We Are The Champions, My Friends
JGAC Junior Series Champions Crowned: Jeffrey Chen and Claire Atzbach (10 & under); Johnathon Smith and Addison Hines (11-13); and Austin Barry and Makaela Swanson (14-18)
Gary Baines
The Show Must Go On
I-70 Glenwood Canyon closures take toll on CGA Women’s Brassie field; about half the usual number of entrants will tee it up at River Valley Ranch
Ten and Rarin’ for More
7 former champions and 3 Colorado Golf Hall of Famers scheduled to tee it up at 10th CGA Super-Senior Amateur
Memorable AJGA Season in Colorado
Hunter Swanson becomes fourth in-state resident to finish first or second in a 2021 Colorado-based AJGA tournament; day after a 60 shot by the boys champ in Montrose, the girls winner fires 62
More Coaching Changes
George Koury switches roles at Air Force Academy, leaving golf head coaching job after 19 years; alum Tyler Goulding, brother of new DU men’s coach, named AFA interim coach
Incoming
Logan Goulding becomes third DU men’s golf head coach since spring 2020; Pioneer mainstay Cal McCoy headed to University of Arizona
Best Ever
Californian Zachery Pollo sets AJGA and course record with 60 at The Bridges event in Montrose; Texan Mallory Matthews leads girls tourney
U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying
Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Janet Moore and Kim Eaton add to their long list of USGA championships, while Louise Lyle of Colorado Springs qualifies for her first
On the Big Stage
Coloradans TJ Shehee, Sean Crowley, Jackson Solem and Connor Jones set to make their U.S. Amateur debuts at one of golf’s iconic venues, Oakmont Country Club
End of the Line
CU’s Hailey Schalk and Issy Simpson make inroads, but fail to advance to match play at U.S. Women’s Amateur