All Blog Posts Tagged 'Colorado' (3)

Love playing in the wind? Well, you missed one heck of a windy [1st] round at the 2008 CO State Championships. I can honestly say I have never played a windier tournament round of golf. To top that off, the course at Palisade River Bend Park was lined and dotted with OB that made the locals cringe. It was so windy that branches the size of trees were ripped from the old cottonwoods along the course. Tournament directors postponed the second round on Saturday to be played on Sunday when more… Continue

>1. Snow Mnt. DG at Snow Mountain YMCA Camp: The

>course has a lot of short holes to start and it

>really a PIA to locate some holes. To get to the

>#1 Tee (all dirt), park at Commons (dining hall),

>park at the bottom of the hill, in the spots

>closes to the road. You will see the #1 tee "(it's

>not marked at all). There are "tiny stake signs"

>to take you to #2 tee, that's only marked by a log

>face with a "tiny" black 2.… Continue

Colorado is well known for it's surprising weather changes ... We found out just how dramatically it can change last weekend, at the beginning of the 2008 Colorado Open, May 10-11.



I woke up, got my stuff together and prepared for the short drive to the course. It's great to be at home and only have a 15 minute drive to get to the tournament. I did my warm up, and then some putting in the yard. The sun was out, and there were only a few fluffy clouds floating in the sky. After my… Continue