Cohen didn’t quite match that success in college, but she came close and certainly finished her college career on a high note.

Cohen’s Rhodes College in Memphis rallied in the final round to win the Women’s NCAA Division III team championship Friday in Houston. That gives Cohen (pictured above trophy) — and Rhodes — team titles each of the last two years.

Rhodes fended off George Fox University of Oregon by a mere two strokes after four rounds to claim its latest national title. Individually, a year after placing third at the NCAA Finals, Cohen finished 25th on Friday. She posted rounds of 76-80-80-76 for a 24-over-par 312 total. She made three birdies in the final round.

The other Coloradan competing in the DIII Finals, Fairview High School graduate Madison McCambridge, placed 58th at 332 to conclude her freshman season at Wisconsin-Stout, which ended up 14th as a team.

WOMEN’S NCAA DIV. III FINALS
May 9-12, 2017 (final) in Houston
25. Coloradan Mackenzie Cohen, Rhodes College 76-80-80-76–312
58. Coloradan Madison McCambridge, Wisconsin-Stout 83-81-83-85–332
    

Regis freshman and Highlands Ranch resident Mary Weinstein (pictured), the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s female player of the year in 2016, was picked for the West Super Regional in Wichita Falls, Texas. Weinstein is ranked No. 58 in the nation among Division II women’s players.

And Commerce City resident Alexandria Trask, who plays for William Jewell College in Missouri, will compete in the East Super Regional in Canton, Ohio.

The top three teams and top three individuals not on those teams from each super regional will advance to the DII nationals, scheduled for May 17-20 in Findlay, Ohio.

Meanwhile, Coloradan Mackenzie Cohen, like Weinstein a former 5A state high school champion, will play in the NCAA Division III Women’s Championship finals May 9-12 in Houston. Cohen, who competes for DIII defending national champion Rhodes College in Memphis, placed third individually at last year’s nationals. Rhodes is seeded third this year and Cohen is ranked 15th nationally in Division III.

Also playing in Houston will be Fairview High School graduate Madison McCambridge, a freshman at Wisconsin-Stout, the 14th seed in the 22-team field. McCambridge finished fourth in her conference championship.

But it should also be noted that, with just a couple of months remaining in the season, three other Coloradans are also ranked in the top 50 in the nation in the smaller college divisions.

For instance, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs junior Colin Prater (pictured), winner of the 2016 CGA Amateur, currently stands 16th among the nation’s Division II golfers, according to Golfstat. The Colorado Springs resident has notched five top-7 finishes this season, including one individual victory.

In the women’s DII ranks, Regis University freshman Mary Weinstein, the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s female player of the year in 2016, is ranked 36th in the nation by Golfstat. The golfer from Highlands Ranch has racked up seven top-10s individually, including a win.

And among the NCAA Division III women, Rhodes College (Tenn.) senior Mackenzie Cohen, like Weinstein a former 5A state high school champion, is ranked 19th in the nation individually by Golfstat. Cohen, a Denver resident who finished third in the DIII national finals last year as Rhodes claimed the national team title, has tallied two top-five individual showings in multi-team events, including a win, this season.

Joining Clark and Kupcho as Colorado residents who are ranked in the top 100 of NCAA Division I nationally are junior Hannah Wood of Oklahoma (No. 79 by Golfstat) and senior Ethan Freeman of the University of Colorado (No. 92 by Golfstat).
 

The 2014 and ’15 CWGA Player of the Year played her last eight holes in 5 under par to land the top spot in the 16-player championship bracket. Kupcho (pictured), the Wake Forest freshman who finished sixth last month in the Women’s NCAA Finals, won the CWGA Match Play in 2014.

No other player finished at par or better on Monday. Mackenzie Cohen, the former 5A state high school champion who placed third in this year’s Women’s NCAA Division III Finals, and Sydney Gillespie each carded a 73 to share second place in the stroke-play qualifier. The match-play portion of the event will begin on Tuesday and both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals will be contested on that day.

In the senior championship flight, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton led the way Monday with a 2-over-par 74. Eaton, winner of the CWGA Match Play once and the Senior Match Play twice, overcame a triple-bogey on the 13th hole to earn senior medalist honors.

