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Steve Young and Herman Edwards speak to local Rotarians
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 8:04pm
For the second year in a row, celebrities taking part in the American Century Golf Championship have visited a Tahoe Douglas Rotary meeting during tournament week.
This year, Hall of Famer Steve Young and former NFL coach Herman "Herm" Edwards joined the local community group for an hour of honest observations and questions and answers.
"It's fun to be with you," Young told the intimate group of Rotarians and their guests. "I feel comfortable here at home in 49er country. If I ever got into trouble I know you guys could hide me."
Josh Scobee has lead at American Century Golf Championship
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 6:13pm
Veteran NFL placekicker Josh Scobee has the lead in the American Century Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe. Scobee, of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has 57 points with the tournament's Modified Stableford scoring.
Round 1 leader Mark Mulder, former Oakland Athletics pitcher, is five points behind with a 52.
"Knuckleheads" on the 7th Hole make it the fun place to be
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 10:42pm
What started as a small group of guys from Sacramento coming to South Lake Tahoe for a fun time at celebrity golf has turned into an iconic. must-be-at part of the whole American Century Golf Championship experience.
American Century Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe until 2022
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 1:53pm
What the celebrities call the Super Bowl of Golf, the American Century Golf Championship has extended their contract in Lake Tahoe another seven years, until 2022.
The 2015 tournament was the 26th event to be held at Edgewood Tahoe and was the last year of the current contract.
Tee times for Friday's first round of American Century Golf Championship
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 6:20pm
The American Century Golf Championship officially gets underway on Friday with round one of the 26th annual tournament in South Lake Tahoe.
The tee times for the 91 celebrities at Edgewood Tahoe are as follows:
Teeing from the 1st Tee:
7:50 1 Jared Allen
AJ Hawk
Patrick Peterson
8:00 3 Martin Brodeur
Ozzie Smith
Andruw Jones
8:10 5 Roger Clemens
Ivan Rodriguez
Fred McGriff
8:20 7 Steve Young
Herm Edwards
TJ Oshie
8:30 9 Cris Collinsworth
Hines Ward
Rodney Harrison
8:40 11 David Cone
David Wells
Trevor Hoffman
8:50 13 Rick Rhoden
Tahoe Celebrity-Am Tournament pairings for Thursday
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 9:32pm
It will be a long day of golf on Thursday for the celebrities in South Lake Tahoe for the American Century Golf Championship. Not all celebrities golfing in the championship will be taking part in the Celebrity-Am, but 55 of them are.
Tee times start at 6:50 a.m. at Edgewood Tahoe.
Teeing off on the First Hole
6:50 am - Josh Beckett 7:00 am - Marcus Allen 7:10 am - Emmitt Smith
7:20 am - Joe Theismann 7:30 am - Joe Carter 7:40 am - Jerry Rice
7:50 am - Roger Clemens 8:00 am - John Elway 8:10 am - Alex Smith
Justin Timberlake already a crowd-pleaser at American Century
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 10:54pm
Fans of the American Century Golf Tournament in South Lake Tahoe have grown accustomed to superstars, but the addition of actor, singer, golfer Justin Timberlake may bring a whole new meaning to "celebrity" for many in the galleries.
This is Timberlake's first time playing in the tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. The six handicap avid golfer is getting the attention of many who don't usually follow golf.
The 34-year-old Timberlake will tee off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday with actor Alfonso Ribeiro. The two will be paired with amateur players selected to join them.
A.J. Hawk to fan on 7th hole: I have no problem doing it again
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 10:49pm
"I have no problem doing it again," said NFL linebacker A.J. Hawk. "I need to find a way to make it better."
Tahoe Celebrity Golf pairings for Wednesday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 7:19pm
Some of the celebrity golfers participating in the 26th annual American Century Golf Championship will be playing in a celebrity-am tournament on Wednesday. Tee-off times are scheduled between 8:35 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. Other celebrities will be playing practice rounds throughout the day.
