Goodwin Fires Final Round 67 To Claim 67th Colorado PGA Professional Championship Title
Centennial, Colo. - It was a beautiful day to crown a champion at Valley Country Club for the 67th Colorado PGA Professional Championship. Geoff Keffer, PGA Assistant Professional at Lakewood Country Club began the day with a two-shot lead over Tristin Goodwin, PGA Assistant Professional at Cherry Hills Country Club.
Goodwin started the day red hot as he birdied four of his first six holes and added an eagle on hole 5 as he holed his wedge shot from 40 yards out. After hole 6 Goodwin had flipped a two-shot deficit into a three-shot lead. “My strategy did not change, but my mindset definitely changed a little bit, I started to feel more pressure as I was leading the golf tournament now,” Goodwin said. Bogies on holes 7 and 9, the two par threes on the front nine, and a birdie from Keffer on 7, Goodwin and Keffer made the turn to the back nine dead even at 9-under-par.
New paragraphGoodwin and Keffer traded birdies on the par 5 10th, and pars on the par 4 11th to stay even with 7 to play. Goodwin then birdied the 12th hole and Keffer made a bogey for Goodwin to open up a two-shot lead with six to play. Goodwin bogeyed the very next hole to slim the lead to one. Four consecutive pars meant Goodwin sat at 10-under-par heading to the last. Bogies from Keffer on 14 and 17 with a birdie mixed in on 16 meant Keffer sat at 8-under-par, needing an eagle 3 on 18 to have a shot. A par by both players on the 18th clinched the title for Goodwin, his second Colorado PGA Major Championship in as many years, after capturing the Masek Match Play in 2023.
“I haven’t won many events, this was probably the biggest event I have ever won,” Goodwin stated. When asked what it means to capture the biggest event on the Colorado PGA tournament calendar in 2024, Goodwin said, “This means a lot, I’ll reiterate this is the biggest tournament I have won.” With this victory, Goodwin leads seven other Colorado PGA of America Golf Professionals who qualified for the 2025 PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida from April 27th through the 30th.
The seven other Colorado PGA of America Golf Professionals who qualified for the 2025 PGA Professional Championship are runner-up Geoff Keffer, PGA, Mike Weingartner, PGA Instructor at The Links Golf Course, Rob Grall, PGA Assistant Professional at Colorado National Golf Club, Micah Rudosky, PGA Head Professional at Conquistador Golf Course, Ben Lanting, PGA Assistant Professional at Bear Creek Golf Club, Jordan Gibbs, PGA Director of Instruction at Denver Country Club, and capturing the 8th and final qualifying spot in a 3-for-1 playoff was Kirk Trowbridge, PGA Instructor at MetaGolf Learning Center.
A huge thanks to all of our partners of the Colorado PGA Professional Championship. Tom Bauerle, Drew Hunter, and Reed Tomlinson of Colorado Golf & Turf and Club Car, Scott Freelove and Chris McCallum of Titleist and Anthony Gabriel of Footjoy, Steven Vigil of Nike Golf, Shaun Haberstroh, Chris Brown, Sam Marley, and Chris Kurth of Taylormade Golf, and Mike Marsilli and Marcus Gregory of Callaway Golf. To our local partners, David Walker of True Temper, Ian Crick, PGA of Strackaline, Samantha Masciarelli of 1st and 10th tee bars, Sterling Cut Glass, and Liquid Death for their support of this championship and the Colorado PGA.
Last but certainly not least is our fantastic host facility, Valley Country Club, and its dedicated staff. Director of Golf, Barry Milstead, PGA, Head Golf Professional, Brad Tyson, PGA, PGA Associate Kirby Kielman, General Manager/COO Al Jader, and Director of Agronomy Brooks Dodson and his entire grounds staff for having the course in peak championship condition for the entire week.
Colorado PGA Professional Championship Qualifiers & Alternates
1. Tristin Goodwin, PGA (Cherry Hills Country Club) —68-71-67—-206 (-10)
2. Geoff Keffer, PGA (Lakewood Country Club) —68-69-71—208 (-8)
3. Mike Weingartner, PGA (The Links Golf Course) —74-67-71—212 (-4)
4. Robert Grall, PGA (Colorado National Golf Club) —76-71-66—213 (-3)
T5. Micah Rudosky, PGA (Conquistador Golf Course) —74-71-70—215 (-1)
T5. Ben Lanting, PGA (Bear Creek Golf Club) —71-74-70—215 (-1)
T5. Jordan Gibbs, PGA (Denver Country Club) —72-72-71—215 (-1)
8. Kirk Trowbridge, PGA (MetaGolf Learning Center) —71-71-74—216 (E)
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1st Alternate. Joe Carlton, PGA (Legacy Ridge Golf Course) —72-74-70—216 (E)
2nd Alternate. Chris Sholts, PGA (Growth Golf Academy) —70-73-73—216 (E)
3rd Alternate. Ben Honaman, PGA (Lakewood Country Club) —71-71-75—217 (+1)
4th Alternate. Grant Jackson, PGA (Murphy Creek Golf Course)—73-71-74—218 (+2)
5th Alternate. Stephen Arnold, PGA (Red Sky Golf Academy)—73-76-70—219 (+3)
