Recent tournament news and player updates
6 In A Row
Posted on August 1, 2025
With victory in Montrose, Englewood’s Henry Starr extends local win streak for boys in Colorado-based AJGA events
Strong Performances
Posted on August 1, 2025
Former Northwestern golfer Jieni Li wins inaugural Colorado Championship at Todd Creek, while ex-CCU golfer Faith Kilgore places 4th; DU grad Chris Korte finishes 2nd in Texas State Open
One Round Left
Posted on August 1, 2025
Pat Grady, bidding to add a 2nd CGA Amateur title 19 years after the first, holes out for eagle on final hole to gain share of lead with CU’s Ty Holbrook; 2023 runner-up Gage Messingham sits a shot back after incurring 2-stroke penalty
Doing the Centennial State Proud
Posted on July 31, 2025
Team from Colorado/CGA posts its 2nd-best finish ever at boys Junior America’s Cup as Ash Edwards and Brayden Forte place in top 5 individually
2025 CGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship
Posted on July 29, 2025
Jolene Wong and Neige Dunn cruise to 7-stoke victory in CGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship
Another Level
Posted on July 29, 2025
Caine Fitzgerald, previously a Section overall and assistant champ, adds a Colorado Senior PGA Professional title
Local Tour Roundup
Posted on July 27, 2025
Former Aspen resident Justin Leonard runner-up in a senior major, Fort Collins’ Dillon Stewart notches another top-10 on PGA Tour Americas, and Wyndham Clark stays hot on PGA Tour
Walk-Off Winner
Posted on July 27, 2025
Colorado native Jim Knous soars to victory in Colorado Open with 69-yard hole-out for eagle in playoff; his 62 in regulation is lowest final round by champ in tourney history; Charlie Tucker takes low-am honors
2025 CGA State Junior (9u, 11u, 13u)
Posted on July 23, 2025
Boys and Girls champions crowned in 3 different age groups at the CGA State Junior Championship
End of the Road
Posted on July 23, 2025
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
Major Lows & Highs
Posted on July 20, 2025
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’
CU at Eisenhower
Posted on July 16, 2025
As CGA Women’s Stroke Play ventures further south than ever, CU’s Carolyn Fuller emerges as champ at Eisenhower GC; former Buff Kirsty Hodgkins wins Women’s Mid-Am after claiming 3 Mid-Am titles in Arizona
Monday Mania
Posted on July 15, 2025
For fourth time in last 10 months, Colorado native Chris Korte Monday qualifies for PGA Tour event; this time, he’ll tee it up at Barracuda Championship
Back for Seconds
Posted on July 15, 2025
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
Tournament Roundup
Posted on July 13, 2025
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
Rocky Mountain High
Posted on July 13, 2025
2 years after finishing 2nd in U.S. Am at Cherry Hills, Neal Shipley rallies from 7 behind in final round to win The Ascendant at TPC Colorado & earns 2026 PGA Tour card; Westminster’s Connor Jones finishes 24th to land spot in next week’s Korn Ferry Tour event
2025 Girls’ and Boys’ Junior America’s Cup Team Named
Posted on July 11, 2025
The Colorado Golf Association is pleased to announce the Girls’ and Boys’ Junior America’s Cup Teams.
Back for More
Posted on July 10, 2025
From retired pro golfer to mechanic and back to golf, Coloradan Zahkai Brown opens with solid 71 despite sometimes ‘brutal’ wind at The Ascendant; ex-AFA golfer Tom Whitney, who didn’t complete his first round, tied for lead after day 1
Super Semis Set
Posted on July 9, 2025
Defending champion falls in CGA Super Senior Match Play quarterfinals, 2 CO Golf Hall of Famers still in hunt
21st CGA Women’s Senior & Net Match Play Semi-Finals
Posted on July 9, 2025
The 21st CGA Women’s Senior Match Play Championship at DU Golf Club at Highlands Ranch.
Happily Busy This Week
Posted on July 7, 2025
Coloradans Connor Jones and Chris Korte medalists in Monday qualifying for Ascendant at TPC Colorado; teen sensation Blades Brown, Colorado Christian’s Sangha Park also qualify for Korn Ferry Tour event
By Leaps and Bounds
Posted on July 6, 2025
Davis Bryant’s first top-5 on DP World Tour earns him six-figure payday a week after he recorded his first top-10 on that circuit; the Aurora resident will make his PGA Tour debut starting on Thursday; meanwhile, Dillon Stewart notches top-10 on PGA Tour Americas
Going Touring at Home
Posted on July 5, 2025
Coloradan Zahkai Brown fires 64 in qualifying tourney to land a spot in Ascendant Korn Ferry Tour event for fourth time; CGA State Junior champ Brayden Forte also earns a berth with 64 at TPC Colorado
2025 Colorado Pacific Coast Amateur Team
Posted on July 3, 2025
The Colorado Golf Association announces its Morse Cup team for the 2025 Pacific Coast Amateur.
