Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City has an impressive resume when it comes to hosting big-time tournaments. Ever since the 27-hole course opened in 2003, Boulder Creek has been the home of the Clark County Amateur and Clark County Senior Amateur, both SNGA major championships. But the course also hosts the UNLV women’s golf home tournament, PGA Tour qualifying and other college tournaments. — By Brian Hurlburt.
The Clark County Amateur tournaments are being held September 7-10 and some of the top players in the area will be competing. Then the UNLV Women’s golf home tournament, the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, is scheduled for October 22-24. Following that is the two-day pre-qualifier for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to be played October 25-26 prior to the final Monday qualifier for Las Vegas’ PGA Tour event scheduled for October 30.
“It’s a great honor to host major events at Boulder Creek and the Clark County Amateur is very special to us because it has been played here since day one of our facility opening so we have a long history and lot of great memories,” general manager Andy Schaper said. “It’s fun to have great players come out and test the course and see how it stands up. Players have to use solid course strategy to be successful out here because you can’t just hit driver on every hole. Sometimes the player wins and we see amazing low scores and even course records during these events, but sometimes the course wins when the wind kicks up and it becomes very challenging.”
The 2016 champion of the championship division of the Clark County Amateur was UNLV Rebels player Shintaro Ban. Brady Exber was the 2016 senior division champion.
Boulder Creek features the 27 holes, a large clubhouse with restaurant and a large practice facility. SNGA members are always welcome at the course and it is open to the public. For all information about Boulder Creek, visit GolfBoulderCity.com.
