Christopher Viravongsa (Championship), Frank Acker (Senior) and Dave Haddock (Silver) came away with gross titles at the SNGA Tour-Aliante event April 18, 2019. Craig Goleno (Net), Anthony Becker (Senior) and Jack Schwartz (Silver) posted net victories. With solid finishes, Viravongsa, Jeffrey Gilliame, John Morella and Michael Teslenko earned qualifying spots for the Nevada State Amateur,...
Ed Fryatt (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior) and Patrick Woerner (Silver) posted victories in the gross divisions of the 2019 Nye County Amateur held April 6-7, 2019, at Mountain Falls in Pahrump. George Wolf (Net), Gordon Schiring (Senior) and Dario Gonzalez (Silver) came away with net titles. Fryatt is the reigning 4-time SNGA player of the...
By Tim Brand, SNGA Director of Rules and Competitions In year’s past, when a player decided to take unplayable ball relief in a bunker, they had three options. While these three options still exist under the new Rules of Golf, an additional fourth option is now available. The three options that were available in the...
Yana Wilson, 12, has already won about 90 golf tournaments during her career so she was fairly relaxed heading into the 2019 Drive, Chip & Putt competition held at Augusta National as part of the Masters. Pretty heady stuff for anyone, but Wilson maintained her composure and finished with a combined score of 28 to...
Jack Trent is a true Las Vegas and Southern Nevada golfer. He won two state titles while at Palo Verde High and now plays for UNLV, where he won his first collegiate tournament at the hometown Southern Highlands Collegiate in March 2019. Trent is a member of the Southern Nevada Golf Association and a multiple...
By Tim Quinn, SNGA Handicap Chairperson The USGA Handicap System requires that we sometimes post a different score than we shot, and post scores when we don’t finish all holes, or don’t play exactly by the Rules of Golf. For some of this, it’s important for players to know their Course Handicap from the tees...
Daren Johnson (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior) and Frank Abbott (Silver) all added to their SNGA win totals as each earned gross titles at the 2019 SNGA Tour stop at Painted Desert GC on March 19, 2019. Steve Johnson (Net), Bill Madsen (Senior) and Stephen Sitar (Silver) walked away with net titles. –By Bill Bowman, Las...
Our 2019 season is off and running and our video crew is at it again this year, providing quality reporting and video from our biggest events. Please enjoy our most recent report from the SNGA Championship at Golf Summerlin, the season’s first major. For the complete story, click to the SNGA Championship story link. Your...
Brandon Bauman (Championship), Frank Acker (Senior) and Kevin Parrish (Silver) posted victories in the 2019 SNGA Championship at Golf Summerlin. The two-day event, held March 9-10, 2019, was played at Highland Falls and Palm Valley golf clubs. Todd Kirby (Net), Darrell Lutey (Senior) and Dave Haddock (Silver) were net division winners. It was the year’s...
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Lorenzo Gillenwater (Championship), Gordon Schiring (Senior) and Jeffrey English (Silver) won gross championships at the 2019 SNGA Tour-Royal Links event held Feb. 27 at Royal Links Golf Club. The event also saw Donald Blanton (Net), Gary Drinkhorn (Senior) and John Kelley (Silver) pick up net titles. — By Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff....
By Tim Brand, Director of Rules and Competitions It is the goal of the SNGA to help acclimate all our members to the many changes to the Rules of Golf. To help achieve this goal, we will be periodically including a new rule change and explanation in correspondences to our membership. Rule 13.1d – When...
By Tim Quinn, SNGA Handicap Chairperson I think this quick guide will help you when trying to determine when to post your scores to ensure the most accurate handicap. NOTE: the update to the new GHIN scheduled for Mid-March has been delayed. More information will follow. Scores in both match play and stroke play must...
Winning a golf tournament shouldn’t be easy, but the Primm Valley Amateur took earning a victory to new levels. Brandon Bauman (Championship), Darrel Lutey (Senior) and Kevin Parrish (Silver) posted SNGA victories in the gross divisions at the wind-ravaged Primm Valley Amateur Championship held Feb. 9-10, 2019, at Primm Valley Golf Club. Net winners included:...
Jennifer Alexander admitted to being a little nervous recently. It was with good reason. She recently accepted the prestigious Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) President’s Award during the LPGA T&CP National Awards ceremony held during the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida last month. The President’s award is awarded by...
After another long, fun and challenging Southern Nevada Golf Association season, the 2018 Players of the Year have been recognized and revealed. There are first-time champs and others (hello Edward Fryatt and Frank Abbott) who continue to dominate their respective divisions (Championship, Silver). Another terrific 2019 is ahead of us, but now is the time...