Next best in the senior flight Monday were two other Colorado Golf Hall of Famers, defending champion Lynn Zmistowski (77) and 2007 senior champ Christie Austin (79). CWGA board member Laurie Steenrod, a former winner in both the Match Play and Senior Match Play, earned the eighth and final spot in the senior championship bracket via a playoff with Suzy Leprino that lasted five holes. Steenrod will face Eaton in Tuesday’s quarterfinals.

While the 16-person championship flight and the eight-person senior championship flight will be played at scratch, there will also be three flights which compete while utlizing their handicaps.

The title matches in each division is scheduled for Thursday.

For the various match-play brackets, CLICK HERE.

Here are the scores from Monday’s stroke-play qualifying:

Championship Flight

Jennifer Kupcho, CommonGround WGC 34-31–65

Sydney Gillespie, Highlands Ranch Wga 38-35–73

Mackenzie Cohen, Inverness Lga 37-36–73

Kylee Sullivan, CC of Colorado WGA 38-36–74

Gillian Vance, CommonGround WGA 37-37–74

Klara Castillo, Kennedy Lga 38-38–76

Ashlyn Kirschner, West Woods Wgc 38-38–76

Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 37-39–76

Calli Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 38-38–76

Calli Gallacher, Cherry Hills CC Wga 36-41–77

Jaylee Tait, Raccoon Creek WGA 40-37–77

Delaney Elliott, CommonGround WGA 41-37–78

Courtney Ewing, Desert Hawk Pueblo West Wga 41-38–79

Sarah Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 38-41–79

Anna Kennedy, Denver CC Lga 39-40–79

Taylor Dorans, Eagle Trace Lga 42-37–79

Megan Vernon, Applewood Wga 43-40–83

Michelle Romano, Colorado Golf Club Wga 41-44–85

Megan McCambridge, Boulder CC Wga 45-41–86

Mariah Ehrman, Heritage at Westmoor WGA 40-50–90

Joanna Ringsby, Denver CC Lga WD

Senior Championship Flight

Kim Eaton, Riverdale Wga 36-38–74

Lynn Zmistowski, Willis Case Wga 38-39–77

Christie Austin, Cherry Hills CC Wga 37-42–79

Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs CC Lga 39-41–80

Deb Hughes, Green Valley Ranch Wga 40-40–80

Louise Lyle, Patty Jewett Wgc 41-40–81

Kelly Martin, Fox Hollow Lgc 38-43–81

Laurie Steenrod, Saddle Rock Wga 42-40–82

Suzy Leprino, Lakewood CC Wga 42-40–82

Kathy Malpass, Hiwan Wga 45-38–83

Katty Rothberg, Cherry Creek CC Wga 44-43–87

This year’s Match Play is set for Monday through Thurday (June 13-16) at Aurora Hills Golf Course.

Last year’s overall champion, Paige Spiranac, has since become a social media sensation, has appeared on the cover of Golf Digest and earlier this month won an event on the Cactus Tour. In her 35-hole 2015 title match against University of Colorado golfer Brittany Fan, the two players combined to make 22 birdies and were 15 under par. 

And Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Lynn Zmistowski notched her fifth individual CWGA championship victory. Zmistowski trailed Kathy Malpass after 16 holes, but won the 17th and 18th for a 1-up win.

While Spiranac has since turned pro, Zmistowski will be back to defend her senior title, and Malpass will return as well. Zmistowski is also a two-time winner of the open division.

In the open division, the entrants include U.S. Women’s Open qualifier and two-time CWGA Player of the Year Jennifer Kupcho; Mackenzie Cohen, the former state high school champion who placed third in the NCAA Division III Finals; and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore. Kupcho claimed the title in 2014.

Among other entrants (open or senior division) are Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Kim Eaton (winner of the open division in 2004 and twice the senior division) and Christie Austin (2007 senior champ), along with former 5A state high school champs Gillian Vance, Calli Ringsby and Michelle Romano.

Championship and senior championship divisions will be the only ones played at scatch, and they will have a qualifying round on Monday (June 13). For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.

On Friday, she almost duplicated that accomplishment at the college level as the junior’s Memphis-based Rhodes College team claimed the women’s NCAA Division III championship and Cohen finished third individually at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston. (Cohen, at right in photo, pictured with her teammates.)

