/tags/golf Golf en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:19:03 GMT /sports/2024-08-22/pga-tours-return-to-castle-pines-stirs-memories-of-milkshakes-mountains-and-missing-tiger-woods Castle Pines is the host of this week's second event of the PGA Tour playoffs, the BMW Championship. The course south of Denver once had the makings of one of those can't-miss stops on pro golf's unrelenting calendar. But too many players skipped the tournament called the International. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:19:03 GMT /sports/2024-08-22/pga-tours-return-to-castle-pines-stirs-memories-of-milkshakes-mountains-and-missing-tiger-woods Eddie Pells/AP /news/2024-07-22/construction-begins-on-first-golf-course-at-rodeo-dunes Construction has begun on the first of two golf courses planned at Rodeo Dunes, a developing resort property north of Roggen in Weld County Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:49:38 GMT /news/2024-07-22/construction-begins-on-first-golf-course-at-rodeo-dunes Dallas Heltzell, BizWest /news/2022-07-19/local-news-roundup-with-the-colorado-sun-7-19-2022 Every Tuesday, »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·'s Samantha Coetzee speaks with our colleagues over at the Colorado Sun about the local stories they're following.Today she spoke with environment writer Michael Booth about wolf reintroduction, drying golf courses and the yellow rail. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:32:00 GMT /news/2022-07-19/local-news-roundup-with-the-colorado-sun-7-19-2022 Samantha Coetzee /2015-02-04/dear-aging-athletes-say-hello-to-goodbye Commentator Frank Deford contemplates the difficulty of knowing when to quit. Wed, 04 Feb 2015 08:42:00 GMT /2015-02-04/dear-aging-athletes-say-hello-to-goodbye Frank Deford /npr-news/2014-08-27/golf-may-be-too-polite-a-sport-for-presidential-politics President Obama has been widely criticized for not being combative enough. Commentator Frank Deford says we elected a basketball player, but ended up with a golfer. Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:33:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-08-27/golf-may-be-too-polite-a-sport-for-presidential-politics Frank Deford /2014-07-09/a-golf-prodigy-grows-up-and-goes-all-the-way-to-the-top Child actors are infamous for burning out young. Not so for child athletes, says commentator Frank Deford. Michelle Wie, the 24-year-old golfer, may now be the best-known golfer in the world. Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:34:00 GMT /2014-07-09/a-golf-prodigy-grows-up-and-goes-all-the-way-to-the-top Frank Deford /2014-04-16/despite-everything-tiger-will-always-be-no-1 Tiger Woods hasn't won a major in six years, and at 38, says commentator Frank Deford, he's past even a golfer's prime years. Still, no one can touch the reigning king of golf. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:44:00 GMT /2014-04-16/despite-everything-tiger-will-always-be-no-1 Frank Deford /npr-news/2013-09-24/bush-doesnt-fault-obama-for-playing-golf President Obama has been criticized for playing too much golf. But former President George W. Bush tells the Golf Channel that the sport is a good outlet for the pressures of the White House. Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:43:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-09-24/bush-doesnt-fault-obama-for-playing-golf Doreen McCallister /npr-news/2013-08-26/amateur-ko-wins-lpga-event-again-says-goodbye-to-300k-again Lydia Ko, the New Zealand golfer who last year became the youngest person ever to win an LPGA event, has played her way into the record books again. By successfully defending her title at the Canadian Women's Open this past weekend, Ko, who's now 16, is the only amateur to win two LPGA events. Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:47:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-26/amateur-ko-wins-lpga-event-again-says-goodbye-to-300k-again Bill Chappell /npr-news/2013-08-23/what-to-make-of-tiger-woods-major-less-year By the standard of normal golfing mortals, Tiger Woods has had an incredible summer. He's won multiple tournaments and millions of dollars in prize money. What he didn't do was win any of golf's four major championships. And those major wins are his measure of success. Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:37:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-23/what-to-make-of-tiger-woods-major-less-year Mike Pesca