‘Firsts’ on the Horizon
Former CU golfer Yannik Paul will make his PGA Championship debut next week and his British Open debut in July; Colorado natives Wyndham Clark and Mark Hubbard also in the PGA field
Colorado Golf Journal
Women’s NCAA Roundup
DU women place 7th and see season end at NCAA regionals; locals Lauren Lehigh and Dawn Shockley help their teams advance to nationals; Coloradan Ashley Kozlowski finishes 4th at regionals; CU lands top-100 amateur
The Big Time
Victory in John Shippen Cognizant Cup gives Colorado Springs’ Paige Crawford her first LPGA Tour start
Among The Best
4 Colorado facilities among top 120 of America’s Greatest Golf Courses; all 4 moved up from the last biennial ranking by Golf Digest
Long-sought breakthrough
Emotional Wyndham Clark pulls away for first PGA Tour win, besting a formidable field; it’s believed to be first PGA Tour victory by a Colorado native in almost 20 years
Bringing out his best
In same month Coloradan Matt Schalk will compete in KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, he narrowly misses qualifying for PGA Championship
Taking the first Step
CSU headed to Alabama, CU to Oklahoma and UNC to California as 3 Colorado-based teams advance to men’s NCAA Division I regionals
All Conference
CU men post one of their best showings at Pac-12 tournament; CSU’s Christoph Bleier finishes 2nd in playoff at Mountain West meet
Tour Golf for Locals
Former CU golfer Yannik Paul remains on track for European Ryder Cup spot, but much work is left to do; Coloradan Scott Vincent earns 7-figure payday at Liv event; former Buff Jenny Coleman 2nd in playoff on Epson Tour
Family Day
On same day that brother Jeff led CSU-Pueblo to a conference championship, Lily Nelson won Great American Conference individual title by a record 17 strokes; 4 Colorado teams set for men’s NCAA Div. II regionals