There’s something about Southern Nevada which seems to bring out the best in Jason Day.
Golf
Tim Burke, of Orlando, Fla. won the World Long Drive Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday.
I met the real Happy Gilmore on Monday afternoon. His name is Jamie Sadlowski, a 25-year-old former junior hockey player from Alberta, Canada, who can hit a golf ball 475 yards.
At first blush, it sounds like a gimmick sports event — a world championship to see who can crush a golf ball the longest distance at a raceway venue normally used by NASCAR car racers.
Mercedes Khumnark walked off the 18th green at Bear’s Best on Thursday and thought her shot at a state title had vanished.
The 18th hole at Bear’s Best claimed several victims on Wednesday. Green Valley junior Mercedes Khumnark wasn’t one of them.
Adam Scott considers it the signature moment of his career, even if it wasn’t the putt that made him the first Australian to win the Masters.
Bishop Gorman girls golf coach Jim Stanfill says his golfers have been accomplishing goals all season. There’s just one left on the list.
Julia Becker made one big mistake on the front nine at Palms Golf Club. The junior at Faith Lutheran made sure it didn’t happen again.
Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team took the lead after the opening round of the Division I-A state tournament Monday in Mesquite.
Already the fifth UNLV women’s golfer to earn Mountain West Player of the Year honors, Dana Finkelstein has her sights set on bigger game this season.
There’s this band from Knoxville, Tenn., called The Dirty Guv’nahs, and they’ve been compared to the Black Crowes, and on Friday and Saturday they played free concerts after scorecards were signed at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin.
He didn’t catch Webb Simpson, but Charley Hoffman was just fine with a fourth-place finish Sunday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin.
Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team begins its quest for a second consecutive Division I-A state title today at Canyons Golf Club in Mesquite.
Only one person was going to beat Webb Simpson on Sunday in the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.