Colorado Golf Association News

Tournament recaps, player spotlights, tips, and stories from across Colorado.

Enshrined

Record-matching Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inductee class draws 420 to induction dinner; Wyndham Clark, Jennifer Kupcho, George Solich, Pat Hamill, Joe

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Make That 2

Bigfoot Turf Farm southeast of Greeley will host not only World Long Drive Championships, but a second WLD event in 2025 By Gary Baines – 11/29/2024 For

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Gift-givers, hint-hint: Here are 2024’s hottest putters Putters are too big to fit in a stocking and too personal to give without a fitting.

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Among the Best

Northeastern Colorado’s Ballyneal continues to ascend national/international course rankings lists with this month’s additions By Gary Baines –

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2024 Tour Finales

With 3 straight eagles on 17th hole at Tour Championship, impending Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Jennifer Kupcho caps off her 2nd-best LPGA season;

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Plenty at Stake

Ten players with strong Colorado ties, including PGA Tour winner Kevin Stadler and 2024-25 DP World Tour card holder Davis Bryant, set to tee it up for

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Living & (Usually) Loving the Rules

Not long removed from being executive director of the CWGA, Laura Robinson has become a devoted rules official, to the point of earning the Jim Topliff

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D-Plane! D-Plane!

Paul Lobato, Director of Instruction at Castle Pines Golf Club, introduces us to the concept of D-Plane when it comes to understanding and controlling

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Back For More

The 49th president of the Colorado PGA looks a lot like the 40th as Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kyle Heyen returns to the role he also held 2 decades ago

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Strong Performance

With 3rd-place showing in Bermuda, Denver native Mark Hubbard posts best individual finish on PGA Tour in over 2 years; Coloradan Connor Jones places

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Taking Another Step

Coloradan Tristan Rohrbaugh advances to third stage of Japan Golf Tour Q-school; former state high school champ places 4th in stage 2 tourney By Gary

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Signing On The Dotted Line

Dozens of Colorado high school seniors finalize their college golf commitments, including many who are NCAA Division I-bound By Gary Baines – 11/15/2024

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DEAR MOLLY: How can we make golf more techy for kids?

Dear Molly: Our kids are more into video games and cell phones than golf.

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Mission Accomplished

Final-round 62 gives Davis Bryant his DP World Tour card as Coloradan finishes third — by far the best showing by an American — in final stage of

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Good Advice

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Dennis Lyon earns another national award from Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, this one for an advice

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All Tied Up

Colorado PGA professionals even the all-time series in Western Colorado Cup Matches with 2024 victory over amateurs By Gary Baines – 11/12/2024 Whether

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Looking Promising

Coloradan Davis Bryant remains in top 10 — and on pace to earn a DP World Tour card — going into last day of final stage of Q-school By Gary Baines –

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Stellar Starts

Colorado-based college golf programs collectively had one of their best fall seasons ever, posting 15 team titles; defending DII national champion

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On The Big Stage

Coloradan Connor Jones set to tee it up in next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship on PGA Tour — his reward for winning the Elite Amateur Series By

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Team Colorado

Inaugural Team Colorado Announced as Part of USGA’s U.S.

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CGA Women’s Players of the Year

Ashley Kozłowski goes out on a high note before embarking on career as engineer; other 2024 CGA female players of the year: Kristine Franklin (Senior

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CGA Men’s Players of the Year

Colin Prater sweeps CGA Les Fowler Player of Year and Mid-Am POY awards for third time; other CGA men’s player honorees are Steve Ivan (Senior Player of

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Making Inroads in Spain

Coloradan Davis Bryant and Dan Erickson, who has had significant ties to the state in recent years, advance to final stage of Q-school on European-based

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Tee It High, Let It Fly

2025 World Long Drive Championships will be held in September in LaSalle, southeast of Greeley By Gary Baines – 11/1/2024 Colorado is home to the 2023

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Know Your Grip

Kirk Trowbridge, Metagolf Instructor at Broken Tee, goes over different grip placements and their effect on the club face and wrist angles at the top of

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Foundational

Denver native Wyndham Clark’s Play Big Foundation donating $80,000 to Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation; Clark’s mother passed away in 2013

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Personal Breakthrough

CSU’s Jay Pabin notches first individual college victory as Rams finish fall with 3 team wins and 2 individual titles By Gary Baines – 10/29/2024 Senior

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Indelible Legacy

Keith Schneider, a mainstay at Castle Pines Golf Club since the beginning, set to ‘leave at the top’ after 43 years at the club; but longtime PGA

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A Perfect Fall

DII top-ranked Colorado Christian men’s golf team sweeps team titles in all 5 of its fall tournaments as CCU’s Adam Duncan claims second individual

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Q-School Report

Coloradan Becca Huffer earns return trip to final stage of LPGA Q-Series; Chris Korte, fellow former DU golfer Chris Gilman advance to stage 2 of PGA

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Enshrinement Awaits

5 voted into 2025 Colorado Golf Hall of Fame induction class: amateurs Robert Polk and Jon Lindstrom, superintendents Lance Johnson and Rollie Cahalane,

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Enjoy the ride at these 5 Colorado gems I used to hike trails, but now I walk golf courses.

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Thriving in Paradise

With 2 Hawaiian players leading the way, CSU women get first team victory of season, near Honolulu By Gary Baines – 10/23/2024 The Colorado State

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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

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Ruling the Roost

Colorado Christian University men’s golf team — winner of 7 of its last 9 tournaments, including all 3 this season — No.

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Onward

Colorado native Jake Staiano earns medalist honors — going away — in stage 1 PGA Tour Q-school tourney in Albuquerque By Gary Baines – 10/18/2024

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