McALLEN — McAllen will once again host the 2022 Texas Regional Bank McAllen Amateur Golf Championship at the Champion Lakes Golf Course, Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26, at the famed municipal golf course (formerly Palm View Golf Course), located at 2701 South Ware Road. This year’s defending champion is Luke Antonelli from San Antonio, Texas.
Phil “Lefty” Mickelson may be one heck of a golfer, but he apparently sucks at gambling. According to a new biography about the golf pro who has six Majors under his belt, Mickelson somehow managed to gamble away $40 million between 2010 and 2014.
Ed. Note: The Advance received the photos and copy for this story from its regular history columnist, Rene Torres, retired professor. The copy was published some years ago by RGV Baseball, hearkening back to a time when life seemed so much simpler.
In December of 1926, the Valley made plans for three big holiday football games. While high school football took the limelight during the regular season—semi-pro football was just as popular.
Call me crazy, and many already have, but I don’t understand this “transgender” talk as it relates to high school and college sports. New words even pop up in reference to the topic of “transgender,” and I’ve never even heard of them. Talk about clueless. For example, “cisgender.” I saw that word cross my path the other day, and I have no clue as to what it means. Let me look up its definition so I’m down with the current jive.
217 W. Park Avenue
Pharr, TX 78577