By Jim Bebbington
Three of Colorado’s top touring professionals are all nearing the end of their 2026 seasons with important benchmarks at stake.
Wyndham Clark, the Colorado-native who won his second U.S. Open earlier this year, is part of the U.S. team this weekend in the President’s Cup.
By the end of the FedEx Cup season in August Clark had won three tournaments, $14.6 million in official prize money, and $7 million more in FedEx Cup bonus payouts. In the month-long recess from mid-August to mid-September, Clark was among a small number of other pros on-hand at Tiger Woods’ Nexus Cup, an amateur team competition that raises money for Tiger’s TGR Foundation charity.
And this weekend he will again represent the U.S. in team competition – this time the President’s Cup at Medinah Golf Club near Chicago as the U.S. competes against a team of International pros not from Europe.
Asked about his off-season plans just before the Tour Championship in Atlanta in August, Clark said he was ready to enjoy life a little.
“I’m going to be in Cabo next week, that’s my happy place.,” he said. “So I’ll be down there having fun. (Then) Presidents Cup. I’m playing a tournament in Japan, hopefully get engaged, and then going to South Africa for a tournament as well.”
Clark’s career slowed considerably after his hot 2023 and his 2025 season he has called his worst as a professional. So it is good to see him work for improvement, achieve it, and reap the benefits.
Jennifer Kupcho
The LPGA major winner from Westminster has had a relatively quiet year so far by her standards – two top-10s and $889,000 in tournament earnings – but September saw her take centerstage briefly at the Solheim Cup.
As a member of the U.S. women’s team in international competition for the fourth time, Kupcho and her Solheim Cup teammates lost to the Europeans in the September match.
But mid-way through the tournament she showed her grit and put folks on notice that she cannot be taken lightly.
On Saturday, during the afternoon foursome competition, Kupcho and teammate Lindy Duncan were one hole down with two to play. Kupcho putted from 91 feet on No. 17, sinking the monster putt. Then on 18 she drained a putt from 20 feet for the come-from-behind win.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” said U.S. captain Angela Stanford. “That was huge. That absolutely turned our tide.”
The U.S. and the Europeans were tied at the end of that day, and the U.S. lost the Sunday singles matches.
Unlike the PGA Tour, the fall remains a highly competitive part of the LPGA season, and Kupcho has shown the ability to rally from behind before. She is entered into this weekend’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, and in previous years has played throughout the LPGA’s Asian tournament swing through the late fall.
Davis Bryant
Aurora-native Davis Bryant is having a near-breakout year on the DP World Tour – the former European Tour – and is in a position to play in the most lucrative tournaments of his career this fall.
Bryant is in his second season on the tour – he qualified both times through the Q-School process. This season he has won more than $1 million and had two second-place finishes. This past weekend he played alongside three of this year’s major winners – Rory McIlroy, Aaron Rai and Ryan Fox – in the $9 million BMW PGA Championship played at the Wentworth Club in England.
Bryant has put himself in a position to win numerous times this season, and the BMW was no exception. On Saturday night he was in sixth place, tied with McIlroy, two-shots off the lead.
His Sunday round was not what he wanted, he wrote later. He shot 1-over par with three bogeys and two birdies to finish tied for 27th.
Going into the DP World Tour’s final swing Bryant appears assured to qualify for the tour’s final two premier tournaments played during the first two weeks of November. Between the two tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Dubai there is $19 million up for grabs.
And as important, Bryant sits now ranked 17 th for the season based on points, but 13th when players who are already have PGA Tour cards are taken out of consideration. The top 10 finishers who are not already exempt earn cards to the PGA Tour for 2027.
Bryant has a potential six remaining tournaments in this DP World Tour season.
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Clark, Kupcho, Davis and others are seeking to finish pro seasons strong By Jim Bebbington Three of Colorado’s top touring professionals are all nearing the end of their 2026 seasons with important benchmarks at stake. Wyndham Clark, the Colorado-native who won his second U.S. Open earlier this year, is part of the U.S. team this
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