Pavin to join field at 71st Senior PGA Championship
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin will be joined by newly
chosen assistants Tom Lehman and Jeff Sluman in a premier
international field, May 25-30, in the 71st Senior PGA Championship
at Colorado Golf Club in Parker.
Pavin will make his debut in the most historic and prestigious
event in senior golf, while Lehman returns to the Championship for
a second straight year, and Sluman makes his third consecutive
appearance.
The Senior PGA Championship, featuring perennially the strongest
156-player field in senior golf, will be challenged by Colorado
Golf Club. One of the premier new courses in America, Colorado Golf
Club opened in 2007. It serves as the site of the first PGA of
America-conducted major championship in Colorado since 1985, when
Hubert Green captured the 67th PGA Championship at Cherry Hills
Country Club.
The Senior PGA Championship also will be the third major
championship in senior golf to be conducted in Colorado, following
the 1993 U.S. Senior Open at Cherry Hills and the 2008 U.S. Senior
Open at The Broadmoor.
Co-designed by Bill Coore and two-time Masters Champion and 1999
Ryder Cup Captain Ben Crenshaw, Colorado Golf Club was recognized
in 2007 by GOLF Magazine as one of the top new private courses in
the country. Colorado Golf Club rests in an undisturbed enclave in
Parker, surrounded by 1,100 acres of open space. The par-72 layout
can be stretched to 7,604 yards, making it the longest to host a
Senior PGA Championship in Colorado.
Griebel named National Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year
Mitch Griebel of Heritage High School has been named a national
Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year. The Old Spice Red Zone High
School Football Player of the Year program recognizes those
athletes who elevate their play and that of their teammates in the
red zone.
“His persona brings out complete and spirited trust from his
teammates. They truly believe that they will win because Mitch was
in charge,” said Mike Griebel, coach of the 2009 Class 4A state
champion Eagles team.
Mitch Griebel was chosen from a large pool of nominees from
10,000 participating high school football teams to receive this
honor. He is honored as one of 50 players across America who stood
out among their peers for their exceptional performance.
As one of the 50 Red Zone Players of the Year, Griebel was
honored in a full-page congratulatory announcement in the Feb. 4
edition of USA Today along with the newspaper’s coverage of
National Letter of Intent Signing Day. Griebel, who was honored at
his school among other Eagles athletes, signed his commitment to
continue his football career at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Optiz named Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American
Shane Opitz of Heritage High School baseball, among other Eagles
sports, was recently named as Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American first-team honors. He
was one of 23 high school ball players named to the first-team’s
roster of infielders from around the nation and the only infielder
named among them from Colorado.