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.
Greg Robertson
Golf reporter
Email: grobertson@reviewjournal.com
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.
It was after the first round of The Players Championship last year that golf was shut down for three months because of COVID. Players returned to TPC Sawgrass last week.
Korn Ferry Tour event at the Sun Mountain course at the Paiute Golf Resort will be the first major golf event in Las Vegas to allow spectators since the pandemic.
Danielle Kang doesn’t talk about goals, even though she has reached so many at a young age. Just 28, she has five wins and a major championship victory, to name a few.
The key word for the seven-tournament swing was experience. There were no first-time winners, with veterans taking home every title, including Las Vegan Kevin Na.
The inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play will be held May 26-30 at Shadow Creek Golf Club. It will feature 64 of the world’s top golfers playing for a $1.5 million purse.
Maverick McNealy’s second-place finish at Pebble Beach is his best result on the PGA Tour, surpassing his tie for fifth last year at — where else — Pebble Beach.
Gigi Stoll, who moved to Las Vegas last spring, had a decorated career as a junior golfer in the Pacific Northwest. She’s hoping to rediscover that success this year.
According to the final numbers released this week by the National Golf Foundation, 2020 was the most successful year in history for golf in terms of growth.
Phil Mickelson hinted he may be headed to the Champions Tour more often this year. After turning 50 last summer, Mickelson played twice on the senior circuit, winning both times.
The courses at Paiute Golf Resort just north of Las Vegas have been honored as some of the best in the nation in an annual survey by GolfPass based on players’ reviews.
When the LPGA Tour released its 2021 schedule over the holidays, it included a new high-profile event: a match-play tournament to be played the final week of May with a purse of $1.5 million.
The PGA Tour season began in September with the first 12 events, but a new calendar year brings a fresh start. The Sentry Tournament of Champions starts Thursday.
No matter the subject, looking back on 2020 can only be done through the lens of coronavirus and its impact on the year. Golf is no exception.
Las Vegas resident Danielle Kang won the LPGA Tour’s Vare Trophy, awarded to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. She finished at 70.082.