Upcoming Denver Golf Expo aiming to connect with Millennials, Gen Xers by Gary Baines – 1/31/2019 It’s something Mark and Lynn Cramer, longtime owners and operators of the Denver Golf Expo, wrestle with every year: How to draw big crowds for their three-day consumer golf show, which takes place in mid-winter but helps whet the appetite … Read more
Former CGA president McCleary will fill new role as chief business officer; former CGA intern Erisman becomes director of junior competitions; Bussey new manager of administrative services by Gary Baines – 1/28/2019 In the first five weeks of 2019, the CGA will have added three new full-time staffers. And in two of the cases, the association … Read more
Colorado’s Knous makes hole-in-one at Torrey Pines en route to 29th-place showing at PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open by Gary Baines – 1/27/2019 Coloradan Jim Knous has only been a member of the PGA Tour for a few months, but already he has some memories he won’t soon forget. The former Colorado School of Mines golfer … Read more
Whitney places 4th in PGA Tour Latinoamerica Q-school tourney; Cannon, Seiple also earn some PTLA status; Chen lands conditional spot on PGA Tour China by Gary Baines – 1/25/2019 Tom Whitney is certainly no stranger to PGA Tour Latinoamerica, having competed in 17 events on that circuit in 2016 and posting four top-10 finishes, including a … Read more
CU women lose Choi to LPGA at midseason; Kupcho will gear up to defend NCAA title; several freshmen showing great promise by Gary Baines – 1/24/2019 The spring portion of the college golf season — the key part of the schedule in so many respects — starts in the next several days, though it’s the dead … Read more
Coloradan Kupcho will compete in inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur after all by Gary Baines – 1/22/2019 Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster initially wasn’t planning to compete in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, even though she’s the reigning NCAA Division I women’s champion and will likely be the world’s top-ranked women’s amateur when the event is … Read more
Victory in 1986 U.S. Mid-Am paid big dividends for lifelong Coloradan Bill Loeffler
With LPGA starting 70th season, we reflect on long, storied history of women’s tour in Colorado; World Golf Hall of Famers have won 16 LPGA events in Centennial State by Gary Baines The LPGA Tour will begin its 70th season this week as 26 pros and 49 celebrities tee it up in the Diamond Resorts Tournament … Read more
Aspen resident Justin Leonard appointed U.S. Junior Presidents Cup captain by Gary Baines Anyone who attended the Junior Solheim Cup that took place at Inverness Golf Club in 2013 just prior to the Solheim Cup that Colorado Golf Club hosted knows that junior events like that aren’t treated as an afterthought. That Junior Solheim Cup featured … Read more
Whitney, Gilman post top-5 finishes in separate mini-tour events by Gary Baines Four players with strong Colorado ties posted top-10 finishes on mini tours this week, with former Fort Collins resident Tom Whitney leading the way with a runner-up showing. Whitney (left), a former Air Force Academy golfer, tied for second place on Friday in the Panther Trail … Read more
