The beauty of golf is everyone has an equal chance. Tee it up on the first hole, and add up your strokes when you’re done to determine the winner. Only that won’t happen this week.
Greg Robertson
Former golf reporter
The good news for Southern Nevada golf fans is that the Shriners Hospital for Children Open remains on the PGA Tour schedule for early October.
Las Vegas will host a second PGA Tour event in October, as the CJ Cup will move from South Korea for this year only because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Joe Peroglio shot a 7 under over the first 10 holes and went on to win last week’s Nevada State Senior Championship for his first major amateur title.
Since the PGA Tour returned in June, nobody has played better than Morikawa.
Course knowledge at TPC Harding Park could be an important factor this week, and the edge might go to Collin Morikawa, who played there several times while at Cal.
Morgan Goldstein’s latest pinnacle came this month when she ran away with the Nevada State Amateur Championship at Reflection Bay Golf Club.
Morgan Goldstein shot a final-round 67 to finish at 11-under 133, good for an eight-shot win in the Nevada State Women’s Amateur Championship at Reflection Bay Golf Club.
A second PGA Tour event in Las Vegas this fall remains a possibility, but it’s nothing Commissioner Jay Monahan is ready to confirm.
A second PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in October is being floated as a possibility as officials scramble to replace the likely loss of three fall events in Asia later this year.
Michael Sarro, a 2019 Coronado High graduate, birdied three of his first four holes and coasted to a three-shot victory Sunday at Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas.
No longer two weeks before the Shriners Open, the Ryder Cup’s move may dissuade European standouts from staying in the U.S.
With the first fans allowed on the course in just two weeks, Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is working overtime to protect his players and the game.
After spending the last three summers caddying and learning about golf, Reality Welch earned a scholarship through the Evans Scholars Foundation to attend college.
Phil Mickelson turned 50 this week and is now eligible to play on the Champions Tour. Let that sink in.