Outside The Ropes

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Wyndham Clark gears up in a hurry in 2025, with The Sentry in Hawaii and the inaugural TGL match in Florida crammed into less than a week

Wrapping up the countdown of the top Colorado golf stories of 2024

The top Colorado golf stories of 2024, Part I

Hot spots for Colorado’s golfing snowbirds

’Tis the season to pass around the holiday gift wishes, Colorado golf style

Colorado native and former DU golf captain Sara Montgomery relishes new role as president of the CGA, which has been growing by leaps and bounds

Colorado cracks the top 3 states when it comes to golf shops making this top 100 elite list

For 2nd time in the last decade, a Colorado-based BMW Championship named PGA Tour Tournament of the Year, this time after the event at Castle Pines GC raised a record amount for Evans Scholars Foundation

Sometimes in my club I get paired with a certain member who’s a negative self-talker. None of his shots is good enough…etc. How can I block this out and be positive?

CU and Boulder High School grad Hale Irwin, a two-time U.S. Senior Open champion, named honorary chair for 2025 Senior Open that The Broadmoor will host

Sandy Schnitzer earns a CGA volunteer of the year award for the second time in 5 years, this time for spearheading the association’s apprentice rules official training and certification program; Hiwan Women’s Golf Association receives Club of the Year honors

Record-matching Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inductee class draws 420 to induction dinner; Wyndham Clark, Jennifer Kupcho, George Solich, Pat Hamill, Joe Assell and the late Gene Torres make up impressive group

Bigfoot Turf Farm southeast of Greeley will host not only World Long Drive Championships, but a second WLD event in 2025

Gift-givers, hint-hint: Here are 2024’s hottest putters

Northeastern Colorado’s Ballyneal continues to ascend national/international course rankings lists with this month’s additions

Not long removed from being executive director of the CWGA, Laura Robinson has become a devoted rules official, to the point of earning the Jim Topliff Award from the CGA; John Sova & Jan Fincher named Master Rules Officials by CGA

The 49th president of the Colorado PGA looks a lot like the 40th as Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kyle Heyen returns to the role he also held 2 decades ago

Dozens of Colorado high school seniors finalize their college golf commitments, including many who are NCAA Division I-bound

Our kids are more into video games and cell phones than golf. Is there any way we can incorporate technology on the course?

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Dennis Lyon earns another national award from Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, this one for an advice column

Coloradan Connor Jones set to tee it up in next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship on PGA Tour — his reward for winning the Elite Amateur Series

16 CGA juniors named to inaugural Team Colorado as part of new USGA initiative

Ashley Kozłowski goes out on a high note before embarking on career as engineer; other 2024 CGA female players of the year: Kristine Franklin (Senior) and Ashleigh Wilson (Junior) 

Colin Prater sweeps CGA Les Fowler Player of Year and Mid-Am POY awards for third time; other CGA men’s player honorees are Steve Ivan (Senior), David Nelson (Super-Senior) and Miles Kuhl (Junior)

2025 World Long Drive Championships will be held in September in LaSalle, southeast of Greeley

Denver native Wyndham Clark’s Play Big Foundation donating $80,000 to Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation; Clark’s mother passed away in 2013 after battling breast cancer

Keith Schneider, a mainstay at Castle Pines Golf Club since the beginning, set to ‘leave at the top’ after 43 years at the club; but longtime PGA professional won’t be a stranger at site of 2024 BMW Championship after being made an honorary member

Here are five public-access courses every Colorado golfer should play while enjoying the ride.

5 voted into 2025 Colorado Golf Hall of Fame induction class: amateurs Robert Polk and Jon Lindstrom, superintendents Lance Johnson and Rollie Cahalane, and longtime PGA pro Tom Apple; honorees include Duffy Solich, Verne Lundquist, Keith Schneider, Mitch Savage, Ashleigh Wilson, Miles Kuhl & Tyler Long

Geoff Keffer adds to his record total of Colorado PGA Dow Finsterwald Player of the Year honors; other Section POYs: Doug Rohrbaugh (Senior), Ashley Tait-Wengert (Women) and Andy Connell (Associate)

Colorado Christian University men’s golf team — winner of 7 of its last 9 tournaments, including all 3 this season — No. 1 in first Div. II National Collegiate Golf Rankings, by a lot

A friend told me that he read the max over par was 2 when trying to establish a GHIN handicap. I later learned the correct method is a max of 3 over. Can I go back in and adjust my lower scores?

