It’s never too early to write about Las Vegas’ PGA Tour event, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. For the first time, the Shriners is scheduled to be played November 3 to 6 at TPC Summerlin, two weeks later than in 2015.
Golf
Out of golf for more than a year, Tiger Woods said Wednesday he hopes to play the first event of the PGA Tour season next month and could play as much as twice more before the end of the year.
Hardly a week goes by on the PGA Tour without a former UNLV golfer showing up on the leaderboard. Last week at The Barclays it was Adam Scott, Ryan Moore and Charley Hoffman each finishing in the top 13.
Inbee Park left Rio de Janeiro last weekend wearing the Olympic women’s golf gold medal. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise to those in the Las Vegas golfing community who knew the 28-year-old when she was a teenager.
Old has become new again with a recently renovated Las Vegas course. In summer 2012, a devastating storm pounded east Las Vegas and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses. One of those businesses was Desert Rose Golf Course
Inbee Park of South Korea won the gold medal in women’s golf Saturday with a 5-under 66 for a five-shot victory at the Rio Olympics.
The Bishop Gorman product holds a two-stroke lead heading into Saturday’s final round in Rio de Janeiro.
Inbee Park had a sensational performance on the golf course Wednesday to open the Olympic women’s tournament, but it wasn’t enough to lead the pack. Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand finished atop the leaderboard after Round 1.
Ryan Moore, who is the best UNLV golfer in history, won the John Deere Classic last weekend and is playing very good golf lately.
Much like how the Consumer Electronics Show and the MAGIC show serve those industries, the PGA event does the same for the golf industry.
Western High grad and Golf Channel reporter Jerry Foltz hopes reinstating golf will grow the game, and that 150-pound rodents will stay off the fairways in Brazil.
Most golfers only see their local PGA of America professional in the clubhouse or on the lesson tee, but these pros do more than grow the game and serve the public.
In the longest final day at the PGA Championship in 64 years, Jimmy Walker produced three big birdies on the back nine at Baltusrol and held his nerve against the No. 1 player in the world to close with a 3-under 67 for a one-shot victory over defending champion Jason Day.
Alex Cejka, a German who moved to Las Vegas more than a decade ago, and Inbee Park, a South Korean who spent her formative years in the valley, will represent their native countries in the Olympics.
The golf course formerly known as Desert Rose Golf Course has reopened as The Club at Sunrise, and it appears to be a hit with golfers and residents alike.
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