The 64 players in the field are prepared for anything at the Bank of Hope tournament, a five-day event on a difficult course in North Las Vegas.
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.
Despite it being a Solheim Cup year, Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda and Lexi Thompson are skipping the match-play tourney.
Alex Cejka made birdie on the first playoff hole to take down defending champion Steve Stricker on Sunday to win the Regions Tradition, the first major on the Champions Tour.
Las Vegas resident David Lipsky is headed to the PGA Tour as an official member for the first time next season after his stellar season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
LPGA Tour officials confirmed Monday that the tour will continue its policy that has been in place since golf resumed during the COVID pandemic last summer.
Paiute Golf Resort shined in its debut as the venue for the Korn Ferry Tour’s MGM Resorts Championship last week. The future of the tournament already is being discussed.
Peter Uihlein closed with a 69 to finish at 16-under 272 on the Sun Mountain course at Paiute to win the Korn Ferry Tour’s MGM Resorts Championship by four strokes.
Peter Uihlein, the 2010 U.S. Amateur champion, shot a 68 on Saturday to open a one-shot cushion over Jamie Lovemark, the 2007 NCAA champion, at Korn Ferry event.
Adam Svensson is one of the hottest players on the Korn Ferry Tour, and he put that form on full display Friday, taking the 36-hole lead at the MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute.
Kevin Dougherty also had four birdies and two bogeys on a blustery day on the Sun Mountain course to lead Sam Saunders by a stroke in MGM Resorts Championship.
Wind and small, fast greens are the biggest defenses the Sun Mountain course at Paiute Golf Resort will present to 156 players chasing a Korn Ferry Tour title this week.
Harry Hall hopes the Korn Ferry Tour event in Las Vegas begins his 11-week drive to qualify for the PGA Tour next season.
The Drive, Chip and Putt Championship finals at Augusta (Georgia) National on Sunday had a Southern Nevada feel to them.
Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka are on crutches and won’t be part of the tournament, and the other top players never made the weekend at last week’s WGC Match Play Championship.
The format guarantees everybody gets at least three matches. It also means viewers — and sometimes the players — are often lost about what is happening the first three days.