In a Colorado boys high school golf season which already has featured at least 11 rounds of 64 or lower — including a 59 — an unprecedented 4 state tourneys are on tap Monday and Tuesday

CGA top walkers’ favorite shoes – for the Fall Fitness Finish you might want to coddle your precious feet!

Denver native Wyndham Clark set to become first Colorado high school grad since 1994 to compete in Presidents Cup

I always point out when my group is falling behind, but no one seems to want to hear it and I find myself rushing for the whole foursome…

6 NCAA Div. I golf tournaments will be held in Colorado in 3-week stretch; men’s NCAA DII national champ Colorado Christian opens season at Bear Creek GC 

Former state high school champ and 2016 U.S. Am qualifier Tristan Rohrbaugh goes low — real low — shooting a 58 from tips at Ironbridge

Colorado native Jennifer Kupcho lands spot on U.S. Solheim Cup team for third time as she’s made a captain’s pick for the September matches against Europe

Some PGA Tour winners, including former CU golfer Jonathan Kaye, set to tee it up at this week’s 25th Inspirato Colorado Senior Open

Amount raised for Evans Scholarship for caddies by BMW Championship at Castle Pines expected to set a record — by a lot; more than 125,000 people attended event over the course of the week

George and Duffy Solich, CU Evans Scholar alums and founders of Solich/Broadmoor Caddie & Leadership Academies, inducted into WGA Caddie Hall of Fame

Hurry up and play these almost 2-mile-high Colorado courses

Altitude issues or not, Scottie Scheffler aims for 8th win of 2024 — and first ever in FedExCup Playoffs; BMW Championship pro-am a hit for fans, participants — and the Evans Scholarship for caddies

Back where it all started — and where he’s now paying it forward — Denver native Wyndham Clark hopes for big week in Colorado; Schauffele, Cantlay feel they’ll adjust just fine to altitude and unfamiliar venue

Cathy Matthews-Kane earns Colorado PGA’s highest honor, being named the Golf Professional of the Year

Much has changed at Castle Pines Golf Club since The International days, including several major course alterations; at 8,130 yards for this week’s BMW Championship, it’ll be longest course setup for a PGA Tour event since at least 1983

The 50 players who will tee it up at BMW Championship at Castle Pines have accounted for more than 200 PGA Tour wins; Denver native Wyndham Clark will come ‘home’ after top-10 showing Sunday in Memphis

Fort Collins/Steamboat resident Sam Saunders retiring from tour golf; Arnie’s grandson posted 1 runner-up on PGA Tour and 3 on Korn Ferry Tour

CSU men’s golf gets new head coach for 2nd time in last 3 summers as Jack Kennedy joins Rams after successful run at University of San Francisco

I am an 80-year-old male with a Handicap Index of 20.9. If I play against my granddaughter from the same tees and we both shot 85, I would get strokes because her rating is higher than mine – that doesn’t seem fair!

Todd Creek GC will host an Annika Women’s All Pro Tour event starting next year

Denver native Wyndham Clark soaking in the Olympic atmosphere ahead of competing in men’s tourney in France beginning Thursday

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Tish Preuss, a longtime national standout in women’s amateur golf, passes away at 85

Where to get in a quick and low-pressure 9

After 60 years, Colorado Open still attracting headline-grabbing field; David Duval, Michael Block, Jim Knous among notables for this week’s edition

Part-time Coloradan Hollis Stacy set to receive prestigious Legacy Award from Robert Trent Jones Society; presentation set for September at Air Force Academy

With all its net proceeds benefiting the Evans Scholarship for caddies, the BMW Championship sets itself apart; this year marks the second time in a decade this unique PGA Tour event is being held in Colorado

What exactly is the expectation for a tee-time – especially now that many courses make us pay in advance?

Field for The Ascendant at TPC Colorado will feature Jeremy Paul & Kyle Westmoreland; numerous PGA Tour winners, including Kevin Stadler; and several players who have already earned 2025 PGA Tour cards

Walk from your room to the course at these Colorado destinations