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Never Forgotten

New 9-hole ‘SNAG’ course, a tribute to former CGA Match Play champ Michael Lee, taking shape at Boomerang Links; Greeley mayor attended groundbreaking on

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Growing Season

Denver Botanic Gardens proves fitting place for CGA to cultivate for golf as it hosts annual Women’s Golf Summit; 55 women’s clubs from around Colorado

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Courses Where Short Hitters Can Tee it Forward The experts are unanimous on this: Most golf courses are too long for the average woman, or anyone whose

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Back for Seconds

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Wyndham Clark a key player for the second straight year in Netflix’s ‘Full Swing’; Mark Wahlberg and Colorado native Paige

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Penny for Your Thoughts

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Penny Zavichas, a niece of Babe Zaharias, packs a life full of stories — and lessons — into her new book By Gary Baines -

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Colorado ‘Superintendent of the Century’ Passes Away

Dennis Lyon — Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, former president of the CGA and of the national Golf Course Superintendents Association of America — dies

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DEAR MOLLY: I changed tees mid-round. Can I still post?

Dear Molly: On vacation in Arizona I played a course that was new to me, and after the first five holes it became clear that I had teed it up a little

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Grip It & Rip It

Colorado Golf Expo adds more World Long Drive flavor as Lakewood-based former world champions Monica Lieving and Andrew Eigner will conduct

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Chiming In

A couple of bears, a cat, a shark, Chrissie and much more; with U.S.

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Retail Excellence

Columbine CC golf shop named one of the top 10 worldwide by Association of Golf Merchandisers, earning ‘Best of the Best’ honor for third time in 5 years

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Golf Is in his DNA

Set to celebrate his 25th anniversary as the CGA’s executive director, Ed Mate has gone where no one at the association has gone before By Gary Baines -

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Busy, Busy, Busy

Colorado among states with highest percentage growth of golf rounds played By Gary Baines – 1/30/2025 Golf keeps going gangbusters in Colorado in the

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Caddies to College

8 Colorado caddies awarded full-tuition-and-housing Evans Scholarships to CU; 4 come from Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy, 3 from Broadmoor CLA By

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Well-Deserved

Sportswomen of Colorado will honor 5-time CGA Women’s Senior Player of the Year Kris Franklin and recently retired CU women’s golf coach Anne Kelly By

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Spring Forward

There’s no lack of storylines as Colorado-based college golf programs begin spring portion of schedule, including Colorado Christian men still undefeated

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Mix Golf Into Your Super Bowl Sunday The Broncos couldn’t make it to the Super Bowl, darn it, but that doesn’t mean that our favorite pastime and yours

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A Matter of Timing

Colorado Golf Expo gearing up as it goes where it’s never — or seldom — gone before with the show moving to March; owner Kevin Morton hopes to build on

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At the Mountaintop

NCAA Division II men’s national golf champs from Colorado Christian earn 2024 King of the Hill honor from Colorado Sports Hall of Fame By Gary Baines -

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Stroll Down Memory Lane

Notable anniversaries we’ll celebrate in Colorado golf in 2025: Annika and Ernie and the Babe.

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Platinum-Level

Colorado-based golf and country clubs make the grade in national rankings By Gary Baines – 1/9/2025 The folks at Castle Pines Golf Club are doing their

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DEAR MOLLY: Where Are the Senior Tees For Women?

Dear Molly: My wife is 65 and I am 69.

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The Year Ahead

What awaits us in Colorado golf in 2025?

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Busy New Year

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Wyndham Clark gears up in a hurry in 2025, with The Sentry in Hawaii and the inaugural TGL match in Florida crammed into less

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A Dozen to Remember

Wrapping up the countdown of the top Colorado golf stories of 2024 By Gary Baines - 12/30/2024 Here we are in the waning days of 2024, so there’s no time

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Let the Countdown Begin

The top Colorado golf stories of 2024, Part I By Gary Baines - 12/26/2024 The year 2024 proved very eventful in Colorado golf whether from the standpoint

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Hot spots for Colorado's golfing snowbirds Have your golf buddies started disappearing yet?

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That Time of Year

’Tis the season to pass around the holiday gift wishes, Colorado golf style By Gary Baines - 12/23/2024 Wrapping paper, bows, to/from stickers and tape

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Building on the Momentum

Colorado native and former DU golf captain Sara Montgomery relishes new role as president of the CGA, which has been growing by leaps and bounds By Gary

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Among the Best

Colorado cracks the top 3 states when it comes to golf shops making this top 100 elite list By Gary Baines – 12/16/2024 When it comes to being a home

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Big-Time Local Success

For 2nd time in the last decade, a Colorado-based BMW Championship named PGA Tour Tournament of the Year, this time after the event at Castle Pines GC

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DEAR MOLLY: How can I turn negative into positive?

Dear Molly: Sometimes in my club I get paired with a certain member who’s a negative self-talker.

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Fitting Honor

CU and Boulder High School grad Hale Irwin, a two-time U.S.

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Volunteer Extraordinaire

Sandy Schnitzer earns a CGA volunteer of the year award for the second time in 5 years, this time for spearheading the association’s apprentice rules

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Enshrined

Record-matching Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inductee class draws 420 to induction dinner; Wyndham Clark, Jennifer Kupcho, George Solich, Pat Hamill, Joe

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Make That 2

Bigfoot Turf Farm southeast of Greeley will host not only World Long Drive Championships, but a second WLD event in 2025 By Gary Baines – 11/29/2024 For

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Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5

Gift-givers, hint-hint: Here are 2024’s hottest putters Putters are too big to fit in a stocking and too personal to give without a fitting.

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