Several Las Vegas golf pros and amateurs can be found in the Golfweek/Sagarin Power Rankings, the World Ranking or the Golfweek/Titleist Amateur Rankings. The players in the list can be found playing at a number of Las Vegas golf courses including Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, Las Vegas National Golf Club, Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Rio Secco Golf Club, TPC Las Vegas, Southern Highlands Golf Club or many others.
Former UNLV Rebel Adam Scott heads the list at number three in the world and number five in the power rankings.
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Chad Campbell, another All-American at UNLV, is number 35 in the world but is number 73 in the power ranking.
PGA Tour winner and Las Vegas resident Dean Wilson is number 66 in the world and number 82 in the power rankings.
Another Rebel, Ryan Moore, is number 75 in the world, but all the way down at number 130 in the power rankings.
Troy Matteson, the defending FRYS.com Open Champion (the Las Vegas PGA Tour event), is number 73 in the world but at number 195 in the power ranking. Someone is asleep at the wheel with this power ranking because Matteson has been playing steady all year and will probably win again soon.
Recent Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Champion and Las Vegas resident Charley Hoffman is number 93 in the world and number 59 in the power rankings.
Henderson resident Craig Barlow who plays out of Reflection Bay Golf Club is number 160 in the world and number 121 in the power ranking.
Tommy Armour III, who played high school golf in Las Vegas, is number 239 in the power ranking but not in the top 250 in the world. Henderson resident Bob May is number 243 in the power rankings and not in the top 250 in the world.
Natalie Gulbis, who like Barlow plays out of Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas Resort, is number 21 in the Rolex World Ranking and number 11 in the power rankings.
Erica Blasberg, who plays out of the TPC Canyons, is number 233 in the world and number 120 in the power rankings.
Las Vegas resident Stephanie Louden, who plays at Canyon Gate Country Club, is number 180 in the power ranking but not in the top 250 in the world.
On the amateur side, UNLV junior Jarred Texter is number 55 in the Golfweek/Titleist Amateur Rankings. Seven-time Southern Nevada Golf Association Player of the Year Brady Exber is number 103.
UNLV Lady Rebel Da Sol Chung is number 24 in the amateur rankings.