Homegrown

CGA staffers Maddie Kern (left) and Aaron Guereca make a point during the World Handicap System update. Colorado Golf Association This story was provided by the Colorado Golf Association Phyllis Jensen served on the CWGA or CGA board of directors for more than 15 years, and she’s long been a volunteer mainstay at women’s tournaments and qualifiers the organizations have run. Suffice it to say Jensen is a big supporter of women’s golf, and she’s been a fixture almost every year since 2007 at the annual event now known as the CGA Women’s Golf Summit. When the CGA and the CWGA integrated into a single organization in early 2018, Jensen had one big concern — that women’s golf could get lost in the shuffle. But the fact that what was once known as the CWGA Annual Meeting is still going strong six years after the integration is heartening to her.

“I like the fact that we’re still doing it,” she said on Saturday during the 2024 Women’s Golf Summit at the Denver Botanic Gardens. “That was one of my big fears was that when we integrated, this...