Las Vegas Golf Champions
Las Vegas has a long and deep professional golf history. The inaugural PGA Tour Tournament of Champions was played in 1953 at the Desert Inn Country Club and the LPGA Tour hosted the LPGA Championship, a Major, at Stardust Country from 1961-66. And the Senior PGA Tour played many events in Las Vegas golf over the years. The biggest names in golf have won championships in Las Vegas including Paul Azinger, Las Vegas’ own Jim Colbert, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Nancy Lopez, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Lorena Ochoa, Arnold Palmer, Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb, Mickey Wright, and Tiger Woods, who won the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. That championship was Tiger’s first victory on the PGA Tour.
PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions at Desert Inn Country Club, 1953-66; Stardust Country Club 1967-68
1953 Al Besselink 280
1954 Art Wall Jr. 278
1955 Gene Littler 280
1956 Gene Littler 281
1957 Gene Littler 285
1958 Stan Leonard 275
1959 Mike Souchak 281
1960 Jerry Barber 268
1961 Sam Snead 273
1962 Arnold Palmer 276
1963 Jack Nicklaus 273
1964 Jack Nicklaus 279
1965 Arnold Palmer 277
1966 Arnold Palmer 283
1967 Frank Beard 278
1968 Don January 276
Sahara Invitational
1962-68 Paradise Valley Country Club; 1969 Sahara Valley Country Club; 1970-72 Paradise Valley Country Club; 1973-76 Sahara Valley Country Club
1962 Tony Lema 270
1963 Jack Nicklaus 276
1964 R.H. Sikes 275
1965 Billy Casper 269
1966 Jack Nicklaus 282
1967 Jack Nicklaus 270
1968 Chi Chi Rodriguez 274
1969 Jack Nicklaus 272
1970 Babe Hiskey 276
1971 Lee Trevino 280
1972 Lanny Wadkins 273
1973 John Mahaffey 271
1974 Al Geiberger 273
1975 Dave Hill 270
1976 George Archer 271
Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic
The following Las Vegas golf courses have hosted: Bear’s Best Las Vegas, Desert Inn Country Club, Dunes Country Club, Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas National Golf Club, Paradise Valley Country Club, Southern Highlands Golf Club, Spanish Trail Golf and Country Club, Sunrise Country Club. TPC Las Vegas, TPC Summerlin, and Tropicana Country Club.
1983 Fuzzy Zoeller 340 (90 holes)
Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational
1984 Denis Watson 341
1985 Curtis Strange 338
1986 Greg Norman 333
1987 Paul Azinger 271 (72 holes)
1988 Gary Koch 274
Las Vegas Invitational
1989 Scott Hoch 336 (90 holes)
1990 Bob Tway 334
1991 Andrew Magee 329
1992 John Cook 334
1993 Davis Love III 331
1994 Bruce Lietzke 332
1995 Jim Furyk 331
1996 Tiger Woods 332
1997 Bill Glasson 340
1998 Jim Furyk 335
1999 Jim Furyk 331
Invensys Classic at Las Vegas
2000 Billy Andrade 332
2001 Bob Estes 329
2002 Phil Tataurangi 330
Las Vegas Invitational
2003 Stuart Appleby 328
Michelin Championship at Las Vegas
2004 Andre Stolz 266 (72 holes)
2005 Wes Short Jr. 266
Frys.com Open
2006 Troy Matteson 265
Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children
2007 George McNeill 264
Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
2008 Marc Turnesa 263
Senior PGA Tour
Las Vegas Senior Classic
Desert Inn Country Club 1986-1995; TPC Summerlin 1994-1996; TPC Canyons and TPC Summerlin 1997-2001
1986 Bruce Crampton 206
1987 Al Geiberger 203
General Tire Las Vegas Classic
1988 Larry Mowry 204
1989 Charles Coody 205
Las Vegas Senior Classic
1990 Chi Chi Rodrieguez
1991 Chi Chi Rodriguez
1992 Lee Trevino
1993 Gibby Gilbert
1994 Raymond Floyd
1995 Jim Colbert
1996 Jim Colbert
Las Vegas Senior Classic presented by TruGreen ChemLawn
1997 Hale Irwin
1998 Hale Irwin
1999 Vicente Fernandez
2000 Larry Nelson
Las Vegas Senior Classic
2001 Bruce Fleisher
LPGA Tour
LPGA Championship (Major) at Stardust Country Club
1961 Mickey Wright 287
1962 Judy Kimball 282
1963 Mickey Wright 294
1964 Mary Mills 278
1965 Sandra Haynie 279
