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Tiger Woods is now lucky 7 on the PGA Tour, and who knows when he'll lose another PGA Tour event. On a sister website (businessunderpar.com) we recently wrote that Tiger could win every event he plays in some year. But don't tell that to our Las Vegas pros.
By Brian Hurlburt, GolfLasVegasNow.com Editor Las Vegas golf is the home of several talented PGA Tour pros, and on any given weekend any of them could win and snap Tiger's streak of seven-straight PGA Tour wins. The streak is the second longest in PGA Tour history, just four behind Byron Nelson's streak of 11 in a row. Tiger also holds the third-longest streak of six. Maybe this guy is pretty good. All of the Las Vegas golf PGA Tour pros practice and play at Las Vegas golf courses, including Reflection Bay Golf Club, TPC Canyons, Rio Secco, Cascata, TPC Summerlin, Southern Highlands, Shadow Creek and many others. You can make tee times at many of these same Las Vegas golf courses. Link to Las Vegas golf tee times and official Las Vegas golf course websites At the Buick Invitational played in San Diego, five of our pros made the cut, led by former UNLV Rebel Ryan Moore who finished in a tie for sixteenth place. He was two shots in front of 2006 FRYS.com Open defending champion Troy Matteson. Charley Hoffman, fresh off his win at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, shot 4-under par and settled for a tie for thirty-first. Hoffman grew up in San Diego. Chris Riley, another San Diego native, shot two-under par and ended in a tie for forty-fifth place. Henderson resident Craig Barlow made his second-straight cut of the year, shooting even par for the tournament and finishing in a tie for fifty-sixth. Tommy Armour III finished at two-over par and in a tie for sixty-forth. Complete leader board and links to player scorecards and bios |