Author: Brandon Atkinson
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Six Golf Duos Win 2025 Team Titles at CasaBlanca In Mesquite
The teams of Greg Horodesky-Nick Horodesky (Championship), John Turk-Rick Sepp (Senior) and John Steele-David Foggia (Silver) won gross titles in the 2025 SNGA Team Championship. Chris Price-Brett Crabtree (Net), John Bobroski-Gordon Schiring (Senior) and Walter Sabati-Anthony Becker (Silver) won net titles in the tournament held Oct. 11-12, 2025, at CasaBlanca Golf Club in Mesquite.–by Bill…
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Sue’s Rules – Can You Fix That Driver Mid-Round?
Sue May is a Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame rules official who helps officiate local, college, professional and national USGA events. She is back with another rendition of Sue’s Rules. Question: I was playing in a Tournament and my driver weight came loose. Can I tighten it without penalty? Sue’s Ruling: If a conforming…
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Four Southern Nevada Golfers Add Tour Titles at Nicklaus’ Coyote Springs
LAS VEGAS, NV (Sept. 18, 2025)–Bryan Baird (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior), Ron Harwood (Silver) and Pierre Valentini (Net) won titles in the 2025 SNGA Tour Stableford event. The tournament was held Sept. 18, 2025, at Coyote Springs Golf Club.–by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider The tournament featured a Modified Stableford format. Players were awarded…
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Magnetic Member of the Moment – Autumn Dorini
Autumn Dorini grew up playing in the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association, and now she is a Co-Captain of the Southern Nevada Silver Cup team. It all comes full circle. Check out these special moments with her and find out the strength of her game, favorite club, best golf memory and golf accomplishment and MORE.…
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Top Nevada Senior Amateur Golfer Heading Back to U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur
Ronda Henderson is at it again. Nevada’s top senior women’s amateur golfer was low medalist at Paradise Valley Country Club in Arizona with a 73 to qualify for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur. The event is at The Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades Course) • Hot Springs, Va. • Sep. 13-18, 2025. “Yes!!!! Got it done today! Medalist honors at…
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Four Golfers Earn 2025 SNGA Tour Titles at Nicklaus’s Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV (Aug. 27, 2025)–Grant McKay (Championship), Ray Nomura (Senior), Ron Harwood (Silver) and John Pappas (Net) won titles in the 2025 SNGA Tour stop at Reflection Bay. The tournament was held Aug. 27, 2025, at Reflection Bay Golf Club.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Championship Grant McKay opened with a birdie and…
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#ThankASuper Day is September 9 So Reach Out and Show Appreciation
For the fifth year, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, in conjunction with other global superintendent groups, is recognizing those who are essential to golf’s success with an international “Thank a Golf Course Superintendent Day,” encouraging all golfers, those who are in the golf business or anyone who benefits from the game to thank…
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Two Duos Earns Spots Via Qualifer at Spanish Trail Country Club into 2026 USGA Four-Ball
The teams of Colby Hutton-Jeremy Anderson and Redford Bobbitt-Phillip Reedy earned medalist honors in the 2026 U.S. Four-Ball Qualifier. Both teams finished at 10-under-par in the one-day event held Aug. 25, 2025, at Spanish Trail Country Club. They have now qualified for the 2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, which will be held May 16-20, 2026,…
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Six Golfers Earn Titles at 2025 Cascata Amateur
LAS VEGAS, NV (Aug. 24, 2025)–Matt Mitchell (Championship), Kelly Knievel (Senior) and Steve Fink (Silver) won gross titles in the 2025 Cascata Amateur. Ryan Purdy (Net), James Kim (Senior) and Loren Little (Silver) won net titles in the tournament held August 23-24, 2025, at Cascata Golf Club.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider The tournament…
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Back to the Basics With SNGA and USGA Rules Expert Sue May
Here we are back with another Sue’s Rules and the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame rules official takes us back to the basics for some rulings that we encounter nearly every round. From Sue: There are still questions coming in about what you can and cannot do in a Penalty Area. Here is a…