Colorado Golf Association News

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CGA News (14)

CGA Championship Changes

CGA adding Women’s Mid-Amateur Stroke Play to lineup; Senior Match Play will use pod play beginning this year, serving as pilot as other CGA match play

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Drive for Excellence

Hale Irwin Player Program member Jeffrey Zhou at the top of his game on and off the course By Gary Baines - 5/14/2020 Last November, when nearly 550

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Setting the Course

Dr. Owen Ellis, a 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur qualifier, helping CGA and some Colorado courses navigate COVID-19 pandemic

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Schedule Alterations

CGA moves Parent/Child Championship to September; 2020 Pacific Coast Amateur canceled By Gary Baines - 5/1/2020 For the third time this year, the CGA has

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Not This Year

USGA cancels much-anticipated 2020 U.S.

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Not This Year

CGA, Colorado Golf Foundation cancel Hale Irwin Dinner for 2020; inaugural event drew nearly 550 people in November By Gary Baines - 4/15/2020 The

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Having Their Backs

CGA appreciative of support from USGA, which has launched $5M relief fund for its Allied Golf Associations; PGA, other industry organizations also

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Standing Out

Denver Chapter of LPGA Amateur Golf Association makes name for itself as CGA Women’s Club of the Year By Gary Baines - 4/7/2020 The winner of the CGA

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Rescheduling

CGA postpones Four-Ball and Super-Senior Match Play; sites remain same By Gary Baines - 4/3/2020 For the first time since the effects of the novel

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A Message from the Executive Director

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Making Her Mark

The teaching never stops for Schnitzer, the CGA Women’s Volunteer of the Year By Gary Baines - 3/26/2020 Sandy Schnitzer spent 33 years of her life in

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CGA COVID-19 Event and Policy Updates

Updated: May 26, 2020 RELEVANT LINKS CDC: Click Here CDPHE: Click Here COLORADO GOLF COALITION (Policies and Resources): Click Here .

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Staying Put, But New Job

After year of much change, Mark Kelbel takes on new role in Colorado golf, for CGA as program director at new Broadmoor Caddie & Leadership Academy By

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5-Star Addition

New Broadmoor Caddie & Leadership Academy planned; led by former Broadmoor head pro Mark Kelbel, program builds on success of Solich Caddie & Leadership

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Year of the Woman in Colorado Golf

Women take center stage as CGA hosts Women’s Golf Summit; event’s auction raises record amount for junior and CGA member programs By Gary Baines -

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Tyler Joins CGA Staff

Tyler Turpin Joins CGA Staff Please join us in welcoming Tyler Turpin as one of our newest staff members here at the Colorado Golf Association.

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Staying in the Loop

Commitment to caddying never wanes for CGA; Colorado’s caddie clubs gather at Cherry Hills for annual Caddie Summit By Gary Baines - 3/3/2020 Executive

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Relocating

CGA hopes to build on momentum for Women’s Golf Summit at new host site By Gary Baines - 3/2/2020 It’s been a time of transition in recent years for the

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Sam Joins CGA Staff

Sam Dentinger Joins CGA Staff Please join us in welcoming Sam Dentinger as one of our newest staff members here at the Colorado Golf Association.

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Dermonte Joins CGA Staff

Dermonte Bond Joins CGA Staff Please join us in welcoming Dermonte Bond as one of our newest staff members here at the Colorado Golf Association.

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Making a Difference

Record 20 junior golfers will participate in CGA’s Hale Irwin Player Program at CommonGround in 2020; Kupcho among HIPP’s accomplished alums By Gary

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Westward Focus

Seminars, collaboration, looping and listening all on the agenda for second CGA Western Slope Golf Summit By Gary Baines - 2/17/2020 With the CGA holding

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Life-Changing Loops

Three Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy graduates from the Meridian Chapter are among 13 caddies to receive the Evans Scholarship.

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Winter Get-Together

Behind the scenes or front and center, CGA and Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado will play prominent roles at upcoming Denver Golf Expo By Gary Baines -

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Familiar Face

Brent Vasa, whose first adult job was as a Marine mortarman, returns to CGA as director of junior competitions By Gary Baines - 1/20/2020 As job paths

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Making a Little History

Coleman becomes first solo female to earn CGA’s Topliff Award for on-course rules officiating By Gary Baines - 12/16/2019 It’s often a pleasant surprise

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Changes on Horizon

It’s been many years in the making, but World Handicap System set to debut; USGA, CGA take on major educational roles in process By Gary Baines -

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Changes on Horizon

It’s been many years in the making, but World Handicap System set to debut; USGA, CGA take on major educational roles in process By Gary Baines -

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Year 1 in the Books

Regarding inaugural Irwin Dinner at The Broadmoor, Hale Irwin says, ‘I couldn’t be more proud of this whole affair’; Douglass, Kupcho first Irwin Medal

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Volunteer Extraordinaire

Former CWGA president, longtime Columbine CC member Mary Lee Browne passes away By Gary Baines - 11/22/2019 Mary Lee Browne, a former CWGA president and

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Jennifer Kupcho

Inaugural Hale Irwin medal recipient Jennifer Kupcho aspires to become best female golfer to come out of Colorado by Gary Baines It seems like just

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Dale Douglass

Douglass became first Colorado-bred player to achieve widespread success at top level of tour golf by Gary Baines Dale Douglass no doubt has seen his

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CGA Women’s Players of Year

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

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Colorado Golf Industry Summit

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

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Book ‘Em, Danno

Extensive golf library donated by Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Dan Hogan finds its new home at the CGA’s offices By Gary Baines - 09/12/2019

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Another Milestone

Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy surpasses 10,000 loops as eighth season draws to close By Gary Baines - 08/27/2019 At the beginning of last year,

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