The 1998 NCAA men’s golf champions held off Clemson and won by three shots to produce UNLV’s other national team championship, joining the 1990 men’s basketball team. The golf team will be honored Friday with its induction into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
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Johnson took his first major championship in style, lacing a 6-iron to 5 feet on the 18th hole.
Long shot Shane Lowry has become the 5-2 favorite and Dustin Johnson is the 3-1 second choice going into Sunday’s play at the U.S. Open.
Only nine players completed Thursday’s rain-shortened first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Andrew Landry has a one-stroke lead, and the betting windows remain open.
Wes Short Jr. first tried to make the U.S. Open as an 18-year-old. This year, he began his journey at a local qualifier in Austin, Texas, then advanced to sectional qualifying in Ohio, where he earned a berth into the Open for the first time.
Deep roughs, fast greens and wet weather await the field of 156 players in the U.S. Open. Jason Day is the betting favorite at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Westgate oddsmakers posted Jason Day as the 13-2 favorite for the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
Professional handicapper Wes Reynolds is using a mythical bankroll of $250 to bet the U.S Open futures board at the Westgate.
Inbee Park could finally crack a smile, even if she was five shots behind leader Brooke Henderson.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state boys golf teams.
A couple of years ago, Guillaume Beland, a 10 handicap and manager of golf tournaments in Canada, played Oakmont Country Club, one of the most difficult courses in the world. It is also the site of next week’s U.S. Open.
For the third time in the last six years, the U.S. Open will go on without three-time champion Tiger Woods.
Oregon sophomore Aaron Wise, who won the NCAA golf championship Monday, is turning professional and moving to Southern Nevada.
Phil Mickelson said he was disappointed to get caught up in a federal investigation that linked him to an insider trader scheme and that he needed to be more responsible for the company he keeps off the golf course.
Most exciting for the golf industry is that the overall Topgolf concept is bringing potential new players to the game by the droves.