Denver Broncos general manager John Elway has competed in the Colorado Open and the Colorado Senior Open on and off over the years.
Consider this an “on” year.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (pictured) is scheduled to be in the field for next week’s CoBank Colorado Senior Open, set for June 1-3 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver (4900 Himalaya Road).
It will be Elway’s third appearance in the Colorado Senior Open as he finished 52nd in 2010 and 19th (and second among amateurs) in 2014. He’s also competed in the now-CoBank Colorado Open four times.
But this time, of course, he’ll be coming off helping build the Broncos team that won the Super Bowl in February.
Elway, who will turn 56 next month, is certainly no stranger to competitive golf, having played in all 26 nationally televised American Century Championships held in Stateline, Nev. He’s finished in the top 10 there 13 times.
Elway will tee off at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1 and at 8:40 a.m. on Thursday, June 2.
Also signed up to play in the 17th Colorado Senior Open are five-time PGA Tour winner Danny Edwards, four-time PGA Tour Champions winner R.W. Eaks, a Colorado Springs native who won the Senior Open in 2011, and PGA Tour vetern Larry Rinker.
Likewise in the field are defending and two-time champion Greg Bruckner of Phoenix and 2013 CSO winner Doug Rohrbaugh of Carbondale, the only Colorado resident to claim the title since 2009.
The Senior Open will feature a $50,000 purse, with $8,500 going to the winner (or the low pro). Admission to the tournament is free.
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