Colorado Golf Association News

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

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Roller-Coaster Ride

After 3 PGA Tour wins in 9 months, Denver native Wyndham Clark has gone 2 years without a victory and has dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings;

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Retail Excellence

For second straight year, a Colorado-based golf shop is named one of top 10 nationally/internationally as Colorado Golf Club makes the grade in 2026

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Teeing It Up

Colorado remains at forefront of golf’s huge surge as the rate increase in the state’s rounds played in 2025 was among highest in nation 

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FAB 5: Colorado’s Biggest Golf Challenges for WoMen

There’s no such thing anymore as “the ladies’ tees.” Women now have more choices than ever, which is why this month’s Fab 5 has turned into a Fab 6!

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Return Engagement

For third time in the last 5 years, Castle Pines Golf Club will join other premier courses in hosting Drive, Chip & Putt Regionals, where 8 junior golfers

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Bagging Scholarships

15 Colorado caddies, matching the highest single-year total in the 21st century, awarded full-tuition and housing Evans Scholarships to CU-Boulder; 8 from

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The Next Step

Neal Shipley, who capitalized on 2 big opportunities in Colorado en route to the PGA Tour, is the subject of most recent episode of ‘The Life’, which just

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Spring Forward

It may be the middle of winter, but college golf’s spring season is upon us; here’s how things are shaping up for the Colorado-based DI teams, and the top

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Some of the Best

Colorado residential courses among the best in the country, according to national ranking; meanwhile, Castle Pines Golf Club’s locker room surpassed by alm

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DEAR MOLLY

How Can I Light Up and Get Along? I like to smoke, but I can see players giving me the stink eye, and that makes me uncomfortable.

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The Year Ahead

What notable awaits us in Colorado golf in 2026? Venue change for Golf Expo, Jennifer Kupcho possibly back for more at Solheim Cup, Trans-Miss event at Lak

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Ready, Set …

With official major-tour golf set to gear up in 2026, about 25 players with significant Colorado ties will tee it up in elite-level pro events

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Historic Milestones

Notable anniversaries we’ll celebrate in Colorado golf in 2026: Wellshire opening, Denver double for Sandra Palmer, The International debuts and much more

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Honored

Some of the people, places and things in Colorado golf that have earned national accolades recently

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Wrapping It Up

Putting the final touches on the countdown of the top 25 Colorado golf stories of 2025

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In Retrospect

Starting the countdown of the top 25 Colorado golf stories of 2025

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One for You, One for You …

Time to gather around and hand out the holiday gift wishes, Colorado golf style

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Back for More

Second edition of popular Colorado Championship at Todd Creek on Annika Women’s All-Pro Tour set for second half of August in 2026

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FAB 5: Colorado’s Biggest Golf Challenges for Men

For those golfers who happen to be male and aspire to drive the ball very far, this edition of Fab 5 presents the five most daunting courses in our state. 

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Soaring

Former Colorado state high school champ Tristan Rohrbaugh rides the wind en route to earning conditional status on Japan Golf Tour as he shoots low round o

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Going Long

2 Coloradans earn Player of the Year awards from World Long Drive — Monica Lieving (Women’s Division) and Chase Noell (Amateur)

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DEAR MOLLY

How Can I Age More Gracefully?

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Being of Service

Chris Hasenzahl, the CGA’s Volunteer of the Year, has plenty of ‘drive’ when it comes to course rating; Parker Golf Association making a habit of being

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Playing By The Rules

Jim Topliff Award winner Bill McClearn relishes rules officiating — whether working a junior tournament, the Colorado Open or anything in between By Gary

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FAB 5: Membership Means More Great Gifts

If you’ve been following the Fab 5 the past few years, you may know that we golfers in the McMulligan household are perfectly happy giving ourselves

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Sweet 16

The second edition of Team Colorado, which was introduced at the CGA’s Medal of Excellence festivities, is quite an accomplished bunch.

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Breaking New Ground

Longtime golf instructor Kelli McKandless ‘stoked’ at being named the first coach for Team Colorado, the Centennial State’s elite junior squad that’s

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Next-Level Class

Close to 20 Class of 2026 Colorado junior golfers headed for NCAA Div.

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Teachers Extraordinaire

Quite a few Colorado golf instructors included in recent national/international top teachers lists By Gary Baines – 11/10/2025 It’s fall, a time of year

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DEAR MOLLY

How Do I Cope with Mulligans?

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On the Rise

Coloradans Mitch Savage and Josh Troyer included in Global Golf Post’s inaugural class of up-and-comers in American golf industry By Gary Baines –

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New Faces for Team Colorado

New Roster for Team Colorado Announced for the 2026 season.

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‘Towering Presence in Golf’

Longtime Colorado Springs resident Judy Bell, the first female president of the USGA and a World Golf Hall of Famer — and a character, to boot — passes

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Tall Cotton

Colorado native, former DU coach and current Kansas coach Lindsay Kuhle among most respected coaches in women’s golf, according to survey By Gary Baines

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Par Excellence

Geoff Keffer wins Colorado PGA Dow Finsterwald Player of the Year honor for record-extending 10th time; other Section POYs: Matt Schalk (Senior), Ashley

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All in the Family

Kevin Stadler, Ella McLaughlin voted into Colorado Golf Hall of Fame; Kevin will join dad Craig and Ella her husband ‘Mac’ as inductees; various honors

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