Southern Nevada Chapter, PGA Southwest Section

08/21/2018

The first day of the So. Nevada Chapter Championship finished yesterday with POY points leader, c lasTroy Helseth in the lead. He'll take his three shot advantage into Tuesday's final round.
Helseth got it going on the front nine with birdies on the 4th, 5th and 7th holes and then hit cruise control the rest of the way finishing with a 3-under 68. Troy looks to continue his bogey free streak into Tuesday's round as he is in a tight race for player of the year with fellow Anthem CC professional, Travis Long.
Playing in the final group today with Helseth with be Darren Stanek (Wolf Creek), Tom Sweeney (Southshore) and Travis Long (Anthem CC).
Here are the full results from the first day.
https://swpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/swpga18/event/swpga18115/contest/9/leaderboard.htm

05/29/2018

So. Nevada Chapter board member, Zach Fahmie caught up to a very busy Mr. Bill Foley and gave him the 2017 So. Nevada Chapter Citizen of the Year Award. This was awarded to the owner of the Vegas Golden Knights for his great contributions to the city of Las Vegas. As a Chapter of about 200 members of the Southwest Section, PGA, we thank you Mr. Foley for bringing the Golden Knights to our community!
Go Knights Go! Let’s get the Cup!! Stanley Cup

05/29/2018

Anthem Country Club assistant professional, Troy Helseth made a birdie on the last hole to win the Las Vegas City Professional Championship. See the attachment for full results and a recap of Helseth’s win. Congratulations Troy!

05/01/2018

Valainis ahead by two shots after first day of Senior Chapter Championship

Andrew Valainis came into the So. Nevada Senior Championship as a winner in two of the four events he's played in this year, including a season low round of 65 at Boulder City in January. His solid play has continued in the first round as he fired a 1-under 70 today at Las Vegas National.
Valainis started out a little slow with bogies on two of his first three holes, but quickly turned it around with birdies on the 4th and 5th holes. His back nine was steady coming in with two birdies and just one bogey.
Valainis has a two-shot lead over Tom Dawson who had quite a day posting 6 birdies, 7 bogies and 5 pars and finished with a one-over 72.
After that, there are four players tied for third place with 4-over 75s.

All players are back at it tomorrow with the first group teeing off at Las Vegas National at 1:30 pm.

For full results:

Apr 30 - May 1, 2018 at Las Vegas National Golf Club

12/25/2017

Merry Christmas to you from the Southern Nevada Chapter!

12/07/2017

SNGA TAKES HOME THE WIN WITH CLUTCH PLAY!
The team from the SNGA got some clutch up and downs on the 18th hole from Ed Fryatt and Daren Johnson that help clinch the win in a tightly contested two-day match between some of the best amateurs from the SNGA and some of the best PGA professionals in Las Vegas. Going into the singles matches with a 2.5-1.5 lead, the SNGA got three wins (1up) and the final nail in the coffin was put there by Frank Abbott closing out his match on the 17th green. The final score was 6.5-5.5 in the closest battle in the three years this event has been running.
Congratulations to all of the players for making their respective teams! This is a great event that we look forward to every year and hope to see many making a push in 2018 to make their teams.

The SNGA now leads 2-1 overall.

We appreciate The Las Vegas Country Club and Red Rock Country Club for hosting our event this year! The courses were both and great shape!

12/05/2017

Round 1 of the SNGA vs. PGA is in the books. Great golf was played at The Las Vegas Country Club in cold and windy conditions. The SNGA holds a 2.5-1.5 lead going into the singles matches tomorrow. Here are those matchups at Red Rock Country Club:

11:00- Kenny E***o v. Jason Edmiston
11:00- Alex Jordan v. Travis Long

11:08- Daren Johnson v. Darren Stanek
11:08- John Bobroski v. Landon Nelson

11:16- Ed Fryatt v. Troy Helseth
11:16- Greg Whittemore v. Kim Dolan

11:24- Doug Poole v. Thomas Fischer
11:24- Frank Abbott v. Andrew Valainis

Tomorrow should be fun and competitive day!

