The 2011 Coyote Springs Classic concluded at the Chase, a beautiful Nicklaus layout with undulating greens and numerous hazards strategically placed making this course’s difficulty higher than average. This new venue was a challenging one keeping the competitors on their toes and focused throughout the two beautiful days. The event’s competitors heated up just as much on day one and two as the weather did. Unfortunately the course was the victor allowing only a few low scores.

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In This Issue >>>

The Official Newsletter of the Southern Nevada Golf Association

1. Coyote Springs Classic 2. Las Vegas Golf & Tennis 3. The President’s Corner 4. Nature Valley Amateur 5. WSNGA 6. MetLife Auto and Home® 7. Misunderstood Rules 8. Coyote Springs Classic (Cont.) 9. Community News 10. What’s on Tap

The Grind

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SNGA Home Course Specials for Palm Valley Golf Club and Highland Falls Golf Club

SNGA members receive special rates on tee times with reservations up to 7 days

in advance with no restrictions

SPECIAL RATES:

$50 Anytime $36 after 1:00PM

Visit www.golfsummerlin.com for more information

Call 702-254-7010 for your tee time

for SNGA Members Only Every paid round receives

a sleeve of Callaway Tour Balls or a sleeve of Titleist Pro V’s.

2011 Issue April

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Las Vegas Golf and Tennis Grand Opening Story by Brian Hurlburt of GolfLasVegasNow.com Las Vegas always does it big. And that was the case at the grand open-ing of the newest Las Vegas Golf and Tennis store which is located near the Las Vegas Strip. Two of the biggest names in sports were on hand to celebrate, fellow Las Vegas residents Andre Agassi and Natalie Gul-bis. The new location is being called a SuperStore and features a very special partnership with TaylorMade. --By Brian Hurlburt, Founding Editor, GolfLasVegasNow.com. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to be opening another golf retail shop, so centralized at that, with the help of TaylorMade Golf,” said Las Vegas Golf & Tennis Superstore owner Ron Boreta, who is close friends with Agassi. “This has been a family-owned business for nearly 40 years, and we look forward to continuing to provide the community with not just golf and tennis equipment, but job opportunities and commerce as well.” The new location is located at I-15 and Tropi-cana, just north of the very popular In-N-Out Burger, on Dean Martin Drive. On the other side of the freeway is the ma-jestic CityCenter. A TaylorMade Whiteout took over the 15,000-square-feet converted warehouse the night of the grand opening when Gulbis entertained with autographs, photos and then participated in a special putting contest. Nearly half of the new Las Vegas Golf & Tennis store is comprised of TaylorMade-adidas equipment, apparel and accessories, while the ten-nis portion of the retail space is anchored by adidas Tennis apparel. In addition to selling apparel and equipment, Las Vegas Golf & Tennis is home to the only TaylorMade Fitting Center in Las Vegas, which uses computerized, opti-mized launch monitors and technology that allow consumers to experience a fitting in the same manner in which pro-fessional golfers do. Las Vegas Golf & Tennis also offers club repair and non-performance assistance. The Whiteout paid tribute to the hottest equipment rage in the world, TaylorMade's new line of R11 drivers that feature the White technology. TaylorMade Executive Vice President David Abeles was at the opening, fresh off some time at Augusta during Masters week. He said that about half of the 99 golfers in the field were using the TaylorMade driver. He also said that what makes the club unique is that it is the only driver on the market that allows the golfer to inde-pendently adjust the loft angle, the face angle of the club, and the dispersion aspect of the club. The R11 driver is tak-ing the golf world by storm for not only its revolutionary technology (golfers can basically dial in the driver to pinpoint specs that best suit them and any particular course) but also for the white paint scheme on the club. The white paint makes the club look sleek but it also serves a purpose. In addition to its visibility on camera, Taylor-Made's revolutionary drivers were painted white to satisfy the demands of discerning PGA Tour players who continu-ously requested maximum contrast between the club face and the crown of the driver. The white crown color and black PVD face of the R11 and Burner SuperFast 2.0 provides optimum contrast against the ground to the clubs eas-ier to aim. This advantage is even more pronounced in lower light, such as when the tee box is in shade or shadow, on overcast days or when the sun is low in the morning and in the evening. The crown color also eliminates high-intensity "hot spots" caused by reflected sunlight that afflicts gloss-finish metalwoods. Shortly after the R11 was named an "Editor's Choice" and both drivers was awarded gold medals in Golf Digest's recently released 2011 Hot List, TaylorMade began the 2011 season on top in the driver brand count with a total of 10 drivers in play in a field of just 29 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. At the Sony Open and the Bob Hope Classic a combined total of 41 players teed up white drivers. During her comments at the opening, Gulbis encouraged anyone who would listen that the technology is superb. "I am hitting the ball 15 yards farther this season than last year, and getting home in two on par 5s that I never would have before," said Gulbis. "This was the most exciting off season I have had in my career and that is because of what Tay-lorMade has created." Gulbis has lived in the Las Vegas Golf Region for several years and works with Las Vegas' Butch Harmon who operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at Rio Secco Golf Club. “That Las Vegas Golf & Tennis would choose TaylorMade and adidas Golf to stock such a significant part of its new store is both exciting and a testament to the respect consumers have for the brands,” said Abeles. “We are very ex-cited at this retail expansion that Las Vegas Golf & Tennis is experiencing, and proud to be a part of its heritage within the community.” Las Vegas Golf and Tennis was created by Voss Boreta who was a trailblazer in golf retail for the last 40 years. Now his sons, Ron and John, are involved and spearheading the new expansion. Besides the new location, golfers in Las Vegas can visit a location in Henderson that is located in the District at Green Valley Ranch. Or they can visit LVGolf.com. Some of this report courtesy TaylorMade press release.

