Las Vegas, Nevada (July 1, 2010)–For Las Vegas golfer Chris Riley, it was all about the numbers over the last few weeks on the PGA Tour. As in five- under par in a four hole stretch during the final round of last week’s Traveler’s Championship. As in a closing round 65 (including a 30 in […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 30, 2010)–Las Vegas National Golf Club has been the site for major events on the LPGA Tour, the Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour, and was also one of the Las Vegas golf courses used when Tiger Woods earned his first PGA Tour win at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 27, 2010)—It’s a phrase that brings a smile to golfers everywhere: a Tom Fazio golf course. The chance to play one of his world-class golf courses doesn’t happen every day. But, at Primm Valley Golf Resort, just about 40 minutes from the heart of Las Vegas, there’s not only one amazing Fazio […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 26, 2010)–The eagle landed twice for Las Vegas golfer Bill Lunde, but he was just one of several PGA Tour players with strong ties to Las Vegas golf courses going low at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship. Lunde entered the third round in a tie for 3rd after rounds of 68 […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 24, 2010)–Wolf Creek Golf Club has been referred to as a "fantasy course come to real life" so there is no surprise that this Las Vegas Golf Region course has become a hit with online virtual gamers. Wolf Creek, a course that is annually listed among the nation's best by major golf […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 23, 2010)–Las Vegas' Bali Hai Golf Club has been recognized by the prestigious Southern Nevada Hotel Concierge Association (SNHCA) as the recipient for the “Best Golf Course” of 2010. This is the first year in which a golf course has ever been officially recognized by the SNHCA. The SNHCA has been […]
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June 21, 2010–US Open Pebble Beach 2010 is in the books, and the result shows a Euro winning the US Open for the first time in 40 years, and an American collapsing in stunning fashion, plus some Las Vegas golfers playing the weekend. Graeme McDowell, from Northern Ireland, survived a tough final round to win while […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 19, 2010)–We avoided writing about Tiger Woods at the US Open until he did something on the course which was worth the time. Well, Saturday's third round turned into the Tiger Woods show, and the galleries were electrified by his back-nine 31, especially his second-shot bender into the par 5, 18th […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 19, 2010)–The place to be at the 2010 US Open Championship at Pebble Beach, besides the media center where the world's best golfers come and speak, is the Lexus hospitality tent, which is lcoated on the 18th fairway within a wedge of the green. That's where Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame member Jack Sheehan […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 18, 2010)–Day two saw Phil Mickelson, a student of Las Vegas' Butch Harmon, rocket 64 places up the leaderboard and into second place. He went 5-under par in his round. He had fans in the stands and on the actual Pebble Beach, looking up at the world's best golfer. Also, a […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 18, 2010)–Sometimes as a writer, stories just unfold in front of you and you have to take pen to paper, or in this case, fingers to keypad. That was the case on Thursday at the US Open at Pebble Beach, when we listened in as Johnny Miller, World Golf Hall-of-Famer, NBC […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 17, 2010)–Where do you start following the first round of a US Open? A golfer can't win it after round one, but one can certainly lose it. Stories abound, from Phil Mickelson shooting 76 but loving the course set up to Tiger shooting 74 but happy, to two Las Vegas golfers in […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 17, 2010, 12:45 PST UPDATED 730)–The Pebble Beach golf course is the early leader as the first wave of golfers in the 2010 US Open Champiosnhip are more than halfway though the first round. Only six players are under par–at this writing Mike Weir is at -2 through 15–while some big names are […]
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Pebble Beach, California (June 16, 2010)–The best player in the world is a bit worried at the moment. Phil Mickelson, who is coming off his win at The Masters, thinks the greens at Pebble Beach for the U.S. Open this week could turn out to be very severe. And Mike Davis, who set up the course […]
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June 15, 2010–There are three Pete Dye Las Vegas golf courses located at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, and recently the resort has swept off the welcome mat for all lady Las Vegas golfers. Evidence to that fact is that participation in the local Las Vegas ladies golf league at this resort Las Vegas golf […]
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June 11, 2010–In talking with the management at Jack Nicklaus' Bear's Best Las Vegas, they say the response to their newest Las Vegas golf packages is that of astonishment by potential visiting Las Vegas golfers. "'This has to be too good to be true' is what many seem to think," says General Manager Jim Stanfill, […]
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June 10, 2010–TPC Las Vegas is a resort Las Vegas golf course owned and operated by the PGA Tour. This Las Vegas golf course is known as the home to pro golf in Las Vegas because it has hosted events on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, and on a daily basis, Las Vegas' best […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 9, 2010)–The return to the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship didn’t have the finish the Rebels had hoped to achieve. UNLV finished tied for 21st with a three-day total of 15-over-par 879. But, according to UNLV coach Dwaine Knight, it was a learning process that will help the team down […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 8, 2010)–This is one of the better Las Vegas Golf Region deals of the summer. Now is your chance to play the highly-ranked Wolf Creek Golf Club and another nice Mesquite golf course, Falcon Ridge, for no more than $109. And that is the rate to play BOTH! And in July, […]
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June 6, 2010 (UPDATE 330 PM PST) –Waking up this Sunday, June 6, and taking a look at the leaderboards of the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour events being played, was like the Las Vegas Golf Region looking at itself in the mirror. Las Vegas golfers Rickie Fowler and Tommy Armour III were in […]
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