegas golf courses. They are just like you; they take a Las Vegas golf trip and enjoy hitting it around our many Las Vegas golf layouts. And now Golf Digest has released its "Hollywood 100" list of celebrity golf handicaps, and several with Las Vegas golf ties top the list, most notably by DragonRidge Country Club (a private Las Vegas golf course) member Kevin Sorbo, who ranks 13th on the list with a handicap of 7.2. Sorbo has teed it up at many Las Vegas golf courses and once lived on Rio Secco Golf Club (pictured) before moving back to California. Other golfers with ties to Las Vegas golf courses include James Caan, DL Hughley, Ray Romano, Kevin James, John O' Hurley, George Clooney and Josh Duhamel. For more ...

November 5, 2007--Las Vegas and Las Vegas golf are full of celebrities who live and play here. Just a few of the international names that live and tee it up on Las Vegas golf courses include Celine Dion, Greg Maddux, Danny Gans, Jonathan Ogden, and many more, too numerous too mention. But there is a also a contingent of local Las Vegas celebrities that live and play in Las Vegas, and one of those is Mike O' Brian, a longtime radio deejay who now does his thing on the morning show of KKLZ 96.3 FM radio in addition to providing percussion and vocals for one of Las Vegas' funnest bands, the Wedge Brothers, aptly named because Tom Rojas, a longtime Las Vegas golfer also plays in the group. And Tommy Rocker, a local rock legend, is known to show up at Wedge Brothers gigs, or vice versa. Whatever the case, golf is a bond that keeps the group together. The band's name also comes directly from a golf day. For more ...

October 27, 2007--On just about any given day, you can spot a celebrity or athlete teeing it up on one of the many Las Vegas golf courses. And this past week was no different. Review-Journal celebrity columnist Norm! reports that recently-resigned Yankees manager Joe Torre tee'd it up at Wynn Golf and Country Club. And we have confirmation that among the celebrities who played in the Butch Harmon and Greg Maddux Invitational at Cascata (pictured) was obviously Maddux, but also Fred Couples, who was also spotted having lunch at the Bellagio Cafe. And on Friday gold medal-winning skater Dan Jansen played at Las Vegas golf course Southern Highlands Golf Club. Other celebrities in town this weekend include Champions PGA Tour player Jim Colbert, NBA Hall-of-Famer Rick Barry, European Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo, and Lou Ferrigno, among others, who will be playing the annual Danny Gans Partee Fore Kids event at Anthem Country Club. Others teeing it up include Gans, Napoleon McCallum, Mike Maddux, Pete O' Donnell, Rollie Fingers, Jake Busey, Bret Saberhagen and many others. Cascata is open to the public and you can secure your Cascata Las Vegas golf package now.

October 26, 2007--Walters Golf owns and operates three Las Vegas golf courses, Bali Hai Golf Club, Royal Links Golf Club and Desert Pines Golf Club, golf courses that are unique to each other and to Las Vegas golf. And recently, the South Pacific-themed Bali Hai Golf Club was home to some high stakes golf betting by some of the biggest names in the poker world with the playing of the The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational. Nine poker stars anted up a million dollars of their own money to participate in an event where they are playing for a minimum of $500,000 per hole. One of the competitors is Walters Golf CEO Bill Walters, who after the first nine holes when he teamed with Phil Hellmuth and Russ Hamilton, has helped his team earn $1 million. The team of Doyle Brunson, Dewey Tomko and Vince Van Patten have earned $2 million while the team of Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren and Josh Arieh have won $1 million. The event was shown on ESPN last week and the second round will air Sunday, October 28 on ESPN from 3-5 PM Eastern. Nine, two-player teams, including Phil Ivey and Janet Jones-Gretzky, will be playing for the cash. For more ...