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Start the Countdown

Top Colorado golf stories of 2022, Part I By Gary Baines - 12/26/2022 All years, without exception, produce plenty of prospects for “stories of the year”

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What am I supposed to do with the rake?

Dear Molly: Where and how should a rake be placed in a bunker?

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‘Bittersweet’ Move

After more than 2 decades of running Colorado (and Denver) Golf Expo, Mark and Lynn Cramer sell show to Colorado native Kevin Morton By Gary Baines -

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Paying to Play

Not a creature is stirring and not a golf course is watering.

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Kevin Laura Recognized for 20 years USGA regional affairs Committee

Kevin Laura, President of Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, was recognized for 20 years of serving as the USGA Regional Affairs Committeeman for Colorado

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Molly McMulligan’s Fab 5

GOLF PRESENTS TO GIVE YOURSELF (because nobody else will) by Susan Fornoff The nongolfers we love have the best intentions for us during gifting season.

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Takin’ Care of Business

Dedication is the name of the game for rules official — and retired ICU nurse — Rick Rosemeyer, the latest winner of Jim Topliff Award By Gary Baines -

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Gobs of Gratitude

Colorado golf provides a feast-worthy abundance of reasons to give thanks By Gary Baines - 11/22/2022 The golf season has wrapped up in Colorado — for

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Fall Fitness Finish 2.0

November 15 is always a big day for golf in Colorado, and this year was even more significant.

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Heritage Golf Group Enters Colorado Market

November 15, 2022 For Immediate Release Denver, CO – November 15, 2022 – Heritage Golf Group, the fastest-growing owner and operator of golf and country

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Molly McMulligan’s Fab 5

COLD WEATHER WARMERS by Susan Fornoff It’s no longer golf season in Colorado, but for many of us on the Front Range and Western Slope it is the best time

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To the Next Level

Colorado junior players formalize college golf commitments, including more than a few who are NCAA Division I-bound By Gary Baines - 11/11/2022 Junior

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Will our ‘birdie juice’ get us in trouble?

Dear Molly: My friends and I all carry birdie juice and whip out our flasks to toast birdies.

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Key Changes to the Rules of Golf Set to Take Effect in 2023

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 | LIBERTY CORNER, N.J.

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Posting, Postponed

There’s almost always a golf course open somewhere in Colorado.

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Women’s CGA Players of the Year

Leigha Devine CGA Women’s Player of the Year for second straight season; Marilyn Hardy and Kaylee Chen also earn POY honors; Grace Burke Award winners

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Men’s CGA Players of the Year

After extraordinary year, Connor Jones a shoo-in as CGA Les Fowler Player of the Year; other POY honorees include Chris Thayer, Chris Carlson, David

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Co. Golf Hall of Fame names Award Winners to be honored in 2023

Colorado Golf Hall of Fame names Connor Jones, Jennifer Kupcho, Jill McGill, Matt Schalk and Yannik Paul Golf Persons of the Year, while Madeline Bante

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Molly McMulligan’s Fab 5

FRIENDS FOR YOUR FEET by Susan Fornoff With hundreds of CGA members walking up a storm of steps for this year’s Fall Fitness Finish, this seems like a

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Colorado Golf Association enters Health/Wellness & Fitness Research Partnership with the Colorado Center for Health and Sports Science

October 26, 2022 For Immediate Release Denver, Colorado The Colorado Golf Association, the premier advocacy and membership organization for amateur

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How Do I Get a Gimme?

Dear Molly: On the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup, players are always saying "good." But in my group, nobody ever says a putt is good.

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USGA Awards 25 First Tee Chapter Grants Around the Country

OCTOBER 13, 2022 | LIBERTY CORNER, N.J.

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Delivering in a Big Way

On verge of becoming a father, Colin Prater rallies from 6 back on the final day to win CGA Mid-Amateur at Lakewood CC; Jay Livsey runner-up for 2nd

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Friendly Games

Come November, you won’t be able to post a score in Colorado.

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High Honor

2022 3A state champ Madeline Bante becomes first Coloradan since 2015 to earn USGA-AJGA Presidents’ Leadership Award By Gary Baines – 9/16/2022 For the

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Molly McMulligan's Fab 5

WONDERFUL WALKS FOR COLORADO GOLFERS by Susan Fornoff For Mark Twain, golf may well have been a good walk spoiled.

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Paying Tribute

How caddying at Columbine Country Club decades ago paved the path of a lifetime By Gary Baines - 9/7/2022 If anything teaches a newly minted teenager the

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What can I do about obnoxious music?

Dear Molly: I am getting used to hearing music from players’ carts and golf bag speakers when I play recreational golf, but it does not seem right to

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Fall Fitness 2.0

You know it’s fall in Colorado when you see the leaves changing and feel the temperature begin to drop a little more each week.

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Walking to win

Here’s your inspiration to enter the CGA’s Fall Fitness Finish by Susan Fornoff One night 30 years ago at Penn State, Suzie Frenchman started running.

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Molly McMulligan's Fab 5

GREAT GOLF MANNERS by Susan Fornoff On a media visit a few years ago, the course dispatched a stringy 20-year-old golf assistant named Tyler out to the

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2022 Hundred Hole Hike

Annually, the Colorado Golf Association participates in the Youth on Course 100-Hole Hike.

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Golf Life Navigators Partners with the CGA

(NAPLES, Fla.) – Golf Life Navigators (GLN) – the world’s only virtual marketplace to connect buyers with club communities and golf certified real estate

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I want to Move Up a Tee, But...

Dear Molly: I typically play with players who bomb the ball farther than I do, and I'd love to move up to the next tee.

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August GOLF HOME LISTINGS

Did you know, 85% of golfers in search of their future club community plan to combine the search with a golf home?

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Which tees are best?

Most golfers get this wrong.

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