Las Vegas Golf News and Information

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 4, 2013)--Go big or go home. Put it this way: Ryan Winther, the 2012 RE/MAX World Long Drive champion, didn't go home. Winther was part of a group of special guests who christened the Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the new home of the Championship Finals, hitting exhibition golf drives of 410, 420, and 430 yards. The tee was located in the Dale Earnhardt grandstands with the landing area located in the race infield, where normally NASCAR champions are burning doughnuts after a race. Speed will definitely meet speed October 30 under the lights and live on Golf Channel to determine the King of Long Drive. --By Brian Hurlburt, follow @LVGolfInsider. Photo courtesy: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 1, 2013)--Somebody should probably check the Rio Secco Golf Club records to determine if the New Mexico State Men's golf team lists this Las Vegas resort course as its home layout. The Aggies won their fourth WAC Club Glove Golf title in the last five years, with each of those events played at the Rees Jones course. The team recorded a 6-shot victory of University of Texas-Arlingtom. Paul McConnel of UTA was the individual champ. --By Brian Hurlburt, Follow @LVGolfInsider

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 29, 2013)--The world's top golf instructor, Butch Harmon, welcomed the players in the 2013 Club Glove WAC Golf Championships to Las Vegas and the Rees Jones-designed Rio Secco Golf Club. Harmon, who operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at Rio Secco, spoke to the golfers and coaches on Sunday evening, prior to the first round which was played Monday April 29. New Mexico State grabbed the first round lead. --By Brian Hurlburt Follow @LVGolfInsider

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 27, 2013)--Las Vegas visiting and local golfers are invited to Angel Park Golf Club May 3-4 for the annual Golf Fest Vegas. The event features free range play to test the latest in golf equipment, a beer garden, other entertainment and exhibitors. The $10 admission fee includes a free round of golf at either Angel Park, Legacy Golf Club, Las Vegas Golf Club, and/or Painted Desert Golf Club. Click  now for more details on Golf Fest Vegas. --By Brian Hurlburt

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 3, 2013)--There is a huge announcement coming for the Callaway Golf Center in Las Vegas. The very popular Center which features a lighted 9-hole course, two-tiered practice area, large clubhouse and pro shop, and a restaurant, will be undergoing millions in renovations and upgrades very soon. Plans are in the works, and word is that TaylorMade will be playing a major role in the new project and plans will be really moving and underway by June 1, 2013. --By Brian Hurlburt

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 28, 2013)--The FedEx Cup comes to Las Vegas in October with the playing of the PGA Tour's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. And there are several events scheduled during the week, and a few prior to the tournament. One of the more fun ones is the tapping of the Maibock Brew at Las Vegas' Gordon Biersch Brewery on April 3 at the Boca Park location. All Las Vegas golfers--visiting and local--are invited. The event is from 5-8 PM and will feature the limited edition beer, appetizer specials, and other fun. Proceeds raised will benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children. --By Brian Hurlburt

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 7, 2013)--The Masters of College Golf is the saying used to describe the UNLV Men's Golf team home tournament. And that is again the case because nine of the top 10 teams in the country will play in Las Vegas at Southern Highlands Golf Club March 8-10. The headliner of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters is the top-ranked California and second-ranked UCLA. UNLV, ranked  35th, is the defending champion. Rebel junior Blake Biddle is the defending individual champion. --By Brian Hurlburt

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 1, 2013)--It's a perfect February night in Las Vegas, and two of the biggest-hitting golfers in the world are gazing out at the infield of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (three big boppers if you count Long Drivers of America visionary and former World Long Drive Champion Art Sellinger). The middle of the infield grass is about 350 yards away--it's about 430 or so to the end of the middle section--and the threesome is wondering where the first golf drive in the history of the Speedway (hit from an elevated tee located in the Dale Earhardt Terrace) will land. And it seems very appropriate that the golf intimidators are hitting from the area which was named after THE Intimidator. --By Brian Hurlburt

Las Vegas, Nevada (February 25, 2013)--Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2011 inductee Art Sellinger has nurtured the RE/MAX World Long Drive Finals from a small event into an international phenomenon. And now his long ball stars will be going deep at the home of Las Vegas' NASCAR race: the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). The winner-take-all event--$250,000 will be won by the final big hitter standing--is scheduled for October 30 under the lights and out of the Turn Four bleachers. --By Brian Hurlburt