Category Archives: Golf News

December 30, 2007–So, if you had to choose which course to play just by name alone, which one would you play? Las Vegas golf course TPC at The Canyons or TPC Las Vegas? Those of you with your ear to the ground of Las Vegas golf, or your Titleist to the green, whichever analogy you […]

December 21, 2007–Dale Hahn, superintendent of TPC Summerlin (pictured), a private Las Vegas golf course that hosts the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on the PGA Tour, has earned recognition from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and Golf Digest for his efforts in the area of environmental stewardship. Hahn was a merit […]

December 20, 2007–David Bogue, general manager of Las Vegas golf courses Angel Park (pictured) and The Legacy Golf Club, recently earned a Fairway Award for the Top General Manager in the Las Vegas golf industry. Given out annually by VegasGolfer magazine, the Fairway Awards honor “Vegas’ best and brightest in the golf industry,” as stated by the […]

December 11, 2007–Rees Jones, the designer of Las Vegas golf courses Cascata and Rio Secco Golf Club (pictured), has been called one of the most powerful men in golf. And now he can add another feather to his cap with the inclusion of both of his Las Vegas gems in Golfweek's list of best casino golf courses, […]

November 13, 2007—The first thing you notice as you walk up to the driving range of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Reflection Bay Golf Club, one of three Las Vegas golf courses at Lake Las Vegas Resort, is the giant, inflatable Wendy’s Frosty that is planted at about 100 yards in the landing area. Then you watch […]

November 12, 2007–Taking a page from its history, the PGA Tour announced today that Justin Timberlake has become involved with the Las Vegas PGA Tour event, so much so that the event will now be called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals For Children Open. Timberlake becomes the 14th celebrity in history to host a PGA Tour […]

November 7, 2007–UNLV freshman Therese Koelbaek earned the first medalist honors of her career, winning the USF/Richmond Country Club Invitational on Tuesday and helping the Rebels to a third-place finish at the event. The win comes in just the fifth tournament of Koelbaek’s career, and she used a strong final round of two-under 69 to […]

October 31, 2007–It seems like just yesterday that Rio Secco Golf Club  burst onto the scene and quickly became one of the best Las Vegas golf courses, both in quality and by buzz created by those that played or practiced at the course. This Las Vegas golf course, designed by the legendary and award-winning architect […]

October 29, 2007–Junior golf in Southern Nevada and Las Vegas has a very long and rich history, and there are many people associated with the sport that could be deemed worthy of induction into the inaugural class of the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Hall of Fame. Recently, the first two members–LPGA Tour player and former […]

October 15, 2007–FRYS.com, according to 2007 tournament chairman Gary Davis, helped save the PGA Tour in Las Vegas, but after two years, they are leaving as title sponsor, handing the reigns to the Shriners, who this year took over as the host organization. The Shriners are self-described as one of the "biggest secrets" in philanthropy, […]

October 9, 2007–Two more Las Vegas golf courses have completed major turf removal projects designed to save millions of gallons of water each year, but the by product of the projects are new, enhanced looks for the courses. You can judge for yourself from the before and after pictures of Angel Park Golf Club, but the […]

October 4, 2007 (UPDATED OCT. 5)–Kevin Marsh won the US Mid Am in 2005, and thought that was difficult. He survived about the worst weather conditions he's ever faced during this year's event at Bandon Dunes, and made it all they way through to the semi-finals where he lost on the final hole to Ken […]

September 26, 2007–In 2005, Las Vegas golfer Kevin Marsh was one of 4,130 entries for the US Mid Amateur Championship, a United States Golf Association championship for golfers 25 years or older. He survived sectional qualifying, and then outlasted 264 golfers at the finals that were played at the Honors Course in Tennessee to win the championship over Carlton […]

  John Daly September 20, 2007–Some of the greatest golfers in the world are coming to Las Vegas for the PGA Tour’s 25th annual Fall Tournament taking place October 11 – 14 at Las Vegas golf courses TPC Summerlin and TPC Canyons. At the 2007 Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children spectators will cheer on […]

September 12, 2007–The PGA Fall Expo is once again in Las Vegas, and about 50 club companies participated in a demo day at Royal Links Golf Club, one of three Las Vegas golf courses owned and operated by Walters Golf. More than 700 pros and other industry representatives descended on the Dye Designs International layout that pays […]

  Troy Matteson September 10, 2007–The PGA Tour officially announced that the Shriners Hospitals for Children organization has increased its level of partnership with the Las Vegas PGA Tour event beginning in 2008 and running through 2012. This year the event is called the FRYS.com Open Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children. The PGA Tour […]

August 31, 2007–Several Las Vegas golfers from three Las Vegas golf courses have qualified for the inaugural OB Sports Team National Championship that will be played September 7-9 in Arizona. Players from Las Vegas golf courses Angel Park Golf Club, Aliante Golf Club and Legacy Golf Club will make the trip, where they will compete against […]

August 22, 2007–The Las Vegas PGA Tour event, this year called the FRYS.com Open Benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, has launched a new website in promotion of the 25th anniversary of the Las Vegas golf event. The address is thefrysopen.com, and features ticket information, history and other information about the tournament that will be played […]

August 15, 2007–The Butch Harmon Vegas Tour, one of golf's various mini tours, is coming down the home stretch, and through eight events former UNLV Rebel Bill Lunde is the money leader with more than $65,000 earned. There are two more events before the 2007 tour culminates August 27-30 with the playing of the Tour […]