Tie-Breaker
With narrow team victory, Colorado PGA pros take lead over CGA amateurs in all-time series at Western Colorado Cup Matches
Gary Baines
With a Cherry On Top
Zach Gomez wins CGA Mid-Amateur Match Play in style, at Cherry Hills CC; it’s Westminster resident’s first CGA championship
Fitting Finales
Miles Kuhl claims 5A state title as Fairview golfers go 1-2; seniors sweep as Hunter Simmons (4A), Nicholas Brooks (3A) and Noah Pearson (2A) also win
End of the Line
A day after defeating stroke-play co-medalist, Coloradan Kirsty Hodgkins-Redner ousted at U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Hitting the Big Time
3 Coloradans — Sophia Eagan, Shepherd Choi and Peyton Landon — are Augusta-bound after qualifying for 2026 Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals
It’s Go Time
Bella Ridge Golf Club in Johnstown, a daily-fee public facility, opens for ‘limited preview play’ on Oct. 6
Coming to Fruition
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
Wrapping Things Up
Colorado native Griffin Barela posts his 2nd top-6 showing in the last 3 weeks on PGA Tour Americas; Fort Collins’ Dillon Stewart narrowly misses earning 2026 Korn Ferry Tour card via season-long points
Going Long
Zack Holton, 50-year-old Kelly Rudney claim long drive World Championship titles in Colorado, with Holton winning for third time in LaSalle; overall, longest drives travel 486 yards (men) and 413 (women); Coloradan Monica Lieving runner-up in Women’s Division
Q-School Roundup
2 Colorado natives — Lauren (Lehigh) Dickey and Katherine Hollern — among those who advance from LPGA Pre-Qualifying; former CCU standout Xavier Bighaus breezes through PGA Tour Pre-Qual event