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.
Golf
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.
Pete Egoscue, a self-taught therapist who developed the Egoscue Method, wrote in his book in 1998 that Tiger Woods would battle injuries throughout his career if he didn’t take the proper precautions.
Tiger Woods withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday with back spasms after shooting an opening-round 77 a day earlier, marking another frustrating start to his return to golf from a lengthy injury layoff.
Former UNLV star golfers Dana Finkelstein and Therese O’Hara qualified for the LPGA Tour this year and opened the season last week at the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic.
Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour after 17 months and lasted only two days.
John Turk, who spent 22 years in the U.S. Air Force flying fighter jets, was one of several honorees feted Monday at Bear’s Best Las Vegas during the annual SNGA awards dinner.
Dr. Mark Guadagnoli believes golfers should focus on the mind when trying to improve their scores, but not many professionals, and even fewer amateurs, actually spend time fine tuning the mental approach.
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