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The President’s Corner By Steven Fink

As the recently elected President of the Southern Nevada Golf Association, I have been encour-aged to contribute to the “Grind” in an effort to provide our membership with information on the status and direction of “YOUR” golf association. This month’s writing serves as a “call to par-ticipate” in your SNGA. The word, “Your,” is very important to emphasize as the SNGA exists to provide services to its members and the community at large. As written on the SNGA website (www.snga.org), “the SNGA is a not-for-profit organization founded to represent, promote and serve the best interests of golf in the state of Nevada. The organization is the official representative of the United States Golf Association in Southern Nevada.” The current SNGA Executive Committee, which includes myself, Tony Caiazzo (V.P.), Tom Khamis (Secretary) and Sam Miles (Treasurer), is dedicated to meeting these purposes. However, we are not alone in overseeing the SNGA’s direction and operations. A new set of organizational by-laws were adopted by a vote of SNGA Directors at the beginning of this year. These by-laws created a 13 Member Executive Board, of which 7 seats are currently filled as follows: 4 current Executive Committee members, a current PGA representative, a current WSNGA representative, and a current Junior Golf representative, First Tee of Southern Nevada This leaves six (6) openings to fill the Executive Board, which said vacancies will be voted upon by the current SNGA Directors in attendance at our upcoming May 2nd “Spring Meeting” of all SNGA Directors. Nine (9) individuals (all current SNGA Directors) have been nominated and placed on the ballot for election to these remaining six Executive Board positions. Once filled, the Executive Board will debate and vote on both short and long term operational issues as they arise for Executive Board consideration on May 2nd and throughout each year. A little more detail regarding SNGA Directors may aide in understanding our oversight structure. SNGA Directors are individual representatives of all “regularly organized SNGA member golf clubs” in Southern Nevada, whether “green grass” clubs (public or private), social or handicap clubs, and also include individual representatives from the local PGA, WSNGA, Jr. Golf, Medalist Golf Association, and USGA. The Executive Board and Executive Committee are typically elected bi-annually from the existing SNGA Directors at election time. All Directors have an opportunity to provide input into the direction the SNGA takes to meet the organization’s objectives, based on their individual club or organizational needs and requirements. Although Directors’ input can be offered at any time, such input is specifically encouraged to be made at the SNGA’s annual Spring and Fall meetings. At these meetings, all Directors have an opportunity to provide their thoughts on the issues at hand, which are voted upon by the then-serving Executive Board. If you are unaware who is your Director representative to the SNGA Board, please contact your club’s man-ager or other administrative entity. At the same time, if you have an interest in becoming a SNGA Director, you must be a member in good standing at the club for which you seek to be a Director, either being appointed or elected to that position by your club, with noti-fication given to the SNGA’s