Golf By Numbers: The April Issue

Everything you need to know about the Colorado golf scene this month

Jon Rizzi | Colorado AvidGolfer

180 core caddies looped at Cherry Hills Country Club in 2014. That’s more than six times the average of 29 caddies used at the 21 Colorado clubs surveyed by the Colorado Golf Association and 3.6 times the number at Ballyneal, which used the second-most with 50. Significantly, only 20 of Cherry Hills’ caddies were professionals; the remainder were mainly boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 21. All told, Cherry Hills caddies logged 10,000 rounds in 2014. The club’s commitment to its caddie program and the Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholarship helped Cherry Hills land the 2014 BMW Championship, for which the Evans Scholarship was sole beneficiary. Among other Metro Denver clubs, Denver Country Club had the highest number of core caddies with 45, while Castle Pines Golf Club’s 35 professional caddies looped 8,000 rounds. coloradogolf.org

3 Colorado Women’s Golf Association Experience events will take place this April and May. The events, which cost $65 for CWGA members and $85 for nonmembers, provide women golfers with high-quality group golf instruction from LPGA and/or PGA golf professionals in a relaxed environment. All participants receive a welcome gift, outstanding instruction, lunch and a chance to win prizes. Hyland Hills Golf Course in Westminster (April 25), CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora (May 9) and Overland Golf Course in Denver (May 30) will host the Experiences. coloradowomensgolf.org

215 individuals and representatives of 89 clubs around the state attended the March 7 Colorado Women’s Golf Association’s Annual Meeting at the Inverness Hotel & Conference Center. The association, which will turn 100 next year, revealed its new logo and website(coloradowomensgolf.org), while acknowledging last year’s CWGA Player and Junior Player of the Year Jennifer Kupcho; Senior Player of Year Christie Austin; Volunteer of the Year Karla Harding of Collindale Golf Course; and Colorado Golf Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award recipient D'Ann Kimbrel. Rhett Evans, the CEO of the Golf Course Superintendents Association, delivered the keynote address to an audience that included Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inductees Judy Bell, Barbara Mc-Intire, Tish Preuss and Joanie Birkland.

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