Golfers from Lakewood Country Club have had a stranglehold on the title at The Broadmoor Invitation scratch four-ball tournament over the last two years.
A summer after LCC members Steve Irwin and Richard Bradsby captured the championship at The Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Jon Lindstrom and Tom Lawrence from Lakewood CC earned the victory this week.
Lindstrom, winner of three CGA Mid-Amateur titles, and Lawrence, a former CGA president and current president and CEO of the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, defeated Brooks Ferring and Oliver Lewis from Lakewood CC in the final match, 2 and 1.
In the semifinals, Lindstrom and Lawrence beat the defending champs, Irwin and Bradsby, 4 and 3. (The champions are pictured, with Lawrence at left, in a photo by Mic Garofolo of Mic Clik Photography).
For 75 years in the 20th century, The Broadmoor Invitation was considered one of the nation’s top amateur events. Among its winners are World Golf Hall of Famers Hale Irwin and Lawson Little, along with two-time U.S. Amateur champion Charlie Coe. But its run ended in 1995. It was resurrected in 2014 as a scratch four-ball championship for amateurs.
