Plain, Mead Honored with West Chapter’s Top Awards
The Colorado PGA West Chapter announced the 2020 Award Winners at the West Chapter Virtual Spring Meeting, held on Thursday, April 15. These award recipients have been submitted as finalists for the Colorado PGA Section Special Awards. Congratulations to the award winners!
West Chapter President, Jeff Boyer, PGA, commented, “I am proud to say that I believe we had more nominees and more applications submitted than I remember in 10 years of being involved in the process. It is impressive to learn more and more about what our members are doing at their facilities and in their communities.”
- Golf Professional of the Year: Alice Plain, PGA, at Vail Golf Club
- Teacher of the Year: Nathan Mead, PGA, at Vail Golf Club
- Professional Development Award: Luke Brosterhous, PGA, at Catamount Ranch & Club
- Bill Strausbaugh Award: Alice Plain, PGA, at Vail Golf Club
- Player Development Award: Pete Roach, PGA, at Sonnenalp Club
- Youth Player Development Award: Trey Johnson, PGA, at Vail Golf Club
- Public Merchandiser of the Year: James Pratt, PGA, at Aspen Golf Club
- Private Merchandiser of the Year: Steve Grove, PGA, at Maroon Creek Club
- Resort Merchandiser of the Year: Not awarded
- Assistant Golf Professional of the Year: Andrew Firman, PGA, at Aspen Golf Club
- Warren Smith Award: Stephen VanDyke, PGA, at River Valley Ranch Golf Club
- Associate Player of the Year: Christopher Devens at Aspen Glen Club
- Senior Player of the Year: Doug Rohrbaugh, PGA, at Snowmass Club
- Player of the Year: Doug Rohrbaugh, PGA, at Snowmass Club
Click to watch the 2020 Colorado PGA West Chapter Award Winner’s Video.
On March 31, 2025, at Pinehurst Country Club in Denver, CO, the Colorado PGA proudly welcomed two newly elected At-Large Directors during the Section’s annual Spring Membership Meeting. Drew Parr, PGA Head Professional at Castle Pines Golf Club, and Tristen Fay, PGA Head Professional at Fort Collins Country Club, were elected to serve on the Colorado PGA Section Board. Both will begin their three-year terms at the 2025 Fall Membership Meeting, bringing a shared commitment to leadership, service, and advancing the Section’s mission.
Zec Recently Returned Home from the PGA HOPE National Golf and Wellness October 10-14 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland
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.
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