Ceal of Approval

Ceal Barry
Ceal Barry
NOTHING BUT NET: During her 22 years as the women’s basketball coach at the University of Colorado, Barry had a 427-242 record, took the Buffs to 12 NCAA tournaments and won four conference coach of the year awards. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

After almost four decades as a Hall of Fame coach and administrator, Ceal Barry is planning for life after CU. Hint: Golf will play a role.

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Overseer of the Empire

Tim Schantz, CEO of Troon Golf
Tim Schantz, CEO of Troon Golf, teeing off on the 18th at St. Andrews
NEW BOSS, OLD COURSE: Tim Schantz, an 8-handicap who took over as Troon Golf CEO in April, tees off at St. Andrews in Scotland. (Photograph courtesy of Tim Schantz)

A CU grad who learned the game at Aurora’s Meadow Hills, Troon Golf CEO Tim Schantz is the heir apparent to the title of “most powerful person in golf.”

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George Hoos, an Icon of High-School Golf, Dies at Age 84

George Hoos

Hoos taught and coached at Boulder’s Fairview High for 30 years. By Jon Rizzi In 1990, when George Hoos retired after 30 years of coaching the golf teams at Boulder’s Fairview High School, his former players threw him a party at Flatirons Golf Course. “We all loved George, so we all chipped in and bought … Read more