Strong ShowingS
Former DU golfer Espen Kofstad notches top-3 finish on European Challenge Tour for first time since 2016; former Colorado resident George Cunningham records another top-10 on Korn Ferry Tour
Gary Baines
Hoping for July Trips to Nebraska
Plenty of past U.S. Senior Open competitors will try to earn return trips at Country Club of the Rockies in Edwards
Ams Rule the Day
Amateurs earn all 5 spots into U.S. Open final qualifying from ‘local’ at CommonGround; Colorado 40-year-olds Chris Thayer and Pete Mangold, CU teammates/countrymen Kristoffer Max and Victor Bjorlow, and DU’s Jun Ho Won advance
Mixed Bag
Team trip to NCAA nationals eludes DU women, but Pioneer sophomore Anna Zanusso earns individual berth; Coloradan Mary Weinstein concludes college career
CGA’s Loss is Symetra Tour’s Gain
Robert Duke, the CGA’s well-respected director of rules and competitions, leaving to become rules official on Symetra Tour
Day 2 in the Books
DU’s Anna Zanusso jumps to 8th at NCAA Regional; Pioneers well within reach of potential berth into national tourney
Hope Remains Alive
Coloradans Zahkai Brown, Jim Knous and Cal McCoy advance from Walnut Creek to U.S. Open final qualifying along with Wyoming’s John Murdock and Kirby Coe-Kirkham; Littleton’s Chris Korte moves on at qualifier in Tucson
San Francisco TREAT
Europeans Louise Stahle and Matilda Castren withstand rough weather to qualify at The Ranch CC for U.S. Women’s Open
Weekly insider trivia
MAY 3 CGA NEWS WEEKLY INSIDER TRIVIA: Ben Crenshaw, who was in Colorado recently as the Coore & Crenshaw Wing at Colorado Golf Club was dedicated, and Phil Mickelson each won three NCAA individual titles. At what Colorado course did Mickelson capture one of his regular-season individual victories as a collegian? Answer for May 3 CGA … Read more