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1 week ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Tony Dear |Brendan O'Keeffe
New cavity-back wedges from Wilson will tolerate off-center strikesBy Tony DearWhen cavity-back wedges first appeared in 2017 (Cleveland CBX), golfers were a little bemused as perimeter–weighting wasn’t considered necessary for shots of 100 yards or less. The feel a blade or muscle-back wedge gave you for short-game shots was considered more important than forgiveness. Who needed a club to be forgiving when they were so close to the green?
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3 weeks ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Tony Dear |Brendan O'Keeffe
New materials and impressive tech have enabled Srixon to create a distance ball you have to check outBy Tony DearIn an industry of ever-increasing homogeneity, it takes something that sounds pretty wild to make you stop and take notice.
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4 weeks ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Jim Bebbington |Brendan O'Keeffe
Vic Lombardi renews prostate cancer awareness fightWords by Jim Bebbington | Photos by Christian Marcy-VegaVic Lombardi, the voice of Denver sports for nearly a generation, is ready to get back into the ring for the fight of his life. Lombardi is Denver sports talk. For many years, he was one of the region’s leading TV sports anchors, anchoring the CBS4 sports coverage and racking up 32 Emmy awards.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Tony Dear |Brendan O'Keeffe
The newest version of Tour Edge’s popular Wingman Putter delivers both form and function. By Tony DearKeep doing the same thing you’ve been doing for nearly 40 years and at some point, what you do starts to … blend. It doesn’t become any less remarkable; it’s just less conspicuous than it once was. Tour Edge has been producing high-quality golf clubs and selling them at attractively low prices since 1986 and with each passing launch, the rise of your eyebrows might lower just a smidge.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Jim Bebbington |Brendan O'Keeffe
Former Air Force Captain Kyle Westmoreland talks about his Korn Ferry Tour SuccessBy Jim BebbingtonKyle Westmoreland, the former captain in the U.S. Air Force and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, is hoping that his first victory on the Korn Ferry Tour this winter leads to more success. Westmoreland, 33, picked up his first win of his Korn Ferry or PGA Tour career on Feb. 9 at the Astara Golf Championship in Bogota, Colombia.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Tony Dear |Brendan O'Keeffe
This new starter set from Germany’s Vice Golf has just the right ingredients for the new golfer’s first setBy Tony DearRelatively slow equipment news weeks always give us the chance to look back over the last month or so and feature something we found interesting and thought you should know about if you didn’t already, but which we didn’t have space for. A perfect example is Vice Golf’s recent launch of its Boost Starter Set.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | John Lehndorff |Brendan O'Keeffe
The secret to La Loma’s 48 years of Denver dining success is NOT changing the Tex-Mex tastes we all loveBy JOHN LEHNDORFFWe have grown accustomed to dining disappointment. We take the plunge and try a new Denver restaurant, and fall in love with the food. A few weeks or months later, we drag friends to the same eatery only to find the menu, the décor, the owners and the staff has changed.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Jim Bebbington |Brendan O'Keeffe
Pins and Aces Sees Growth for Edel GolfBy Jim BebbingtonPins and Aces, the Arvada-based clothing startup, this winter purchased the Denver-based boutique golf club manufacturer Edel Golf, the two companies announced in January. Both brands showcased the news at the recent PGA Show in Orlando in January and Nick Mertz, the founder of Pins and Aces, announced the acquisition on social media alongside Edel Golf’s chairman Doug Coors.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Tony Dear |Brendan O'Keeffe
The new XXIO Prime range of clubs will help aging golfers generate a little more speed and get the ball off the groundBy Tony DearFor you to become a XXIO player, two things need to be true: First, you need to be a person of means because, as we’ve seen several times before, XXIO clubs do not come cheap.
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1 month ago | 
coloradoavidgolfer.com | Jim Bebbington |Brendan O'Keeffe
Arizona offers a variety of great golf, food & terrain this spring training seasonBy Jim BebbingtonFor Colorado golfers, this winter has been long, cold and unforgiving. But as with the swallows and Capistrano, Colorado golfers will be flocking to warmer locations this spring – their golf clubs in tow – to catch some Major League Baseball spring training. The Cactus League in Arizona is a perennial favorite, and this season, some of Arizona’s best courses are ready and waiting.
