Category Archives: Robert Gamez

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 11, 2010 UPDATE May 12)–When LPGA Tour golfer Stephanie Louden remembers Erica Blasberg, who was found dead at the age of 25 in her home in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas, she will think first to that day in 1999 when she went heads up against her in the […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 7, 2010)–Tommy Armour III, who grew up playing Las Vegas golf courses, has found a fountain of youth on the Champions Tour. Armour, who turned 50 last October, is sixth in the Charles Schwab Cup points this season with four top 10s in six starts. And all of this new success […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (May 3, 2010)–Las Vegas resident Rickie Fowler thought for a fleeting moment he had a chance to win the PGA Tour's Quail Hollow Championship over the weekend. He fired a final-round 67 to be the clubhouse leader, only to be blitzed by Rory McIlroy's 62 and some other quality final rounds. But […]

April 23, 2010 (UPDATE 4/24)–It's a round which could have taken place at Las Vegas golf course TPC Las Vegas, but as it so happens, was during the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Former UNLV All-American Chris Riley and current Las Vegas resident Alex Cejka were paired together in the 7 AM tee […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 21, 2010)–It’s been 10 years since Las Vegas golfer Bob May was in the middle of THE golf story on the PGA Tour. It’s a story May never gets tired of hearing about. OK, maybe a little. A young golfer on a meteoric rise (Tiger Woods) and a journeyman player whom […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8, 2010) UPDATE APRIL 10 –Somebody else tees off at 10:42 PST Thursday, but the man to beat could be Ernie Els, who recently spoke with Las Vegas resident Butch Harmon about his swing alignment. Els has worked somewhat unofficially with Harmon, who operates his school at Las Vegas golf course Rio […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 7, 2010) UPDATE 4/10 –UNLV great Chad Campbell is back at The Masters this week on the PGA Tour, looking to improve on last year’s finish. It won’t be easy because the easy-going Texan finished tied for second in 2009, losing in a three-way playoff. Campbell is one of the players […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 3, 2010)–Las Vegas Golf Region resident Natalie Gulbis is Las Vegas' highest profile Tour golf resident. And if you had a doubt about her reach, the recent news about adidas creating the Signature NATALIE line of footwear ends it. Gulbis, who has lived at Lake Las Vegas Resort for many years, […]

March 26, 2010–Not a week seemingly goes by without a LPGA Tour or PGA Tour player with strong ties to Las Vegas golf courses making a run at a tournament title. And this week is no different as several Las Vegas golfers are in position to cash big checks including Inbee Park and Kevin Na.–By […]

March 21, 2010–Sometimes, as they say, help is just a phone call away. Such was the case for Las Vegas PGA Tour player and Las Vegas Golf Region resident Nick Watney. Watney made a call to fellow Las Vegas resident and swing coach Butch Harmon, and the conversation helped Watney fire rounds of 65-67 on the […]

Las Vegas, Nevada (March 18, 2010)–The Masters is the Holy Grail of the PGA Tour, or all of golf, for that matter. And new Las Vegas Golf Region resident and young PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler could be closing in on playing in The Masters in April. Fowler, who fired a 67 in the first […]

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (March 8, 2010)–About a year ago, Las Vegas Golf Region resident Alex Cejka pinched a nerve in his neck and left arm, requiring an epidural injection and the removal of a vertebra to correct the problem. But Cejka has been a fighter ever since he fled Communist Czechoslovakia with his father when […]

March 5, 2010–The Las Vegas Golf Region is home to more than 50 Las Vegas golf courses, and there are no less than 30 PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour, and Nationwide Tour golfers who have strong ties to those Las Vegas golf layouts. And in the recent Sports Illustrated Golf Plus, two of those […]

March 3, 2010–The 2010 LPGA Tour season is underway, and Natalie Gulbis is in full swing, both on and off the golf course. Gulbis, who lives at Lake Las Vegas Resort and works with Butch Harmon at his Las Vegas golf school at Las Vegas golf course Rio Secco Golf Club, finished in a tie for 55th at […]

February 28, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada)–Rickie Fowler is arguably the best young player in golf right now, and he moved to Las Vegas just before the 2009 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Las Vegas' PGA Tour event. If Fowler, who has lost in a playoff and finished second in just a handful of […]

February 26, 2010–Las Vegas PGA Tour pro Scott Piercy pretty much has always told it like he sees it. That makes Piercy, who grew up playing Las Vegas golf courses such as Las Vegas Golf Club, always good for a quote, and that was no different following his second round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. "If […]

February 25, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada)–LPGA Tour player Stephanie Louden grew up in Las Vegas, honing her skills on Las Vegas golf courses, such as Las Vegas Golf Club and Canyon Gate Country Club, among others. Louden now lives in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas with her husband, Mike, and 22-month old son Lucas. And with the […]

February 21, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada) UPDATED 2/22 –Tommy Armour III grew up playing Las Vegas golf courses, before hitting the big time on the PGA Tour. Armour III now calls Texas home, but still has friends in Las Vegas and was inducted into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame in 2008. Now he […]

February 13, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada)–Alex Cejka now lives in Las Vegas, but once lived in the Laughlin area. Cejka is one of many Las Vegas PGA Tour golfers who play and practice at Las Vegas golf courses TPC Las Vegas and TPC Summerlin, and while playing in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this weekend, […]

February 12, 2010– (UPDATED 2/15) Charley Hoffman is a Las Vegas resident who helped lead the 1998 UNLV Golf team to the NCAA title. He is also a PGA Tour champion–Bob Hope, 2007–and is known as one of the more outgoing personalities on the PGA Tour. So it comes as not much of a surprise […]