Category: Golf Stories

  • Heiman, Roberts, Turk, Choi Open Las Vegas City Am Week with Titles

    Heiman, Roberts, Turk, Choi Open Las Vegas City Am Week with Titles

    Devin Heiman (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior) John Turk (Silver) and Jin Ho Choi (Net) won championships at the SNGA Tour’s stop at Las Vegas Golf Club. The tournament was held May 31, 2024, and was the official kick off to 2024 Las Vegas City Am Week. —Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider The 3rd Annual…

  • Follow Former SNGA Player of Year Craig Barlow at U.S. Senior Open – Daily Updates

    Follow Former SNGA Player of Year Craig Barlow at U.S. Senior Open – Daily Updates

    Craig Barlow was the 1994 Southern Nevada Golf Association Player of the Year and he also played in his first U.S. Open that year. How time flies, and nearly 30 years later he will now make his U.S. Senior Open debut later this week. He has agreed to share daily updates with us to follow…

  • Golf Duos Earn Titles at Bear’s Best SNGA Tour Team Event

    Golf Duos Earn Titles at Bear’s Best SNGA Tour Team Event

    The teams of Eric Bauman-Greg Horodesky (Championship), Brady Exber-Brian Hurlburt (Senior), Bruce Chamberlain-Patrick Woerner (Silver) and Joe Noya-Charlie Berydas (Net) won titles at the 2023 SNGA Tour Four-Ball Stableford Championship. The tournament was held June 27,2023, at Bear’s Best Las Vegas.–by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider The tournament had a best-ball format for the…

  • Champs Are Here – 2023 WSNGA Team Play Series Culminates at Boulder Creek

    Champs Are Here – 2023 WSNGA Team Play Series Culminates at Boulder Creek

    BC Rock Steady (Overall), Chimera Silver (Gross) and Anthem (Net) won championships in the popular and exciting 2023 WSNGA Team Play series. The finale was held June 8, 2023, at Boulder Creek GC. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Nancy Lauback, WSNGA Team Play Coordinator, said the series finale was the culmination of an…

  • Newman, Hogle, Carpendale, Barger, Hurlburt, Troilo Win Boulder City Titles

    Newman, Hogle, Carpendale, Barger, Hurlburt, Troilo Win Boulder City Titles

    Hazen Newman (Championship), Glenn Hogle (Senior) and Gary Carpendale (Silver) won gross titles at the 2023 Boulder City Amateur. Tad Barger (Net), Brian Hurlburt (Senior) and Tony Troilo (Silver) captured net titles in the tournament held June 10-11, 2023, at Boulder City GC.–by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Championship Hazen Newman got hot in…

  • For Amateurs Like Josh Goldstein, USGA Events Are the Pinnacle of Golf

    For Amateurs Like Josh Goldstein, USGA Events Are the Pinnacle of Golf

    Josh Goldstein has solidified himself as one of the best players in Southern Nevada Golf Association history. The 2021 and 2022 Championship Division Player of the Year recently qualified for his 5th USGA event, the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Golf Championship. Each experience has been a dream come true for Goldstein. “Every single one is just…

  • Enyeart Comes Home as Desert Willow Golf Course Director of Golf

    Enyeart Comes Home as Desert Willow Golf Course Director of Golf

    When the Director of Golf position at the executive Desert Willow Golf Course in the Sun City MacDonald Ranch community of Henderson became available, PGA of America professional David Enyeart jumped at the opportunity. The role is not only his occupation, but the community is his home. “I like more of a traditional type operation,…

  • Club Spotlight – Las Vegas International Golf Club

    Club Spotlight – Las Vegas International Golf Club

    It’s truly an international affair when Las Vegas International Golf Club members tee it up. The Southern Nevada Golf Association member club brings players from all back grounds together in pursuit of fun and camaraderie while playing the grand ole game. Now as an SNGA member club since 2020, the club has gone next level.…