The odds on Tiger Woods winning a major this season are still at 25-1 at the Westgate but the odds are against the 41-year-old ever winning another PGA Tour event.
Golf
Tiger Woods won’t play in the Masters for the third time in the last four years, announcing Friday night on his website that rehabilitation on his back didn’t allow him enough time to prepare.
After Monday’s NCAA men’s basketball title game and baseball’s Opening Day, the Masters golf tournament will take center stage from April 6 to 9 at Augusta National.
Social media was abuzz last week with reports about the prodigious drive of actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at Bali Hai Golf Club, where he was filming an episode of his HBO series “Ballers.”
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jennifer Alexander recently won the prestigious LPGA/USGA Sandy LaBauve Spirit Award. She runs a Girls Golf program at Las Vegas Golf Club.
Tiger Woods is scheduled to be back in Southern Nevada on May 19 and 20 for the 19th annual Tiger Jam, a charity event that raises funds for his foundation.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., golf pro Butch Harmon and former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
UNLV junior John Oda shot 4 under par and tied for sixth in the Southern Highlands Collegiate at Southern Highlands Golf Club. The Rebels finished tied for sixth.
Professional long drive is returning to Mesquite with the “Clash of the Canyon,” scheduled for June 3 to 6 at the Mesquite Regional Sports Complex. The event will be televised live by the Golf Channel.
Tucked away in Summerlin, Las Vegas’ newest golf course will offer sweeping views of the western mountains and perhaps “comfort stations” where players can stop for a snack. It’s also the first new course to debut in Southern Nevada in several years, and comes amid a nationwide slump for the sport.
The annual USA Sevens Rugby event includes a unique scrumble charity golf tournament Friday at Las Vegas Country Club. Several rugby stars are scheduled to play.
No fewer than 30 players with strong ties to Southern Nevada are playing on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions, LPGA Tour, Web.com Tour or LPGA Symetra Tour.
UNLV finished sixth during the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at the Palos Verdes Golf Course in California last week. Mackenzie Raim won the individual competition.
Legendary golf course architect Rees Jones is known as the U.S. Open Doctor because of his renovation work on Bethpage Black, Torrey Pines South and five other U.S. Open courses.
Tiger Woods pulled out of his next two tournaments because of ongoing back problems, a somber outlook for a 14-time major champion whose comeback barely lasted three tournaments before another setback.
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