Outside The Ropes

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

Close to 20 Class of 2026 Colorado junior golfers headed for NCAA Div. I programs as early signing period begins

Quite a few Colorado golf instructors included in recent national/international top teachers lists

Dear Molly: How Do I Cope with Mulligans?

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

Meet the 2026 Team Colorado!

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 away at age 89

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

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 will go to 7 others 

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

Choosing a hat can be a real headache with Colorado’s crazy conditions. What Tam would survive in any or all of them?

Another big-time golf event set for the Centennial State as 2030 U.S. Junior Amateur coming to Colorado Golf Club, which will serve as the primary host for its second USGA championship

George Solich, a very prominent member of Colorado golf community in recent decades, set to be inducted into another hall of fame, this time the Colorado Business Hall of Fame

Notes and quotes as Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inducts its 52nd class; Tom Apple, Rollie Cahalane, Lance Johnson, Jon Lindstrom and Robert Polk enshrined with 290 in attendance

Bella Ridge Golf Club in Johnstown, a daily-fee public facility, opens for ‘limited preview play’ on Oct. 6

Dear Molly: How and When Is It Time to Play Through?

Folks at Rodeo Dunes hope prairie links golf, not unlike that at Ballyneal and Sand Hills, will be a ‘Dream’ come true; first course at rural Colorado site just off I-76 nearing completion

Influential Colorado ‘Golf Professional of the Century’ Vic Kline — who made a considerable impact for Colorado PGA, at Indian Tree and on golf in general in the state — passes away at 90

With long drive World Championships set for Colorado this weekend, can the 500-yard milestone be reached?

Is any season more beautiful than fall on our home courses? Here are five courses oozing with autumn appeal.

The Broadmoor’s East Course, site of 2025 U.S. Senior Open, makes several national ‘best-of’ lists in recent months

Dear Molly: What’s With That Crazy Hole Locations?

Coming off momentous seasons, much has changed for CU and Colorado Christian men’s squads — as well as for other Colorado-based college golf teams

With near records, rare feats, notable national/regional titles and more, it’s been a memorable year so far for Colorado junior golfers

Grab some friends, set some stakes and pick one of these formats for a cutthroat game to get you in the championship groove.

Grand opening of Mike Lee 9 short course at Boomerang — honoring 2011 CGA Match Play champ — a heartwarming affair; Lee leaves ‘legacy of hope, joy and togetherness’

Mark Matz of Beaver Creek Golf Club becomes third PGA professional from the Vail Valley in the 2020s to earn Colorado Section’s top honor — Golf Professional of the Year; Awards Gala set for Oct. 24

Giving back to golf — on many different levels — very gratifying to Annika Sorenstam these days; World Golf Hall of Famer and former Broncos great Terrell Davis headline kids clinic at Foothills GC

Dear Molly: Is There Some Way I Can Post My “Fun Golf” Scores?

Further details finalized about Bella Ridge Golf Club, which plans a fall opening in Johnstown

Ten golfers with significant Colorado ties expected to compete in inaugural Annika Women’s All Pro Tour Colorado Championship at Todd Creek

Where E Stands for “Executive” But Not “Easy” – 5 of Colorado’s great shorter courses that are fast, fun and challenging

Multiple-time Hall of Fame inductee Joan Birkland — who made a lasting impression with her sports prowess, volunteerism and the Sportswomen of Colorado — is the subject of a new documentary film

Davis Bryant will indeed try to defend title at Inspirato Colorado Open, where no one has won back-to-back since the ’70s; also in field are 4-time PGA Tour winner Sean O’Hair and 2024 runner-up Jim Knous

Dear Molly: May I Please Avoid Stranger Danger and Ride Alone?

Eight of the top 200-ranked golfers in the world, including Neal Shipley, in field for The Ascendant at TPC Colorado — as are at least 5 PGA Tour winners — as commitment deadline passes

Colorado Christian University men’s golf program adds another national honor as Sungyeop Cho named DII Gary Player International Golfer of the Year; Cho will be headed to the University of Georgia next season

Bill Loeffler, Jill McGill and Wyndham Clark — USGA champions all — awarded honorary memberships at Cherry Hills CC, where they grew up

I asked the CGA’s resident rules gurus which Rules a newbie or casual golfer should endeavor to implement, or which ones rules-observing CGA members ought to stress when encouraging a friend or family member to take up the game.

Once on the verge of buying a home in Colorado, 2000 International champ Ernie Els still holds the state close to his heart as U.S. Senior Open awaits; Langer calls Broadmoor’s greens the toughest on tour; Harrington labels them ‘treacherous’

4 surgeries later, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe ready for ‘one last hurrah’ at Broadmoor for U.S. Senior Open; hailstorm turns course white; Erie’s Matt Schalk set to hit championship’s opening tee shot

Fourth and fifth U.S. Senior Opens headed to The Broadmoor as USGA awards 2031 and ’37 championships to Colorado Springs resort, which will become the first 4-time host; ‘Great news,’ Els says

What to watch for at this week’s U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor: another champ from Villa Allende, Argentina?; 5 titles in 6 months for Jimenez?; multiple big-name WDs take toll on field; will locals thrive?

Denver native Wyndham Clark apologizes for damaging lockers at Oakmont during U.S. Open

Contestants at next week’s U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor account for 300-plus PGA Tour wins and 29 major championship titles

A Colorado course cracks top 35 of ‘America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses’ for the first time since 2013; 3 from Centennial state make list overall

Dear Molly: I’m terrible! How can I make sure I don’t annoy good players?

Colorado Christian University men’s golf team caps big-time late spring run with Mark Hull earning national DII coach of the year award, Adam Duncan being named DII national golfer of the year, and Duncan competing in the Palmer Cup

More than a decade after his very successful junior golf career, Denver native Wyndham Clark hoping to pay it forward with his own AJGA event in Colorado

The Colorado Golf Association (CGA) has granted $5,000 to support the First Green program of the GCSAA Foundation, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

Couples in Colorado can play golf together at any public course, but sometimes it’s fun to feel like a team, competing against other teams, and then enjoy a 19th hole with other teams of couples.

As U.S. Senior Open approaches, The Broadmoor is set to once again present one of the toughest tests in senior golf; possible ‘diabolical’ hole locations, confounding greens, elevation adjustment present unique challenges

Colorado Golf Hall of Fame’s 52nd induction dinner planned for Oct. 3 at Hyatt Regency DTC; Hall of Fame’s annual auction under way — and will continue to May 19

Number of Class of 2025 Colorado high school golfers set to play in college surpasses 40, with many NCAA Division I-bound

Barbara McIntire, a longtime fixture at The Broadmoor who won 2 U.S. Women’s Amateurs and was runner-up in the U.S. Women’s Open, passes away at age 90

Colorado Golf Expo moving for the second time in recent years; 2026 show set for March 6-8 at National Western Center’s new Livestock Center

Are the greens within a few inches of the hole being damaged by leaving the flagstick in while putting? Are golfers allowed to tamp down the edges of the hole before putting without penalty? 

2025 CGA championship season set to begin as Parker Edens and Jimmy Makloski scheduled to try for unprecedented 3-peat in CGA Four-Ball

With a ninth USGA championship coming to The Broadmoor in June, we rank the sometimes-momentous previous 8 that have been contested at the Colorado Springs resort

Jay Sigel, who won one of his five USGA championships at Cherry Hills — where he was subsequently named an honorary member — passes away at age 81

Twin brothers and former CU golfers Jeremy and Yannik Paul will team up next week at PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans