Colorado Springs Country Club history

In 1959, the first state match play championship was conducted.

In 1961, the CGA established the Eisenhower Scholarship to provide financial aid to college-bound junior golfers.

Also in 1962, the CGA assumed a leadership role for a statewide handicap system as it began measuring and rating all of the state’s golf courses in accordance with United States Golf Association (USGA) procedures.

The history of The Country Club of Colorado dates back to 1967 when Charles Gate bought 3,000 acres of land that was the Cheyenne Mountain Ranch.

In 1968, the WGA established the Eisenhower Chapter House on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, that continues today serve as the home for Colorado Evans Scholars.

In 1973 the Club opened nine holes and right from the beginning it was a success.

In 1978, the CGA and the Colorado PGA created separate governing bodies for amateur and professional golf in Colorado.

In 1980, the CWGA adopted the Denver Women’s Invitational Golf Tournament and renamed it the CWGA Stroke Play Championship.

As an outcome of this, in 1995 the CGA was selected to take over operations of the former Lowry Air Force Base golf course.

A significant challenge was added to the course in 2003, when the firm Phelps-Atkinson Golf Course Design was hired to redesign and rebuild Hole 12.

In 2009 “CommonGround Golf Course” was opened.

In 2012 the Colorado Golf Foundation was established through a $2 million gift from George and Carol Solich.