Executive Director. With regard to our upcoming Spring Meeting, I encourage all current Directors to please attend our Spring Meeting, 5:30 PM, May 2nd at Las Vegas Country Club, to both vote for the remaining Execution Board positions, and to have their voices heard on the issues presented at that meeting for Executive Board consideration. YOUR participation is crucial to the SNGA’s long term success. Please refer to the correspondence previ-ously sent by SNGA staff for specific details of this meeting. With regard to our SNGA staff, we are fortunate to have Nicole Dutt-Roberts as our Executive Director and Drew Smith as our Assis-tant Executive Director, both of whom carry out the daily tasks associated with the SNGA’s purpose, and implementing the operational requirements that result from our Executive Board decisions. They work hard every day to provide excellent service to our organiza-tion, although most of us only see them (and our other full time staff and volunteers) at our tournament events. Future editions will delve into some of their “daily duties.” At the end of the day, without our general memberships’ participation in SNGA events, whether scheduled tournaments, social outings or formal Board of Director and Executive Committee meetings, the SNGA would not be able to serve our community in accordance with its purpose. We have all experienced the local economic difficulties of the last several years, and unfortunately, future economic conditions remain somewhat uncertain. If we are able to “increase” participation in the SNGA in the months and years ahead, we will further enhance the SNGA’s ability to provide exceptional value for our golfing community, and for the general community at large. Your help in meeting this increased participation goal will enhance and facilitate the SNGA’s ability to meet its objectives.

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2011 WSNGA TEAM PLAY DIVISION STANDINGS

YTD POINTS YTD RANK

RED DIVISON GROSS NET OVERALL GROSS NET OVERALL

Black Mountain 13.5 32.5 46 6 1 2

Boulder City 22.5 12 34.5 3 7 6

Los Prados 13 17 30 7 6 7

LVCC 30 24.5 54.5 1 2 1

Oasis 27.5 18 45.5 2 5 3

Revere 15 20 35 5 3 5

Sun City 22.5 20 42.5 3 3 4

BLUE DIVISION GROSS NET OVERALL GROSS NET OVERALL

Business Women 24 22.5 46.5 3 3 3

Canyon Gate 28 26.5 54.5 1 1 1

Desert Rose 7.5 15.5 23 7 6 7

Mountain Falls 17.5 15.5 33 6 6 6

Muni 23 19 42 4 5 4

Red Rock 18 21.5 39.5 5 4 5

Spanish Trail 26 23.5 49.5 2 2 2

Developing Champions On and Off the Course!

Our Local Programs include:

Danny Gans Jr. Golf Academy Fore All Year Open Clinics

SNJGA Jr. Golf Tour A/B Honor Roll Program

Fore All Seasons Middle School Program (in 16 Clark County School District middle schools)

National School Program (in 82 Clark County School District elementary schools)

Military Affiliate Program (free clinics for military families at Nellis)

National Guardsmen and Reservist Program (free clinics for children of Guardsmen/Reservist)

Driving the Dream Scholarships for Higher Education (four 4-year scholarships awarded annually)

Each year, TFTSN must raise 100% of our budget locally. That is about $460,000 to continue to provide this important

programming in Southern Nevada. We cannot do it without your help. If you would like more information about how you can support what we do, please do not hesitate to contact us at 702-433-0626 or make a tax-deductible donation.

