July 31, 2009–A few months ago, we wrote a story detailing the 29 Las Vegas professional tour golfers who were currently listed on the money lists of the major professional golf tours, but we failed to mention that there are other pros with strong ties to Las Vegas golf courses out having success on other […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
July 20, 2009–Las Vegas' Royal Links Golf Club was inspired by the golf courses used during the British Open, but sometimes lost in the shuffle is that the term 'British Open' also includes the Ricoh Women's British Open being played July 30-Aug. 2 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club. And Royal Links' 1st hole was […]
July 27, 2009–Some industry Las Vegas golf experts are educating potential Las Vegas golfers that the best way to play golf on Las Vegas golf courses is to combine your Las Vegas golf tee times with hotel rooms, and there are easy and affordable ways to do that thanks to the cooperative efforts of the management of […]
July 27, 2009–Some industry Las Vegas golf experts are educating potential Las Vegas golfers that the best way to play golf on Las Vegas golf courses is to combine your Las Vegas golf tee times with hotel rooms, and there are easy and affordable ways to do that thanks to the cooperative efforts of the management of […]
July 25, 2009 (UPDATED JULY 28) —Kevin Na is one of the most recent players on the PGA Tour to become a resident of Las Vegas. Na plays and practices out of TPC Las Vegas and TPC Summerlin, the PGA Tour-owned Las Vegas golf courses in the northwest area of the Las Vegas valley. And […]
July 23, 2009–For those familiar with us, you know we have been touting the summer of 2009 as the best time ever to be playing Las Vegas golf courses. The Las Vegas golf deals and discounts are all over, and now you can play three, themed Las Vegas golf courses starting at a rate of […]
July 21, 2009–Here we go again, but we can't say it enough that the summer of 2009 is the best time to be playing Las Vegas golf courses. Las Vegas golf deals, discounts and savings are all over the place, and now these summer sizzler Las Vegas golf packages that combine the two Las Vegas golf courses at Angel […]
July 19, 2009–Motown great Smokey Robinson will participate in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Pro-Am event in Las Vegas Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Las Vegas golf course TPC Summerlin. An avid golfer and supporter of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Robinson is excited to participate in this year’s event. "I’m thrilled to […]
July 16, 2009–UNLV men's golf junior Brett Kanda was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, which was announced Thursday by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). A total of 108 players earned the honor in Division I and to be eligible, student-athletes must have been a junior or senior academically during the 2008-09 season, […]
July 16, 2009–The stories are continual for those with strong ties to Las Vegas golf who are a part of the biggest stories in golf. And some of the time, it's not the biggest Las Vegas golf names who make news (ie Butch Harmon, Adam Scott, Natalie Gulbis, etc.) but the volunteers behind the scenes. […]
July 15, 2009–Angel Park Golf Club is the home of two Las Vegas golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer, and the courses were the site for the annual Cleveland Golf Pro-Scratch, where the two-golfer team of pro David Stead and scratch player John Hahn claimed the title after surviving a four-way sudden death playoff. Stead is the director […]
July 10, 2009–Las Vegas is a huge event city, and with UFC mixed-martial arts events taking over as a huge deal for Las Vegas, there's a lot going on in the city surrounding UFC 100 Saturday night, July 11, at Mandalay Bay. There's a fan fest, all-women MMA bouts, parties, and more, but let's not […]
July 9, 2009 (UPDATED July 13) –Forgive us if we take a slight liberty in the headline of this story by calling Las Vegas native Craig Barlow a 'PGA Tour pro'. To be exact, in 2009, Barlow, who grew up playing Las Vegas' golf courses, is officially on the Nationwide Tour, but that's only after […]
July 8, 2009 (UPDATED JULY12) –Inbee Park, a two-time Nevada State High School Champion while playing golf for Las Vegas' Bishop Gorman High School, defends her 2008 US Women's Open title this week at the par 71, 6,740-yard Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, PA. Park, who has played a lot of golf at Las Vegas' […]
July 6, 2009–The Women's Southern Nevada Golf Association recently held the annual team championships at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, and the team from Las Vegas Country Club was the overall team champions, defeating the team from Las Vegas Golf Club. The team from Las Vegas' Black Mountain Golf and County Club won the net division by […]
July 3, 2009–We refer to those Las Vegas golf courses that are within about an hour drive from the Las Vegas Strip as being in the Las Vegas Golf Region. One of those 'Las Vegas' golf courses is Wolf Creek Golf Club, an award-winning course that is located in the mini-golf mecca of Mesquite, Nevada, […]
July 1, 2009–Las Vegas National Golf Club is a Las Vegas golf course that has gone by many names over the years including Stardust Country Club, Sahara Country Club, and Las Vegas Hilton Country Club. It is easily one of the most historic Las Vegas golf courses, having hosted a major on the LPGA Tour […]