The Lake Tahoe Celebrity-Am Tournament pairings sheet:
1st tee
8:40 Jack Wagner, Mardy Fish, Brian Kelly
8:50 Aaron Rodgers, Brian Baumgartner, Colt Ford
9:00 Justin Timberlake, Alfonso Ribeiro
9:10 Cris Collinsworth
12:20 Willie Robertson
12:30 Joe Sakic, Andruw Jones
Pairings list released for Tuesday's Tahoe South Celebrity-Am
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 12:03am
The American Century Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe gets underway Tuesday with the Tahoe South Celebrity-Am tournament at 9 a.m. It will be a shotgun start with 18 celebrities paired up with amateur groups.
Private jets started to bring in the celebrities to the Tahoe Valley Airport with many more arrivals expected Tuesday. There will be practice rounds for celebrities held throughout the day.
The pairings for Tuesday (celebrity with group and hole starting on):
Roger CLemens - HARRAH'S 1A
Bret Saberhagen - HARRAH'S 1B
Sterling Sharpe - ABOWD 8
Odds makers pick Billy Joe Tolliver to win American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Mon, 07/13/2015 - 10:27pm
Four-time American Century Golf champion Billy Joe Tolliver, former quarterback for five NFL teams, is now the top choice of Harrah’s and Harveys Race & Sports Book to win the 26th annual celebrity golf tournament this week in South Lake Tahoe.
He is listed at 7-2 to win the event over defending champion Mark Rypien and perennial contenders John Smoltz and John Elway.
Rypien, the original favorite, is 5-1 with Smoltz at 6-1 and eight-time champion Rick Rhoden at 7-1 for the 54-hole, modified-Stableford competition at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
Jerome Bettis on the Hall, Celebrity Golf, Football and Mom
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:05am
Just a few days before heading to South Lake Tahoe to play in the American Century Golf Championship, former Pittsburg Steeler running back Jerome Bettis was talking golf, about his upcoming induction into the NFL Hall of Fame and how his mom is doing as a cancer survivor.
Justin Timberlake added to lineup of stars at Celebrity Golf
Submitted by paula on Wed, 06/10/2015 - 7:27am
Justin Timblerlake fans will be thrilled to learn that the multi-talented actor and musical artist will be golfing at this summer's American Century Championship celebrity golf in South Lake Tahoe his summer. He joins superstar athletes and entertainers for the first time this summe. Timberlake is an avid golfer who sports a six handicap and is renowned in the sport for his philanthropic endeavors.
South Tahoe High wrestler wins at Fresno tournament
Submitted by paula on Sat, 06/06/2015 - 11:03pm
As Andrew Herrera is wrapping up his sophomore year at South Tahoe High, he is also busy making a mark in the wrestling world.
On Saturday, June 6, Herrera took first place in the 192-pound division at the California USA Wrestling tournament in Fresno.
The young South Lake Tahoe wrestler took third in the 170 pound division during February's state tournament.
2nd Annual LTCC Community Games
Submitted by paula on Fri, 05/22/2015 - 4:58pm
Event Date:
May 30, 2015 (All day)
Let the games begin again! Lake Tahoe Community College’s student-led business club, the Future Business Leaders of Tahoe, is hosting the 2nd Annual LTCC Community Games on Saturday, May 30 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in LTCC’s Fitness Education Center on campus. This event-filled day will include a table tennis competition, kickball tournaments, dodgeball tournaments, a silent auction, raffle, food and drink, and live music.
American Century releases list of celebrity golfers to participate in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 05/19/2015 - 5:38pm
Once again, the most popular celebrity golf tournament in the county will be held on the southern shores of Lake Tahoe. The 26th Annual American Century Championship will be held in South Lake Tahoe from July 14-19, 2015 at Edgewood Tahoe.
The list of the 95 participants released resemble the 'A List' of who's who in sports and entertainment, as well as the military. They will all be going after a prize purse of $625,000.
Whittell's baseball team one step closer to repeat as state champs
Submitted by paula on Sat, 05/16/2015 - 12:44am
The Whittell Warriors baseball team entered the state tournament as the defending championships, and today they are one step closer to repeating for Division IV teams.
They lost their first round game on Thursday against the number one seed from the south, Pahranagat Valley, 12-2. They then went on to beat Tonopah in the loser's bracket by a score of 7-6 on Friday which saw them meet up Pahranagat Valley once again.
Whittell won the game, 4-2.
In the meantime, Virginia City, the number one seed from the north, beat Tonopah 9-5 and Pahranagat Valley 6-1.
