Global Golf Post recognized 77 PGA of America golf professionals for their playing ability in its Jan. 22 edition, and four Colorado PGA members were among those cited.
The 2018 PGA of America All-Pro teams are made up of head professionals, directors of golf and general managers.
Included among Global Golf Post’s fourth annual PGA All-Pro teams were Eaton Country Club head professional Rick Cole; Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Bill Loeffler, general manager at The Links Golf Course; Ironbridge Golf Club director of golf Doug Rohrbaugh; and Collindale Golf Club director of golf Dale Smigelsky. All four Coloradans were among the 55 honorable-mention selections.
Cole was the Colorado PGA’s Senior Player of the Year after finishing second in the Colorado PGA Professional Championship as a 64-year-old and placing sixth in the CoBank Colorado Senior Open. Rohrbaugh, Cole and Loeffler made the 54-hole cut in the national Senior PGA Professional Championship, finishing 43rd, 49th and 69th respectively. Rohrbaugh advanced to the final stage of PGA Tour Champions Q-school. Smigelsky qualified for the U.S. Senior Open, finished 27th in the national PGA Professional Championship and placed seventh in the Colorado Senior Open.
Eleven pros nationally were selected for Global Golf Post’s first team, and 11 more for the second.
Selection of the teams was based on 2017 tournament finishes in the PGA Championship, Senior PGA, PGA Professional Championship, Senior PGA Professional Championship, U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open, along with Section events. Section players of the year and senior players of the year who were head pros, directors of golf or GMs received at least honorable-mention status.
