Golf Channel to televise Clash in the Canyon in June
PGA TOUR What: Valspar Championship. Where: Innisbrook Golf Resort, Copperhead Course (7,340 yards, par 71), Palm Harbor, Florida.
When: Thursday, Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, Sunday, 10 a.m.noon (Golf Channel), noon-3 p.m. (KSNV-3). Purse: $6.3 million (First prize $1,134,000). Defending champion: Charl Schwartzel. Last week: Dustin Johnson won the WGCMexico Championship.
Next: Arnold Palmer Invitational, March 16-19. LPGA TOUR What: No tournament this week. Last week: Inbee Park won the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore.
Next: Bank of Hope Founders Cup in Phoenix, March 16-19. PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS What: No tournament this week. Last tournament: Fred Couples won the Chubb Classic.
Next: Tucson Conquistadors Classic, March 17-19. means the sooner tee times are reserved online — within a 14-day window for locals — the lower the rates. PGA JUNIOR LEAGUE
Teams are being formed for the PGA Junior League. Young golfers play in a team environment, and local PGA of America and LPGA teaching professionals provide coaching. The first day is scheduled for April 22 at TPC Las Vegas, but registration ends March 31. See pgajlg.com for more information. HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP
Applications from graduating high school golfers are being accepted for the annual Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame Bill Walters Scholarship.
Friday, Saturday: UNLV men’s golf at Jackrabbit Invitational, Siena
Friday-Sunday: UNLV women’s golf at Mountain View Invitational, Tucson, Ariz.
Saturday, Sunday: SNGA Summerlin Amateur, Golf Summerlin
March 18, 19: UNLV men’s golf at the Thunderbird, Tempe, Ariz.
March 22: Women’s SNGA Mountain Falls Fun Day, Mountain Falls
March 25: Golf Channel Spring Classic, Highland Falls
March 25, 26: Recruit Look Junior North Las Vegas, Aliante
March 26,27: Golf to a Cure Golf Classic, DragonRidge March 29: SNGA Tour, Wildhorse April 1, 2: SNGA Sunrise Throwback, Club at Sunrise
April 4: UNLV RAF Scholarship Golf Classic, Southern Highlands April 5: Women’s SNGA, Desert Willow April 11, 12: Recruit Look Boulder City Junior Championship, Boulder City Golf Club
April 15: Golf Channel March on Concord, Revere
April 15, 16: Future Champions Golf Tour, Primm Valley
April 19: UNLV Football Foundation Tournament, Spanish Trail
April 19: Women’s SNGA Black Mountain Invitational, Black Mountain The scholarship is for $5,000, and an application can be downloaded from lvjga.org or nevadacf.org. STARS ON, OFF COURSE
Mike Davis, who has won several instructor of the year awards, will be inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame this year. He played college golf with fellow Las Vegas Hall of Famer Jack Sheehan at Oregon. The golf notebook appears Thursdays. Freelance writer Brian Hurlburt is a two-time author who has covered golf in Las Vegas for more than two decades. He can be reached at bhurlburt5@gmail.com.