Southern Highlands Golf Club–One of the top college golf events of the year is off and running. The host UNLV men’s golf team shot an opening-round 3-under-par 285 to stand in second place at the Southern Highlands Collegiate. Florida is the team leader after the first 18 holes at 6-under 282. TCU is third at 1-under, while Pepperdine… Read more »
UNLV Hall of Fame Head Coach Dwaine Knight has seen plenty in his decades of coaching college golf. But when his Rebels soared to a 50-under par total to win the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National’s Catalina course, he witnessed something for the very first time and the Golfworld and Golf Digest editors… Read more »
February 26, 2018–Senior Shintaro Ban, who is on the Fred Haskins Award watch list, won the National Invitational tournament in Tucson with a 3-day round total of 16-under par and each round in the sixties. Each of the five Rebels finished no lower than 12th in the field of 92 players. Garrick Higgo was fifth,… Read more »
The Rebels are looking to build on their Mountain West Conference Championship and NCAA Regional title plus a top 8 finish at the NCAA Golf Championships. Check out this video previewing their run to the playoffs this spring. The UNLV men’s golf team opened its spring 2018 season in Hawaii on Feb. 15 at the… Read more »
It’s a trip of a lifetime and the UNLV men’s golf team is making the most of it on pretty much every level. From playing well–senior Shintaro Ban ahot course record 63 at Royal Melbourne–to enjoying the sites and sounds of Australia. It’s safe to say the “Land Down Under” has been turned Rebel Red and… Read more »
We welcome the two newest Rebels to the program, Jack Kozlowski and Marco Trstenjak. “We are very excited to have Jack and Marco join our program,” Knight said. “They both are talented young players who have had success as junior golfers. They are both champions in their respective regions, have excelled on a national level and… Read more »
On Monday night Nov. 13 at Las Vegas Country Club during the annual Rebel Golf Foundation Day, Dr. Stowe Shoemaker, Harrah College of Hospitality dean, announced that the new UNLV professional golf management center on campus will be named for UNLV head men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight, who has coached at UNLV for 30 years…. Read more »
Senior Shintaro Ban has been named the Mountain West Conference Golfer of the Month for October. This is the second time during his Rebel career he has been named MW Golfer of the Month/Week. For the month, Ban recorded a scoring average of 68.5 per round in the six rounds played during the month. He shot par or… Read more »
Masters champion Adam Scott played at UNLV in 2008-09 and over the years has fondly recalled his days as a Rebel. Check out the great story by Ben Everill at PGATour.com where he reveals his time at UNLV and also how he decided to come to our great school. Plus watch the video below. Quote from… Read more »
Please read below Coach Knight’s Notebook following our most recent tournament: the 2017 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate hosted by Georgia Tech University at the Golf Club of Georgia, Alpharetta, nr. Atlanta, Georgia.
