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
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
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
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
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
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
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 -
Stroll Down Memory Lane
Notable anniversaries we’ll celebrate in Colorado golf in 2025: Annika and Ernie and the Babe.
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
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
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
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
Molly McMulliGan’s Fab 5
Hot spots for Colorado's golfing snowbirds Have your golf buddies started disappearing yet?
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Enshrined
Record-matching Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inductee class draws 420 to induction dinner; Wyndham Clark, Jennifer Kupcho, George Solich, Pat Hamill, Joe
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
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.
Among the Best
Northeastern Colorado’s Ballyneal continues to ascend national/international course rankings lists with this month’s additions By Gary Baines –
Living & (Usually) Loving the Rules
Not long removed from being executive director of the CWGA, Laura Robinson has become a devoted rules official, to the point of earning the Jim Topliff
Back For More
The 49th president of the Colorado PGA looks a lot like the 40th as Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kyle Heyen returns to the role he also held 2 decades ago
Signing On The Dotted Line
Dozens of Colorado high school seniors finalize their college golf commitments, including many who are NCAA Division I-bound By Gary Baines – 11/15/2024
DEAR MOLLY: How can we make golf more techy for kids?
Dear Molly: Our kids are more into video games and cell phones than golf.
Good Advice
Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Dennis Lyon earns another national award from Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, this one for an advice
On The Big Stage
Coloradan Connor Jones set to tee it up in next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship on PGA Tour — his reward for winning the Elite Amateur Series By
CGA Women’s Players of the Year
Ashley Kozłowski goes out on a high note before embarking on career as engineer; other 2024 CGA female players of the year: Kristine Franklin (Senior
CGA Men’s Players of the Year
Colin Prater sweeps CGA Les Fowler Player of Year and Mid-Am POY awards for third time; other CGA men’s player honorees are Steve Ivan (Senior Player of