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 March 25, 2008--TPC Las Vegas has hosted PGA Tour and Champions Tour events, and is an 18-hole championship, Las Vegas golf course designed by PGA Tour Design Services (with lead designer Bobby Weed) and player consultant Raymond Floyd. Past champions of Las Vegas golf events played at the course include Jim Colbert, Hale Irwin, Jim Furyk, Stuart Appleby and many other of the world's best players. And the best thing is that the course is open to anyone, and because of that and the course's great history, many organizations choose to hold benefit events at TPC Las Vegas (formerly TPC Canyons). The UNLV College of Education is holding a fundraiser on August 29, 2008. Entry fee is only $150 and includes the golf, box lunch, dinner and awards following play and more. For more ...
All proceeds from this year's tournament will go directly to the College of Education to help support our newly initiated Troops to Teachers and Spouses to Teachers programs within the College. Troops to Teachers is a U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense program that helps eligible military personnel begin a new career as teachers in public schools where their skills, knowledge and experience are most needed. Spouses to Teachers is designed to assist spouses of active duty military in their pursuit of K-12 teaching positions in both public and private schools in the U.S. For more information call 702.895.3375. Several sponsorship levels are also available. Official TPC Las Vegas description for tpc.com/lasvegas Yes, TPC Las Vegas, north of the glittering gaming city of Las Vegas, is a blast. Off in the distance, to the south, shimmers glamorous Las Vegas with all its polished attractions. Look away and the stark mountains and canyons offer a drama all their own.
 TPC Las Vegas managed to meld these two juxtaposed forces. Lush green parcels of manicured turf are woven throughout a rugged tapestry of arroyos, barrancas and other natural features in the southern Nevada desert.
"Desert elegance," it has been called. There could be a no more apt description of the par-71, 7,063-yard golf course that offers a stern test of golfing skills along with stunning vistas.
"As far as aesthetics and playability," says Floyd, who considers TPC Las Vegas among his best works, "I would put TPC Las Vegas up against any golf course you care to mention. It's as unique as they come and I'm very proud of the way it has turned out, especially given the challenges of designing a golf course on such a challenging piece of property. But I think a golf course is kind of like a fine wine. The best come from the toughest pieces of ground."
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