Las Vegas, Nevada (May 13, 2011)–Nick Watney broke through with an 8-under par 64 in the opening round of THE PLAYERS. Watney recorded 9 birdies and an eagle along the way to the early lead. Watney lives in the Las Vegas Golf Region and works with fellow Las Vegas Golf Region resident Butch Harmon at […]
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Las Vegas pros news and information from PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour.
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Las Vegas, Nevada (March 26, 2011)–We broke the news that Rickie Fowler was no longer living in Las Vegas last fall, but thought we might just update the news on this matter. Fowler has become just one of many PGA Tour players to make Jupiter, Florida, home. In the process, he left the Las Vegas […]