Kevin Kisner took advantage of light winds and warm temperatures to shoot a 5-under 66 and take the early lead in the British Open, where defending champion Jordan Spieth was also in the mix on Thursday.
Golf
The MSOP will hold its championships from Oct. 24-31 in Las Vegas with hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs.
Boulder City senior Lani Potter finished 5-over-par 149 to win the two-day Class 3A state tournament and help the Eagles secure their first team title since 2010 at Mountain Falls on Thursday.
Kerri Clark, an LPGA teaching professional at Wildhorse Golf Club and a former LPGA Tour player, will be inducted into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame in October.
The Derek Jeter Invitational starts Thursday at Shadow Creek. Among those expected to play are Marcus Allen, Ray Allen, Anthony Anderson, Brandi Chastain, Don Cheadle, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ivan Rodriguez.
The Bishop Gorman product holds a two-stroke lead heading into Saturday’s final round in Rio de Janeiro.
Tiger Woods withdrew from next week’s PGA Championship on Tuesday, and will miss all four majors for the first time in his career.
Johnson took his first major championship in style, lacing a 6-iron to 5 feet on the 18th hole.
The professional golfer Phil Mickelson has agreed to forfeit nearly $1 million that the Securities and Exchange Commission said was unfairly earned on a tip from an insider trading scheme.
The layout, part of the overall Las Vegas Wash Project, has finally reopened as the Club at Sunrise. Golfers can play it on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10 a.m. during a soft opening.
The UNLV men’s golf team shot a final-round 1-over-par 289 and finished in sixth place in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at Kauai’s Wailua Golf Course.
The UNLV men’s golf team shot a second-round 3-under-par 285 for a two-round total of 5-over 581 in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at Kauai’s Wailua Golf Course.
The talent was always there. But Charley Hoffman needed to find some consistency in his golf game to be a star on the PGA Tour.
If you’re planning on going to this year’s PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, here’s what you’ll need to know.
Almost all of golf’s biggest names are bypassing Las Vegas this week. Rickie Fowler is making the stop, however, and that makes him the favorite.
