The United States Golf Association announced on Tuesday a total purse increase to $5.5 million, up from $5 million last year. The tournament begins Thursday.
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Johnny Manziel and Tiger Woods highlighted a busy time in Vegas golf.
The day after the prop was posted at the Westgate sportsbook, a bettor placed a $5,000 wager to win $6,500 on Koepka to go over 7½ majors at plus 130.
UNLV shot 16 over par Sunday and fell six strokes shy of advancing past the third round of the NCAA men’s golf championship at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Na’s third career PGA Tour victory, and second in 10 months, came after putting himself in contention with a second-round 62, one off the Colonial record.
The Rebels shot 4 over par to move up seven places after the second round at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Justin Kim shot a team-best 2-under 70.
The Rebels shot 22 over in Friday’s first round at Fayetteville, Arkansas. The team has two days of stroke play remaining to make the top 15 for Monday’s final round of stroke play.
The UNLV men’s golf team opens play in the NCAA Championship on Friday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This is the Rebels’ third consecutive trip to nationals and 23rd overall.
In 2018, the PGA of America voted the 2000 PGA Championship with Tiger Woods beating Las Vegas resident Bob May in a playoff as the best in the major’s history.
He joined Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of the PGA Championship since it went to stroke play in 1958.
Brooks Koepka is on the cusp of some elite company at the PGA Championship — in the record book, not on the leaderboard.
Brooks Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his own and gave him a seven-shot lead after two rounds at the PGA Championship.
The golfer misses the cut Friday at the PGA Championship, and sportsbooks won’t have to sweat out a large number of bets that he would win the 2019 Grand Slam.
Las Vegas PGA Tour Champions player Bob May, who has struggled with his own back issues, is someone who can relate to Tiger’s plight.
For the third straight year, the UNLV men’s golf team has qualified for the NCAA championships.
