{"id":795362,"date":"2026-07-31T12:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/795362\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:13:20","slug":"fab-5-winning-your-club-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/795362\/","title":{"rendered":"FAB 5: Winning your Club Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be sure to check out the CGA\u2019s July Monthly\u00a0<\/a>for the inspirational stories of a few of Colorado\u2019s 2025 club champions. As a bonus question, they were asked: What advice would you give to someone competing in a club championship for the first time?<\/p>\n

Turns out the bonus was for the rest of us: Their advice might actually help us win one. At least in our dreams.<\/p>\n

Here are five of their tips.<\/p>\n

Go ahead and set yourself some goals. Broken Tee club champion Sheila Schroeder likes to pair her goals \u2013 one realistic and one \u201cstretch goal.\u201d \u201cWork toward those to challenge yourself,\u201d she says. One goal popular with Colorado club champions is to win in order to qualify for the National Club Championship, a PGA of America tournament that for 2026 champions will be held at Pinehurst (N.C.) in March.<\/p>\n

Prepare like you mean business. Parker Golf Association champion Roger Forystek has an off-the-charts index, but his club awards its trophy based on season-long performance. \u201cLast year, I played probably 90 percent of the time, and I think when you play a lot you get in a groove, your swing improves, everything improves,\u201d he says. Lynne Cassaday made room on her calendar for a twilight strategy round with her friend and caddie the week before the Aurora Working Women\u2019s Golf League championship. Schroeder took a winter job at an indoor golf facility so she could practice for free. Broadmoor champ Luke Travins took up swimming because he thought it would help his golf muscles. City Park Players Club champion Bryan Rusin does yoga and meditates before all his competitive rounds. And Salida champ Tami Smith swears by her sleep sound machine.<\/p>\n

Remember, it\u2019s not business — enjoy yourself and your company. Golf is a game, so don\u2019t make the club championship feel like work. \u201cDon\u2019t take it too seriously,\u201d says Travins. \u201cCheer on good play from all the participants.\u201d Cassaday notes that although everyone in her league is nervous setting out, \u201cIt\u2019s more about having fun and developing relationships with people you\u2019re playing with, trying to help each other and make golf a better sport for women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roll with the ups and downs, which golfers know to be inevitable. As Ted Lasso and City Park 9 and CommonGround 9 champion Sydney Wrench say, \u201cBe a goldfish! The next shot could be your best shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smile! This tip came from the best golfer in the article, Bryan Rusin, who index is plus-2.9. \u201cI make a goal to really smile before I hit every putt,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s actually some data that shows it improves free throw performance and short putt performance. It\u2019s like \u2018fake it so you make it.\u2019 Convince yourself you\u2019re happy and you will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteran journalist Susan Fornoff has written about golf for publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, ColoradoBiz magazine and her own GottaGoGolf.com. She provides the voice of \u201cMolly McMulligan<\/a>,\u201d the CGA\u2019s on-course consultant on golf for fun. Mr. McMulligan, Keith DuBay, is also an accomplished journalist and especially enjoys reviewing golf courses. Email the McMulligans at mollymcmulligan@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Be sure to check out the CGA\u2019s July Monthly\u00a0for the inspirational stories of a few of Colorado\u2019s 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-795362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}