David Lipsky, a Las Vegas resident and tour rookie, is becoming a regular on the PGA leaderboards.
Greg Robertson
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Greg Robertson is a longtime journalist for some of the top newspapers and websites in the country. He was lead editor for the launch of NFL.com in 1996, and was the first golf editor and writer for ESPN.com, where he covered the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions Tour for five years. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife and two daughters.
UNLV finished at 26-over-par 310 and in 11th place after the first round of the NCAA women’s regional Monday at Stanford Golf Course in California.
The UNLV women’s golf team hopes to qualify for one of four spots in the NCAA Championship when the Rebels play in an NCAA regional next week at Stanford.
The Rebels are the ninth seed in the 12-team Stanford regional, set for May 9-11.
The senior circuit is adding a new tournament in March in Rancho Mirage, putting a huge dent in Nevada’s hopes for landing an event.
Ally Ewing, Danielle Kang and Anna Nordqvist are the first players announced for the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek in late May.
Quarterbacks Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers will face off in the latest iteration of The Match on June 1 at Wynn Golf Club.
The Las Vegas player, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are reportedly close to joining the Saudi-based LIV Series.
Collin Morikawa finally passed Jon Rahm, but he’s got a big climb to reach Scottie Scheffler at No. 1.
Collin Morikawa shot a 5-under 67 Sunday at the Masters, matching the second lowest round of the tournament, to finish at 4 under and alone in fifth place.
Collin Morikawa had a 2-over 74 and sits at 1 over in a tie for ninth and 10 strokes behind leader Scottie Scheffler. Kevin Na shot 79 and fell to 5 over for the tournament.
Kevin Na and Collin Morikawa had two of the 13 sub-par rounds on Friday. Na (71) stands at 2 under in a tie for sixth, while Morikawa (70) is another shot back.
Kevin Na birdied three of his final six holes during a 1-under 71 Thursday in the first round.
The two-time major champion plans to play Augusta National by hitting his normal cut instead of the preferred draw.
The last leap into Poppy’s Pond will take place this week in the LPGA’s swan song at Mission Hills Country Club.