The Southwest PGA won the event, played at The Glacier Club in Durango, with 21.5 points, while the Colorado PGA had 20 and Sun Country 12.5.
The biennial event features a Ryder Cup-style format, with three rounds of golf over two days. For the Colorado PGA, it replaces the Taylor Cup Matches against the Sun Country PGA.
The Colorado PGA won the singles session with 14 points, compared to 13.5 for Southwest and 8.5 for Sun Country. But it wasn’t enough to overcome Southwest’s two-point lead accumulated after Wednesday’s four-ball and foursomes matches.
Among the Colorado PGA members who won two singles matches — played simultaneously on Thursday — were Scott Sommers, Doug Rohrbaugh, Visanu Tongwarin, Bryson Hotchkiss and Dan O’Shaughnessy.
Other members of the Colorado PGA team were Ron Vlosich, Sherry Andonian-Smith, Michael Weingartner, Eric Bradley, Blake Sharamitaro, Jeff Carter and Peter Norwood.
The event features eight open-division and four senior players from each Section.
The McPherson Cup Matches are named for Ron McPherson, the CEO of The Antigua Group and a longtime supporter of all three PGA Sections and the PGA of America.
The East Course at The Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs will do the honors during the resort’s 100th anniversary year as the U.S. Senior Open pays a visit the week of June 25-July 1.
That East Course (pictured) — site of two U.S. Women’s Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens (including next year’s) and a U.S. Amateur — has long been a highly regarded layout, besides being a historic one.
That was reaffirmed this week when Golfweek magazine published a couple of its top courses in the country lists.
The Broadmoor’s East Course has been a fixture on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses in the U.S., and this month was no exception. The East was ranked 55th on this year’s list, which was headed by the Pebble Beach Golf Links.
All told, seven Colorado-based courses were among those recognized this week in Golfweek’s Top 100 lists. Five were among the Top 100 Residential Courses in the U.S., including two in the top 10: Colorado Golf Club in Parker, which moved up to No. 4 in the nation this year; and Castle Pines Golf Club (No. 9), which hosted the PGA Tour’s International for 21 years beginning in 1986.
Here’s the rundown of the Colorado courses recognized by Golfweek this week, plus the No. 1-ranked course nationally in each category:
Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses in U.S.
1. Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif.
55. Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course) in Colorado Springs (Donald Ross/Robert Trent Jones Sr. design)
76. Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio Course) in Wolcott (Tom Fazio design)
For the complete list, CLICK HERE.
Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Courses in U.S.
1. Wade Hampton Club in Cashiers, N.C.
4. Colorado Golf Club in Parker (Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw design)
9. Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Pines (Jack Nicklaus design)
23. The Glacier Club in Durango (Arthur Hills design)
54. The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa in Grand Junction (Jim Engh design)
63. The Club at Ravenna in Littleton (Jay Morrish design)
For the complete list, CLICK HERE.
In addition, Golf.com selected its Best New Courses of 2017, and the 12-hole Mulligan Course — designed by Tom Doak — at Ballyneal in Holyoke received a “special citation” mention under the “Spectacular New Short Courses” section.
For the complete list, CLICK HERE.
]]>Earning the honor — which recognizes some of the world’s outstanding youth golf instructors — were Bryan Heim, PGA head professional at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, and Alex Fisher, PGA director of instruction at The Glacier Club in Durango.
“These coaches are honored as more than instructors,” said Dan Van Horn, the president and founder of U.S. Kids Golf. “They create outstanding opportunities for young golfers to learn in a fun and rewarding environment that instills a love for the game and engages the entire family. Their ability to connect with students and fully engage them in the learning process sets them apart.”
U.S. Kids Golf has presented its Top 50 Kids Teacher Awards since 2004. Among the qualifications considered are experience, innovation, creativity, communication, parental engagement, organization, devotion and growing the game.
The 2016 honorees — from the U.S., along with Canada, England and Kenya — will be recognized during a special celebration at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando on Jan. 26. For a list of all of the honorees, CLICK HERE.
Here’s more on the Colorado-based award recipients and their junior programs: BYRAN HEIM, ALEX FISHER
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