Junior Golf
At Long Last
Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado tournament season that will feature about 100 events begins next week, 2 months after originally planned
Nixed
Boys Junior America’s Cup the latest major junior competition to be canceled; Colorado team won the event in 2018
Drive for Excellence
Hale Irwin Player Program member Jeffrey Zhou at the top of his game on and off the course
More 2020 Changes
AJGA cancels its 2 Colorado-based tourneys for 2020; Western Junior Championships also nixed; CU’s top women’s golfer accepts 2nd chance to finish senior season
This Pair of Aces Shines Brightly
16-year-old Max Lange, who hadn’t made a hole-in-one before, records 2 aces in 3 holes
Familiar Host
As more big national junior tourneys canceled, former 2020 U.S. Girls’ Junior host Eisenhower GC steps up as site for another JGAC major; Legacy Ridge, Walnut Creek reopening after being closed almost 2 months
Another Junior Cancellation
Girls Junior Americas Cup, which had been set for Idaho, canceled for 2020; Colorado, which sends a team each year, hosted the event in 2018
Not This Year
USGA cancels much-anticipated 2020 U.S. Girls’ Junior at Air Force Academy; organizers hopeful event could be held in Colorado in 2023; 2020 U.S. Junior Amateur also nixed
Cruel Twist of Fate
Schalk’s shot at unprecedented 4-peat in Colorado state high school golf goes by wayside as CHSAA cancels spring season; future CU golfer won every tourney except one over her entire high school career