The Season Begins
3-time CGA Mid-Am champ Chris Thayer teams with Bryan Rusin to take lead at CGA Four-Ball By Gary Baines - 4/30/2021 Chris Thayer finished the 2020 CGA
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‘A Win-Win’
Some competitors in first 2 tourneys of men’s CGA championship season will be playing for a good cause — in addition to a victory By Gary Baines -
Packed Tee Sheets
Rounds at Colorado public courses jumped an average of almost 20 percent in 2020, according to survey By Gary Baines - 4/22/2021 When the Foothills Park
Proud Legacy
CGA dedicates 2021 men’s tournament season to memory of Michael Lee, the 2011 CGA Match Play champ who passed away at age 28 after battling Covid-19 By
Upcoming Talent
JGAC Player of Year, junior major champs and 2 past Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalists among record 21 golfers in current class for CGA’s Hale Irwin
New Plans
Change of venue for 2021 — to Chambers Bay — means 3 of the last 4 Pacific Coast Amateurs will have been contested at U.S.
Matching Up
Major changes await in 2021 for CGA Match Play and Women’s Match Play, which will be held concurrently and at same sites starting this year; Colorado
Make That 8
Another graduate of Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy awarded Evans Scholarship to CU; now, a record 8 from SCLA will be part of incoming class;
Teeing It Up Across Colorado
From Montrose to Windsor & Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, 2021 CGA championship and USGA qualifying sites cover much of the state; registration for
Big-Time Turnout
371 participate in virtual CGA Women’s Golf Summit; Kupcho Q&A on weekend she’s in contention for LPGA title among the highlights; ongoing CGA silent
2021 Caddie Summit
Concept behind Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy continues to gain momentum in Colorado and beyond By Gary Baines - 3/2/2021 Caddying, in the current
The Show Must Go On
This year’s Denver Golf (Cyber) Expo will be a much different experience, and future shows also figure to have an altered look with Denver Mart closing
Virtual Get-Together
CGA Women’s Golf Summit drawing plenty of interest despite being conducted online this year; Q&A with Kupcho will be featured at March 6 event By Gary
Carrying It Forward
14 Colorado caddies earn Evans Scholarships to CU; a record 7 started at Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy, including first-ever from Grand Junction
PART OF the Sweet 16
Promotion gives former CGA staffer Pete Lis his ‘dream’ job as PGA Tour rules official By Gary Baines - 2/8/2021 Eighteen years ago this month, Pete Lis
Go to the Head of the Class
Laurie Steenrod ‘rates’ an ‘A’ from the CGA; retired Aurora teacher named the 2020 Women’s Volunteer of the Year By Gary Baines - 1/27/2021 It was a cold
YEAR-END COUNTDOWN, PART II
The top dozen stories in Colorado golf for 2020 By Gary Baines - 12/30/2020 It’s time to wrap up the top stories in Colorado golf for 2020 with our
Year-End Countdown
The top stories in Colorado golf for 2020, Part I By Gary Baines - 12/28/2020 Three hundred and sixty-two days down and just four yet to be completed
R.I.P.
2011 CGA Match Play champ and former School of Mines standout Michael Lee passes away at age 28 due to Covid-19 complications By Gary Baines - 12/23/2020
A New Chapter
Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore becomes president of the board for the CGA, with which he has a long and illustrious history By Gary Baines -
Generous With Their Time
World travelers Susan and Peter Gilbert find volunteering in Colorado golf very fulfilling; the Lone Tree-based rules officials earn 2020 Jim Topliff
CGA Women’s Players of the Year
CU’s Hodgkins makes the most of a few tournaments to earn CGA Women’s Player of Year honors; Franklin named Women’s Senior POY for third straight year By
CGA Men’s Players of the Year
Prater (both Les Fowler and Mid-Am Player of the Year) and Ivan (Senior POY) swept their way to CGA honors; Colorado newcomer Nelson named Super-Senior
Last Team Standing
Ute Creek earns bragging rights by winning CGA Team Interclub title with dominant victory over Riverdale in finals By Gary Baines - 10/24/2020 Over the
New Champ in the Works
First-time finalists Ute Creek, Riverdale set to square off for CGA Team Interclub title By Gary Baines - 10/22/2020 Success tends to beget success, at
Fabulous Fall
CSU’s AJ Ott continues impressive play by winning men’s title at CGA Fall Amateur going away By Gary Baines - 10/12/2020 AJ Ott misses competing
Two of the Best
Decorated amateur Weinstein rallies to claim women’s title at CGA Fall Amateur; Ott holds big lead as wind delays end of men’s tourney By Gary Baines -
The Stage Is Set
Final-hole eagle gives UNC’s Castiglia men’s lead, while DU’s Jordaan 2 ahead in women’s tourney at CGA Fall Amateur By Gary Baines - 10/10/2020
Teamwork
UNC’s Castiglia and Shehee tied in men’s tourney, while DU’s Weinstein, Jordaan share women’s lead at CGA Fall Amateur By Gary Baines - 10/9/2020 Now
Helping Fill the Void
CGA Fall Amateur gives college players — and others — another chance to tee it up for a championship By Gary Baines - 10/8/2020 In a fall devoid of NCAA
More of the Same
Ivan completes sweep of 2020 CGA senior majors by beating Polk in Senior Amateur playoff; playing wrong ball keeps 2019 champ Hornbeck from repeating By
Wide Open
Bradbury leads the way on very crowded leaderboard at CGA Senior Amateur By Gary Baines - 9/30/2020 The final round of last year’s CGA Senior Amateur
Going Out on Top
Doyen leads Foothills GC to title in CGA Women’s Club Team Championship on the eve of bidding farewell to Colorado By Gary Baines - 9/28/2020 Now that’s
Familiar Position
Defending champion Hornbeck grabs first-round lead at CGA Senior Amateur By Gary Baines - 9/29/2020 The start of the 49th CGA Senior Amateur Championship
At Long Last
Russ and Chris Roehrkasse break through for victory in CGA Parent-Child Championship By Gary Baines - 9/27/2020 Russ and Chris Roehrkasse have been
Eyes on the Prize
Last 8 winners of CGA Senior Amateur set to tee it up at 49th edition of championship as Perry Park CC will host By Gary Baines - 9/28/2020 Last year’s