1966 Gloria Ehret 282
LPGA Tour Sealy LPGA Classic at the Desert Inn Country Club
1971 Sandra Palmer
1972 Betty Berfeindt
LPGA Tour Sealy-Faberge Classic at the Desert Inn Country Club
1973 Kathy Cornelius
Desert Inn Classic at Desert Inn Country Club
1974 Joanne Carner
LPGA Tour National Pro-Am at Desert Inn Country Club and Paradise Valley Country Club
1980 Donna Caponi
LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am at Desert Inn Country Club and Las Vegas Country Club
1981 Donna Caponi
J&B Scotch Pro-Am at Desert Inn Country Club
1982 Nancy Lopez
1983 Nancy Lopez
1984 Ayako Okamoto
1985 Patty Sheehan
Desert Inn LPGA International, at Desert Inn Country Club
1990 Maggie Will
1991 Penny Hammel
1992 Dana Dorman
Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate, at Canyon Gate Country Club
1993 Trish Johnson
LPGA Tour Takefuji Classic at Las Vegas Country Club
2003 Candie Kung 204
2004 Cristie Kerr 209
2005 Wendy Ward 278
2006 Lorena Ochoa 197
ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1996 Karrie Webb 272
1997 Annika Sorenstam 277
LPGA Tour PageNet Championship
1998 Laura Davies
1999 Se Ri Pak 276
Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge (LPGA Tour vs. PGA Tour vs. Champions Tour)
1996 PGA Tour: Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart
1997 PGA Tour: Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Phil Mickelson
1998 Senior PGA Tour: Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson
1999 Senior PGA Tour: Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson
2000 PGA Tour: Notah Begay III, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson
2001 PGA Tour: Mark Calcaveccia, Fred Couples, John Daly
2002 PGA Tour: Rich Beem, John Daly, Jim Furyk
2003 PGA Tour: Mark Calcaveccia, John Daly, Peter Jacobsen,
2004 LPGA Tour: Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, Grace Park
2005 Champions Tour: Jay Haas, Hale Irwin, Craig Stadler
2006 PGA Tour: Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Scott Verplank
2007 LPGA Tour: Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel
2008 Champions Tour: Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Nick Price
Amateurs
Southern Nevada Golf Association
The Southern Nevada Golf Association conducts numerous events each year, but considers five events to be the major tournaments played each year. The following are players who have won three of those five tournaments.
Frank Acker
1991 Clark County Amateur
1992 Southern Nevada Amateur
1997 Las Vegas City Amateur
Jim Allred
1980 Nevada State Amateur
1983 Clark County Amateur
1984 Las Vegas City Amateur
Eric Dutt
1976 Nevada State Amateur
1990 Southern Nevada Amateur
1994 Las Vegas City Amateur
Brady Exber
1986 Las Vegas City Amateur
1991 Nevada State Amateur
1995 Southern Nevada Amateur
2000 Southern Nevada Amateur
2000 Las Vegas City Amateur
2003 Southern Nevada Amateur
2005 Las Vegas City Amateur
2008 Nevada State Amateur
Morris Ferstman
1977 Nevada State Amateur
1972 Southern Nevada Amateur
1973 Las Vegas City Amateur
1977 Clark County Amateur
Edward Fryatt
1992 Nevada State Amateur
1989-93 Las Vegas City Amateur (5 times)
1989 Southern Nevada Amateur
1992,'93 Clark County Amateur
Billy Harvey
1997 Southern Nevada Amateur
1997 Clark County Amateur
2000 Nevada State Amateur
2001 Nevada State Amateur
Doug Pool
1984 Southern Nevada Amateur
1985 Clark County Amateur
1987 Southern Nevada Amateur
2001 Southern Nevada Amateur
2008 Southern Nevada Amateur
Carl Von Hake
1983 Las Vegas City Amateur
1986 Southern Nevada Amateur
1987 Clark County Amateur
Senior Division
Mike Diehl
1995 Southern Nevada Amateur
1996 Nevada State Amateur
1996 Clark County Amateur
1997 Las Vegas City Amateur
1998 Southern Nevada Amateur
1998 Las Vegas City Amateur
1999 Southern Nevada Amateur
Jim Saub, Jr.
1999 Las Vegas City Amateur
2000 Las Vegas City Amateur
2000 Clark County Amateur
