RIP
Marshall Fearing, superintendent who helped make Castle Pines course stand out during years of The International, passed away this month at age 58
Gary Baines
Changing Landscape
With tournament season beginning, CGA players and officials set to adjust to new reality under COVID-19 guidelines
CGA Championship Changes
CGA adding Women’s Mid-Amateur Stroke Play to lineup; Senior Match Play will use pod play beginning this year, serving as pilot as other CGA match play events will adopt format in 2021; Match Play, Women’s Match Play to be held concurrently at same sites starting in ’21
More USGA Changes
USGA cancels 4 additional 2020 championships; only men’s and women’s U.S. Opens and U.S. Amateurs still scheduled — but with no qualifying
Going Low
61 helps former Fort Collins resident Liringis notch top-5 finish against loaded field in Scottsdale
Nixed
Boys Junior America’s Cup the latest major junior competition to be canceled; Colorado team won the event in 2018
Return Engagement
Kupcho set to compete in Colorado for first time in more than two years as CoBank Colorado Women’s Open gains a big-name entrant
Drive for Excellence
Hale Irwin Player Program member Jeffrey Zhou at the top of his game on and off the course
More 2020 Changes
AJGA cancels its 2 Colorado-based tourneys for 2020; Western Junior Championships also nixed; CU’s top women’s golfer accepts 2nd chance to finish senior season
This Pair of Aces Shines Brightly
16-year-old Max Lange, who hadn’t made a hole-in-one before, records 2 aces in 3 holes