Las Vegas, Nevada (April 30, 2011)–Tiger Woods and his foundation management have returned Tiger Jam to Las Vegas after a one-year hiatus, and that's a good thing. This city does big events like no other, and this benefit for the Tiger Woods Foundation fits that bill, having raised millions to help kids across the globe, […]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 29, 2011)–As we reported in an earlier story about Tiger Jam, Tiger Woods' benefit in Las Vegas for his foundation, Woods is injured but will still partake in the events. To help him out, one of the hottest players on the Champions Tour, John Cook,, has been added to the clinic on Friday […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 28, 2011 UPDATED 4/28)–In 2008, we ran a very similar headline to the one above but it officially was "Wounded Tiger Woods still Jams in Las Vegas". That year he came to Las Vegas for his annual Tiger Jam charity event just days after knee surgery. He attended the events of […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 27, 2011)–TPC Las Vegas is one of two PGA Tour-owned and operated Las Vegas golf courses and is a resort course. You can reserve Las Vegas golf packages and golf vacations in conjunction with PGA Tour Vacations. Through May, a package is available that starts at $363 which includes two nights at the […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 25, 2011)–Those Las Vegas golfers paying attention might have noticed the pun in the headline. Yes, the management of Angel Park Golf Club is rewarding players who play in an under-four-hour pace, so in more ways than one it is about 'time'. Angel Park Golf Club now provides Express Lane tee times […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 24, 2011)–Natalie Gulbis has always been more than just an LPGA Tour star. Gulbis, who has lived in the Las Vegas Golf Region for several years, has become a celebrity on and off the course, the most recent evidence of this fact being that she recently hosted–and walked the runway–a poolside […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 23, 2011)–Jack Nicklaus has designed several Las Vegas golf courses but his latest creation in the Las Vegas Golf Region has been turning heads since it opened in 2008. The course is now called Coyote Springs Golf Club (formerly The Chase) and was recently included in Golf Digest's "America's Greatest Public […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 22, 2011)–Is there an old saying, 'You can't live on Poker alone?' Well, maybe,not exactly, but the philosophy could apply to those looking to earn a bracelet at the annual World Series of Poker. And for many WSOP pros, or amateurs, golf is a nice diversion from the intensity of the event. […]
Las Vegas Golf Deals of the Day
Plan Now For Unlimited Las Vegas Golf Over Memorial Day Weekend For $85
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 20, 2011)–Sometimes things seem too good to be true. But we don't believe that to be the case with a special Las Vegas golf deal offered by the management of Golf Summerlin, a grouping of three Las Vegas golf courses. Over Memorial Day Weekend, you can play all the golf you […]
Las Vegas, Nevada (April 18, 2011)–Two PGA Tour golfers with ties to Las Vegas golf courses had their chances to win the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open but neither could close the deal. Charley Hoffman and Cameron Tringale were in the mix all weekend at the toughest-scoring event of the 2011 PGA Tour season. Several […]
Las Vegas Golf Deals of the Day
New Official Rio Secco Website Features T-Mates Female Caddies and More
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 17, 2011)–They make quite the impression on and off Las Vegas golf course Rio Secco Golf Club. Who does, you ask? The world famous Rio Secco T-Mates, that's who. They are the official female caddies at this Las Vegas resort golf course and have been making playing golf in Las Vegas even more […]
Las Vegas, Nevada (April 16, 2011)–Uh oh. Las Vegas resident Kevin Na recorded a 16 during the first round of the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open and now his name might be used when someone goes big–really big–on a single hole. Such was the case when Richard Johnson made a nine during his round and […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 15, 2011)–In the golf vernacular, the term 'puking' is used when somebody loses nerve over a three-footer and misses a putt that could win a match. But several PGA Tour players were quite literally 'puking' in the days leading up to the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open and it had nothing to do with […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 14, 2011)–is there any better place in the world to play golf at night than Las Vegas? Probably not, especially when you can see the glow of the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip glistening off in the distance. And now Las Vegas' Rhodes Ranch Golf Club is holding another "Golf After Dark" […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 12, 2011)–Las Vegas always does it big. And that was the case at the grand opening of the newest Las Vegas Golf and Tennis store which is located near the Las Vegas Strip. Two of the biggest names in sports were on hand to celebrate, fellow Las Vegas residents Andre Agassi […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 11, 2011)–In 2009, former UNLV golf All-American Chad Campbell lost in a playoff at The Masters to Angel Cabrera. In 2011, another former Rebel, Adam Scott, was also battling Cabrera and about a dozen others for the chance to don the green jacket. Scott played valiantly, carding a Sunday 67, but […]
Las Vegas, Nevada (April 7, 2011)–There is a pretty decent argument out there that Las Vegas PGA Tour pro Nick Watney is playing the best golf of anybody in the world right now. Watney has a win, a long streak of top 10 finishes, plus a memory bank of on-course lessons that has him ready […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 5, 2011)–A dynasty in the Las Vegas Golf Region has come to an end. Highland Falls Golf Club, 18 Las Vegas golf holes designed by Greg Nash and Billy Casper, has won the reader's choice category in the annual Best of Las Vegas poll in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It was […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 4, 2011)–What the heck is a story about the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards doing on a Las Vegas golf website? It is appropriate when the namesake of the Las Vegas PGA Tour event earns the show's Big Help Award in part for his work with Las Vegas' Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals […]
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Las Vegas, Nevada (April 3, 2011)–We here at GolfLasVegasNow.com are as skeptical as the next person about the sincerity that many of the world's celebrities and athletes show. Do they really care about the cause they promote? Do they come to a pro-am tournament solely for the free rooms, food, golf and fun? Do they allow […]
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