Personal golf fitness coaches aren’t just for tour players anymore. Golfers of all abilities are turning to trainers with golf expertise to help lower scores and keep them healthy.
Brian Hurlburt
Freelance writer Brian Hurlburt is a two-time author who has covered golf in Las Vegas for more than two decades.
Heading into 2018, how you perceive the golf industry probably depends on if you view a glass as half-full or half-empty.
While the trend of golf course closures continues in Southern Nevada and nationwide, the resurgence at Lake Las Vegas appears to be in full swing.
On Sunday, the Wynn Golf and Country Club closes to make room for Steve Wynn’s new Paradise Park project, which will include a 47-story hotel and Carnivale-themed lagoon area.
It was a cold, windy day on Tuesday at Las Vegas Golf Club and Rea Tritle would have been proud of the ladies who braved the elements.
Maverick McNealy, a former Stanford All-American who is tied with Tiger Woods for the most wins in school history, is one of Las Vegas’ newest residents who plays on a major golf tour.
When Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell got the call at 10:15 p.m. Oct. 1, his heart sank. It was early on during the Route 91 Harvest concert shooting on the Strip, but he immediately knew the situation was dire.
I have been covering UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight and the Rebels since 1994 and have written about a dizzying amount of accomplishments.
LPGA Tour star Natalie Gulbis has a lot on her mind. She underwent a fourth back surgery in September and will decide soon about whether or not to run for an open seat in Nevada’s third congressional district.
“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.
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.
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.
Former UNLV golfer and Web.com Tour player AJ McInerney, his girlfriend and her brother were in the crowd when the shots rang out.
Daron Dorsey played at UNLV from 1994 to 1998 and was a member of the Rebels’ national championship team in 1998. He didn’t contribute a stroke during the title run, but off the course he was the ultimate role model.
Overseeding is expensive for golf course owners and exasperating for golfers, who stand by and watch as courses are closed during prime golf season.
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