Colorado Golf Hall of Fame’s 52nd induction dinner planned for Oct. 3 at Hyatt Regency DTC; Hall of Fame’s annual auction under way — and will continue to May 19
By Gary Baines – 5/12/2025
The people honored will be different, but the venue will be the same for the 2025 Colorado Golf Hall of Fame induction dinner as it was last year.
With a dozen people — five new inductees and seven honorees — being the center of attention, the Hall of Fame recently announced that its 52nd induction dinner will take place on the night of Friday, Oct. 3 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center (7800 E. Tufts Ave., in Denver), which also hosted last year’s festivities.
Registration and a reception are planned that day at 5:30 p.m., with the dinner beginning at 6:30. The cost per person is $350, with a table of 10 running $3,250.
Five people will comprise the CGHOF inductee class of 2025, matching the third-largest in organization’s history, after six were inducted in December and in 1976. This year’s class includes Colorado PGA professional Tom Apple, course superintendents Rollie Cahalane and Lance Johnson, and elite amateur players Jon Lindstrom and Robert Polk. For more on them, CLICK HERE.
The Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1973, with the honorees that year being Babe Zaharias, Dave Hill and Babe Lind.
After this year’s enshrinement, 159 inductees will be in the Hall of Fame.
Seven honorees will be recognized on Oct. 3: Geoff “Duffy” Solich (Golf Person of the Year); Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Keith Schneider and TV broadcaster Verne Lundquist (both Lifetime Achievement); superintendent Mitch Savage (Distinguished Service); Miles Kuhl and Tyler Long (Male Future Famers); and Ashleigh Wilson (Female Future Famer). Lundquist, who worked his 40th and final Masters as a TV broadcaster in 2024, is among those planning to attend the Oct. 3 festivities.
To register for the Oct. 3 induction dinner, or for more information, CLICK HERE.
— Also on the subject of the Colorado Golf Hall Fame, the organization’s annual auction went live this month and is accessible by CLICKING HERE.
There are more than 50 items on which to bid, with proceeds benefitting the Hall of Fame and its new museum at The Broadmoor. The auction will remain open through May 19 (5 p.m.), the date of the Hall of Fame’s tournament at Cherry Creek Country Club. For more information on that event — and for sponsorship opportunities, CLICK HERE or HERE.
Items up for bidding include playing opportunities at Sanctuary, The Broadmoor, Ballyneal, Frost Creek, Country Club of the Rockies, Lakewood Country Club, TPC Colorado, Red Sky Golf Club, The Club at Cordillera, Garden of the Gods Club, Hiwan Golf Club, The Glacier Club and many other courses, along with tickets to the U.S. Senior Open, a University of Colorado football and a Colorado Avalanche game and Colorado Rockies contests.
About the Writer: Gary Baines has covered golf in Colorado continuously since 1983. He was a sports writer at the Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, then the sports editor there, and has written regularly for ColoradoGolf.org since 2009. The University of Colorado Evans Scholar alum was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 2022. He owns and operates ColoradoGolfJournal.com