Rolling Along

A week after win in CGA Senior Four-Ball, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Jon Lindstrom places third at Trans-Miss Senior Am, an event he won in 2023

By Gary Baines 

Later this year, Lakewood Country Club will host one of the Trans-Miss amateur golf championships as the TMGA’s Mid-Master and Mid-Amateur Championship pays a visit Sept. 13-16.

Last week, a Lakewood CC member finished high on the leaderboard at the first Trans-Miss individual championship of 2026.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Jon Lindstrom of Denver, fresh off his victory in the CGA Senior Four-Ball with fellow LCC member Richard Bradsby, placed solo third out of a 62-man field on Thursday in the Trans-Miss Senior Amateur, one of the nation’s top senior amateur championships.

Lindstrom, the 2023 Trans-Miss Senior champ, carded rounds of 71-71-70 for a 4-under-par total at Mission Hills Country Cub in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The 2023 CGA Senior Player of the Year and 2020 Colorado Senior Open runner-up finished six strokes behind champion Jason Pridmore of Ventura, Calif. Lindstrom made 11 birdies and seven birdies over the three days of the tournament.

Several other players with strong Colorado ties also posted top-10 finishes last week at Mission Hills.

Gary Albrecht of Castle Rock (77-72-79) tied for 10th in the super-senior division (age 65+) of the championship. And former Coloradan Steve Bell (75-73-70) shared second place in the legends division (age 70+), with Sean Forey of Morrison (76-74-75) tying for fifth and defending champion Dave Runberg of Centennial (69-78-81) taking seventh.

For results from all the divisions at the Trans-Miss Senior Am, CLICK HERE.

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