End of the Road
After ending U.S. Junior Amateur match-play drought for Coloradans, Nicholas Brooks falls in round of 64 to a 2024 quarterfinalist; meanwhile, Hadley Ashton, Alexander Kukreja claim CO PGA Junior Match Play titles
Golf
Junior Achievement
Parker’s Nicholas Brooks ends long drought for Coloradans by making match play at U.S. Junior Am; Coloradans Tyler Long and Henry Starr post top-10 finishes in PGA High School Golf National Invitational
‘The Legend’
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
Major Lows & Highs
After 2 majors he’d rather forget — for reasons of his own making — Denver native Wyndham Clark rides stellar final 3 days to 4th-place finish at British Open; afterward, he apologizes again for Oakmont and vows temper-related incidents are ‘not going to happen again’
Opportunity Awaits
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
Back for Seconds
A year after winning CGA Women’s Stroke Play and making her debut at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, Ashley Kozlowski qualifies for her 2nd Women’s Am
Red Hot
Fort Collins’ Dillon Stewart wins in just his second start on PGA Tour Americas; he’s already in top 10 in season-long point standings
Tournament Roundup
Fort Collins’ AJ Ott goes low to edge Derek Fribbs for Wyoming State Open title; Jennifer Kupcho posts her best finish in a major in over 3 years
One Day Left
Ross Steelman makes 2 eagles and matches TPC Colorado course record to take 3-stroke lead into final round of The Ascendant; Westminster’s Connor Jones on track to earn spot in next week’s Korn Ferry Tour event
Going Low
Ash Edwards of Boulder goes 8 under par on first 7 holes of back 9 en route to 64 and 7-stroke win in Colorado Junior PGA; Sophia Lee claims girls title