Note -- Schedule is tentative and subject to change. Dates and sites for U.S. Women‘s Mid-Amateur Qualifying, FCA Denver Open and the CGA Club Team Championship are to be determined.
Feb. 6-8 -- Denver Golf Expo, Denver Merchandise Mart
April 27 -- Colorado PGA Pro-GM-Superintendent-President, Green Gables CC
May 1 -- Colorado PGA Individual Match Play begins, site TBD
May 4-5 -- CGA Four-Ball, Heritage at Westmoor and Legacy Ridge GC
May 11-- CWGA Niblick, Inverness GC
May 11 -- U.S. Open Local Qualifying, Colorado GC
May 11 -- Colorado PGA Senior Match Play begins, site TBD
May 11 -- Colorado PGA Four-Ball Match Play begins, site TBD
May 11-15 -- CGA Senior Match Play, site TBD
May 13 -- U.S. Open Local Qualifying, Collindale GC
May 18 -- U.S. Open Local Qualifying, Lone Tree GC
May 18-19 -- Girls High School State Championships, Collindale GC (5A) and Patty Jewett GC (4A)
May 19 -- Colorado PGA Pro-Pro-Pro, Inverness GC
May 26 -- Myran Craig Pro-Pro, Pinery CC
May 27-29 -- HealthOne Colorado Women’s Open, Green Valley Ranch GC
May 28-29 -- CGA Two-Man Team, Black Bear GC
June 1-3 -- CWGA Mashie Championship, Red Hawk Ridge GC
June 2 -- U.S. Women’s Public Links Qualifying, Fossil Trace GC
June 2-4 -- AJGA Colorado Junior Open, The Club at Flying Horse
June 3-4 -- Colorado Cup Matches, Hiwan GC
June 3-5 -- Palmer Cup, Cherry Hills CC
June 8 -- U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying, Columbine CC
June 9-11 -- AJGA Junior All-Star (age 12-15) at Aspen, Aspen GC
June 10-11 -- Boys 15-17 Junior World Qualifying, Pelican Lakes GC
June 10-11 -- Girls 11-17 Junior World Qualifying, Coal Creek GC
June 13-14 -- CGA Father-Son, Cougar Canyon GL
June 15-17 -- CGA Boys Stroke Play, Eaton CC
June 15-17 -- CWGA Girls Stroke Play, Lone Tree GC
June 16 -- Boys 11-14 Junior World Qualifying, Fitzsimons GC
June 18-21 -- Navajo Trail Open, site TBD
June 22-23 -- U.S. Public Links Qualifying, King’s Deer GC
June 22 -- Colorado PGA Stroke Play begins, Ironbridge GC
June 22-25 -- CWGA Match Play, Pinehurst CC
June 25-26 -- Colorado PGA Junior Championship, Indian Tree GC
June 26-28 -- CGA Public Links Championship, Flatirons GC
June 29 -- U.S. Senior Open Qualifying, Fox Hill CC
June 29 -- U.S. Boys Junior Amateur Qualifying, Boomerang GL
June 30 -- U.S. Girls Junior Amateur Qualifying, Valley CC
July 6 -- Colorado PGA Pro-Junior, Flatirons GC
July 6-9 -- CWGA Girls Match Play, Meadow Hills GC
July 6-10 -- CGA Match Play, Bear Creek GC
July 9-10 -- Big I State Championship, site TBD
July 9-12 -- Wyoming Open, Airport GC
July 13 -- U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying, site TBD
July 13 -- Colorado Open Club Team Championship, Green Valley Ranch GC
July 13-17 -- CGA Boys Match Play, Spring Valley GC
July 14-16 -- CWGA Stroke Play, Valley CC
July 18-19 -- CGA Western Chapter, Battlement Mesa GC
July 23-26 -- HealthOne Colorado Open, Green Valley Ranch GC
July 27 -- U.S. Amateur Qualifying, Ptarmigan CC
Aug. 3 -- U.S. Amateur Qualifying, Boulder CC
Aug. 3 -- Colorado PGA Pro-Lady, Ranch CC
Aug. 5-6 -- CJGA 14-18 Junior Series Championship, Green Gables CC
Aug. 5-6 -- Colorado PGA Assistants Championship, Heritage Eagle Bench GC
Aug. 8-9 -- CWGA Brassie Championship, Redlands Mesa GC
Aug. 10 -- U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying, Blackstone CC
Aug. 10-11 -- Colorado PGA Senior Section Championship, Plum Creek GC
Aug. 11 -- CJGA 11-13 Junior Series Championship, Homestead GC
Aug. 12 -- U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying, Club at Pradera
Aug. 13 -- CJGA 10-under Junior Series Championship, Boulder CC
Aug. 13-16 -- CGA Stroke Play, Lakewood CC
Aug. 17 -- CWGA Club Team Championship, Red Rocks CC
Aug. 20-23 -- Rocky Mountain Open, Tiara Rado GC and Lincoln Park GC
Aug. 24 -- Colorado Golf Hall of Fame tournament, Lakewood CC
Aug. 26-27 -- CWGA Senior Stroke Play, Highlands Ranch GC
Sept. 8 -- U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying, Meridian GC