Friday’s fourth round of the scheduled 72-hole event was eventually canceled due to the weather. Though most players were at least halfway into the round, all scores reverted to where they were through 54 holes.

Cohen, a third-place finisher in last year’s CWGA Stroke Play, followed up rounds of 75 and 78 with a tournament-record-tying, personal-season-low 3-under-par 69 in Thursday’s third round to end up at 6-over 222, four strokes behind champion Caroline Ordian of the University of Redlands.

Meanwhile, Rhodes won the women’s DIII national title for the second time in three years, but for the first time with Cohen as a competitor. The Lynx, who came in as the top-ranked women’s DIII team in the nation, lived up to their billing in winning by 15 strokes over runner-up Texas-Tyler. Rhodes carded the lowest single-round team score in tournament history on Thursday (294) and the best 54-hole total ever (904).
 

The 2015 CGA Stroke Play champion shot a 1-under-par 71 on Monday, giving him a 1-under 143 total, good for a one-stroke lead over Felipe Strobach of South Dakota State. Korte made three birdies and two bogeys on the day.

In the team competition, DU slipped into a tie for seventh place in the nine-team event. At 35-over-par 611, the Pioneers trail leader South Dakota State by 27 shots.

The final round of the Summit League tournament will be held Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the field was set Monday for the women’s NCAA Division III Championships, and top-ranked Rhodes College in Memphis, which features former Colorado 5A girls high school champion Mackenzie Cohen, will head the field. The national tournament is set for May 10-13 in Houston. Rhodes recently won its third consecutive Southern Athletic Association Championship.

Men’s Summit League Championship
May 1-3, 2016 in Newton, Kan.
7. (out of 9 teams) Denver 306-305–611
1. Chris Korte 72-71–143; 13. Jake Kelley 75-75–150; 38. Adam Ruben 81-77–158; 40. Arti Edelman 78-82–160; 45. Michael Boylan 82-84–166.

Men’s NCAA Division II West/South Central Regional
May 2-4, 2016 in Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (out of 20 teams) Colorado-Colorado Springs 293
15. Colin Prater 72; 15. Kyle Southard 72; 37. Zach Berhost 74; 52. Zach Tripp 75; 95. Chris Reina 79.
9. Regis 296
23. Sam McKay 73; 23. Grant Gavin 73; 52. Matt Robertson 75; 52. Jordan McBrayer 75; 74. Jack Savage 77. 
16. Colorado Christian 301
23. Luke Condon 73; 37. Nathaniel Goddard 74; 65. Sean Kato 76; 88. Matthew Goddard 78; 105. Andrew Kennedy 80.
Also
23. Nick Berry, Colorado School of Mines 73
23. George Markham, Colorado School of Mines 73
74. Jacob Allenback, Colorado State-Pueblo 77

Women’s NCAA Division II Super Region 4
May 2-4, 2016 in Stockton, Calif.
14. Cha Cha Willhoite, Metro State 74
23. Allie Johnston, Metro State 75
 

She’s won the last two 4A state high school tournaments by 14 and 10 shots, the 2014 CWGA Junior Stroke Play by nine, the 2014 CJGA Tournament of Champions by 12, the 2014 CJGA Junior Series Championship by eight and low-amateur honors in last year’s HealthOne Colorado Women’s Open by 12.

But all those pale in comparison to what the 18-year-old Westminster resident did this week in the 68th CWGA Stroke Play Championship at Pinehurst Country Club in south Denver. Though she missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have given her a 199 total for three days, her 16-under-par 200 was still good for a remarkable 21-shot victory. (Jennifer is pictured above with her dad/caddie, Mike Kupcho.)

“That’s outstanding,” said Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore, a five-time winner of the CWGA Stroke Play who placed 12th on Thursday. “Jennifer is a great player. They definitely set the course up so you could score if you’re hitting the ball well and you putt well. But that’s still outstanding. She played really well. She’s an impressive player.”

Kupcho fired a 5-under-par 67 in Thursday’s final round. And with a 68 and a bogey-free 65 on the previous days, every other competitor was playing for second.

Though CWGA Stroke Play scoring records aren’t complete, Kupcho’s 21-shot victory is certainly one of the largest margins in the history of the event — if not the largest. Double digits certainly has been done before, and there are recollections of spreads of almost 20 strokes in this event, but this week marked a step beyond even that.

