PGA golf is headed back to Colorado

PGA golf is headed back to Colorado

The 2014 BMW Championship will mark the first time since the 1985 PGA Championship that the world’s top male professional golfers have tested Cherry Hills’ challenging layout.“Cherry Hills welcomes the opportunity to once again showcase our course and to put Denver at the center of the golf world in September 2014,” said John Elway, Cherry Hills president. “An important component of our club’s rich heritage has been to offer a worthy venue  Masters Competition About The Tradition for the world’s finest professional and amateur golfers. Hosting the 2014 BMW Championship reaffirms our commitment to opening our course for competition at the highest level.Past champions at Cherry Hills have included some of golf’s finest players – Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Hubert Green, Andy North and Ralph Guldahl – reflecting the quality of the challenge the William Flynn-designed course presents.Cherry Hills’ tradition of supporting championships and scholarships makes it a worthy host for the 2014 BMW Championship. The club has been a leading partner with the WGA in developing Evans Scholars candidates among its caddie ranks. The WGA has sponsored the Evans Scholars program since 1930, providing full-tuition Does Cherry Hills Deserve PGA Tour and housing scholarships for caddies at 19 colleges and universities nationwide. Six caddies from Cherry Hills are current Evans Scholars at the University of Colorado, and 32 Evans Scholars Alumni caddied at Cherry Hills.

“Since the inception of the BMW Championship, one of our goals has been to help raise more money for the Evans Scholars Foundation,” said Dan Creed, Vice President of Marketing, BMW of North America. “We are pleased to bring the BMW Championship experience to the Denver area and, in turn, increase the support of the Evans Scholars Foundation in this community.”