With all due respect to Tiger Woods and other PGA Tour players, Bryson DeChambeau, known as the “mad scientist,” is the world’s most interesting golfer.
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Resident David Lipsky and resident and former UNLV golfer Kurt Kitayama recently won in the 2018-19 European Tour, giving Las Vegas golfers two wins the tour’s first six tournaments.
On Oct. 2, 1993, George H. W. Bush was about to hit a shot out of a Spanish Country Club bunker when his playing partner, head pro Jerry Roberts, gave him a tip.
The Dwaine Knight Center for Golf Management has become the place for men’s and women’s players and professional golf management students to collaborate.
In a quiet moment in the Shadow Creek locker room a few days prior to their $9 million match, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods both said they contemplated playing in the 2018 Shriners Open.
During the Shriners Open, Jordan Spieth offered his opinion about “The Match”, the $9 million winner-take-all, pay-per-view duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Nov. 23 at Shadow Creek.
Doing good deeds and observing and commentating on the upcoming match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are part of a very busy November for LPGA Tour player Natalie Gulbis.
Aaron Wise moved to Las Vegas shortly after winning the 2016 NCAA individual golf title while at the University of Oregon.
Annika Sorenstam, a World Golf Hall of Famer with 72 LPGA Tour victories, held a clinic for 40 Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association female golfers on Saturday at Southern Highlands.
According to founder Guillaume Béland, the second year for the Major Series of Putting is a “transition year.”
Jeremy Roenick was a nine-time National Hockey League all-star and is now an NBC analyst. In his spare time, he wrangles rattlesnakes including a few years ago at Cascata in Boulder City while playing with several Sharks players.
Las Vegas resident Samantha Smith hopes her Supernova driver idea becomes the next big thing in golf.
Last October and just a few months after turning professional, former UNLV men’s golfer Taylor Montgomery earned $75,000 for winning an event during the inaugural Major Series of Putting.
For a brief span earlier in his PGA Tour career, Rickie Fowler, a Southern California native, lived in a condo in Summerlin before opting for a move to Florida.
It’s that time of year: the dreaded overseeding period. Golfers hate it because many courses are closed. Operators dread it because the process is expensive and closed courses mean zero revenues for several weeks.