There used to be a time when everybody was familiar with Shriners and their bling-bling, red fez hats with rhinestones and black tassels, whether they were motoring around in their mini cars during a parade, or lathered in clown makeup for their annual circus.
Ben Martin finished with a remarkable 9-under-par 62, equaling the tournament’s best round, and is at 17-under 196 entering today’s final round.
Scott Piercy still has a shot to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. But in some ways, the former Bonanza High School star is already a winner at TPC Summerlin.
Who needs Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy when you have Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Ishikawa?
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Adam Sperling always has taken pride as being a fundraising czar.
For the better part of two days, Russell Knox had been lurking near the top of the leaderboard at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Late Friday afternoon, the 29-year-old from Scotland made his move.
Lunde said he grew complacent about playing on the PGA Tour and had to work his way back through the Web.com tour. He’s playing this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on a sponsor’s exemption and is 6-under under two rounds.
Most players on the PGA Tour have at least one corporate sponsor. But Andrew Svoboda may be the only one that has a sponsor who sells cheesecake.
An Irish proverb: A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong. I have a feeling, friendly and accommodating as he is, that Padraig Harrington owns such a competitive nature.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal caught up with Gary Dunwoody, the Shriners golf committee chairman and trustee emeritus to ask him five questions about the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin. The Shriners are in the second year of the five-year agreement.
Senior Master Sgt. Rochelle Ottman has seen plenty of things during a 22-year career in the Air Force, including many conflicts the United States has been involved in.
Many people retire from their jobs and say the same thing when asked what they’re going to do next: “I’m going to play golf every day.”
