“I think you could make the point this was as good a week for UNLV golf as anybody can remember,” said Jack Sheehan, a longtime observer of the Las Vegas golf scene. “In ‘98 they won the (men’s) national championship, but I don’t think they even had a women’s program then. And then Hoffman shakes off the demons …”
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Zane Thomas shot a 5-under-par 67 and Harry Hall a 68 on Sunday to help rally the UNLV men’s golf team to a three-stroke victory in the Mountain West Championship in Tucson, Arizona.
Charley Hoffman is known as a golfer who has all the shots, can putt with the best of his peers and knocks on the door of winning a lot but seldom makes his way through the transom.
John Oda and Shintaro Ban each shot 3-under-par 69 on Saturday to help the UNLV men’s golf team move up to second place after two rounds of the Mountain West Championship in Tucson, Arizona.
The UNLV men’s golf team is in sixth place in the 11-team Mountain West Championship after the first day of competition Friday in Tucson, Arizona.
Alexandra Kaui claimed medalist honors to lead the UNLV women’s golf team to a nine-stroke victory in the Mountain West Championships on Wednesday at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
Former UNLV golfer Adam Scott will not compete in the 2016 Olympics, according to ESPN.