Just when it appeared Jordan Spieth might take a comfortable lead into the final round of the Masters, he slipped on a banana peel down the stretch and allowed a pack of players back into the race.
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Jordan Spieth’s only annoying quality is that he’s too good. Just when it appeared safe to bet against him, he went out Thursday and fired a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Masters.
Scheduled to join Adam Scott in the field this week at the Masters are fellow former Rebels Charley Hoffman and Ryan Moore, and Las Vegas residents Kevin Na and Scott Piercy.
So, how odd is this? Tiger Woods is absent from this week’s Masters, but he’s not really missed because the business of golf betting is booming.
Handicapper Brian Blessing is using a mythical bankroll of $200 to bet the Masters futures board at the Westgate.
Golf’s future is in the hands of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and several other young guns, yet Augusta National might as well be Phil Mickelson’s backyard, and he still has enough going for him to make believers out of the bettors.
Odds, proposition bets and matchups for the Masters, golf’s first major of the year, which begins Thursday at Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia. Odds are courtesy of the Westgate sports book.
Lon Kruger and Dana Altman are scheduled to be in Las Vegas from May 22 to 24 for the annual Coaches vs. Cancer golf tournament. Kruger created the event while at UNLV and has returned each year.
It would be difficult to find two athletes who identify with today’s youth more than Steph Curry and Rickie Fowler. So it’s a huge positive for the future of golf that these megastars support two fast-growing nonprofit junior programs.
This year marks the 25th anniversary for the course and club, and special events are planned to commemorate the occasion. The first takes place in May when a multimillion dollar lifestyle and fitness center opens. An official anniversary celebration is planned for the fall.
UNLV finished 12th at 27 over par, 22 strokes behind winner Southern California, the fourth-ranked team in the country. Florida, coached by former UNLV player and assistant coach J.C. Deacon, finished second.
Many reading this weekly golf notebook may not know who Dana Finkelstein is. That’s OK, but her name should be remembered from here on out. Rebels coaches remember her as “the most accomplished player in UNLV women’s golf history.”
Brady Exber, who was inducted into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame in 2006, won the Southern Nevada Golf Association Summerlin Amateur Championship at Highland Falls Golf Club and Palm Valley Golf Club.
There are millions of golf fans across the world who have dreamed of upstaging Tiger Woods — so how did an 11-year-old boy manage to outshine the 14-time major winner?
Pretty much the only college golf tournament more prestigious than the annual Southern Highlands Collegiate is the NCAA Division I Golf Championships.
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