South Tahoe's post season ends in loss to Elko
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/10/2015 - 7:42pm
The varsity boy's baseball team from South Tahoe High met up with their 2015 nemesis on the diamond this weekend, loosing to Elko 6-5 and 9-4. The losses ended the Viking's hope for a State Tournament bid.
Elko beat South Tahoe each of their previous three meetings this season.
South Tahoe won their game against Spring Creek on Friday.
Friday, May 8
Game 1 – CHURCHILL COUNTY def. SPRING CREEK, 15-5
Game 2 – ELKO def. SOUTH TAHOE, 6-5
Game 3 – SOUTH TAHOE def. SPRING CREEK, 10-9 (8 inn.)
Game 4 – CHURCHILL COUNTY def. ELKO, 6-5 (6 inn.)
Saturday, May 9
Whittell Warriors earn Nevada state baseball tournament spot
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/10/2015 - 7:19pm
Whittell High School's varsity baseball team will be defending their 2014 Nevada State Title this week as they head to the 2015 NIAA Division IV Tournament in Las Vegas.
The Warriors went 2-1 this weekend's Northern Nevada playoffs, getting wins over Wells and Mineral County.
The boys from the South Shore will enter the State Tournament as the number two seed from the north. Virginia City is number one.
Here is the State Tournament schedule:
Thursday, May 14, 2015 @ Durango High School (Las Vegas)
Game 1 – PAHRANAGAT VALLEY (#1 Southern) vs. WHITTELL (#2 Northern),
South Tahoe High Baseball Team still alive in NIAA-1A Tournament
Submitted by paula on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 10:37pm
The South Tahoe High varsity baseball team took their 16-8 league record into the NIAA 1-A Northern League Baseball Tournament Friday, coming out of the first day of games still in the hunt for a state tournament bid.
If the Vikings get by Elko Saturday morning, they'll meet up with the number one seed Churchill County in the NIAA-IA Championship game.
Warrior Golf Champion invited to play in American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 8:55pm
South Lake Tahoe's major summer event, the American Century Championship, will once again add another U.S. Army veteran and hero to the 2015 event this July.
Retired United States Army Sergeant Major Rodney Gorman will join the field by virtue of his victory in the 2014 George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Warrior Open. He will join Corporal Chad Pfeifer at Edgewood this summer. Pfeifer was the three-time defending Warrior Open champion and the 2014 tournament's fifth place finisher.
28th Annual Booster Club Golf Tournament at Edgewood this weekend
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 10:43pm
A few spots are still available for rounds of golf on Sunday at Edgewood Tahoe during the 28th Annual Booster Club Golf Tournament. The joint event presented by the Whittell High School and South Tahoe High School booster clubs raises funds for sports at both South Shore schools.
The fun-filled event includes chances to win trophies and $100 for closest-to-the-pin. Each day is an individual tournament with a scramble format. Couples, individuals and foursomes are invited to play. There will be trophies awarded to the top three teams each day.
21st annual Tiki Tee Off Golf Tournament and Luau
Submitted by paula on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 7:21pm
Event Date:
May 22, 2015 - 12:00pm
Join the Barton Foundation for the 21st annual Tiki Tee Off Golf Tournament and Luau. All proceeds support the Community Health Endowment to benefit the health and wellbeing of South Shore residents.
This year’s golf outing will take place on Friday, May 22, at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe. Check-in and buffet brunch will start at 12 p.m. The shot gun scramble will tee off at 1:30 p.m.
NCAA Bracket: Coach Jerod Haase's #14 Blazers beat #3 Iowa
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 12:15pm
South Tahoe High graduate Jerod Haase's University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) basketball team has the first upset of March Madness!
No. 14 seed UAB shocked No. 3 Iowa State, 60-59. ISU was considered by many people to be a potential sleeper to advance to the Final Four. Typically one of the most exciting and most efficient offensive teams in the country, ISU could not pull away as it missed easy shots near the rim and beyond the arc.
South Tahoe HIgh graduate Jerod Haase leads UAB to conference title
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/14/2015 - 9:52pm
Just three days after the Reno Gazette Journal said Jerod Haase should be a top candidate for the head coaching job at UNR, Haase's University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) team won their first Conference USA Tournament championship.
The UAB Blazers beat Middle Tennessee 73-60.
South Lake Tahoe wrestler earns triple crown in Wrestling Ironman tournament
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/08/2015 - 9:41pm
South Lake Tahoe 15-year old Andrew Herrera won his first triple crown in wrestling this weekend during USA Wrestling's Ironman youth tournament held in Reno.
The 182 pound South Tahoe High sophomore won first in Greco, Freestyle and Folkstyle.
Herrera comes off a third place finish with the high school team.
Whittell falls short of another Nevada State basketball title
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/02/2015 - 12:34am
The Whittell High School's boys varsity basketball team made another trip to the NIAA Division IV State Basketball Championships over the weekend, trying to replicate last year's championship. They took their 15-1 league record to The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for the final games of the season.
On Friday, the boys played Spring Mountain from the southern division. Despite 26 points from junior Palmer Chaplin and 17 by Quinn Kixmiller, the Whittell Warriors lost to Spring Mountain, 69-54.
Whittell wins again; Headed to State Basketball Tournament
Submitted by paula on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 1:31am
Two teams that have been neck and neck in the NIAA Northern Division IV standings all season are both headed to the Nevada State tournament.
Whittell Warriors who have just one loss in the regular season, to Virginia City, will meet their nemisis on Saturday for the Northern Nevada Region title. The Virginia City uckers, who's only loss in the regular season was to Whittell, aims to dethrone the defending state champion Warriors.
The two teams meet at 1:30 p.m. in Spring Creek, NV where the Northern Region tournament has been held since Thursday.
Whittell boys beat Owyhee 71-27 in NIAA Div IV basketball quarterfinals
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/20/2015 - 1:00am
Defending Nevada State Division IV basketball champs Whittell High School are the top seed for the West in the Northern Region tournment which started Thursday at Spring Creek High School.
The Warriors beat Owyhee High School in the first round, 71-27. They will meet the McDermitt Bulldogs in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. McDermitt is the #2 seed for the East in post season regional action.
In the other quarterfinal game, Eureka will play Virginia City at 8 p.m.
South Tahoe's Herrera wins third place at state tournament
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/15/2015 - 8:22pm
South Tahoe High School sophomore Andrew Herrera brought home third place honors from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) state wrestling tournament this weekend.
Herrera, who wrestled at 170 lbs, beat Spring Creek's Masin Goodell during Saturday's final round to be the only wrestler from South Lake Tahoe to place.
Pahrump Valley won first place in the team category, followed by Lowry, Virgin Valley and Spring Creek. South Tahoe placed 15 in the state's team category.
Las Vegas Little League team national champs after Chicago team disqualified
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/12/2015 - 10:58pm
A Little League team that captured the attention of the nation and the hearts of its hometown was stripped of its national title Wednesday after an investigation revealed that team officials had falsified boundaries so they could add ineligible players to the roster.
Only last summer, the all-black Jackie Robinson West team was the toast of Chicago and was honored with trips to San Francisco and to the White House.
Pac-8 Hockey championship game in South Lake Tahoe at noon Sunday
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 11:05am
Event Date:
February 8, 2015 - 12:00pm
The Pac 8 Championship Game is set: The Oregon Ducks against the Utah Utes will meet up at noon on Sunday, February 8 at the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena.
Oregon beat USC on Saturday, 4 to 1 and Utah beat Washington 9-2 during Saturday's semi-final round to set up the final game of the tournament.
Tickets are available on line for $10.
The players and coaches have been using Lakeland Village and Tep's Villa Roma as their base of operations during their stay in South Lake Tahoe this week.
South Lake Tahoe hosts Pac-8 collegiate hockey championships
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/03/2015 - 9:33pm
Collegiate hockey is headed to South Lake Tahoe February 6 through 8 when the Pac-8 Championship is held at the SLT Ice Arena.
Defending 2014 co-champs Arizona State ended the season in first with a 9-1 record but will not be attending this weekend's tournament due to disciplinary action. “The Arizona State PAC-8 team has declined the invitation to participate in this year’s tournament due to a team rule violation," according to the Pac-8 website.
Local business owner representing Rotary in Rose Parade
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/31/2014 - 8:44pm
Tahoe Douglas Rotarian Joe Zarachoff has been in Pasadena all week, preparing to participate in the 126th annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Zarachoff, who owns Affordable Business Services on the South Shore, is the current District Governor for Rotary District 5190. This year will be the 36th year Rotary has had a float in the parade and the third straight year that the District Governor from Zarachoff's district has walked with, or rode on, the float.
"I am honored to be here representing our District," Zarachoff said.
South Lake Tahoe's Top Stories of 2014
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/31/2014 - 11:31am
When reflecting over the past year it's hard to remember all that happened in one's life, unless you're good at keeping a journal and you have time to re-read it.
As I look back at what happened in South Lake Tahoe over the last 365 days, a lot happened, but what may seem to be a top story to me may not seem as important to a reader.
I reviewed our analytics, the numbers that are kept to show how many people read South Tahoe Now stories at any given point, and drew from those numbers to come up with the "South Lake Tahoe's Top Stories of 2014."
Weidinger Public Relations of Lake Tahoe wins top honors
Submitted by paula on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 11:30pm
Weidinger Public Relations was presented with four awards by the Public Relations Society of America, Sierra Nevada Chapter at the organization’s 28th annual Silver Spike Awards recently held in Reno. They won the prestigious “Judge’s Choice Award,” denoting Northern Nevada’s best overall campaign.
Need stocking stuffer ideas? Celebrity Golf has discounted 2015 season passes
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 7:13pm
Holiday shoppers can give the gift of Tahoe’s premier summer event this season with American Century Championship patron season passes. This stocking stuffer for the golfer is available at a discounted price Dec. 1 through Dec. 24 and is good for all six days of the tournament, July 14-19, 2015.
Celebrity Golf Tournament gives over $115,000 to local causes and charities
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/13/2014 - 7:39pm
South Lake Tahoe non-profits were awarded $48,000 during the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board meeting today. The 22 groups were each given between $1,000 and $3,000. The LTVA, in partnership with NBC Sports and American Century Investments, previously directed an additional $67,200 through on-site volunteer organizations and other efforts during tournament week to area high schools, Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe Booster Club, Boys and Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe, and the Gene Upshaw Scholarship
South Tahoe High's girls soccer team headed to state tourney
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 10:43pm
One week after the Whittell High girls brought home the state soccer trophy for division III schools, the girls from South Tahoe High are headed to the state tournament for division 1-A. They are entering the tournament as the number two seed from the North after losing to Truckee in the Regional Playoffs.
Gene Upshaw Classic moves to Schaffer's Mill for 2015 tournament
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 8:55pm
Event Date:
July 12, 2015 (All day)
The Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic is moving to Truckee's Schaffer's Mill in 2015, the seventh year of the tournament.
Upshaw, who played often in South Lake Tahoe's American Century Celebrity Golf, withdrew from the 2008 tournament held July 11-13 that year. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in North Lake Tahoe just a month later. He had a home on the North Shore and was hospitalized at Tahoe Truckee Hospital where he died on August 20, 2008.
U15 South Lake Tahoe All-Stars earn top honors in Carson City Tournament
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:34pm
The South Lake Tahoe All-Stars, a girls' U15 soccer team from South Lake
Tahoe, earned first place this past weekend at the All-Star Tournament in
Carson City.
The SLT team beat Bishop 5-0 and Carson City 5-0 on Saturday.
On Sunday, they beat Truckee 2-0 and Mammoth 2-1.
Members of the team include Evelyn George, Hannah Heidel, Kaitlyn Jenese, Bailey Denunzio, Destiny Olivas, Leslie Rosas, Brittney Medina, Melanie Sanchez, Brianna Johns, Lexy Trejo Osorio, Ashley Trejo Osorio, Kendall Rangel, Andrea Vazquez Castillo and Coaches Robert Sanchez and Raul Medina.
South Shore high schools do well in NIAA State Cross Country Races
Submitted by paula on Sat, 11/08/2014 - 8:17pm
South Tahoe High's Boys cross country team is bringing home a Division 1-A fifth place finish from the 2014 NIAA State Cross Country Championships in Las Vegas. Their counterpart across the state line, Division III Whittell High School, is also bringing home fifth place honors from the tournament.
South Tahoe's highest finisher was Dillon Lemons who finished 18th. He was followed by Orion Maxwell (21st), Paul Mutz (25th), Mario Mangiaracina (33rd), George Freeman (42nd), Paul Hoefer (45th) and Chase Stalter (52nd). Their top five finishers ended up with a total time of 1:31:27.1.
Whittell Girls Soccer Team #1 in State!
Submitted by paula on Sat, 11/08/2014 - 7:32pm
The Whittell Warriors Girls soccer team are now Nevada State Champs after they won the NIAA Division III Nevada State High School Tournament Saturdy in Zephyr Cove.
The Whittell girls beat the number two tournament seed, Incline High by a score of 3-1. This was the second time in school history the Whittell girls brought home the trophy.
Scoring details will be published once received.
Sierra Snowball Fight, A Dodgeball Tournament
Submitted by paula on Fri, 10/31/2014 - 8:42pm
Event Date:
November 13, 2014 - 6:00pm
Get your teams ready for the annual Sierra-at-Tahoe Dodgeball Tournament. Dubbed a snowball tournament in anticipation of winter, teams will play in a good old fashioned dodgeball tourney.
The event will be held at Steamers' Bar & Grill located at 2236 Lake Tahoe Blvd in South Lake Tahoe. From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there will be a Passholder Appreciation Hour, followed by the doors opening to the public at 7 p.m. for team paperwork hour. Dodgeball Tournament on the back patio will be from 8 p.m. to about 10 p.m.
Two Grow Domes going in at Sierra House Elementary; $117,000 raised so far
Submitted by paula on Sat, 10/11/2014 - 11:43pm
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) approved two grow domes to be installed at Sierra House Elementary School. Ground is being broken on the project area this weekend and the project is expected to be completed by the end of November.
21st Annual Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 9:26pm
Event Date:
October 13, 2014 (All day)
A $2,500, one week vacation at any Resorts West property in the world. $10,000 for a hole-in-one on all par 3s. 18 holes at Edgewood. Flat screen TV. Closest to the pin awards. Sports memorabilia. Golf trips. Dozens of raffle prizes. Two meals and beverages. Titleist Pro V1 balls. And every dime benefits South Tahoe kids. The 21st annual Boys and Girls Club tournament is October 13 with playing spots as well as sponsorship options now available.
The value exceeds $500, but the fee is just $225 to play with all monies going to help local kids with educational and recreational programs.
Changes on the South Shore: Edgewood's new lodge, new look
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/11/2014 - 11:29pm
Editor's note: This is part of a series on all of the change going on in South Lake Tahoe. We'll be updating you with photos and news.
Ground won't break until May on the new Edgewood Tahoe Resort but the golf course is already undergoing major changes to prepare for the big project. Trees have been cleared, the 9th hole has been reconfigured and made into a par 3, and a 10 foot tall fence is being erected around the construction site.
The new pier has already been constructed and will allow guests to boat to the resort.
First Tees & Tastings Golf Tournament at Northstar at Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 9:33pm
Event Date:
August 28, 2014 (All day)
Northstar California Resort invites golfers and foodies alike to compete in the first annual Tees and Tastings tournament Thursday, August 28. The tournament will feature a two-game, nine-hole tournament with four beer and cuisine pairings throughout the front green of the Northstar Golf Course. Winners will receive tickets to the Wine & Brew Walk event, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 6 during the 29th Annual Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival.
Tees and Tastings Schedule
BBQ to raise funds for Sierra House Elementary's Grow Dome
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 11:21pm
Event Date:
August 20, 2014 - 4:00pm
The Annual Turn 3 on the Green Golf Tournament and BBQ raises funds each each for different groups and projects in need. This year, the Sierra House Elementary (soon to be known as Sierra House Mountain Academy) is the beneficiary for their Grow Dome project.
The public is invited to the afternoon BBQ which will be held at the American Legion starting at 4 p.m. on August 20. This will follow a golf tournament at Tahoe Paradise Golf Course that has a shotgun start at 12:45 p.m.
All funds raised go to the Grow Dome project.
Even with wet weather, Celebrity Golf sets one day attendance record
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 12:36am
Take a list of top celebrity athletes plus a retired LPGA champion and add the fact that the tournament is celebrating it's 25th anniversary, one would except large and excited galleries at the American Century Golf Championship.
Crowds didn't disappoint on Saturday when a record 13,000 attended the tournament at Edgewood Tahoe.