On Thursday, 2015 CWGA Junior Stroke Play champion Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch finished in second place at 221 after closing with a 78. Former 5A state high school champion Mackenzie Cohen of Inverness Golf Club placed third at 222 after a 74 on Thursday.

“I lost by a big margin, but that’s OK because Jennifer Kupcho, she’s a phenomenal athlete and a great person in general,” said Weinstein, who just broke Kupcho’s record for best girls 15-17 finish by a Coloradan in the Junior World Championships by placing 15th. “So to lose to her shooting under par every day, that’s amazing. I’d rather have her play her best and lose to that instead of having her play bad and lose to that.”

The victory gives Kupcho, who will begin her college career at Wake Forest this fall, a career sweep of the CWGA’s two top individual championships. She won the CWGA Match Play last year en route to CWGA Player of the Year honors.

“It’s real exciting to be playing as well as I am,” said Kupcho, who just last week qualified for her second U.S. Women’s Amateur. “To (win both the Match Play and Stroke Play) by 18 is pretty exciting. To just be one of the best players in Colorado is cool.”

And, of course, Jennifer isn’t the only Kupcho who has won recent state amateur championships in Colorado. Her older brother, Steven. claimed the CGA Stroke Play title in 2012. And they’ve also won their respective state Junior Stroke Plays and been low amateur in the HealthOne Colorado Open and Colorado Women’s Open.

“As a brother and sister we’ve won the juniors and men’s and women’s,” she said. “That’s pretty exciting to be the brother and sister that has done that.”

Steven Kupcho has posted a three-round total of 199 in a tournament before, and that was another feat Jennifer was attempting to match on Thursday. And though she shot her best score ever on Wednesday — the 65, one of the lowest rounds ever posted by a woman at Pinehurst — and made only two bogeys all week, she fell a stroke short in what likely will be her last tournament in Colorado this year.

“My brother’s lowest is 199 over three days, so I was just trying to get to 199,” she said. “My goal was to shoot 66 (Thursday) so I could get that and be able to say ‘I’ve been there, I did that.'”

Kupcho recently put a new set of irons in play, and they paid big dividends as she finished with an eagle and 16 birdies in 54 holes.

“I was just hitting the ball really well,” she said. “I had a lot of tap-in to 3-foot birdie putts throughout the whole tournament, so that was exciting. I’d hit the shot and be like, ‘Oh that was really good.’ That was cool.”

To put Kupcho’s performance into some perspective, the next-lowest three-round scoring total by a CWGA Stroke Play champion in the past seven years is 210. And the average winning score during that period is 218.

Meanwhile, though the gap with Kupcho was huge, Weinstein (left) has likewise put together an outstanding summer. A victory in the CWGA Junior Stroke Play, placing 15th in the Junior Worlds and runner-up in the CWGA Stroke Play isn’t half bad.

“Coming in second in the women’s Stroke Play is really nice because I won the Junior Stroke Play,” said the 17-year-old senior-to-be at Regis Jesuit High School. “People are going to be like, ‘Hey, she might be good.’ I wanted to prove it’s not just the junior tournaments that I can actually play well in. And second place, I’m absolutely fantastic with that.”