12/04/2017

Monday morning will be the first round of our third annual PGA vs. SNGA event. Tomorrow’s format will be best ball and we will be playing at Las Vegas Country Club. Check in tomorrow to see the results and matchups for Tuesday’s singles matches at Red Rock Country Club.
Good luck to our Southern Nevada PGA members!

09/29/2017

2017 Southern Nevada Chapter
Champion: Jim Delaney
Assistant's Champion Andrew Elliott

09/29/2017

DELANEY CAPTURES 2017 CHAPTER CHAMPIONSHIP

2017 Senior Match Play Champion and Southern Highlands Golf Club Director of Golf, Jim Delaney came into this week without playing much golf recently due to spending a couple weeks with family in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. But, he did his best to focus on the task at hand and "just play the course and see what happens." Well, good things happened as Delaney played solid on Monday with three birdies and just one bogey to shoot a 2-under 70, giving him a two-shot lead heading into the second day.
Things didn't start out so easy for Delaney though, nerves got the best of him and he bogied the first two holes bringing him back to even par for the championship. "I was very nervous off the first tee," Delaney said, "but, it's all about concentration in these situations. I just kept telling myself to finish the process and complete my golf swing." The nerves didn't last long as he made birdie on the par-4 3rd hole and that got him back on track. "After I birdied the third hole, it felt as if I had gained a little confidence and I began to sort out the process better and played more relaxed." And that he did, making three birdies and ten pars over his next thirteen holes.
Although he three-putted the par-3 17th hole, he still had confidence going into the difficult long par-4 18th. "I told myself to just play the hole in front of me and see what happens when finished." Delaney said.
Well, what happened was a 3-under total (70-71) for the two days and a two-shot victory over fellow PGA Professionals, Travis Long (Anthem Country Club) and Kim Dolan (Siena Golf Club), giving Delaney his second major of the season.
Delaney closed his remarks by saying, "I am very blessed to be a part of our Chapter as there are many great professionals. Being afforded the opportunity to golf with them makes me a better player."
Congratulations Jim, well done!

We would also like to congratulate TPC Las Vegas Assistant Professional, Andrew Elliott, for taking home his first Assistant's Championship. His two-day combined total of 145 was one shot better than Wes Weston (Wynn Golf & Country Club) and two shots better than 2017 Chapter Player of the Year, Troy Helseth (Anthem Country Club).

We'd like to give a big thanks to Andy Schaper, Dave Enyeart and the Boulder Creek staff for hosting this year's championship. They are very supportive to our Chapter and we appreciate greatly their hospitality.

Final results:

Sep 25 - Sep 26, 2017 at Boulder Creek Golf Club - Eldorado/Coyote Run

09/26/2017

DELANEY CRUISES TO TWO-SHOT LEAD IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA CHAPTER CHAMPIONSHIP

Southern Highlands Golf Club Director of Golf, Jim Delaney played solid and steady in today’s first round of the Chapter Championship held at Boulder Creek Golf Club. He made birdies on holes 2 & 7 to go along with seven pars on the front nine to shoot 34 (El Dorado). He then continued a string of pars until finally breaking through with another birdie on the par-5 16th. He was 3-under going into the final hole of which was his only bogey on the day and finished with an opening round of 70 (-2). Delaney will be in the final pairing tomorrow with Wynn Golf & Country Club caddie, Brad Church and Anthem Country Club Assistant Professional and 2016-17 Player of the Year, Troy Helseth who both shot even par 72. Also shooting even par was Kim Dolan from Siena Golf Club who will be in the second to last group with Andrew Elliott from TPC Las Vegas and Travis Long from Anthem Country Club both shooting 73 and 74 respectively.
The Southern Nevada Chapter Championship is sponsored by the PGA of America and will continue with tomorrow’s final round at Boulder Creek GC. The winner of the event will take home $1,300.
See the full results of day one here:

Sep 25 - Sep 26, 2017 at Boulder Creek Golf Club - Eldorado/Coyote Run

08/28/2017

CONGRATULATIONS TO TRAVIS LONG FROM Anthem Country Club, THE 2017 MATCH PLAY CHAMPION!

Travis Long beat Troy Helseth 7&5