Category: Southern Region Archives
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Conestoga in Mesquite to Host Meaningful Foster Care Benefit Golf Event
On April 29, Conestoga is the host of a very special golf tournament to raise funds and awareness for the UNLV Fostering Scholars Program (FSP) that is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Fostering Success Initiative. The programs serve students who have experienced foster care. –By Lynda Maxfield, Special to SNGA.org Click now…
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Atomic Golf Creates Gateway to Downtown with Debut at the STRAT
Welcome to a new series highlighting “Entertainment” golf venues in Las Vegas. Several are already here, but more are coming soon. Atomic Golf at The STRAT is here, and launched with a series of grand opening events that included John Daly and a Media Taste event produced by Play Golf Designs in conjunction with the…
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New Events to Create More Opportunities, Rewards for SNGA Players
Points have always been vital when it comes to SNGA tournaments in crowning the Players of the Year. Well, those points will take on an added bonus in 2024 as two events will create more opportunities and rewards for top players. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider And these aren’t ordinary events. One, set…
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Meet your WSNGA Executive Board and Committee Chairs
By Rusty Beckel, President, WSNGA The 2024 WSNGA Season is off and running with Team play in progress and our rescheduled first Fun Day coming up. We have a great season ahead and look forward to seeing many of you out there on the course. None of this could be possible without the dedication and…
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What is a Mid-Amateur Event and What Age is That?
Since much of amateur golf is dominated by golfers under the age of 25, the United States Golf Association created the prestigious Mid-Amateur championships. These events that also can have local, state and national competitions, is for golfers over the age of 25 who want to compete during a life span when they also aren’t…
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Nevada State Golf Association Women’s Quad Means Playing for Each Other
Team golf events take on more meaning than playing as an individual, which is mostly what golf entails. The Nevada State Women’s Golf Association Quad event is scheduled for May 13-14 at Siena Golf Club and teams from Southern Nevada will be ready. Registration is open now at this Nevada State Women’s Quad Link “The…
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Sue’s Rules – Recent Rulings from a Vegas College Tournament
This is another in a series of rules with one of our Women’s Southern Nevada Golf Association experts, Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame rules official Sue May. When a Rules Official plays golf, other players always ask Rules questions. None of us mind, because we love what we do and educating players. This column…
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Women’s SNGA Team Play Competition Features 20 Teams in 2024
Welcome to the Women’s Southern Nevada Golf Association Team Play series, 2024 edition. The series, which has been around since the late 1990s, has its biggest field this year as 20 teams are battling it out for bragging rights. There will be 18 golf courses used in the series, including public and private layouts, as…
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Member Getaway Spotlight – Quivira in Los Cabos Is Played with the Heart
By Brian Hurlburt, LasVegasGolfInsider.com Golf is experiential in every way at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Quivira Golf Club, which is part of the Quivira Los Cabos luxury residential golf community. As are the two Pueblo Bonito resorts located in the community, the course is perched on the water’s edge, simultaneously precarious and beautiful. The body of…
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Six Champions Crowned During First Major of 2024 at Golf Summerlin
Joe Sawaia (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior) and Chris Cookson (Silver) won gross titles at the 2024 SNGA Championship, the year’s first major. Joe Noya (Net), David Ramirez (Senior) and Stephen Sitar (Silver) captured net titles in the tournament held March 9-10, 2024 at Highland Falls and Palm Valley golf clubs. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas…