World Stars of Amateur Golf set for July 21-23 in Las Vegas
12 May 2015
by Conner Penfold of AmateurGolf.com
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Sun Mountain Course at Paiute Golf Resort
(Paiute Golf Resort photo)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — When Marty LaRoche,
PGA Teaching
Professional at Tijeras
Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita,
Calif., started the
World Stars
of
Junior Golf (formerly the World Masters
of
Junior Golf) in 2009,
he
set out to
create the most premier junior tournament in
the nation. His
mission was to
provide junior boys and girls ages 5 to 18,
from all over the
world,
with the
most competitive field and the ultimate
tournament
experience.
Beginning with 97 players from eight
countries in its inaugural year, the
tournament has grown to attract more than
300 players from
35 different countries by 2014.
But there is more to build upon.
"The kids were having such a blast but when
they turned 19,
they
said, 'You
have to do another event for amateur golfers
and collegiate
players that can
participate in this,'" LaRoche said.
Now, in 2015, LaRoche has expanded the
tournament to have
an
open amateur division (to include players of
college
age and above), and he wants the same
growth to apply to the
new
event.
"It has an Olympic feel because there are so
many countries
represented," he
said. "You won't be playing with people that
you play with all
the
time."
The first annual World Stars of Amateur Golf
will be held
Tuesday,
July 21
through Thursday, July 23 in one of the best
golf hotbeds in
the
nation — Las
Vegas.
The 54-hole tournament will be housed at
Paiute Golf Resort,
12
minutes door-to-door from the
tournament's accommodating hotel — the
J.W. Marriott. With
three
courses, all designed by the world-renowned
Pete Dye,
tournament players will
get a unique look each round at spectacular
Las Vegas golf.
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Wolf
Course, 15th hole
(Paiute
Golf Resort
photo)
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Featured is the Wolf Course, a beast
of a track that
holds
the record
for longest in Nevada. At over 7,600 yards,
the course's
undulating
greens and
signature par-three 15th (pictured), with an
island green,
make
this the most notable of
the three.
Next is the Sun Mountain course, deemed the
"Gentler Dye."
Likely
the easiest
of the three courses, Sun Mountain features
majestic desert
mountain back-drops, as well as
Paiute's own "Amen Corner."
Finishing off the trio is the resort's original —
Snow Mountain.
With
the best par-threes on the
property, the course boasts wide
fairways and traditional
Dye
railroad ties sprawled across the course.
For more information on Paiute Golf Resort,
visit their website
at
lvpaiutegolf.com.
Players will begin the week with registration
on Sunday before
Monday's practice
rounds and Welcome Reception at the J.W.
Marriott Grand
Ballroom.
The tournament will be ranked by the World
Amateur Golf
Rankings, as well as
Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings,
and is sure to be
an
elite event.
Sign-ups are being accepted now at
worldstarsofamateurgolf.com.
"The World is coming. Are you?"