Inside The Ropes

Former CGA Player of the Year Davis Bryant wins Wyoming State Open for first pro victory; final-round 62 by Wyndham Clark gives him another top 10 on PGA Tour

Chilean-born Cristobal Del Solar lights it up after weather delay to set scoring record at Ascendant — and earn his 2025 PGA Tour card; ex-CU golfer Jeremy Paul posts 2nd top-5 finish in 3 starts at TPC Colorado

The CGA Super-Senior Match Play Championship hosted by King’s Deer Golf Club concluded Thursday afternoon, with David Nelson crowned as the champion following four days of competitive senior pod and match play.

The 20th CGA Women’s Senior Match Play Championship at Kings Deer Golf Club was filled with intense competition as players battled for a spot in the semi-finals. The championship features four pods in the Championship Flight and two pods in the First Flight Net Match Play.

65 not good enough for Coloradans Matt Schalk, Jackson Solem & Griffin Barela in Monday qualifying for The Ascendant at TPC Colorado, but 2023 Inspirato Colorado Open champ/2021 NCAA winner among those who advance

The Colorado Golf Association announces its Morse Cup team for the 2024 Pacific Coast Amateur.

With red-hot start to round, Fort Collins’ AJ Ott wins one of sponsor-exemption tournaments to land a spot in a Korn Ferry Tour event for the first time; in all, 4 players added to the field for The Ascendant at TPC Colorado

The 2024 CGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship (Brassie) was held at Black Bear Golf Club with 6 flights competing for low gross and low net champion honors.

Colorado native Jennifer Kupcho falls just short of her 3rd LPGA victory in Michigan; she and partner Ally Ewing place 2nd, marking the 5th runner-up of Kupcho’s LPGA career; Gunner Wiebe notches top-10 on DP World Tour

Steve Ivan overcomes Jon Lindstrom, one of the world’s top-ranked senior amateurs, to win his second CGA Senior Match Play; Colorado Springs resident has made the title match in the event 5 times since 2018

Alex Lest and Ashley Chang beat the odds to earn titles in the grueling CGA State Junior; victories land Lest a spot in U.S. Junior Am and Chang a berth in the U.S. Girls’ Junior

The 55th CGA Senior Match Play Championship was hosted by RainDance National, the longest course in North America. From Monday to Wednesday morning, players competed in pod play.

The CGA State Junior Championship saw incredible action in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions during the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals. Let’s delve into the exciting highlights from these rounds.

Despite the intense 96-degree heat, the young golfers at CommonGround Golf Course displayed remarkable resilience and skill as they battled their way from the round of 32 to the sweet 16. The competition was fierce, and the matches provided plenty of drama and excitement.

The 2024 CGA State Junior Championship kicked off with an exhilarating first day of competition at the beautiful CommonGround Golf Course under the blazing sun. The field comprised 25 talented girls and 65 skilled boys who teed off in morning and afternoon waves.

Tap-in birdies on last 2 holes give Wyndham Clark his first PGA Tour top-10 in over 2 months; Denver native surpasses $25 million in career earnings on Tour

The tournament’s Overall Low Net Honors Champions with a net 7-under-par 58 are Patricia Graham and Sarah Patterson. The Niblick was full of excitement with a hole-in-one and an eagle!

Calli Ringsby holds off rally by Kaylee Chen to become oldest winner of the CGA Women’s Match Play in 20 years

At age 20, Matthew Wilkinson becomes 2nd CSU golfer in last 3 years to win CGA Match Play title

CU commit Tyler Long becomes second Coloradan this month to win an AJGA title as he prevails in the Colorado Springs Junior

After stellar showing in victory over CO Open runner-up, Matthew Wilkinson will face Tyler Tyson for CGA Match Play crown; Cherry Creek  grads Calli Ringsby and Kaylee Chen will square off in Women’s Match Play finale

After the completion of pod match play on Wednesday, the pod winners advanced to single elimination. The quarter-final and semi-final rounds will be played on Thursday and the 36-hole final will be played Friday at Lakewood Country Club.

