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Simpson honored with men’s golf tourney

Gary Baines — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:37 +0000

Mark Simpson (Rec’83) - photo courtesy of CU athletics

Men’s golf coach Roy Edwards announced that CU’s new fall invitational tournament has been named in honor of Mark Simpson (Rec’83), the longtime CU coach who passed away in 2005 after battling cancer.

The first Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational will be Sept. 27-28 at Erie’s Colorado National Golf Club, the Buffs’ home course. It’s the first intercollegiate tournament that the CU men will host in Colorado since the 1993 Fox Acres Invitational at Red Feather Lakes.

Colorado-based teams scheduled to take part are CU, Colorado State, Denver, Air Force and Northern Colorado.

Golfers christen home course

Gary Baines — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:00:12 +0000

For the first time, the women’s golf team hosted its Heather Farr Memorial tournament at CU’s new home course, the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie. The Buffs finished sixth in the 20-team field, with sophomore Emily Talley placing eighth individually for her first top-10 showing of the season.

Meanwhile, with the men’s golf team missing its top three regulars from last season — honorable mention All-Americans Derek Tolan (Soc’09) and Pat Grady (Fin’09) who graduated and Luke Symons who is redshirting after undergoing hip surgery — the Buffs are going through a transitional season.

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“We’re very, very young,” says coach Roy Edwards, who has only two upperclassmen on his active roster, senior Justin Bardgett and junior Michael Imperato.

CU lost to Colorado State 6-4 in the inaugural year of the State of Colorado Cup, a season-opening Ryder Cup-style competition.

Bardgett recorded the best finish of his career, fifth place, at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic in early October. Sophomore Kevin Kring tied a school record for most strokes under par for a round (an 8-under-par 64) en route to a 13th-place finish in the Falcon Invitational.

CU’s home course will host invitational, NCAA regional

Staff — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:06 +0000

Wanting to give back to the golf program he participated in as a student, Steve Kerr (Rec’78) purchased Vista Ridge Golf Club in Erie and created Colorado National Golf Club, which is the official course for the CU’s women’s and men’s golf programs.

The men’s golf team will host two tournaments during the 2010-11 season at its newly designated home course, Colorado National Golf Club in Erie. The first will be an invitational tentatively scheduled for Sept. 27-28, 2010. The other will be an NCAA Regional May 19-21, 2011.

CU’s fall tournament, which is expected to become an annual event, will mark the first time the Buff men have hosted a full-fledged invitational in Colorado since 1993, when the last CU-Fox Acres Invitational was held at Red Feather Lakes in northern Colorado.

The May tournament will be the first NCAA regional ever held in Colorado.