Making Inroads
Posted on July 3, 2025
Coloradan Dillon Stewart earns another regional title, winning Laramie Open
Rarefied Air
Posted on June 30, 2025
Floridian Blake Dyer shoots 59 at University of Denver Golf Club to gain medalist honors in first Inspirato Colorado Open qualifier; Coloradans Reese Knox and Will Chadwick among 9 qualifiers
Making Progress
Posted on June 29, 2025
On a weekend many local tour players were in contention, Coloradan Davis Bryant posts his first DP World top-10
Fitting Finish
Posted on June 29, 2025
Another World Golf Hall of Famer wins a USGA title at Broadmoor as Padraig Harrington claims his 2nd U.S. Senior Open; Broadmoor draws high praise for its 3rd USSO; Brandt Jobe trying to stave off end of career
Breaking the Ice
Posted on June 27, 2025
Robert Gonzales turns in near-flawless performance to win the 56th CGA Senior Match Play Championship, marking his first CGA individual title
Brilliant at Bethpage
Posted on June 27, 2025
Evergreen’s Tyler Long, an incoming CU golfer and a member of Team Colorado, wins prestigious RLX Ralph Lauren Junior Classic at site of 2025 Ryder Cup Matches
Formidable Test
Posted on June 26, 2025
Despite still feeling his way around at Broadmoor, World Golf Hall of Famer Padraig Harrington shares lead at U.S. Senior Open; amid long roundtrip commutes and work duties, Erie’s Matt Schalk hits event’s opening tee shot
Team Colorado Reigns Supreme
Posted on June 26, 2025
Team Colorado Players Brayden Forte and Ella Scott crowned champions at 2025 CGA State Junior Championship.
Senior Showdown
Posted on June 26, 2025
Wilmes, Gonzales set to face off for 56th CGA Senior Match Play title
Worth the Trip
Posted on June 20, 2025
4-time New Mexico girls state high school champ Rylee Salome rallies to defeat Colorado Springs 15-year-old Landry Frost for CGA Women’s Match Play title
Addition to Stellar Resumé
Posted on June 20, 2025
Colin Prater red-hot at Denver CC in winning his second CGA Match Play and his fifth CGA open-age major championship; this title is his first since turning 30
Going (Very) Low
Posted on June 12, 2025
Nicholas Brooks of Parker ties for 3rd-best winning score in AJGA history in claiming Colorado Springs Junior title; Washington’s Angela Zhang earns 2nd straight AJGA girls victory in Colorado. A day later, Brooks qualified for U.S. Junior Amateur
2025 Niblick Tournament
Posted on June 11, 2025
For 19 years and counting, the Colorado Golf Association has hosted the CGA Niblick Tournament—an event designed specifically for women golfers with handicaps between 18.0 and 36.0
Golden Tickets
Posted on June 10, 2025
Matt Schalk of Erie a U.S. Senior Open qualifying medalist for 2nd straight year; Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe, Denver resident Chris DiMarco, former CSU golfer Darrin Overson and Utahn Steve Schneiter also headed to USSO at The Broadmoor
A Champion Again
Posted on June 8, 2025
Colorado native Jennifer Kupcho battles back from ‘lost swing’ earlier in spring to end almost-3-year LPGA victory drought; Colorado Golf Hall of Famer now has 4 LPGA wins to her credit
Back For More
Posted on June 6, 2025
Miles Kuhl of Boulder becomes first back-to-back champ at AJGA Wyndham Clark Presented by CGA; Coloradans have now won the last 4 boys titles in AJGA events held in the state; Angela Zhang of Washington the girls champ
Strong Finish
Posted on June 4, 2025
Kelly McCormick and Jolene Wong birdie 3 of the final 4 holes to claim the 2025 CGA Women’s Mashie title
Qualifying Galore
Posted on June 2, 2025
Denver native Mark Hubbard qualifies for his third U.S. Open; short miss on final hole keeps Jim Knous — who made an ace on Monday — out of playoff; Coloradan Scott Vincent earned his spot last month
A Quality ‘Rep’
Posted on June 1, 2025
In just his 2nd Korn Ferry Tour start since 2008, Denver-area resident Martin Laird posts runner-up finish
Ruling the Roost
Posted on May 30, 2025
Alyaa Abdulghany, all 5 feet of her, stands tall as bogey-free round and playoff par saves give her CO Women’s Open title — and $50k; mid-round hiccup costs Becca Huffer shot at 3rd CWO win; soon-to-be-pro Morgan Miller earns low-am honors
2025 Team Stableford
Posted on May 28, 2025
The CGA Women’s Team Stableford Tournament kicked off the 2025 women’s tournament season today at Plum Creek Golf Club.
Season Finale
Posted on May 25, 2025
CU men’s golf team struggles on day 3, but ends season with top-25 showing at NCAA nationals for 2nd time in 3 years; former Buff women’s golfer Robyn Choi notches best LPGA Tour finish in more than 5 years