Category Archives: Golf News

Las Vegas, Nevada—Zane Thomas, a former Arbor View High School player and a member of the UNLV golf team for a brief time, shot a final round even par 72 at Spanish Trail Golf and Country Club to win the Southern Nevada Amateur. Thomas held off former PGA TOUR player and UNLV All-American Edward Fryatt […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (June 7, 2015)–For the fourth consecutive year, the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame Night of Induction will be the first official event of PGA TOUR week in Las Vegas. The event is scheduled for Friday, October 16, at The Hill at TPC Summerlin and kicks off the annual Shriners Hospitals for […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (May 28, 2015)–It’s never too early to plan for an exciting golf event. And when that event is the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals For Children Open, that just adds to the entertainment value, especially when there are great deals to be had. The tournament, scheduled for Oct. 19-25, 2015, at TPC Summerlin, is giving […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 24, 2015)–There are a lot of media reports out there about the demise of golf. Well, this past Saturday at Boulder Creek Golf Club there was plenty of evidence to the contrary. About 190 Las Vegas area youth golfers, filling up 16 teams that represented 13 golf courses and country clubs, […]

UNLV senior Dana Finkelstein was selected as the Mountain West Golfer of the Year for the third consecutive year and freshman Harley Dubsky was named the MW Freshman of the Year, as the conference announced its 2014-15 individual awards at the conclusion of its championship at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club on Wednesday. It […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8, 2015)–The prestigious Southern Highlands Golf Club is the place to be for the Driving Education Golf Tournament hosted by Andson on May 12. Southern Highlands is the official home course of the UNLV Golf team and is a past host to the PGA TOUR’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 30, 2015)–Butch Harmon works with some of the best PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour players in the world, but also offers golf schools at certain times of the year at the Butch Harmon School of Golf located at Rio Secco Golf Club in Las Vegas. The Butch Harmon Las Vegas Schools […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 12, 2015)–Year after year, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters shines as the top golf tournament on the collegiate golf schedule. The list of teams and players who tee it up at the pretigious Southern Highlands Golf Club during the UNLV golf home tournament reads like a who’s who of college golf […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 9, 2015)–The Southern Nevada Golf Association (SNGA), the official arm of the United States Golf Association in the Las Vegas Golf Region, has announced the launch of the Las Vegas Junior Golf Association. According to the board and staff of the SNGA, the new tournament series will offer young golfers an […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 5, 2015)–Many of the nation’s top collegiate golf programs and golfers will showcase their talent next week at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters. The event takes place Monday-Wednesday, March 9-11, at the prestigious Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas. The Rebels have won the home tournament seven times in the […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (Feb. 23, 2015)—It seems like it was just yesterday that Mackenzie Mack  was toiling in the fairways of Las Vegas golf courses as a high school student. Flash forward some 10 years and the transformation from a student looking for a path to follow to a woman leading others down a path […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (February 23, 2015)–It's hard to believe, but it has been 20 years since the legendary golf course architect Pete Dye twirled his design magic and opened his first golf course in Las Vegas. But that is the case as the Snow Mountain course at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort celebrates 20 years as […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (Feb. 20, 2015)—Butch Harmon, the world’s top golf instructor and the teacher to the stars, is teaming up with Broken Earth Winery to unveil the Butch Harmon Wine Club. Harmon, who is as passionate about the golf swing as anyone, has expanded that passion to wine. And you can join him, drink […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (Feb. 7, 2015)–OK, so you missed out on this year’s Golf Channel Amateur Tour’s Duel in the Desert Golf Tournament at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort. The 432-player event was the fourth-straight sell-out. The timing is always perfect as the event takes place three days before Super Bowl Sunday. The two-person […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (February 2, 2015)–There’s usually one common denominator when it comes to the success of any program. When that program is the UNLV men’s golf team, that one common denominator is immediately obvious: Hall of Fame Head Coach Dwaine Knight. Check out the Mountain West video and you’ll see that this one man has […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 25, 2015)–It's never too late to spread the good cheer that happens around the holidays. And there was plently of good cheer created in December in Mesquite, Nevada, a golf destination located about 77 miles north of Las Vegas. Golf Mesquite Nevada, a marketing co-op of championship golf courses and luxurious […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (January 15, 2015)–Max Marsico was a star high school golfer at The Meadows School in Las Vegas and then went on to become the captain of the University of Pennsylvania college golf team. Marsico is now back in Las Vegas and has put together two-straight wins in the Southern Nevada Golf Association […]

Las Vegas, Nev. (January 5, 2015)—It’s true, Las Vegas golfer Brady Exber is an amateur. But don’t let that fool you. The man plays world-class golf. And he’s got the trophies and titles to prove it. But even with all of Exber’s accomplishments, there are two new ones that may top them all–British Senior Amateur […]