CWGA Stroke Play Championship
At Par-72 Pinehurst CC in Denver

Championship Flight 

Jennifer Kupcho, CommonGround WGC 68-65-67–200

Mary Weinstein, CWGA Junior Club 69-74-78–221

Mackenzie L Cohen, Inverness Lga 71-77-74–222

Delaney Elliott, CommonGround WGA 74-72-77–223

Adara Pauluhn, Indian Peaks WGA 73-80-73–226

Sara Swaney, Perry Park CC Wga 78-72-76–226

Taylor Dorans, Eagle Trace Lga 77-71-78–226

Samantha Barker, Perry Park CC Wga 74-73-79–226

Sarah Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 76-75-76–227

Mikayla Tatman, Twin Peaks Lga 76-75-76–227

Kathleen Kershisnik, Columbine CC Lga 78-75-75–228

Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 76-75-77–228

Jaylee Tait, Raccoon Creek WGA 77-76-76–229

Kate Granahan, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 76-75-79–230

Megan McCambridge, Boulder CC Wga 78-77-83–238

First Flight 

Kelsey Petersen, Mariana Butte Wga 81-78-74–233

Alleman Zech, Indian Wells Golf Resort 79-82-78–239

Jordan Sunset, Boulder CC Wga 79-81-80–240

Klara Felicita Castillo, Kennedy Lga 81-78-81–240

Madison McCambridge, Boulder CC Wga 78-83-81–242

Sofia Vigil, Park Hill Golf Club 82-79-82–243

Emily Woodard, Cheyenne CC 79-82-82–243

Delaney Benson, CommonGround WGA 78-82-84–244

Jacquelin Biggs, South Suburban Family Sports 81-83-83–247

Danielle Price, Heritage at Westmoor Wga 84-86-80–250

Allie Johnston, Red Hawk Ridge Wga 80-80-WD–WD

Second Flight 

Holly Schaefer, Columbine CC Lga 74-75-78–227

Joanna Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 77-75-80–232

Kathy Malpass, Hiwan Wga 80-74-81–235

Jill Gaschler, Willis Case Wga 76-75-84–235

Jenni Chun, Lone Tree Lga 78-83-76–237

Hannah More, Pinehurst CC WGA 83-76-79–238

Courtney Ewing, CWGA Junior Club 83-81-77–241

Nina Dulacki, Broken Tee Wgl 80-82-79–241

Ashlyn Kirschner, West Woods Wgc 88-74-79–241

Meghan Christensen, Cordillera WGA 87-76-79–242

Dr. Andrea Grilli, The Club at Rolling Hills Wga 87-83-82–252

Third Flight 

Megan Vernon, Applewood Wga 78-82-77–237

Carly Gallant, Boulder CC Wga 88-78-85–251

Susan Schell, Arrowhead Wga 80-85-86–251

Katty Rothberg, Cherry Creek CC Wga 84-82-91–257

Kelli Poppenhagen, Meadow Hills Wga 90-80-88–258

Emma Mellman, Cherry Creek CC Wga 83-88-88–259

Sheila Schroeder, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 86-87-87–260

Jennifer Hocking, Cherokee Ridge Lga 87-86-89–262

Patty Smogor, Saddle Rock Wga 85-93-87–265

Kathleen Johnson, Ranch CC Lga 87-97-92–276

Mary Doyen, Foothills Wga 78-DQ

Fourth Flight 

Mariko Coplin, Fox Hollow Lgc 87-84-86–257

Marie Schriefer, South Suburban Wga 87-88-86–261

Cindy Speer, Raccoon Creek Wga 89-86-89–264

Kimalee Hull, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 90-85-89–264

Jenny Tempas, Columbine CC Lga 85-91-90–266

Janine Lowe, South Suburban Wga 93-89-85–267

Maggie Brindley, Pinehurst CC Wga 82-95-90–267

Kay Geitner, South Suburban Wga 90-87-91–268

Alison O’Connor, Collindale Wga 87-93-88–268

Diane Duschatko, South Suburban Wga 90-92-90–272

Andrea Berry, Indian Peaks Wga 93-91-91–275

Vicki Porter, Foothills Wga 91-87-97–275

Pat O’Connor, Collindale Wga 92-92-92–276

Claudia Gallegos, South Suburban Wga 89-93-95–277

Juliet Miner, Bear Dance Wga 92-93-93–278

Andrea Dikeou, Castle Pines Wga 91-95-97–283

Fifth Flight 

Holly Schuetz, Meadow Hills Wga 93-92-90–275

Debbie Childs, South Suburban Wga 92-94-90–276

Jennie Jones, South Suburban Wga 94-95-88–277

Linda Powell, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 98-91-90–279

Lyndon Lieb, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 90-94-96–280

Linda Loveland, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 96-91-95–282

Becky Finger, Riverdale Wga 89-97-96–282

Karen Baron, Inverness Hotel & GC 99-93-96–288

Donna Edelen, Riverdale Wga 98-105-89–292

Karen Lesko, Executive Women’s Ga-Denver 94-104-98–296

Kris Woodruff, Sonnenalp Wga 109-96-97–302

Kathy Mansueto, Broken Tee Wgl 100-101-101–302

Pat Jackson, Links Lga 99-103-101–303

Susie Goldberg, Overland Park Wgc 104-104-97–305

Cindy Ortega, Foothills Wga 113-102-100–315

Jennifer Kupcho won her first CWGA championship at the grand old age of 17.

