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Nevada Open
CALIFORNIAN MARK ANGUIANO CLAIMS $28,000 PRIZE

ark Anguiano from Whittier, Calif. claimed the top prize at tournament director for Mesquite Gaming. “The Nevada Open is
14-under-par shooting 201 for the tournament to win the Nevada’s longest-running professional golf tournament and we’re lucky
Mfirst place prize of $28,000. Anguiano started the tourna- to see such competitive fields year in and year out.”
ment at the CasaBlanca Golf Club shooting a six-under-par 66 for the
first round with seven birdies for the day. In the second round he kept Following the tournament, Mesquite Gaming presented a $1,000
his momentum going shooting an eight-under-par 64. His nine second donation to the Mesquite Junior Golf Association. Two golfers who
round birdies vaulted him to the top of the leaderboard at the end of competed in this year’s Nevada Open came through the Mesquite Junior
the second day. Anguiano held his lead throughout the third day shoot- Golf program.
ing a one-under-par 71, while facing a windy CasaBlanca Golf Club.
For the second year in a row Mesquite Gaming also hosted the
“Coming off the Canadian tour where I played this summer and CasaBlanca Two-Man golf tournament the following weekend.
not having a lot going on after that, I put a lot of emphasis on this More than 60 teams competed at three of Mesquite’s most renowned
tournament and a couple other littler ones getting ready for Web.com golf courses: the Palms Golf Club, the CasaBlanca Golf Club and the
Q School in a couple weeks,” Anguiano said. “To get the job done here Conestoga Golf Club.
is very satisfying.”
Visit www.casablancaresort.com/golf/
nevada-open for updates about 2019.
“We had another exciting Nevada Open this year and watched some
outstanding players throughout the week,” says Christian Adderson,

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