It turns out that John Elway will put his golf game on public display not once but twice in the coming weeks.
The Broncos Pro Football Hall of Famer, who will attempt to qualify on May 28 at The Broadmoor for the U.S. Senior Open, has also committed to play in the CoBank Colorado Senior Open later that week at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.
Elway’s entry was confirmed by tournament organizers on Monday morning. This year’s Colorado Senior Open is set for May 30-June 1. Admission is free. Elway is scheduled to tee off at 1 p.m. on May 30 and at 8:05 a.m. on May 31.
It will be Elway’s fourth appearance in the Colorado Senior Open, and he’s also competed in the Colorado Open four times, making the cut once. His Senior Open finishes have been 52nd in 2010, 19th in 2014 and 29th in 2016. In those last two events, he placed second among amateurs.
Two years ago, the Broncos general manager finished 5 over par for 54 holes, with one hole mainly proving his undoing. He went 5 over par on No. 1 at GVR. (Elway is pictured at GVR in 2016.)
Two days before the Colorado Senior Open starts, Elway, who will turn 58 on June 28, is hoping to qualify for the U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor, which will host the national championship June 28-July 1. Elway, the honorary chairman of the event, has said he’ll use George Solich, co-founder of the Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy, as his caddie on May 28. Solich, a friend of Elway’s, grew up caddying at The Broadmoor.
A lifelong golf amateur, Elway has placed in the top 10 14 times in the nationally televised American Century Championships celebrity tournament in the Lake Tahoe area. He and Tom Hart won the 2009 Trans-Miss Four-Ball at Cherry Hills Country Club and tied for second in the 2010 CGA Four-Ball.
Also entered in the $50,000 Colorado Senior Open are four-time PGA Tour Champions winner R.W. Eaks, the 2011 CSO champ; two-time PGA Tour winners Keith Clearwater and Donnie Hammond; one-time PGA Tour winner Guy Boros; and longtime PGA Tour veterans Larry Rinker, Skip Kendall and John Riegger.
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