‘Experience of a lifetime’

Darcy Horman (left) and Penny James-Garcia (right) flank Angela Stanford, winner of the LPGA Senior Championship, the second of two back-to-back tournaments at Copper Rock. Randy Dodson photo Angela Stanford understands the challenge of following one great performance with another. While winning the LPGA Senior Championship for a second straight year, Stanford appreciated how the staff and volunteers staged her event the week after they hosted the fourth annual Epson Tour stop at Copper Rock Golf Course in Hurricane, Utah. “Thank you for going back-to-back,” she said. This doubleheader, conducted by Darcy Horman, Copper Rock’s director of operations, and Penny James-Garcia, the event coordinator, made southern Utah an epicenter of women’s golf in May. The convergence of the two tournaments, with two women in prime administrative roles and the Utah-based Women’s Leadership Institute as a nonprofit partner, undoubtedly places Copper Rock among the biggest boosters of women’s athletes and business professionals in pro golf in 2024. The t...