It took her eight days to notch victory No. 2.

The senior-to-be at Jefferson Academy followed up last week’s CWGA Junior Stroke Play win with a title in one of the association’s most prestigious championships, claiming the top spot Thursday in the 99th CWGA Match Play at Lone Tree Golf Club.

That means that in the last 5 1/2 weeks, Kupcho has won the 4A state high school tournament and the two CWGA titles, qualifying for the U.S. Girls’ Junior in between for good measure.

“It’s exciting to accomplish all that,” said the Wake Forest recruit (pictured above and below). “Hopefully I can just keep going. It’s exciting to get it all done in one year.”

At 17 years old, Kupcho becomes one of the youngest champions in the history of the CWGA Match Play, which was first contested in 1916. Becca Huffer is believed to be the youngest Match Play champ, having won the 2005 championship at age 15. And now Kupcho and Huffer are the only players to have claimed the CWGA Match Play and the Junior Stroke Play titles in the same year.

Kupcho completed her trifecta with a 6-and-5 victory over University of Colorado golfer Tori Glenn in Thursday’s 36-hole title match. Kupcho, part of the Hale Irwin Elite Player Program at CommonGround Golf Course, won her last three matches at Lone Tree 4 and 3, 5 and 3, and 6 and 5.

“Jennifer is a solid player. I really respect her game,” said Glenn, a Castle Pines resident who placed fourth in the 2013 4A state high school meet as a Valor Christian senior. “She was making so many birdies, so it was kind of hard to compare with that.”

After shooting a 4-over-par 76 in the first 18 against Glenn (left), Kupcho made five birdies in the 13 holes of the second 18, standing 2 under par in that round when the match concluded. She closed things out with an 8-foot birdie on the par-3 13th that Glenn couldn’t match from slightly closer.

“This means a lot,” said Kupcho, the 2013 CWGA Junior Player of the Year. “Most of the people in the field were college players, and it’s exciting to get the opportunity to play against them.”

The Westminster resident won the first two holes of Thursday’s match with pars as Glenn started double bogey-bogey. But Glenn, a former gymnast who has only been playing golf for a little over three years, managed to cut the deficit to 1 down through 19 holes.

Kupcho responded with birdies on 2, 3, and 5 in the second round to give herself a cushion she wouldn’t relinquish.

“The second 18, to win the hole you had to birdie,” said the 19-year-old Glenn. “It was fun.”

And on the par-5 11th hole in the afternoon, even a birdie wasn’t enough as the players halved the hole with that score when Kupcho got up and down from the bunker (left) and Glenn drained a 15-foot putt.

Kupcho’s putter was much more cooperative during the final 18 than it was in the first round.

“I started making putts more in the afternoon, so I was able to make more birdies,” she said. “I didn’t really have confidence in the first 18. Once I got done with 18, I practiced putting and I got my confidence back.”

Even though Kupcho has won both CWGA championships she’s competed in in 2014, it sounds like she’s going to give her competitors a break for the remainder of the CWGA events in 2014. She’ll be in San Diego for the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships when the CWGA Junior Match Play is scheduled next month, and she’ll be in Flagstaff, Ariz., for the U.S. Girls’ Junior when the CWGA Stroke Play is contested.

CWGA Match Play Championship
At Lone Tree GC

Championship Final — Jennifer Kupcho, CommonGround GC, def. Tori Glenn, Ridge at Castle Pines North, 6 and 5

Championship Flight Consolation Final — Mackenzie Cohen, Inverness GC, def. Taylor Dorans, Eagle Trace GC, 1 up

For the Match Play Tree, CLICK HERE.

The Bruins have also captured seven individual state championships over that period, including the first (by Jill McGill, who went on to win two USGA championships) and the last (Mackenzie Cohen).

Arapahoe, meanwhile, has claimed one state team title in girls golf (2010) and has never won the individual crown.

Considering how the Bruins and Warriors have dominated girls golf in the state recently, one or both schools figure to add to their trophy cases this year.

