Las Vegas Golf News

The High Meadow Ranch Team from Magnolia, Texas claimed the 2009 OB Sports National Team Championship presented by GPS Industries this weekend in Las Vegas. Played at Aliante Golf Club in North Las Vegas on Saturday and The Legacy Golf Club in Henderson on Sunday, the OB Sports National Team Championship brings together teams from OB Sports daily fee and resort properties around the country in a team competition.

Continuing their streak of significant golf shoe innovations, adidas Golf has delivered yet another breakthrough that promises vast improvements in stability, balance and footwork to build a more consistent golf swing. Understanding the biome-chanics of the sport and working with both tour and teaching professionals, the adidas Golf footwear team has defied convention by creating an entirely new low-profile system called Advanced THiNTech.

By Mike Malaska
Nicklaus Academies’ World-Wide Director of Instruction

There is one question that comes up with most players; “How can I hit the ball farther?” As much as the golf industry and my peers want you to believe there is more to length, creating distance is quite simple. There are two important aspects in creating efficient distance. Controlling the clubface is number one. The second is proper forearm rotation.

Golf Management Program Accredited by the PGA of America

You may have noticed the words “a passion for excellence” in some of our printed materials. This reflects our goal of attracting and developing strong performers with a passion for excellence in the golf industry. We believe that there has never been a greater opportunity for quality individuals to excel and live out their dreams than the one we provide in our PGA program.

We are committed to providing a positive and challenging environment that will cultivate the talents of all our students, with the ultimate goal of placing them in coveted positions within the golf industry. We are also committed to the development of the individuals in our program as people, as students, as professionals, and as golfers. These commitments reflect our mission of attracting, nurturing, and producing individuals who are great performers both in their professions and in their lives.

The OB Sports National Team Championship presented by GPS Industries will be held on Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 15, 2009 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The first round of the two-round competition will be played at Aliante Golf Club in North Las Vegas on Saturday, November 14th, and the second round will be played at The Legacy Golf Club in Henderson the following day. An opening welcome reception on Friday will be hosted by Angel Park Golf Club, in Las Vegas.

The OB Sports National Team Championship presented by GPS Industries will be held on Friday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Greater Las Vegas. The first round of the two-round competition will be played at Aliante Golf Club in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 14th, and the second round will be played at The Legacy Golf Club in Henderson the following day.

An opening welcome reception on Friday will be hosted by Angel Park Golf Club, in Las Vegas.

The partners responsible for putting on the annual golf industry show have announced that the event will be held in Las Vegas in 2012.

The dates of the show will be Wednesday, Feb. 29, and Thursday, March 1, while presenting partners the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Education Conference and the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) Education Conference will be conducted February 27-28 and March 2. 

Adidas Launches New Shoe at Shriners’ Vegas Tour Stop

adidas Golf is launching a new shoe with two technologies that are going to be only available in adidas Golf through 2011. This new shoe, the TOUR 360 4.0 will be officially launched at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open from Oct. 11- 18, 2009. 

The event which is held at the TPC Summerlin, is expecting a solid field including. Celebrity sightings are promised with the Wednesday Championship Pro-Am and the always entertaining Evening with Justin Timberlake & Friends slated for Saturday at the Mandalay Bay.

The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open will be played at the TPC Summerlin from Oct. 11- 18, 2009.  This year marks the second year for Timberlake and the Shriners to sponsor the event and the 27th consecutive year that the Tour has made a stop in the “Entertainment Capital of the World."

A stellar field has committed to participate including six golfers in the World’s Top 50: Kenny Perry, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan, Nick Watney, Brian Gay and Rory Sabbatini. Furyk is a three-time winner in Las Vegas.

RENO, Nev. – As a continuation of its Clubs for Armed Forces program, The Legends at Sparks Marina Reno-Tahoe Open, together with foundation sponsor EMPLOYERS, a Reno-based company providing workers' compensation insurance and services to select small businesses sent off golf clubs and tee prize packets for the armed forces who are currently serving abroad in the war zones Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Tournament officials, EMPLOYERS and Golf Headquarters loaded up 20 sets of clubs, prizes and golf balls to be delivered in anticipation of an upcoming golf tournament taking place at the end of September at Camp Bucca, 25 miles into Iraq from the Kuwait border. The bags contain clubs for Armed Forces t-shirts, LRTO golf shirts, a LRTO hat, golf gloves, golf shoes and golf mats to hit balls from.