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by Jon Rizzi |
Why the LPGA superstar absolutely adores the Scottsdale area.
Mountain Standard Time evidently agrees with Cristie Kerr. Less than 24 hours have passed since she returned from competing in South Korea’s Hana Bank Kolon Championship, and t...[more] |
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by Lynn DeBruin |
The X Factor
Mild-mannered golf aficionado Brian Dawkins has exactly what the Broncos defense needs—a game-day dark side based on the superhero, Wolverine.
Emerging from Bible study at the Broncos’ Dove Valley practice ...[more] |
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by Sam Adams |
With his 50th birthday looming, John Elway reflects on empty nests and new knees, the difference between golf and football and the "disconnect" between the Broncos and Denver.
As Lake
Tahoe's scenic blue waters shimmer under a hot mid-...[more] |
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by Tony Dear |
Where did David Duval’s U.S. Open performance come from, and can he do it again? By Tony Dear
Lucas Glover may have won this year’s U.S. Open, but the biggest newsmakers were Phil Mickelson and David Duval. In light of the dread Mic...[more] |
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by Jon Rizzi |
Highlighted by views of the San Juans and Cimarrons, the award-winning Cornerstone Club has attracted talent—including the husband-wife instruction team of Mark Wood and Kathy Hart-Wood—that matches the majesty of the location.
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by Lynn DeBruin |
A decade and a diagnosis later, Don Baylor returns to the Rockies bench and to the courses of Colorado.
Never mind that he was on Hiwan Golf Course, not inside Coors Field. When Don Baylor saw his playing partner’s short popup splas...[more] |
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by Jake Kubié |
As he prepares for his annual appearance in Colorado’s quirkiest charity golf event, Aspenite Robert Wagner dishes about golf’s starring role in his life.
Some actors are inspired to pursue a career in film by great movies. Others d...[more] |
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by Andy Bigford |
Composed by Tom Doak in concert with the Colorado Golf Associations, CommonGround Golf Course is an affordable urban opus designed specifically to grow the game.
By Andy Bigford
Tom Doak’s encyclopedic mastery of golf course design and hi...[more] |
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by Lynn DeBruin |
What’s the difference between finishing 125th and 126th on the PGA Tour’s Official Money List? Just ask Coloradoans Martin Laird and Shane Bertsch.
By Lynn DeBruin
As Martin Laird tested the driver he hadn’t touched during a ...[more] |
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by Sam Adams |
How golf hooked the Nuggets’ long-range marksman
Truth be told, my perceptions of Earl Smith III—known to one and all as J.R. Smith—were embedded in a bunker of stereotypes.
Waiting for him to arrive at Cit...[more] |
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by Jon Rizzi |
Engaging, earnest and a touch eccentric, Ballyneal founder Rupert O’Neal shares his vision.
“It’s about an eight-turn hill,” Rupert O’Neal says as he peers down the steep slope of a massive dune off the ninth...[more] |
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by Kaye W. Kessler |
How did one of golf’s biggest hotheads turn into one of its hottest course designers?
Tom Weiskopf, his trademark white cap sitting snugly atop his sunburned dome, stands in the fairway on the par-four second hole at Adam’s Moun...[more] |
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by Jon Rizzi |
Largely responsible for delivering the Democratic National Convention to Denver, Steve Farber still “has something more to give.” And he’s not talking about strokes on the golf course.
Steve Farber, prominent Denver atto...[more] |
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by Kate Meyers |
Jim English, one of Colorado’s greatest amateur golfers, holds court.
Jim English thinks of life in terms of golf seasons. And at age 82, he’s had an amazing run of them. Dressed in khakis and a maroon V-neck over a white golf...[more] |
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by Lynn DeBruin |
On the eve of her induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, the six-time gold-medalist swimmer is happily making a splash on the golf course.
Never mind that she was a guest at Arizona’s private Superstition Mountain Golf Club...[more] |
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by Andy Bigford |
After the tragic death of one of their own, former CU footballers have huddled up to create a weekend-long golf event dedicated to helping teammates in need.
In the mid-1980s, Anthony Weatherspoon was the cornerstone of a University of Colora...[more] |
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by Jon Rizzi |
Sportscaster Verne Lundquist’s enthusiasm for Augusta National and his hometown of Steamboat Springs have made him a legend in both places.
No viewer of the
Masters would ever connect Verne Lundquist’s smooth, crisp calls wit...[more] |
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by Tom Ferrell |
The success of Lorena Ochoa, the world’s top female player, inspires an entire nation. But the city that spawned her remains a golf backwater.
To
get to the heart of Mexican golf, you must travel well beyond the spar...[more] |
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by Jon Rizzi |
Reflecting the pioneer spirit of the Western Slope, Greg Norman’s bold new design highlights an exclusive luxury development southwest of Montrose.An autumn sun warms a group of well-groomed men and women as they mingle around the eighth tee...[more] |
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by Sam Adams |
Thrown onto the golf course like he was drafted into the starting lineup, the Broncos quarterback looks to make a name in both.Jay Cutler sits on a bench in back of the Denver Broncos’ training facility, waiting to talk to me, but anxious to...[more] |
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by Sam Adams |
Teeing off on receivers is Broncos safety John Lynch’s job; teeing off for good causes is his life’s work. You’d never think a 73-year-old quarterback would intimidate a ferocious-hitting safety like John Lynch. But it happened w...[more] |
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by Dick Durrance II |
More than 30 years removed from competition, American skiing legend Billy Kidd continues to carve his legacy into the slopes and golf courses of Steamboat Springs.
“Fore!” whoops Billy Kidd, one of America’s grandest skiing lege...[more] |
