LAS VEGAS, NV (May 15, 2022)—Matt Mitchell (Championship), James Corey (Senior) and Gary Carpendale (Silver) won titles in the 2022 Boulder City Amateur Championship played May 14-15, 2022, at Boulder City Golf Course and Boulder Creek Golf Club. Brian Marks (Net), Greg Frey (Senior) and Jeffrey English (Silver) claimed net titles. –Bill Bowman, Las Vegas...
Las Vegas residents Tom Fitzgerald and Jack Todd know first-hand how receiving a Chick Evans Scholarship can change a life. Now, they have helped graduating seniors and fellow Southern Nevadans Belen Flores, Peighton Hazel, Vaea Tangitau and Dean Uata earn these invaluable, full-ride scholarships valued in total at more than $450,000. –By Brian Hurlburt, Las...
Andrew Bednar and Karl Larcom both admitted they are in the golf business because they love the game. Period. They aren’t in the sport looking for accolades. But both men, who are on the SNGA Executive Board, have been honored with PGA of America, Southwest Section, Southern Nevada Chapter awards. –Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf...
RENO, Nevada – Steve Rydel, a well-known member of the golf community in Northern Nevada, passed away April 11, 2022 from complications due to cancer. He was 67 years old. An avid golfer, Steve moved to Reno in 2000 from Washington State, where he took early retirement from a career as a Teamster to pursue...
SNGA members Kenny Ebalo and Shane Sigsbee aren’t strangers to USGA national events and are adding another one to their list of golf accomplishments. The two qualified as a team for the Men’s Four-Ball May 14-18 at the Country Club of Birmingham (West Course), Birmingham, Ala. The good friends and teammates are ready and will...
For Max Marsico, it’s one tournament down, one to go in his hunt to qualify for the 2022 U.S. Open. Marsico was the low medalist in the 2022 U.S. Open First Stage Qualifying event held on April 26, 2022, at the CasaBlanca Golf Club in Mesquite. Also qualifying were Jackson Parrish (66), Max Brenchley (67,...
Mike Sidlinger (Championship), Alex Bluhm (Senior), Frank Acker (Silver) and Dave Haddock (Net) won titles in the SNGA Tour Short Game Championship played April 22, 2022, at Eagle Crest Golf Course at Golf Summerlin. –Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff Championship Mike Sidlinger scored back-to-back birdies to start his back nine en route to...
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico–Fifteen-year-olds Chloe Kovelesky, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Yana Wilson, of Henderson, Nev., were defeated in the round 16 matches of the US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in Puerto Rico 3 and 2 by 17-year-olds Kaitlyn Schroeder, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Bailey Shoemaker, of West Edmeston, N.Y. For Wilson, an SNJGA and SNGA...
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico–Southern Nevada’s Yana Wilson and playing partner Chloe Kovelesky (Florida) advanced in round one Match play of the US Women’s Fourball Championship in Puerto Rico. Wilson made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole to go 4-up with partner in their round of 32 match this morning. They won the match...
Puerto Rico–Yana Wilson, a member of the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association, and her partner Chloe Kovelesky shot rounds of (-10) 65-69 -134 to share medalist honors with Leigh Chien/Anna Huang after 36-holes of stroke play qualifying at Thursday’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Puerto Rico to move to match play. –By Randy Dodson,...
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico–Southern Nevada’s Yana Wilson, a sophomore at Coronado High School, and her partner Chloe Kovelesky, a 15-year old from Boca Raton Fla., shot (-7) 65 in Wednesday’s opening round of stroke play qualifying at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Puerto Rico. –By Randy Dodson, Fairways Media. Ranked No. 53 in...
Carrie Langevin (Gross) and Helen Welsh (Net) won titles in the WSNGA’s Senior Amateur Championship/Mid-Amateur played April 11-12, 2022, on the Mountain Course at Angel Park Golf Club. Maria Rances (Gross) and Brittany Bronson (Net) won Mid-Am titles. –Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff Overall Gross Carrie Langevin admitted the overall winner in...
Tim Brand is front and center during the many SNGA and USGA events during the golf season. Now his dedication and knowledge has been rewarded with a promotion to SNGA assistant executive director, and he will work more closely with the board and Ann Sunstrum, executive director. –By Brian Hurlburt, Las Vegas Golf Insider. “I...
It’s nearly time for top amateurs from around the United States to tee it up in first-stage U.S. Open qualifiers with a dream of making it to the nation’s golf championship. A first stop on that “dream fairway” in 2022 in Southern Nevada is the CasaBlanca Golf Club in Mesquite April 26. The CasaBlanca also...
LAS VEGAS, NV (April 3, 2022)–Cameron Barzekoff (Championship), Todd Roberts (Senior) and Gary Carpendale (Silver) won titles in the 2022 Nye County Amateur held April 2-3, 2022, at Mountain Falls Golf Club in Pahrump. Jay Ship (Net), David Golder (Senior) and George Yocum (Silver) claimed net crowns.–Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider staff Championship Cameron...
GOLFTEC has been helping Southern Nevada golfers improve for more than a decade, and now the company is adding its third location to the area with the opening of a Summerlin location. Tim Sam, GOLTEC’s Nevada region manager, says their methods make a difference and they are committed to lower scores and better results. –By...
