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The 2008 Cleveland Golf Pro-Scratch at Angel Park Golf Club will take place Sunday, July 20 on the Palm Course and Monday, July 21 on the Mountain Course. The format will be a two-person better ball with each team comprised of one professional and one “scratch” amateur competing for a total prize purse of more than $18,000.

“Over the years the Cleveland Pro-Scratch was a great excuse to get together and have a lot of fun golfing in Vegas!” said Kris Strauss, Director of Sales and Marketing for OB Sports Golf Management. “While fun is still had by all, the generous support of Cleveland Golf and our other event sponsors (The Rio Hotel and Casino, VegasGolfer, Grey Goose, Taylored Golf Car Systems along with Southern Wine and Spirits) has taken this event to the next level. There is some substantial cash to be won and we are extremely excited to tee it up!”

The four-man scramble is one of the most enjoyable formats for team competition in golf. After all, finding one decent shot out of four is a welcome proposition to many golfers. Beginning this spring, golf clubs across the country will be able to compete in The Great American Scramble and vie for the coveted title of National Champions in Las Vegas.

After the longstanding Buick/Oldsmobile Scramble shut down in 2005, golfers were left without a national scramble competition. PGA Professional Wayne Stone decided to change that. Stone created an event aimed at bringing excitement, camaraderie and team-building experiences back to golfers through the scramble format.

Stone, who is the director of Golf at Windermere Country Club in Windermere, Fla., decided there was enough interest to create a national scramble just by gauging the response of his members to the loss of the Buick event. Encouraged by the feedback, Stone set out to create the national tournament that was currently missing from the golf world.

After years in the making, one of the West’s most anticipated golf course developments has opened its first course for daily-fee play! Located 50 minutes north of Las Vegas, PGA Golf Club Coyote Springs is the first new course to open in the Vegas area in more than six years and is certainly one of the most ambitious projects the region has ever seen. Initial development plans call for up to a dozen golf courses to be built at Coyote Springs over the next half-century and hundreds of thousands of residents relocating to this new desert sanctuary.

Coyote Springs – A Town Away, A World Apart

Golf will be a delightful centerpiece to a “new town” rising north of Las Vegas. This desert oasis will feature a variety of residential options ranging from lavish custom homes to multi-family housing plus retail shopping, commercial buildings, parks, hiking trails, schools and a full community infrastructure. In short, Coyote Springs will offer a full and complete lifestyle that will rival any master-planned community in America. 

Perhaps no other destination evokes such vivid images as Las Vegas: the flashing neon signs on The Strip, towering hotel casinos, and of course, the ever-present melody of the one-armed bandits. Although vacationers are guaranteed to run into these Vegas icons, there is no guarantee that they will be a success with Vegas’ primary pursuit – gambling.

Fair enough, but one shouldn’t have to roll the dice outside the casino, that’s why the good guys at OB Sports came up with the "Best Rate Guaranteed." If you make your golf reservation online at the official Web sites of Aliante Golf Club, Angel Park Golf Club and The Legacy Golf Club, OB Sports guarantees that you are receiving the best rate available. No guesswork, no sketchy discount sites; just go right to the source (aliantegolf.com, angelpark.com, thelegacygc.com) and book online for the peace of mind of knowing you have the best rate you can get. 

When you catch your first glimpse of the Greater Phoenix area’s newest golf course – Encanterra, A Trilogy Cauntry Club – the thing that strikes you is just how green it is. True, it’s a golf course. It’s supposed to be green. But most courses built over the past few years seem almost bashful about that fact by comparison. Not Encanterra. It just unfolds in front of you. Wave upon wave of emerald fairways accented by trees, flowers, white sand bunkers and flowing water.

Unlike many other modern private clubs, Encanterra’s membership is not limited to the residents of the community it anchors, and it is not restricted to those who reside in Phoenix year-round. Rather, Encanterra offers a variety of non-resident membership options with flexible financing (including a National Membership program that is ideal for seasonal residents), making it the ideal choice for those looking for an affordable private country club that can hold its own against the very best the Southwest has to offer.

