LIV Golf announced on Wednesday, Dec. 14, announced that The Gallery Golf Club will host a tournament March 17-19 as part of the 2023 LIV Golf League schedule. The Gallery’s South Course was the site of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2007 and 2008. The North Course was a co-host of the 2001 Tucson Open. Tickets can be purchased at LIVGolf.com ..read more

Salpointe Catholic grad Trevor Werbylo was able to survive a torrid close by AJ Crouch and win the Forme Tour Fuzzy Zoeller Classic in Indiana.  It’s Werbylo’s first pro victory. Trevor qualified for the Forme Tour after finishing in the top 10 of PGA U, a new program instituted by the PGA to pave a path for the top collegiates to break into the pro ranks. Werbylo had two 63’s during the 4 day event, but had two bogeys on the last five holes, giving Crouch a chance at a memorable comeback. Crouch had a closing round of 62.  But in the end, Werbylo just needed to par the final hole to ..read more

Phil Mickelson was hoping to become the first pro golfer to win his first three tournaments on any American tour. But a double bogey on the watery ninth hole basically ended any chances to win this years Champions Tour Cologuard Classic, at Tucson National. Kevin Sutherland was able to shake off the cold and wind to shoot a 4 under par 69 and take the Conquistador helmet, emblematic of the winner of the last 60 professional men’s tournaments in Tucson. Sutherland had to come back from a four shot deficit to beat a dejected Mike Weir, who had bogeys on two of his last three holes. Sutherland sa ..read more

Having recently turned 50, Jim Furyk is having his way with the Champions Tour. The 3rd all time money winner on the PGA tour, is chalking up more of the same on the Champions circuit…winning the first two events he entered after he became eligible.  He hopes to win a third at the upcoming Cologuard Classic in Tucson at Tucson National (Feb 26-28)…a course that he knows well from his college golf days at the University of Arizona. While at the U of A, Furyk was a 2 time All American and led the team to its only Men’s NCAA championship in 1992. Furyk has been splitting his time between th ..read more

Anytime the Arizona Wildcats Mens’ Golf program has a chance to take on their cross state rival Arizona State Sun Devils, it’s a big deal. But when the Sun Devils are the top ranked team in the country, game on. The two schools meet January 17th at Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa in what’s being called the Cactus Cup. The tournament will use the Ryder Cup as its guide, playing a number of two man team matches and singles matches during the two days.Each match will be worth one point, while ties will be awarded a half-point to both sides. Twenty-four points are awarded, as it wi ..read more

“The show must go on”, at least that’s what they’re saying. Both the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and the Cologuard Classic say they are going ahead with the February tournaments as scheduled. The major golf tours had to take a month off during the height of the COVID 19 scare, and since then have been mostly playing in front of crowds of people made up of adjacent homeowners and friends and family of the golfers. The Cologuard Classic Tournament Chairman Dennis Caldwell said on a recent “Golf Arizona Show” that the tournament will go on as scheduled February 21 through the 28th, but will be ..read more

For those of you who tuned into the made-for-TV, golf extravaganza known as “The Match 3”, the big winner was…Tucson. Even the revamped, less tortured swing of Charles Barkley could not distract the viewer from the amazing drone shots of Stone Canyon Country Club and the panoramic views of the Santa Catalina Mountains. While PGA legend Phil Mickelson, who is one of the owners of Stone Canyon, was giving pointers to Barkley, NBA superstar Steph Curry was not at his best and Payton Manning was equally unspectacular, when it came to shotmaking. The event was pretty much a low key walk after a Tha ..read more

Most serious golfers have a dream about winning a meaningful tournament. One where your name is announced on the first tee, and you’re handed one of those big checks after you sink the winning putt. Even if you’re not a pro, it could happen to you. It’s being called the Mobetta Tour. The name comes from products a posse of rodeo promoters came up with to pitch to rodeo fans. And John Daly is the face and voice behind the new tour. Daly was a recent guest on The Golf Arizona Show (Saturdays from 8-9 am on ESPN/Tucson) and said he kept hearing from folks during pro-ams that it would be fun to p ..read more

After the Ironwood Ridge girls golf team eked out a victory for their second straight Division 2 state championship…the only question on peoples minds was…can they win a third? You see, they’ll have most of their team back for another crack at glory again next season. The Nighthawks had three golfers shoot the same score as they defeated a very tough Cave Creek Cactus Shadows squad for the second straight year. And it was not without excitement. Ironwood Ridge had a big lead heading into the final day, but by 16 it was all tied up. The experienced group of Zoe Newell, Hannah and Raina Ports ra ..read more

Southern Arizona has dozens of outstanding teaching professionals. When you sit down and talk to most of them, many were competitive golfers from the time they were in high school, and just wanted to parlay their love of the game into a lifelong career. There are two local pro’s who came to the game late…but mastered their craft in a hurry, and now are both at the top of their field. Bobby Saavedra grew up playing the guitar. In fact, he wanted to be a rock star. But somewhere along the way he took up golf, realized he was good at it…and thought, at 27, he’d take a stab at becoming a PGA Profe ..read more