Number 9, Number 9 …
Geoff Keffer adds to his record total of Colorado PGA Dow Finsterwald Player of the Year honors; other Section POYs: Doug Rohrbaugh (Senior), Ashley Tait-Wengert (Women) and Andy Connell (Associate)
Colorado PGA
A Day to Celebrate
Birthday boy Tristin Goodwin bucks trend, becoming youngest winner of Colorado PGA Professional Championship in 40 years
2024 CPGA Awards
Cathy Matthews-Kane earns Colorado PGA’s highest honor, being named the Golf Professional of the Year
Western Coloradans Shine
Chad Hansen overcomes Doug Rohrbaugh in playoff for title in Colorado Senior PGA Professional Championship; Buffalo Run’s Behrod Keshtavar captures victory in Assistant tourney
Lessons Learned
Coloradan Nick Clearwater cracks top 20 in Golf Digest’s ’50 Best Teachers in America’; part-time Gunnison resident Jim Hardy named to Legends of Golf Instruction list
Q-School
Coloradan Micah Rudosky and former CU golfer Jonathan Kaye advance to final stage of PGA Tour Champions Q-school; locals can’t overcome stage 2 hurdle in PGA Tour qualifying in California
Oh So Close
Coloradans Matt Schalk and Micah Rudosky fall just short of qualifying for 2024 Senior PGA Championship; both finish in top 40 at 264-player national Senior PGA Professional Championship
Continuing The Trend
Amateurs defeat the pros for the ninth time in the last 10 years at the Western Colorado Cup Matches
Player Awards
Geoff Keffer set to receive Colorado PGA Player of Year honor for record 8th time; 2022 national Senior PGA Professional Champ Matt Schalk, Sherry Andonian-Smith, Andy Connell also earn player awards
4 Of A Kind
3-peat by Micah Rudosky of Cortez gives him a record-tying 4 victories in Colorado PGA Professional Championship; Ben Lanting 2nd in the event for 3rd straight year