September 28, 2009–Earlier this year, Las Vegas' Butch Harmon was the first to be thanked by Stewart Cink when Cink won the British Open. Now Phil Mickelson, who began working with Harmon, who operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at Las Vegas golf course Rio Secco Golf Club, is the one thanking Harmon after […]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
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September 26, 2009–There are several Las Vegas golf courses that work together to offer special Las Vegas golf deals and golf packages that save Las Vegas golfers big money. The Las Vegas golf courses operated by OB Sports, Angel Park Golf Club, Legacy Golf Club and Aliante Golf Club, offer special Las Vegas golf deals […]
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September 24, 2009–Four Las Vegas golf courses are among the Top 50 favorite public golf courses as chosen in a poll of Golfworld readers. Jack Nicklaus' new PGA Golf Club, Coyote Springs, led the way at #7 while Cascata, a Rees Jones classic, was at #14. Wolf Creek Golf Club, a fantasy course located in […]
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September 22, 2009–The Las Vegas PGA Tour event, now called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, has a long and deep history, and a man right in the middle of that is the PGA Tour's #3-ranked player, Jim Furyk, who is the only golfer to win this Las Vegas golf tournament more than once. Furyk, […]
Golf News
Four Golfers Including UNLV Mens Golf Coach Dwaine Knight to Join Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame
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September 21, 2009–Las Vegas' Dwaine Knight has led his UNLV golf team to a NCAA championship, and now earns a spot in the prestigious Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame along with Jimmie Bullard, Jack Sheehan, and Edward Fryatt. The Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place October 15 at […]
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September 20, 2009–Las Vegas golf author and personality Jack Sheehan is always out and about talking to the biggest names in Las Vegas golf. Recently, he hit practice balls with former UNLV star and current PGA Tour player Bill Lunde, and casually discussed various Las Vegas golf issues of the day. Lunde, who was a […]
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September 18, 2009–Hi, this is Brian Hurlburt, Founding Editor of Golf Las Vegas Now, reminding our avid readers to wear your sunscreen when you play on Las Vegas' golf courses. It's no joke to do that and avoid the painful sunburn or to prevent skin cancer. And one person bringing his humor to the suncreen industry–and […]
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September 16, 2009–Many pieces are in place for Las Vegas' PGA Tour event to be viewed as a can't miss Las Vegas happening. Justin Timberlake, one of the biggest stars in the world, is the celebrity host of this Las Vegas golf event. The Shriners, one of the world's largest charities, is in full support. The tournament takes place […]
UNLV College Golf Teams
Oklahoma State Golfer, Pepperdine Team, Fazio Vegas Golf Course Shine at Golfweek
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September 16, 2009–The recent European Women’s Amateur winner, Caroline Hedwall, posted a victory in the inaugural Golfweek Conference Challenge presented by VTech. For her, it was a walk in the park. Make that a walk in the desert … as in the Desert Course at Primm Valley Golf Club, one of two Las Vegas golf courses at […]
UNLV College Golf Teams
Golfweek Conference Challenge Off and Running at Las Vegas’ Primm Valley Golf Club
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September 14, 2009 (UPDATED 9/15) –Golfweek is, as they say, for the serious golfer, and the publication, led by Las Vegas resident Lance Ringler, has worked to bring some of the best women college golfers to the Desert Las Vegas golf course at Tom Fazio's Primm Valley Golf Club. The Golfweek Conference Challenge is in its […]
September 13, 2009–The UNLV men’s golf team captured the team title for the second consecutive year on Saturday at the 17-team, 55th Annual William H. Tucker Invitational, and Rebel student-athletes Derek Ernst and Colby Smith each tied for medalist honors. The tournament, which was UNLV’s season-opening outing, was played at the University of New Mexico’s […]
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September 11, 2009–The only fitting way to describe what is going on at Pete Dye's Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort is GolfaPalooza! Seemingly every day there is some kind of Las Vegas golf deals or Las Vegas golf events happening on one of the three Pete Dye-designed Las Vegas golf courses at the resort. Taking […]
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September 10, 2009–There's always plenty going on and around Las Vegas golf courses. And right now, some Las Vegas golf courses are closing for overseed while others are re-opening. Among the Las Vegas golf courses back open as of Sept 11 are Rio Secco Golf Club, Cascata, and Las Vegas National Golf Club, while Las […]
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September 7, 2009 (UPDATED 9/8/09) –PGA Tour player Kevin Na is one of the latest in a long line of tour golfers to call Las Vegas home. Na, who moved to Las Vegas last September, has had a solid 2009 season on the PGA Tour, other than the 25-year old is still looking for his […]
Las Vegas Golf Celebrities
UFC Octagon Girl Natasha Wicks Is a Female Caddie at Las Vegas Golf Courses
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September 4, 2009–Las Vegas has long established itself as a place unlike any other, and many Las Vegas golf courses are now coming up with ways to make playing golf in Las Vegas unlike any other golf experience. The latest evidence of this is that the newest Octagon Girl, Natasha Wicks, of the blazing hot UFC–Ultimate […]