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The sexiest golf tournament ever will tee off at Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino Friday, May 31 when the Link and Laces Golf Tournament takes place at Eagle Falls.

"All Star Celebrity Apprentice" star and 2001 Playmate of the year Brande Roderick will host along with 40 Girls of Golf.

The event kicks off with a cocktail reception Friday night at the 12th Floor Lounge. Then Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. the tournament tees off with a scramble format. In addition to the regular golf, there will be themed holes and activities like hul hoop contests and chair massages.

Following the tournament on Saturday night is an awards party and on Sunday, June 2 there is a pool party to wrap things up.

Entry is $600 per person or $2400 per foursome and includes a two night hotel stay, golf tournament, VIP players party, awards party and pool party.

For more information call 973-287-6288 or go to www.llgolftour.com.

To celebrate its five year anniversary the Journey at Pechanga golf course has made upgrades to the course, rolled out a new fleet of carts and announced new rates.

Prices range from $99 to $129, with twilight rates $59 to $69.

Current specials include $899 Annual Pass, which is good for 12 rounds any day at any time, though only four rounds can be used in one day. Temecula Valley residents, including Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Fallbrook, Bonsall and Menifee are eligible to play Monday - Friday for $85 per round.

Also running right now is the winter swing special which offers early morning, two player specials. And of course hotel guests receive discounts.

The top ranked Journey is a 7,219 yards, par-72, championship 18 hole course that includes a 62,00 square foot clubhouse, award-winning pro shop and Journey's End restaurant.

Pechanga Resort and Casino is located at 45000 Pechanga Parkway in Temecula.

Eagle Falls Golf Course will hold a celebrity golf tournament benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project of Palm Springs Friday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5.

The event kicks off with a registration and pairing party Friday, Jan. 4 from 7-9 p.m. at the 12th Floor Wine Bar inside Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino.

The scramble style tournament will have a shotgun tee off Saturday, Jan. 5 at 10 a.m.

The tournament is hosted by football player/actor Fred "The Hammer" Williamson with appearances from actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield and athletes Jim Brown, Norm Nixon, Frank Robinson, Willie Gault and many others.

Entry fee is $200 per player or $750 for a foursome.

The Wounded Warrior Project helps injured service men and women returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other conflicts around the world.

SAN JACINTO - While the second annual Soboba Golf Classic gets underway next Thursday, there is plenty of action scheduled before the event starts.

On Monday, for example, PGA Nationwide tour players were participate in practice rounds that are open to the public.

One day later, practice rounds continue, but a Junior Clinic is scheduled at 4 p.m.
The Soboba Casino Charity Pro-Am golf tournament takes place one day later.

The Country Club at Soboba Springs, site of the event, is a par 71 course that opened in 1966. Five years ago, however, the Desmond-Muirhead designed course underwent a $6 million renovation project.

Two of the holes stand out, including the par 3 15th hole that played as the most difficult par 3 hole on the Nationwide Tour last year. Also, the par 5 16th hole that measures 504 yards. For the tournament, it will converted to a par 4, which was the most difficult hole on the Nationwide Tour in 2009.

High stakes golf with betting, qualifying at courses in Las Vegas, all with $430,000 on the line. Sound tempting?

For the high roller, it's a $5,000 buy-in.

Golfers can set the championship rounds on Dec. 6-8 at The Journey at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

Qualifying rounds are set for Sept. 14-15 and Oct. 19-20 in Las Vegas while the remaining rounds -Sept. 26-28, Oct. 24-26, Nov. 1-3 and Nov. 15-17 are scheduled at The Journey.

The tournament is modified stroke play with no handicap strokes and a gross scoring format. USGA golf rules apply unless otherwise stipulated.

In between the ante at the beginning of each hole until the final cashout, golfers will find plenty of excitement lodged in the competition.

To register, check out www.worldhighstakesgolf.com

Or check out the rules - and there are plenty of rules to check out, incidentally - at this website:

www.journeyatpechanga.com/tournaments.aspx

Tournament volunteers are being sought for the PGA Nationwide-sponsored Soboba Golf Classic, which begins in late September.

Spots ranging from marshals, standard bearers and walking scorers to bleacher/sky box monitors and tournament operations. Some of the positions are physically demanding.

Others include being part of The Golf Channel, along with tournament registration, transportation or tournament office assistance.

