A Battle Royale

Sam Saunders at the CoBank Colorado Open
IN FOCUS: Sam Saunders has a second-and first-place finish in the last two CoBank Colorado Opens. The native of New Mexico calls the event a major championship among State Opens. PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF COLORADO OPEN GOLF FOUNDATION

Both golf elites and up-and-comers will make the 2020 CoBank Colorado Open at Green Valley Ranch one of the best events of the season.

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Visionaries

Nick Mason crunching numbers to afford to play on the mini-tour.
IN CHARGE: Nick Mason’s golf scorecard includes more than pars and bogeys. Surviving on the mini-tour circuit means accounting for every penny and promoting tournaments at far-flung locales. PHOTOGRAPH BY CHAD CHISHOLM

Right now, a computer (and an ever-ready credit card) are as essential as the latest equipment for mini-tour golfers like Nick Mason, who see their future selves playing on the PGA TOUR.

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Corfee Wins 81st Rocky Mountain Open

As Sam Saunders shoots a Sunday 60, Californian Ben Corfee beats him by 4 shots. By Jon Rizzi Ben Corfee had never played Grand Junction’s Tiara Rado Golf Course before last weekend’s Rocky Mountain Open Presented by Sinclair Oil. But the 25-year-old UC-Davis graduate played the tight 6,442-yard par-71 layout at the base of Colorado … Read more

Love Conquers All in 54th CoBank Colorado Open

Dru Love, son of Davis Love III, wins playoff and $100,000 Davis Love IV hadn’t yet turned 10 when his father, World Golf Hall of Famer Davis Love III, became the second player ever to win The International at Castle Pines two times. Fifteen years after that victory, the younger Love—who goes by Dru (short … Read more