Category: Southern Region Archives

Four students from Las Vegas have been awarded the Evans Scholarship — a full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies — following a selection meeting interview held in February at Faith Lutheran High School in Las Vegas. The four are Genesis Padilla Barajas, Andrea Quintero Delgado, Jimena Trejo Vazquez and Mailie-Aarya Voraphankit.…

Tim Quinn is a volunteer do it all with the Southern Nevada Golf Association and Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association. He serves as junior golf’s president and travels around America as a USGA/SNGA rules official. He also puts in plenty of time with local SNGA tournaments and is out early playing his own ball many…

LAS VEGAS, NV (July 7, 2025)—Joe Sawaia (Medalist) and Jerry Pearsall topped a field of 42 players and qualified for the 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur. The one-day qualifier was held July 7, 2025, at Red Rock Country Club. The two will move on to the 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur which will be held Aug. 23-28,…

Casey Landman and Ronda Henderson won titles at the prestigious 2025 Nevada State Women’s Amateur played at Spanish Trail Country Club in June 2025. Read on for their stories and to see their interviews. Henderson is a veteran champ and a longtime SNGA member, while Landman is much newer to the SNGA and a member…

LAS VEGAS, NV (June 29, 2025)–Matt Mitchell (Championship), John Turk (Senior) and Steve Fink-Tobin Upshaw (Silver co-champs) won gross titles in the 2025 Reflection Bay Amateur. Todd Kirby (Net), Nick Day (Senior) and George Yocum (Silver) won net titles in the tournament held June 28-29, 2025, at Reflection Bay Golf Club.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas…

Ashley Tarkanian (Gross), and Laura DeLucia (Net) won titles in the 2025 WSNGA Southern Nevada Amateur. The tournament was also the 2025 Silver Cup qualifier with 18 players earning spots on this year’s team representing the South. The tournament was held June 16-17, 2025, at DragonRidge Country Club.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Gross…

Let’s relive Las Vegas City Am Week 2025 through the lens of Steve Spatafore and the swings and more from our great players. So much action, from juniors to women to open to seniors and MORE. Thanks historic Las Vegas Golf Club for hosting!

Here we go with Sue’s Rules, our Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame rules official. This time, some funny and interesting scenarios. Have your own question? Hit us up at info@localhost. Question: Can you give me a couple of examples of when I need to cancel and replay a stroke from the putting green? Sue’s…

Business Women (Overall), DragonRidge (Gross) and Mountain Falls (Net) won titles in the 2025 WSNGA Team Play series. The finale was held May 29, 2025, on the Wolf Course at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort.–by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Nancy Lauback, co-coordinator of the WSNGA Team Play, said the 2025 season was…

Greg Horodesky (Championship) and Chris Kanthak (Net) won titles in the 2025 Las Vegas City Amateur. The tournament, the SNGA’s second major of the year, was held June 7-8, 2025, at Las Vegas Golf Club. The event was part of the annual Las Vegas City Am Week. —by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Championship…