WSNGA offers Team Play competition between member organizations. In 2011, 14 of our 23 member associations are competing for the 3 titles; Overall Champions, Gross Champions and Net Champions. Format of these matches is four-ball match play with 8 players per team. Each match has 6 available points, (3 gross and 3

net), and, therefore, 24 points available per team, (4 matches), on any given play day. The 14 participating teams are divided into 2 divisions for the regular season. At the conclusion of scheduled play, the overall, gross and net winners of each division will compete in a playoff for the titles. We have currently completely roughly half of our schedule and the results are seen below.

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Misunderstood Rules By Mike Kearns

Ground under repair is something golfers run into nearly every time they tee it up for a round. The provision for ground under repair within the rules of golf allows players to take relief from certain areas of the golf course. The Rules of Golf are vague on exactly what constitutes ground under repair saying only, “it is any part of the course so marked by order of the committee or so declared by its duly authorized representative.” Ground un-der repair includes material piled for removal and a hole made by a greens keeper. Ground under repair is normally identified/defined by white stakes and white lines. Let’s now take a look at some areas of the golf course and the proper way to take re-lief from ground under repair. THROUGH THE GREEN: If the ball lies through the green in ground under repair, the player may lift the ball and drop it within one club length of and not nearer the hole than the near-est point of full relief (full relief means the ground under repair no longer affects your stance, lie, or area of intended swing.) The nearest point of relief MUST NOT be in a hazard or on the putting green. BUNKER: If the ball lies in ground under repair within a bun-ker, the player may lift the ball and drop it within one club length of the nearest point of full relief that is still in the bunker. If full relief within the bunker is impossible, the player may drop the ball within the bunker at the point of maximum relief. Also, under penalty of one stroke, the player may drop the ball outside the bunker keeping the line between where the ball original lay and the hole and going back as far as they want on that line. PUTTING GREEN: If the ball lies in ground under repair on the putting green or the player’s ball lies on the putting green and ground under repair on the putting green interferes with the line of putt, the player may lift and place the ball at the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole and not in a hazard. Keep in mind this nearest point may be off the putting green. TEEING GROUND: If the ball lies in ground under repair on the teeing ground, the same provisions as those de-scribed in the “through the green” section apply. Always remember, the ball may be cleaned when taking relief from ground under repair; however, a new ball may not be substituted. By being aware of where the ball lies in ground under repair, you can be sure to always follow the proper relief proce-dures. Remember you always have the option of playing the ball as it lies within ground under repair, unless the com-mittee has deemed otherwise. However, if you do decide to take relief make sure you follow the proper procedure to avoid penalties.

Proper Relief from Ground Under Repair

Have a rules Question? Contact the SNGA!

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2011 Coyote Springs Classic The winners of the event are: Open Net Division First Flight Winners were, Jeremy May as the winner with a net score of 149. Mr. May was also the proud Overall winner for the Open Division. Second place went to Cy Fer-nandez with a net score of 150. Trik Caspary came in third shooting a net score of 154. In the Open Division, second flight, George Yocum shot a net score of 151 to win first place. Ethan Tseu finished in second place with a net score of 152 and Barry Isaacs finished third place with a net score 154. Congratulations to the winners!

The mighty seniors had a rough time matching par in the Scratch Division. Danny Ganier posted a 71-75 to win with a 146 total just edging out Frank Acker who shot 149 to take second place followed by third place, Steve Fink with a 150. In the Senior Net Division, Burke Cahill won the Net Division with a 147, Joseph Wilkerson finished second with a 153 and there were two winners in the third spot, Gary Carpendale and Steven Fink who both turned in a two day total of 154. Withstanding the hot sun on Sunday, the Super Seniors survived posting a Gross Di-

vision total for first place was Albert Upsher with a 161. Second place winner was James Miller shooting a 162 for the two day total. In third place Kyle Davis fired a 163 total. In the Super Senior Net Division Mr. Jim Burger won

