Category Archives: Las Vegas Golf Celebrities

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2, 2014)–Michael Jordan and his celebrity friends are hitting town this week to raise money for charity and have a lot of fun during the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational to be played at the beautiful and exclusive Shadow Creek and hosted by ARIA. Besides the four days of golf, the annual gala concert […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 26, 2014)–Las Vegas' Shadow Creek hosts the 13th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational April 3-6, and once again some of the world's biggest sports stars and athletes will tee it up for fun, bragging rights, and charity. Jordan is the official host of the event and obviously one of the main […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 24, 2014)–The Academy of Country Music Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic will be held April 6, 2014, at TPC Las Vegas, a Vegas resort course owned and operated by the PGA TOUR. Country superstar Darius Rucker, an avid golfer, will host the event again. Rucker is very involved with ACM and its […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (February 19, 2014)–Josh Johnson, a Las Vegas Golf Region resident and member of the San Diego Padres, has made another donation to The First Tee of Southern Nevada. Johnson, along with his wife, Heidi, donated $11,000 to the program, matching the amount of their donation in 2013. The funds will be used […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (February 1, 2014)–Michael Jordan and his celebrity and athlete friends will descend upon Las Vegas, ARIA and Shadow Creek for the annual playing of the 13th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational (MJCI). The event brings a who's how together to benefit several worthy causes and is the only time all year that […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 20, 2014)–Not many charitable golf tournaments leave participants humbled. But the recent Birdies for the Brave played at TPC Summerlin was one that most certainly did. The tournament, part of a national network of events played at PGA TOUR-owned golf courses, raised money and awareness for organizations that assist veterans and […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 11, 2014)–It might be the most difficult story to cover as a writer or be involved with as a police officer or other law enforcement official. But, unfortunately, kids going missing and being exploited is still an on-going issue. But even with the bad news comes some good because organizations like […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (December 18, 2013)–It was all smiles at Las Vegas' Rio Secco Golf Club for the Natalie Gulbis Charity Classic. Gulbis annually hosts the event to raise funds and awareness for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada. She has her own campus named for her and takes time out to spend […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (October 29, 2013)–The guys who were hitting golf balls recently at Bear's Best Las Vegas, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus that features 18 replica holes from courses he has designed around the world, can do something even the Golden Bear couldn't. They pound the golf ball absurd distances, and even as […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (September 18, 2013)–The O'Jays have recorded 24 Top 10 hits and 59 total songs which have hit the charts in a career that dates back to Cleveland, Ohio, in the fifties. But the group–these days made up of original founders Eddie Levert, Sr. and Walter Williams, Sr., in addition to longtime third […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (August 23, 2013)–Las Vegas resort golf course TPC Las Vegas is known as the home of pro golf in Las Vegas because it's a former host course for events on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. And also because it's the home away from home for Tour golf pros who live in […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (Updated May 21, 2013)–Tiger Woods was in the building, so to speak. The annual Tiger Jam, a major fundraiser for the Tiger Woods Foundation, was held in the Las Vegas Golf Region for the 14th time in 15 years. Woods held court at Cascata on Friday, May 17, during a clinic and question […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 9, 2013)–Vince Coleman and Ozzie Smith combined for more than 1,300 stolen bases in their Major League Baseball careers, and over the weekend at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, the duo added another 'steal' to the trophy case: a win at the 2013 Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational. The duo combined for […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 7, 2013)–The running joke for those fortunate enough to play Shadow Creek is that you never know who you will see on the course. And this week during the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational (MJCI) in Las Vegas some of the biggest names in sport and Hollywood are playing for a good cause […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2, 2013)–For the third time, the Michael Jordan Celebrity Inviational is being played at Shadow Creek and hosted by the Aria April 4-7. Some of the biggest names in show business will be playing golf at the course, partying at the resort, and raising funds for various charities. Among the celebrities […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (Updated March 5, 2013)–Arguably the city of Las Vegas' biggest weekend of the year is here, and one of the first places to celebrate the annual NASCAR race was the Callaway Golf Center. The Center, located at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, was the site of a closest-to-the-hole contest […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 11, 2013)–Las Vegas continually rolls out the green carpet for celebrities, whether they are in town to relax or in Las Vegas to take part in a celebrity golf tournament. And the PGA Tour owned and operated TPC Las Vegas was recently the site of the annual Canon USA Customer Appreciation National […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (November 30, 2012)–There are three Pete Dye Las Vegas golf courses at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort. And recently the resort played host to the inaugural Soul Train Celebrity Golf Tournament held in conjunction with the Soul Train Awards at Planet Hollywood. Among the big names playing golf in Vegas were […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (September 28, 2012)–The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open PGA Tour event tees off October 1-4, 2012, but first up is the MGM Resorts International Pro-Am on October 3. Recent celebrity confirmations include former Major League Baseball All-Stars Goose Gossage, and Las Vegas Golf Region residents Rollie Fingers and Greg Maddux. […]

Las Vegas, Nevada via remote submission in La Jolla, California (August 9, 2012)–Las Vegas National Golf Club is about as historic as it gets in Las Vegas. A major championship on the LPGA Tour was held there, Tiger Woods played there en route to his first win on the PGA Tour, and in the hey […]