Sweden’s Gunnar Bengtsson and Canada’s Garney Vezina represent the international appeal of both the first-year tournament at a pop-up stadium behind Planet Hollywood Resort and Las Vegas.
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The past two Shriners Hospitals for Children Open again proved that anything can happen across 72 holes at TPC Summerlin.
Major Series of Putting president Guillaume Beland was inspired to create a putting tournament after playing at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. The MSOP kicked off Friday and is scheduled to last 10 days.
Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Friday to reckless driving in a deal that will keep him out of jail as long as he stays out of trouble, resolving charges from an arrest last spring.
Organizers of a golf putting contest have put $2.2 million into a 20,000-square-foot temporary course by the Strip.
“It is one of the of the greatest courses I’ve seen in my lifetime and I just couldn’t find any flaw,” 7-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Gene Sarazen said in a 1968 article.
The diversion program for intoxicated drivers that Tiger Woods is expected to enter Wednesday is one of several across the country aimed at reducing the number of repeat offenders and backlogs of court cases.
Former UNLV golfer A.J. McInerney, who survived the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, was given a special exemption to play in his hometown event, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin Oct. 30-Nov. 5.
Boulder City senior Lani Potter finished 5-over-par 149 to win the two-day Class 3A state tournament and help the Eagles secure their first team title since 2010 at Mountain Falls on Thursday.
Maury Gallagher is the CEO and chairman of Allegiant Airlines, but he sat on a panel labeled “New Kids on the Block” on golf business organized by the National Golf Course Owners Association.
There’s no one more thankful the Class 4A girls state golf tournament is two rounds than Sydney Smith.
PGA Tour golfer Bubba Watson has committed to play in next month’s Shriners Open, event officials announced Tuesday.
Riana Mission is looking to become Clark’s first individual state winner since Carrie Johnson in 1978 when she plays in the two-day Class 4A state tournament at Highland Falls this week.
Original Rio Secco golf course architect Rees Jones and Butch Harmon, who operates his school at the Henderson facility, were present Tuesday for the reopening after a $2 million renovation.
The two-day Class 4A Sunset and Sunrise Region tournaments will start Monday at Boulder City Municipal and end Tuesday at Bear’s Best.