Making sure that players' caddies wear their caddy bibs is another volunteer task.

Scoring monitors, which help in verifying the scores of the professional golfers, are also needed.

Some 700 volunteers are needed for the tournament, which will take place over a period of Sept. 29-Oct. 3 at The Golf Club at Soboba Springs.

Volunteers are required to purchase the golf package ($40), which includes a shirt and a weekly ticket for a friend, among other benefits.

Contact number -- (951) 654-4300 ext 5200.

E-mail: acroteau@soboba-nsn.gov.

So what are you doing before your round of golf?

Taking it easy in the clubhouse? Talking to your playing companions?

Or are you out on the range, getting set for your round?

The Maderas Golf Club course, located on Old Coach Road in Poway, might have one of the best practice facilities in San Diego County. The layout, which is part of the Pechanga Resort Casino string of courses available to its client list, was ranked No. 1 by the Zagat Survey.

The practice facility, which includes a driving range and spot for short game preparation, includes grass tees, several greenside bunkers and a fairway bunker. Use of the driving range and practice facility is complimentary before a paid round of golf.

Among Maderas Golf Club's accolades includes a 4 ½-star rating from Golf Digest (Places to Play Golf, 2008), Golf Magazine (Top 100 Courses You Can Play Golf, 2008), 100 Best Golf Shops (Golf World's 100, 2009) and it's ranked No. 1 in Troon Golf's Customer Service category.

Telephone - 858-451-8100.

SAN JACINTO - The challenge presented by the Soboba Golf Classic is simple: "Get in the game."

Pro-Am spots are available in the Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Nationwide Tour event that will be coming to The Country Club Club at Soboba. Jerod Turner won the inaugural event last year when he beat a red-hot Derek Lamely by two shots after the 72-hole championship concluded.

Local players Brendan Steele, who finished tied for eighth place, and Rickie Fowler, who was tied for 31st (T-31), have continued on to compete in the rigorous life of professional golf. Fowler has made around $2 million this year, having recently competed in both the British Open and PGA Championship.

Both Fowler and Steele drew huge galleries during last year's Soboba event.

Pr-Am events, meanwhile, draw huge interest from golfers who make an attempt to keep a connection to the sport. The Soboba Golf Classic made a large commitment to hosting a Pro-Am event, which matches pro golfers in groups with amateur players.

There are at least 30 charities that will benefit from funds raised during the Pro-Am.

Information about the Pro-Am spots can be obtained from Stephanie Fonseca, the Charity Pro-Am coordinator (951-665-1310), or by email to sfonseca@soboba.net.

Dates for the 2011 Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational tournament have been for Feb. 24-26 at Eagle Falls Golf Club, part of the Fantasy Springs Casino & Resort in Indio.

It will be the 23rd annual event, one that began in 1988 as "Frank's little party." Sinatra died in 1998. Singer Pat Boone is the tournament's co-host.

The tournament benefits the Starkey Hearing Foundation. It's a five-player team gross and net scramble. One celebrity and four amateur golfers comprise a team. The team of four (4) amateur players remains together for two (2) consecutive days. The celebrity contestant changes teams for the second day. Current USGA handicaps are verified and applied to all contestants.

Hollywood stars such as the Smothers Brothers, Joe Mantegna, Dennis Farina, John Callahan, Rollie Fingers, among others, have appeared at the tournament. Last year, Ron Masak won the event.

The weekend event helped raise more than $500,000 for the Barbara Sinatra Children's Foundation earlier this year. Barbara Sinatra, the widow of Frank Sinatra, is now the tournament's chairperson.

The tournament telephone number is 760-674-8447.

It's summer and the rates at Eagle Falls Golf Club, the course for Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort, are as low as $39.

Through Sept. 30, golfers can play 18 holes on Monday through Thursday. On Friday-Sunday, plus holidays, the rates are set at $49. It includes a two-person golf cart with a GPS system, cooler filled with ice and water, plus use of the drive range and practice putting green.

Eagle Falls, a public course, is a tough layout with many mounds, pot bunkers and even one hole that's a near exact replica of the "Postage Stamp" - the famed eighth hole at the famous Royal Troon Golf Course in Scotland.

Few public courses match the challenge of a course like Eagle Falls. During the golf season in the Coachella Valley, golfers never pay more than $100 in greens fee at Eagle Falls.