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By Gary Baines While the 1990 U.S. Open victory would have been a fitting bookend for Irwin's PGA Tour win list, he wasn't done yet. Indeed, he went on to win the very next week, at the Buick Classic …
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By Gary Baines Multiple generations of Irwins have been in Hale's corner during a career that's lasted more than a half-century. That includes dad Hale Sr. and mom Mame, who lived in Colorado from the…
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By Gary Baines By the time Irwin was 40 years old, in 1985, he had won 17 times on the PGA Tour. And another aspect of his professional career began to take shape -- as a golf course designer. "I star…
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By Gary Baines While Irwin was long known as one of the fiercest competitors in golf, there are other aspects of his life that reveal a caring, compassionate side. After Irwin's third U.S. Open victor…
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Coloradan Jennifer Kupcho posts third top-5 finish of rookie LPGA Tour season and easily qualifies for CME Group Tour Championship By Gary Baines - 11/10/2019 Jennifer Kupcho played her own version of…
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Former CU golfer Heisele finishes second in Challenge Tour final to regain European Tour card; ex-Air Force Academy golfer Whitney falls in playoff on Latinoamerica Tour for another top-10 By Gary Bai…
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Denver’s Michael Schoolcraft lands spot in Final Stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-school after placing second in Stage 2; former CSU golfer Yates also advances By Gary Baines - 11/08/2019 Denver native Mich…
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CSU men go wire-to-wire in notching third team victory of fall portion of season By Gary Baines - 11/06/2019 It had been nine years since the Colorado State University men’s golf squad had posted thre…
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Denver native Hubbard looks determined to make impact in his second go-around on PGA Tour By Gary Baines - 11/7/2019 It was a little more than five months ago, on a visit to his native state of Colora…
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CoBank exiting as title sponsor for Colorado Open Championships after 2020 By Gary Baines - 11/05/2019 CoBank, the title sponsor of the Colorado Open, Colorado Women’s Open and Colorado Senior Open ch…
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Youth on Course continues to thrive in Colorado and beyond; 28 courses in Centennial State utilize initiative By Gary Baines - 11/04/2019 When it comes to helping grow and sustain the game of golf, th…
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Another solid weekend gives Kupcho some cushion in quest to qualify for LPGA’s lucrative CME Group Tour Championship; meanwhile, Noh, who lost CoBank Colorado Women's Open in playoff after making 9 on…
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By Gary Baines Irwin's first PGA Tour victory not at the Heritage Classic came at the 1974 U.S. Open. Irwin's three triumphs in the U.S. Open would become hallmarks of his career, demonstrating how he…
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Fitzgerald, Rohrbaugh, Andonian-Smith and Lanting no strangers to Colorado PGA Player of the Year honors By Gary Baines - 10/31/2019 The Colorado PGA will hold its Special Awards Gala at Colorado Golf…
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DU’s Weinstein earns three-peat as CGA Women’s POY; Franklin the Senior Player of Year for second straight season; both swept their majors in 2019 By Gary Baines - 10/30/2019 Mary Weinstein certainly …
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Bryant, 19, the latest CSU golfer to earn CGA Les Fowler Player of Year award; also honored for 2019 are Axlund (Mid-Amateur), Sullivan (Senior) and Forey (Super-Senior) By Gary Baines - 10/28/2019 It…
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Kupcho makes some headway toward qualifying for LPGA’s lucrative CME Group Tour Championship By Gary Baines - 10/27/2019 In this week’s tournament within a tournament — also known in LPGA Tour circles…
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‘Adventure’ awaits Colorado PGA pro Doug Rohrbaugh as he and his wife venture to China, where he plans to teach golf for the next 6 months By Gary Baines - 10/24/2019 Doug Rohrbaugh has never been to …
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By Gary Baines Before embarking on his professional career -- which has now lasted more than a half-century -- Irwin had to finish up school and get his marketing degree. And, not surprisingly, given …
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13 junior golfers from Colorado qualify at GVR for 2020 Optimist International By Gary Baines - 10/23/2019 Thirteen Coloradans were among the 21 players who qualified over the weekend for the 2020 Opt…
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By Gary Baines Not surprisingly, when Irwin points to the pivotal accomplishments in his career, his first PGA Tour victory, in late 1971 at the Sea Pines Heritage Classic at Hilton Head Island, S.C.,…
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Updated Colorado golf Environmental & Economic Impact Study in the works; 2020 the ‘Year of the Woman’ in Colorado golf; Colorado will be a pilot state for ’Doubles Golf’ By Gary Baines - 10/22/20…
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DU’s Cal McCoy bounces back from rough start to score individual victory at inaugural Les Fowler Colorado Invitational, hosted by CU at Boulder Country Club By Gary Baines - 10/21/2019 The college gol…
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