New Name, Same Great Layout

The TPC Canyons has a new name, TPC Las Vegas!

The PGA TOUR announced recently that the TPC Canyons will now be called TPC Las Vegas. The renaming is part of an overall re-positioning initiative designed to more closely align the club with the worldwide resort destination of Las Vegas, as well as to celebrate the rich history and storied past of golf in the city of Las Vegas. 

Angel Park Golf Club was named “Best Golf Course” in Las Vegas in the 27th annual Best of Las Vegas ® Reader’s Poll conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Taking top honors for 13 of the past 14 years, the OB Sports-managed golf club has dominated the best golf course category for 11 consecutive years, an amazing feat considering the strong competition throughout the Vegas Valley.

“First of all, thanks to all of our loyal local golfers for choosing Angel Park,” said David Bogue, general manager of Angel Park Golf Club. “We work hard to provide a world-class golf product for all to enjoy. Secondly, I’d like to thank our staff. This award reflects their dedication to our guests.” 

Back in the day, a trip to Las Vegas meant bright lights and pinging slots packaged with a couple of, not always compliant, Bengal Tigers. This successfully attracted the thrill-seeking gamer in us all, but left the sportsmen to wither in the bowels of a smoke-filled sportsbook. Since then, a lot has changed. Las Vegas has blossomed into a world-class golf destination with just as much activity on the links as on the craps table. Okay then, where should the golfer play? As one will quickly find out, Googling “Vegas Golf” begins a confusing cascade of flashing websites that are sketchy at best. So, cut the confusion, and make sure your next Las Vegas vacation includes a round at The Legacy Golf Club.

Designed by acclaimed golf course architect Arthur Hills, The Legacy Golf Club can best be described as a blast to play. It tips-out at 7,233 yards, allowing low handicappers to “stretch their legs” while offering multiple tee boxes to accommodate players of all abilities. Although considered to be a desert-style course, The Legacy has an open feel when compared to a typical desert course where thin ribbons of grass masquerade as fairways.

Starting to plan your trip to Las Vegas?

Still need a hotel? Even more important, do you still need tee times? Well, look no further than Las Vegas’ winning pair of Siena and Arroyo Golf Clubs. Both Siena Golf Club and Arroyo Golf Club are conveniently lcated just ten miles west of the famous Las Vegas Strip in the quiet district of Summerlin. Even though the two courses are located just three miles from each other, they each offer every golfer a unique Las Vegas golfing experience. Check out the course websites: www.sienagolfclub.com and www.thearroyogolfclub.com, and you’ll have the power to plan your entire Las Vegas vacation at your fingertips!

The Arroyo Course, Red Rock Country Club’s Arnold Palmer Signature course, is open to public play and is located in the master-planned community of Summerlin. The Arroyo golf course ribbons seamlessly through the rugged terrain and is nestled between the spectacular landscapes of Red Rock Canyon, one of Las Vegas' most revered natural landmarks.

Golf Mesquite offers the ultimate environment for world class golf scintillating weather throughout the year, intoxicating mountain vista at all points of the compass, and courses of character and quality that can be enjoyed without inflicting severe damage to the credit card. The layouts come in all variety, from gently rolling terrain on some to mind-boggling elevation changes on others. While most courses can give a tour player a healthy battle from the tips, forward tees enable the highest handicappers to finish their round with broad smiles.

The Palms Golf Club is a wonderful blend of two very diverse nines. The gently rolling front side offers expansive fairways with room to roam off the tee. On most holes golfers can swing like a long drive king without paying a severe price. The second nine flows up and down through the mountains with pinpoint precision far more critical than power.

The CasaBlanca Golf Club stretches to 7,011 yards and winds through the region's natural desert wetlands offering wonderful views of the surrounding mountains. The course, designed by Cal Olson, offers lush emerald fairways that wind through the wetlands while desert wildflowers accent ryegrass fairways, bent grass greens, white-sand bunkers and sparkling lakes.