Sept. 2-4 -- HealthOne Colorado Senior Open, Green Valley Ranch GC
Sept. 9-11 -- CGA Senior Stroke Play, Cornerstone Club
Sept. 14-16 -- Colorado PGA Section Championship, Vista Ridge GC
Sept. 15-16 -- CWGA Chapman Championship, Vail GC
Sept. 18-20 -- CGA Mid-Amateur, River Valley Ranch GC
Sept. 19-20 -- CGA/CWGA Mixed Stableford Team Championship, Bear Dance GC
Sept. 21-24 -- Trans Mississippi Four-Ball, Cherry Hills CC
Sept. 28 -- Colorado PGA Pro Scratch, Meridian GC
Oct. 5 -- Colorado PGA Points Championship, GC at Ravenna
Oct. 5-6 -- Boys High School State Championships, sites TBD
Oct. 10 -- CJGA Tournament of Champions, Cherry Hills CC
Oct. 19 -- Colorado PGA Pro-Assistant, CC at Castle Pines
2009 COLORADO GOLF SCHEDULE
Since the International shut down operations in early 2007 after 21 years of bringing the PGA Tour to Colorado, the state has been fortunate to lure several golf events of worldwide stature.
The best of the over-50 set came to the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs for the 2008 U.S. Senior Open, and they will return for another Champions Tour major in May 2010 -- the Senior PGA Championship at Colorado Golf Club in Parker. Meanwhile, some of the game’s top amateurs paid a visit over the summer for the 2008 U.S. Public Links Championship at Murphy Creek in Aurora. And the most prestigious women’s tournament in the world, the U.S. Women’s Open, plans a return engagement at the Broadmoor in 2011.
In 2009, however, there will be a bit of a void on the state schedule, at least by those high standards. For only the second calendar year since 1972, none of the major professional tours (PGA, LPGA or Champions/Seniors) will play a tournament in Colorado.
Nevertheless, there are several intriguing events on the calendar in the coming year.
-- Perhaps the most notable breath of fresh air, tournament-wise, will be the 2009 Palmer Cup, set for June 3-5 at Cherry Hills Country Club. The annual event pits 16 of the best college players from the U.S. and Europe in a Ryder Cup-like competition, with an American course hosting the event in odd-number years.
-- Cherry Hills will also host the first of two years of visits by prestigious Trans-Mississippi Golf Association tournaments. The Trans-Miss Four-Ball will be played Sept. 21-24, 2009 at Cherry Hills, while the Trans-Miss Championship is scheduled for July 12-18, 2010 at Colorado Golf Club.
-- The American Junior Golf Association, a stepping stone for many of the top young players in the world, will hold two tournaments in Colorado in 2009. The AJGA Colorado Junior Open is set for June 2-4 at the Tom Weiskopf-designed Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs. The following week, the Junior All-Star at Aspen, for 12-15 year-olds, will be played June 9-11.
As for Colorado tournament mainstays, all of the HealthOne Colorado Open Championships are again set for Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver. The Colorado Open itself is July 23-26, while the Colorado Women’s Open will be May 27-29, and the Colorado Senior Open Sept. 2-4.
The Colorado Golf Association will hold its top amateur championships July 6-10 (Match Play at Bear Creek Golf Club) and Aug. 13-16 (Stroke Play at Lakewood Country Club). On the professional side, the Colorado Section PGA will play its Section Championship Sept. 14-16 at Vista Ridge Golf Club in Erie.
Meanwhile, the Colorado Women’s Golf Association will contest its Match Play June 22-25 at Pinehurst Country Club and its Stroke Play July 14-16 at Valley Country Club in Aurora.
Though most tournament play doesn’t start in earnest until after the Masters, golfers in the area can get a head start on gearing up for the season at the Denver Golf Expo at the Denver Merchandise Mart Feb. 6-8.
Cherry Hills, AJGA Events
Spice Up 2009 Schedule
But no major pro tour will visit Colorado in coming year
By Gary Baines
Colorado Golf Journal, Wednesday, December 31, 2008
