LAS VEGAS, NV (Oct. 25, 2020)–Aarjav Patel (Championship) and Jason Berton (Net) earned titles at the 2020 Las Vegas City Amateur. Both divisions went to a playoff. The two-day event was held Oct. 24-25, 2020, at Las Vegas Golf Club. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff. Championship Aarjav Patel rallied over the final...
LAS VEGAS, NV (Oct. 23, 2020)–Gary Carpendale (Senior) and Jeffrey English (Silver) captured the gross titles at the 2020 Las Vegas Senior City Amateur. Dave Faaesea (Senior) and Mark Dopheide (Silver) won the net crowns at the tournament held Oct. 22-23, 2020, at Las Vegas Golf Club. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff....
Sandy Barletta is an active golfer and volunteer in Southern Nevada. She belongs to the women’s groups in Boulder City, and is a golf member at DragonRidge and Anthem, and is the president of the Chimera Women’s Golf Club. She is also very active within the Women’s SNGA. –By Brian Hurlburt, Las Vegas Golf Insider....
Legacy Golf Club, an Arthur Hills design located in Green Valley just off the I-215, is creating a new women’s golf group series for each Friday. According to general manager Mike Magnera, the group is for all skill levels and as the group evolves it will feature new formats each week, monthly contests, a chance...
Not only is the battle for Nevada scheduled to take place at the sparkling new Allegiant Stadium when UNR plays UNLV, but the two side of the state will setting things on the golf course as the 20-woman WSNGA team will be looking to cash in on a home-course edge in the 2020 Silver Cup...
LAS VEGAS, NV (Oct. 16, 2020)–Adonis LeBlue (Championship), David Koch (Senior) and John Turk (Silver) won gross division titles at the SNGA Tour’s stop at Las Vegas Golf Club on Oct. 16, 2020. Jimmy Jamie (Net), David Ramirez (Senior) and Stephen Sitar (Silver) claimed net crowns.–by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff. This was...
There are and have been thousands upon thousands of PGA of America professionals through the years. As of UNLV Professional Golf Management Program director Chris Cain earning the distinction in September 2020, there were only 372 who earned the rarified distinction. A letter from PGA of America president Suzy Whaley officially announced the hard-earned title....
There are now three players who have won Las Vegas’ PGA Tour event, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, after Martin Laird won the 2020 rendition–without fans–in a playoff. It was his second Vegas victory (the other was in 2009) and he joins Jim Furyk (3 times) and Las Vegas resident Kevin Na (2 times)...
It’s difficult to determine for how long Las Vegas Golf Club has hosted the prestigious Las Vegas City Amateur, but it has been decades upon decades … upon decades … upon decades. The best SNGA records show it dating back 50 years and it probably has been longer than that. The course opened in 1938...
Over the last few years, led by SNGA executive director Ann Sunstrum, each of the last 50 champions of the Las Vegas City Amateur have been pieced together. The list is compelling and includes a who’s who of amateur golfers in Southern Nevada, past and present. Among the names are those who went on to...
Brady Exber and Kevin Marsh teamed up to win the Championship Division of the 2020 SNGA Tour Four-Ball Championship by one stroke. Joseph Noya and Charlie Berydas posted a two-stroke victory in the Net Division. Other duos winning titles were Roberts/Acker, Carlin/Moon, Turk/Carpendale and Becker/Sabati. The tournament was held Oct. 3, 2020, at Boulder City...
By Tim Brand, SNGA Director of Rules and Competitions Had many events in 2020 not been cancelled or postponed due to the global pandemic, this past week would have seen the United States host Europe at Whistling Straits for the 2020 Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup has been postponed until next year, but now is...
By Tim Quinn, SNGA Director of Handicapping and Course Rating One of the more significant changes in the World Handicap System (WHS) is the change in the formula for calculating a player’s course handicap. The calculation still uses course rating and slope rating exactly as it did in the past, but the additional term (+...
Judy Stine has been giving back to the game of golf for decades and in 2018, she and her husband, Stephen, were honored by the USGA with the Ike Grainger award for 25 years of service. But she hasn’t slowed down after receiving the accolade, and just this week will be helping to rules officiate...
In 2019, the women of Northern Nevada swept the gross and net divisions of the Nevada State Women’s Golf Association Quad tournament, a team event created in 2001 to increase participation throughout the state. It has worked as the event features a full field and is one of the most enjoyable events on the schedule....
Kamden Ganir (Championship), Chris Whatley (Senior) and Patrick Woerner (Silver) won gross division titles at the SNGA Tour Stableford event held Sept. 18, 2020, at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Coyote Springs. Mike Calczynski (Net), Brian Freymueller (Senior) and Rod Stanger (Silver) posted net division victories. –by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff. The event used...