by two strokes scoring a 150 for the two day total. Coming in second place was Tom Khamis with a 152 two day total. In third place, shooting a two day net total was Albert Upsher with a 153 total. Good playing guys! Again we would like to thank SNGA’s Elite Corporate Sponsor, Met Life, check them out for great discounts on your home and auto insurance. We would also like to thank Corporate Plus Sponsor, Las Vegas Golf and Tennis and our new sponsor Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine. All SNGA & SGC members are entitled to discounts on merchandise and golf equipment at both Las Vegas Golf and Tennis stores and Callaway Golf Center (go to

www.snga.org or www.southwestgolfclub.com). All SNGA member also receive a $20 discount on your next meal with Roy’s just for being a mem-ber. Visit www.snga.org for more information. Thank you to the staff at Coyote Springs and the employees of The Chase Course who did a phenomenal job accommodating the large field of players. Big thanks to the volunteers who came out to help run this event. You were a huge help!

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The Inaugural Matthew Anderson "Sexy Pants" Memorial Event was a Huge Success Over 100 people participated in our Inaugural Event which began with a Dinner Party Sunday night hosted by Stratosphere Hotel in the Tower. Chef Rick Giffen and his staff served an amazing dinner that culminated in mini cupcakes topped golf scenes. You could choose to be on the fairway, in a bunker or water hazard or on the green next to the flag. Thank you goes out to the entire Strato-sphere family for their support. Congratulations to our tournament winners: 1st Place - B of A Brian Call Kurt Taylor Al Welch Andre Williams 2nd Place - Findlay Honda 3rd Place - Fully Loaded Ted Baker Eric Clark Terry Hamilton Bill Lunde Kevin March Greg Miller Allen Lee Samuel Trenche

8th ANNUAL BRIAN A WITTMAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC FOUNDATION ASSISTING SENIORS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT May 30, 2011 7:30 a.m. Shotgun The Revere at Anthem “Experience Troon Golf” Hole-In-One Contests Closest to the Pin Contests Longest Drive Contests Complimentary Beverage Carts Raffle Prizes & More About the Foundation… Foundation Assisting Seniors, Inc. is a non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to improv-ing the quality of life in the senior community. Last year, through the Foundation, the Community Service Club of Sun City Anthem and Neighbor Assisting Neighbors responded to over 6000 requests for assistance. Services included providing tem-porary, non-medical health assistance, limited home maintenance assistance (i.e. changing light bulbs, servicing water sof-teners), transportation services, loans of mobility equipment and funding for SCA support groups. As it enters its ninth year with the addition of the Veterans Club of Sun City Aliante, the Foundation plans to continue its funding commitment and to develop communication enhancements to ensure the safety, security and independence of the senior community. CLICK HERE for the Full Entry Form

Bryan Price, Jeff Geach, Dave Hayden and Domingo Camberio of Flooring So-lutions of Nevada did not win the tour-nament, but they took home the Inau-gural "Sexy Pants" Competition Award

by vote of the crowd.

thoughts... final

Las Vegas National Golf Club Site of the 2009 SNGA Season Opener

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2625 N. Green Valley Pkwy. Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89014

702-458-4653 www.snga.org

“I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.” ~ George Brett

The first major of the year, the 2011 Southern Nevada Amateur, returns to The Legacy Golf Club. This year all four divisions in-cluding Scratch, Net, Senior (50+), and Super Senior (60+) com-petitors will compete on May 19-22 with the Senior and Super Senior Divisions playing on Thursday and Friday and the Scratch and Net Divisions competing on Saturday and Sunday. There will be lots of golf and fun to be had. We look forward to the upcoming event and hope for great weather for the Southern Nevada Amateur. Visit www.snga.org for more information about the entire SNGA Tournament Series.

2011 Southern Nevada Amateur

The Legacy Golf ClubHole #9