While the Raiders’ tumultuous year dominated the news in Las Vegas, they were far from the only major story on the local sports scene.
Golf
Offseason work will be particularly key this year for Danielle Kang, who is coming off her first winless year since 2016. That’s not to say 2021 was a bust.
TPC Summerlin will be shut down for most of the spring and summer with work planned to be complete in time for next year’s Shriners Children’s Open.
UNLV coach Amy Bush-Herzer has been selected recipient of the 2021 Kim Evans Award, which recognizes one individual whose support of golf helps grow the game.
The LPGA is coming back to Las Vegas in 2022, making it official with the release of the tour’s 2022 schedule that includes the Bank of Hope Match Play once again headed to Shadow Creek at the end of May.
Brooks Koepka defeated Bryson DeChambeau 4 and 3 in their made-for-TV match at Wynn Golf Club on Friday to claim bragging rights in golfest bitterest rivalry.
Golf’s most bitter rivalry arrives at Wynn Golf Club on Friday for a made-for-TV event. There’s little doubt that Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are anything but friends.
Over the weekend, Collin Morikawa became the first American to win the season-ending DP World Tour Championship and the European Tour’s Order of Merit.
College Golf Experience ( CGX) is bringing a weekend camp to Desert Pines Golf Club and Las Vegas Golf Club Dec. 4-5.
In many ways, 2021 has been a great year for Xander Schauffele. Still, he wasn’t satisfied with his play on the PGA Tour, where he had eight top-10 finishes but no wins.
Golf analysts love to say that you can’t win a tournament on the first day. Brett Sodetz proved that theory wrong at the Las Vegas City Amateur.
The rule change, approved unanimously by the Las Vegas Valley Water District board, will affect only new courses coming to the city of Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County.
Dana Finkelstein stands 95th on the LPGA money list with one full-field event remaining, and a top-100 finish will get her into almost every tournament next year.
In 2020 and 2021, Vegas saw a hot housing market, likely driven by low interest rates and movement from out-of-state buyers. Yet still, COVID and its wider effects weighed on everyone in some way and the home staging industry was not entirely immune. Like many other industries, there was much needed adaptation in order to stay afloat and take advantage of business opportunities.
Players commented about the beauty of the course and the immaculate fairways and greens. But CJ Cup champion Rory McIlroy said it was simply too easy for the best players in the world.