NBC Sports Group says the final round of the Valspar Championship earned a 5.11 overnight rating, up 190 percent over the previous year and the highest-rated PGA Tour broadcast since Woods won The Players Championship in 2013.
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Woods and Els have agreed to be captains for the 2019 matches in Melbourne, Australia, according to two people involved in the Presidents Cup.
Right when Paul Casey felt he was a winner in the Valspar Championship, he looked up at the TV and saw a scene that was all too familiar.
A Rebel won the Southern Highlands Collegiate, the home golf tournament for the UNLV men’s golf team, but it probably wasn’t who the hometown fans wanted.
Hitting a golf ball 300 yards is the ultimate thrill for most golfers, but a majority will never accomplish the feat. That’s not the case for ParaLong drive champion Jason Aken, who easily hits 300-yard drives—using only his right arm.
Michelle Wie holed a 36-foot putt from off the green on the final hole to win the Women’s World Championship by one stroke on Sunday and capture her first LPGA tournament since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.
The Southern Highlands Collegiate, to be played Monday through Wednesday, features another deep field highlighted by UNLV senior Shintaro Ban, who is on the Fred Haskins watch list.
The U.S. Open is changing to a two-hole aggregate playoff, the last of the four majors to do away with an 18-hole playoff.
The UNLV women’s golf team has a new home course at Spanish Trail Country Club, and the team will host the Rebel Beach Invitational with Long Beach State on Monday and Tuesday.
Tiger Woods is playing the Honda Classic, this third PGA Tour start as he tries to build up his game for the Masters.
Professional golfer Bill Haas was hospitalized but escaped serious injuries following a rollover crash in Los Angeles that killed the driver of the Ferrari he was riding in and injured the driver of a BMW, officials said Wednesday.
Kerri Clark and Nicole Dutt-Roberts have been selected to lead the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association. The two played in the association four decades ago.
The British Open is returning to the home of golf in 2021 as the Old Course will host the 150th anniversary of the world’s oldest major.
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is making his PGA Tour debut next month in the Dominican Republic.
For many golfers and residents surrounding golf courses, what is happening at Black Mountain Golf and Country Club in Henderson is an all-too-often occurrence.
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