Brandon Stone sank to his haunches, clasped his face and dropped his putter in despair after coming within inches of being the first player to shoot a round of 59 on the European Tour.
Golf
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo rallied from four points back to win his first American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe on Sunday.
Alex Jordan shot a final-round 69 and won the Nevada State Amateur at TPC Summerlin on Wednesday by three shots over rising Arbor View senior and Oklahoma State commit Hazen Newman, who also shot 69.
Edward Fryatt had a sense the second round of the Nevada State Amateur at TPC Summerlin was going to go well because Tuesday was his daughter’s birthday. Fryatt shot 5-under 67 and leads by two shots.
There are about two dozen tour pros with ties to Las Vegas playing on the four major United States professional tours. Here’s a look at rankings for those players.
Nathan Maas, a TPC Summerlin member, used home course knowledge to shoot 1-under 71 and shared the lead at the Nevada State Amateur after one round with 1992 champion Edward Fryatt, Alex Jordan and Wes Taylor.
Sei Young Kim became the first player in LPGA Tour history to go lower than 30 under in a performance so dominant in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic that she now has the tour scoring records all to herself.
Kevin Na of Summerlin rode a hot putter to halt a winless streak of nearly seven years on the PGA Tour.
Defending champion Daren Johnson appreciates the history of the Nevada State Amateur and hopes to become the seventh golfer to win back-to-back titles. The event was first played in 1953 and begins Monday at TPC Summerlin.
The proposed match play golf event between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in Las Vegas is focused on a fall date, according to a source close to the negotiations.
For the fifth time, sisters Nisha and Seema Sadekar are producing the Coach Woodson Invitational, an unofficial kickoff event for the NBA Summer League, which starts Friday at UNLV.
Sooner or later, somebody was bound to make a long putt at the Broadmoor. Maybe two, even. David Toms did just that Sunday
Sung Hyun Park beat So Yeon Ryu on the second hole of a playoff in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for her second major title.
Francesco Molinari delivered a record performance to win the final edition of the Quicken Loans National.
This week, major attention will be placed upon TPC Summerlin members Danielle Kang and Inbee Park, who along with Ariya Jutanugarn, are scheduled to play together during the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.