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 January 15, 2008--Several of the best Las Vegas golf courses are hosting the 10th Annual Transatlantic Team Challenge, an international golf event that pits 24-player teams from Las Vegas (representing the USA) and the UK, against each other in a team competition. Bragging rights are on the line, but also the event helps promote Las Vegas as a golf destination to the UK through the marketing powers of News of the World, said to be the largest circulated newspaper in the world. The four Las Vegas golf courses to be played Jan. 15-18 are Canyon Gate Country Club, Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort (pictured), Desert Pines Golf Club and Bali Hai Golf Club. For more ...
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has proclaimed the week of January 13-20, 2008, to be Transatlantic Team Challenge Week in Las Vegas, and the proclamation and official seal of the city are now pubic record. Team Las Vegas (USA) leads the overall series five wins to four, but are currently riding a streak of three wins straight in the event that is sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. More than 12,000 participants played in 50 tournaments over the UK summer in an effort to qualify for one of the 24 spots on the UK team. Book your Las Vegas tee times or Las Vegas golf packages ... now. Team Las Vegas is made up of Southern Nevada business professionals and golfers who come together to host the UK team in a series of parties and golf events. A few of the notable Las Vegas team members include Las Vegas 51s General Manager Don Logan, Las Vegas Bowl Executive Director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, LVCVA Director of Sports Marketing Julian Dugas, Voice of the Rebels on Radio Jon Sandler, Golf Photographer J. Rick Martin, Source One Events Partner Kirk Schulz, and USA Captain, Dusty Allen, Owner of Streamline Tower, a downtown condo development, among others including this writer (Brian Hurlburt, Founding Editor, GolfLasVegasNow.com).  "Hosting this prestigious event is truly an honor for us, and we especially enjoy the wonderful camraderie shared with our friends from "across the pond"," wrote Michael A. Wacthman, Bali Hai Golf Club Facility Host, and R. Thomas "Butch" Fogler, General Manager, wrote in an intro letter.
Sponsors of the event include Streamline Tower, GlobalGolfers.com, Walters Golf, Hertz, News of the World, LVCVA, and the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
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