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Forethoughts: It Happens Every Spring
If you're old enough to remember Sam Snead winning the first green jacket awarded at Augusta, or, like me, you’re a fan of Turner Classic Movies, then you recognize the title of this column as the name of a 1949 movie starring Ray Milland. It’s a comedy about baseball, a sport with a season that parallels that of golf.
The connection between the two sports runs deeper than that. With 15 Major League Baseball teams—including your Colorado Rockies—and more than 200 golf courses, the Cactus League attracts thousands to the Scottsdale/Phoenix orbit. On any given day there, you can spend the morning pitching onto gorgeous greens and the afternoon watching pitchers earning some serious green.
Our Golfer’s Guide to Spring Training in Arizona also happens every spring. Appearing this year on pages 59-73, it has become an integral feature in our annual CAGGY issue, the publication of which coincides with the Denver Golf Expo and celebrates “The Best in Colorado Golf.”
The process in selecting the CAGGYs (an acronym based on the initials for Colorado AvidGolfer) is straightforward: You vote, we count and present the results in this issue. We also publish staff picks. Every year delivers no shortage of curveballs, as you’ll see on pages 75-82, but such is the democratic process.
A different voting process—that of selecting the best in Colorado golf history—belongs to the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, which is located at the Riverdale Golf Courses in Brighton. I’ve served on the board for seven years—two as its president—and never fail to be humbled by the accomplishments of our inductees. At last count, they number 136.
Two more—Masters champion Craig Stadler and Country Club of Colorado’s awardwinningPGA Director of Instruction Ann Finke—will join them on May 14 at Cherry Hills Country Club at our induction dinner, which also happens every spring. We’ll also honor Fossil Trace Golf Club Head PGA Professional Jim Hajek (Golf Person of the Year), Western Golf Foundation founders Mike and Terri Knode (Distinguished Service) and Dr. Homer McClintock (Lifetime Achievement).
A 98-year-old retired neurosurgeon, McClintock in 1968 helped purchase the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at the University of Colorado to board recipients of the the Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies, which is administered by the Western Golf Association in partnership with the Colorado Golf Association and Colorado Women’s Golf Association. Last fall, nearly 50 years (and 440 scholars) later, his grandson, Keane McClintock, a Cherry Hills caddie, moved in as one of 11 Colorado students receiving the four-year tuition and housing scholarship.
The Colorado Golf Hall of Fame celebrates individuals like Dr. McClintock, who have contributed so much to the game we love. So does Colorado AvidGolfer— and as long as I have the deciding vote, it will happen in every issue.
More “Forethoughts” from editor Jon Rizzi:
Colorado AvidGolfer is the state’s leading resource for golf and the lifestyle that surrounds it. It publishes eight issues annually and proudly delivers daily content via www.coloradoavidgolfer.com.
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