Jason Kokrak holds off Xander Schaufflele in battle of lesser and hard-to-pronounce names at idyllic and mystical Shadow Creek Golf Course.
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Rufus Peabody had $2,000 in bets to win $173,000 on Kyle Stanley, who led by seven strokes in the final round at Torrey Pines in 2012 but lost in a playoff.
Junior Samantha Fuller paced UNLV women’s golf with a sixth-finish at the Rebel Beach Invitational played at the team’s home course, Spanish Trail, on Monday and Tuesday. Overall, the Rebels finished ninth.
Some golfers stay away from courses because of triple-digit temperatures, but others embrace the season because rates are drastically reduced.
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.
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.
Maury Gallagher is the CEO and chairman of Allegiant Airlines, but he sat on a panel labeled “New Kids on the Block” on golf business organized by the National Golf Course Owners Association.
Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth are the 12-1 co-favorites to win the British Open, and Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler and Jon Rahm are at 15-1.
Dr. Mark Guadagnoli believes golfers should focus on the mind when trying to improve their scores, but not many professionals, and even fewer amateurs, actually spend time fine tuning the mental approach.
Carrying 14 golf clubs over 7,585 yards of greenish-brown hills and dales and granite-like fairways will make it difficult on the caddies at scenic Chambers Bay Golf Club this week during the U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods has now gone five years without winning a major championship — 1,828 days to be exact — and remains stuck on No. 14 in his pursuit of equaling and passing the 18 won by Jack Nicklaus.
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