Changing Landscape
With tournament season beginning, CGA players and officials set to adjust to new reality under COVID-19 guidelines
Gary Baines
CGA Championship Changes
CGA adding Women’s Mid-Amateur Stroke Play to lineup; Senior Match Play will use pod play beginning this year, serving as pilot as other CGA match play events will adopt format in 2021; Match Play, Women’s Match Play to be held concurrently at same sites starting in ’21
More USGA Changes
USGA cancels 4 additional 2020 championships; only men’s and women’s U.S. Opens and U.S. Amateurs still scheduled — but with no qualifying
Going Low
61 helps former Fort Collins resident Liringis notch top-5 finish against loaded field in Scottsdale
Nixed
Boys Junior America’s Cup the latest major junior competition to be canceled; Colorado team won the event in 2018
Return Engagement
Kupcho set to compete in Colorado for first time in more than two years as CoBank Colorado Women’s Open gains a big-name entrant
Drive for Excellence
Hale Irwin Player Program member Jeffrey Zhou at the top of his game on and off the course
More 2020 Changes
AJGA cancels its 2 Colorado-based tourneys for 2020; Western Junior Championships also nixed; CU’s top women’s golfer accepts 2nd chance to finish senior season
This Pair of Aces Shines Brightly
16-year-old Max Lange, who hadn’t made a hole-in-one before, records 2 aces in 3 holes
Close Call
Former Buff Jeremy Paul misses playoff by 1 on Golden State Tour; ex-CSU golfer Cannon shares fifth place