Parker resident Shane Bertsch posts top-10 in stellar fashion, holing out for eagle on final hole of PGA Tour Champions event; fellow Coloradan Chris DiMarco also shares 10th in Wisconsin

Miles Kuhl of Boulder becomes first Colorado male since 2021 to win an AJGA title in the Centennial State; Logan Hale (8th) the top local finisher in girls tourney at AJGA Colorado Junior

Big rally allows Coloradan Matt Schalk to qualify for his first USGA Championship — a U.S. Senior Open; Wyoming amateur Steve White also headed for his first Senior Open; average scoring in qualifier at The Broadmoor was over 80

‘Surprise’ playoff gives Sherry Andonian-Smith her 6th berth in the 6 years of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open; also qualifying were fellow Coloradans Marilyn Hardy and Kris Franklin, along with Japan’s Yukako Matsumoto

High school teacher Colin Prater becomes rare Colorado amateur to qualify for U.S. Open: It ‘means the world’; at another site, Denver native Mark Hubbard medalist and earns U.S. Open berth for second time

Coloradan David Duval posts his best finish ever on PGA Tour Champions — and his first top-5 in a PGA Tour-affiliated event in 14 years

With hailstorm leading to cancellation of Colorado Women’s Open final round, 70-yard hole-out for eagle on day 2 proved critical in win for Juliana Hung; it’s the second victory in 5 weeks for 22-year-old from Taiwan

Our overall 2024 CGA Women’s Team Stableford Champions are Karlin Hayes, Jill Wilcox, Molly Huntsman, and Karen Lesko, who triumphed with 113 stableford points, winning the tournament by a single point in a scorecard playoff!

Even after sale of courses at Green Valley Ranch GC, Inspirato Colorado Open Championships will continue to be played at GVR at least through 2026; recent Epson Tour winner leads after day 1 of CO Women’s Open

After 2 memorable years at U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, Coloradans Hunter Swanson and Max Lange fall in round of 16 at national championship

Coloradan Chris DiMarco records best PGA Tour Champions finish since 2020 — and it comes at a senior major; Aspen’s Liselotte Neumann posts top-10 in LPGA Senior Championship

Colorado Christian University becomes first Colorado-based college program to win national team championship in golf; Cougars defeat top-ranked North Georgia in men’s NCAA DII title match; Coloradan Lily Nelson places 7th in women’s DII

Colorado Christian Univ. men advance to NCAA DII national title match and guarantee themselves the best men’s DII national finish ever for a Colorado team; Westminster’s Jessica Mason places 8th in women’s DIII nationals

Moore wins 12th Mashie title – this time with partner Kristine Franklin

Owen Ellis & Jeff Crosier (Flatirons GC Associate Club) took the title with a 10-under-par 206 total in the CGA Senior Four Ball at Black Bear Golf Club.

Colorado Christian University men advance to quarterfinals of NCAA Div. II national golf championships; CCU’s Adam Duncan places 10th individually

Erie’s Logan Hale caps high school career with 16-shot win in 4A state tourney; she joins Valor’s Brenna Higgins (5A) in repeating as state champ; Prospect Ridge’s Hope Torres denies Maddy Bante a 3-peat

Impending Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Jennifer Kupcho places in top 3 — again — in LPGA Tour’s Mizuho Americas Open; Mark Hubbard posts best finish in a major

CSU golfer and Westminster resident Connor Jones closes out his stellar college career; former CGA Player of the Year posted 5 individual college victories in all

Loveland’s Lehigh sisters, the record-tying stroke-play co-medalists, see their run end in quarterfinals of U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball; Lauren has now made quarters twice in USGA championships

Colorado Christian earns team berth in men’s NCAA DII nationals for just the second time in program history; CCU’s Dylan Arthur claims regional title; Colorado Mesa just misses advancing

While Coloradan Ashley Kozlowski advances to NCAA nationals, several prominent locals see their college careers end at women’s regionals

Former pros Parker Edens and Jimmy Makloski set tournament scoring record as they win second straight season-opening CGA Four-Ball

The top five teams after day one all played at Legacy RIdge. In first place, the defending champion team of Parker Edens & Jimmy Makloski shooting 11 under par.

It was a close call, but CSU men qualify full team for NCAA regionals for third straight year; CU’s Justin Biwer will make his third consecutive trip to regionals

After playing in her first U.S. Women’s Open at The Broadmoor in 2011, 2-time LPGA Tour winner Moriya Jutanugarn returns to Colorado to qualify for her 13th USWO; fellow LPGA players Isi Gabsa and Celine Borge also earn berths

CSU men fall a little short of conference title; Rams are on the bubble for getting a team into NCAA regionals; Connor Jones, Martin Laird named to MWC 25th-Season Team; CU places 8th in final Pac-12 tourney

Denver native Mark Hubbard and partner Ryan Brehm fall just short of playoff at Zurich Classic; it’s Hubbard’s 2nd-best showing of his PGA Tour career

CSU women, who qualify a full team for NCAA regionals for first time since 2010, headed to Vegas, while DU bound for Michigan; Lauren Lehigh, Ashley Kozlowski and CU’s Morgan Miller and Sabrina Iqbal also advance to regionals