Las Vegan David Lipsky finished 12th on the Korn Ferry Tour’s season points list, giving him one of 25 promotions to the PGA Tour. He will be a member for the first time.
Golf
Handicapper Wes Reynolds offers his selections for the Wyndham Championship, which starts Thursday in Greensboro, North Carolina.
When the PGA Tour announced its 2021-2022 schedule last week, it wasn’t shocking that the relocated CJ Cup once again landed in Las Vegas. What was a surprise was the venue: The Summit Club.
Brooks Koepka won the first WGC event in Memphis in 2019 and is the 13-1 favorite at Circa Sports to top a 66-player field that features 48 of the world’s top 50 golfers.
Jhared Hack has had plenty of low rounds in his golf career. But nothing could have prepared the local golfer for what he accomplished last week.
The PGA Tour event, usually played in South Korea, was held at Shadow Creek last year, but the 2021 version is headed to The Summit Club.
For Las Vegas resident Xander Schauffele, it would be as special as a major, the championships that have eluded him far too many times.
South Korean golfers Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim skipped the British Open to focus on the Olympics.
Veronica Joels, who won the Nevada Women’s Amateur this month for the third time, joins Patty Sheehan, who won four times, as the only players with more than two victories in the event.
Dustin Johnson is at the top of the odds board for this week’s PGA Tour event, but bettors could find some better spots deeper in the field.
At the age of 28, the Las Vegas resident will tee it up in Tokyo in the coming days in her lifelong quest for an Olympic medal.
Josh Goldstein, a Las Vegas resident, left the field in the dust at Red Hawk Golf and Resort in Sparks, winning his first state amateur title by five shots.
Circa Sports and the Westgate said Collin Morikawa winning was a solid result for them. The Las Vegas resident cashed at prices around 30-1.
Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa won the British Open on Sunday, his second career major tournament victory. He won the PGA Championship last year.
UNLV senior Veronica Joels shot a final-round 67 at Red Hawk Golf and Resort in Sparks for a one-shot victory Sunday. Josh Goldstein won the men’s title by five strokes.