Golf By Numbers: June Issue

4,218

4,218 feet would be the height of an average golfer hitting one of the six giant “golf balls” visible from I-225 at Buckley Air Force Base. The geodesic spheres, called radomes, actually protect satellite antennas and sophisticated telemetry, tracking, and communications equipment used to detect missile launches and other global activity. We based our Land of the Giants scenario off a 72-inch-tall man and a 1.62-inch-diameter golf ball. Each radome measures 95 feet (1,140 inches) in diameter, making its volume 385,650,224 times that of a ProV1’s. However, each radome also weighs a whopping 126 tons, some 2.49 million times that of a golf ball. That disproportion means even our Not-Quite-Mile-High golfer would have to generate some serious swing speed to get the ball off the tee.

$50,000

$50,000 —the same amount as last year—is the total purse for this year’s CoBank Colorado Senior Open, which takes place June 1-3 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club. The winner’s share is $8,500. Among the luminaries in this year’s field are defending champion Greg Bruckner, former PGA Tour player Larry Rinker, former champions Mike Zaremba and R.W. Eaks, and Colorado Golf Hall of Fame members John Olive and Kent Moore (competing as amateurs) and pro Ron Vlosich. More info: coloradoopen.com

This article appears in the June 2016 issue of Colorado AvidGolfer.

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