A water-dependent pastime battles for sustainability on the small-town courses woven into the region’s cultural heritage.
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PGA Tour returning to Colorado with 2024 BMW Championship
By Arnie Stapleton, AP Sports Writer CASTLE ROCK — The PGA Tour is returning to Colorado for the first time in a decade with the redesigned course at Castle Pines Golf Club serving as host to the 2024 BMW Championship. It’s the first big-time professional golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus-designed course 30 miles south […]
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Can televised Russian face-slapping save Denver’s sports bars?
When cardboard cutouts filled the stands and the real fans were at home on their couches, Tom Ryan and his team were plotting the rebirth of Denver’s sports bar scene. Banking on corked-up demand, they prepared for this summer’s launch of a new 14,000-square-foot pub in downtown Denver, with high-definition video screens, immersive, room-size video […]
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Mayhem continues at Granby Ranch as new owner takes over Grand County ski and golf community
A new owner is taking the reins at Granby Ranch, but the mayhem continues for the beleaguered ski and golf community. Following a complicated foreclosure sale, the new owner of Granby Ranch — Granby Prentice Granby Holdings — sent a letter early Wednesday to the roughly 800 owners of property at the 5,000-acre Grand County […]
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Silverman: Colorado golfer Shane Bertsch demonstrates a lesson for us all: Never quit
Many people would have quit. Touring pro golf can be cruel. Even if you’ve won a few million bucks over the decades, there are myriad expenses, including caddies and travel. Add in the cost of living in Denver with wife and kids. Miss enough cuts by a stroke and it can mess with your mind. […]
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With big sports back, Colorado’s betting scene exploded with $59 million in pent-up wagers
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down major sports in the U.S. and around the world this spring, Peter Jennings felt the sting as more than just a fan. Entrepreneurial since high school and with a head for numbers that helped earn him a degree in finance, he parlayed his love for sports into an unconventional […]
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Coronavirus shut down many Colorado golf courses. Some stayed open by tweaking tradition.
On a warm and breezy spring afternoon, Steve Sanford Jr. lines up his putt on the practice green at Englewood’s Meridian Golf Club and strikes the ball perfectly. It curls toward the hole but, instead of disappearing into the cup with a satisfying plop, it caroms off a 2-inch raised cylinder protruding from the hole […]
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Lawsuits, lenders and irked homeowners creating chaos around the sale of Granby Ranch ski resort
As an unnamed buyer circles Grand County’s privately owned Granby Ranch ski area, a roiling circus of family, lenders and homeowners is assailing resort owner Marise Cipriani. It’s not a pretty scene at the picturesque 5,000-acre ski and golf resort along the Fraser River, which Brazilian developer Cipriani has owned since 1995 and put on […]