Cherry Creek and Arapahoe have monopolized the top two spots in the girls 5A state golf championships each of the last three years, with Creek winning the last two titles. And no one would be surprised if this year produced more of the same when the 5A meet is held Monday and Tuesday (May 20-21) at Tiara Rado Golf Course in Grand Junction.

Meanwhile, the 4A state tournament will be played those same days at Broken Tee Golf Course in Englewood.

Appropriately, the teams were separated by just one stroke at their state qualifying tournament, the Metro-East Regional at South Suburban Golf Course last week. And arguably the two favorites to win the 5A individual title, juniors Calli Ringsby of Cherry Creek and Hannah Wood of Arapahoe, placed 1-2 at that regional, with scores of 72 and 73, respectively. (Ringsby is pictured swinging above, while Wood is at left.)

Both golfers are in the Hale Irwin Elite Player Program at CommonGround Golf Course, which is owned and operated by the CGA and CWGA.

Ringsby won both the CWGA Junior Stroke and Junior Match Play Championships last year, and she was one of four girls who represented the U.S. in the USA-China Youth Golf Match last August. She’s finished second and fourth in her previous two 5A state tournaments.

Wood made an impression on the national stage in March when she won the prestigious Kathy Whitworth Invitational in Texas. In Colorado, she captured the CJGA Tournament of Champions last fall. At the 5A state meet, she’s placed 10th as a freshman and third last year.

Also a good bet to be in contention this year is University of Colorado signee Claudia Davis of Arapahoe, who’s had three top-11 finishes at state. Meanwhile, Cherry Creek’s Cohen, who pulled off a big surprise in winning the 5A individual championship last year, will defend her title.

At the 4A state meet at Broken Tee, Jennifer Kupcho of Jefferson Academy and Taylor Dorans of Broomfield figure to be the favorites for the individual title.

Kupcho, the 2012 CWGA Junior Player of the Year, won the CJGA 14-18 Junior Series Championship as a 15-year-old last year. She shot the lowest score at any regional — 4A or 5A — when she carded a 5-under-par 67 at Fox Hollow in the 4A Metro-West.

Dorans, who has signed to play college golf at the University of Wyoming, won the 4A Northern Regional title for the third time. She’s finished in the top six in each of her previous three trips to state.

Regis Jesuit, the 4A team champion a year ago, is now competing on the 5A level.

Here is a rundown of all the 2013 regional champions, and of the known college golf signees in the 5A and 4A fields.

2013 Regional Individual Champions — Calli Ringsby, Cherry Creek, 5A Metro-East Regional, 72; Jaylee Tait, Columbine, 5A Metro-West Regional, 74; Jennie Chun, Highlands Ranch, 5A Northern Regional, 74; Mary Kate Nelson, Pine Creek, 5A Colorado Springs Regional, 82; Jennifer Kupcho, Jefferson Academy, 4A Metro-West Regional, 67; Taylor Dorans, Broomfield, 4A Northern Regional, 76; Taylor Walters, Rifle, 4A Western Regional, 74; Gia Zupancic, Pueblo East, 4A Southern Regional, 80; Megan McCutcheon, Lewis Palmer, 4A Colorado Springs Regional, 84.

2013 Regional Team Champions — Arapahoe (5A Metro-East Regional); Dakota Ridge (5A Metro-West Regional); Fairview (5A Northern Regional); Central of Grand Junction (5A Colorado Springs Regional); Valor Christian (4A Metro-West Regional); Estes Park (4A Northern Regional); Pueblo West (4A Southern Regional); Montrose (4A Western Regional); Cheyenne Mountain (4A Colorado Springs Regional).

College Golf Signees in State Tournament Fields — Laura Cohan, Valor Christian (4A), Colorado Christian; Claudia Davis, Arapahoe (5A), University of Colorado; Taylor Dorans, Broomfield (4A), Wyoming; Maggie Geolat, Palmer Ridge (4A), CSU-Pueblo; Tori Glenn, Valor Christian (4A), CU; Megan McCambridge, Fairview (5A), Butler; Kelly Moran, Fairview (5A), William & Mary; Jordan Sunset, Fairview (5A), Northern Colorado; Rachel Sweeney, Mountain Vista (5A), Lewis, Ill.