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Summer brings the high season for golf and RV travel. You can pursue both at Lathrop State Park in Walsenburg. Nestled in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks, just four miles from I-25, the 1,600-acre park is home to two lakes for fishing and watersports, a free archery range—and the nine-hole Walsenburg Municipal Golf Course

Opened in 1966, the course stretches to 6,400 yards when played consecutively from the front and back tees. Operated by the volunteer Walsenburg Golf Association and subsidized by Huerfano County, the facility also features mini-golf, a practice range, restaurant and—new this year—a 10-site RV park 100 yards awarded scholarships valued at more than $2 million.

Cherry Hills has long supported the Evans Scholars Foundation, a nonprofit organization for which the club is also one of the two top fundraising clubs nationwide. Operated by the Western Golf Association, the foundation provides Evans Scholarships—full tuition and housing college scholarships to caddies. Since 1930, more than 11,550 Evans Scholars have graduated from college, and since 1967, 53 Cherry Hills caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars from the University of Colorado chapter.

At this year’s U.S. Amateur, the Junior Golf Pa - from the clubhouse.

“It’s kind of unbelievable that our state park is the only one in Colorado that features a golf course,” WGA President Gary Vezzani says. “And we may be the only, or one of the few, RV campgrounds in the state that features a golf course.”

The new RV campground is open for extended and nightly stays. Each pull-through gravel site will be equipped with 50-, 30- and 20amp electric service, free highspeed wi-fi and its own picnic table. Rates are set at $36 per day for electric campsites, and golfers do not require a state park pass to play—unless they want park access. golfwalsenburg.com vilion will be the place for attendees and youth to learn about golf, life lessons, and sustainability in the game. Kids of all ages will learn about the scholarship opportunities through the Palmer Foundation and Evans Scholarship program.

In addition, youth from area programs like First Tee-Colorado Rocky Mountains, as well as The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver will benefit and be impacted by this great championship.

“We believe that golf can provide a critical turning point and a pathway for the future of our youth,” Koehn said. “And for us to have this opportunity to pay it forward is extremely gratifying for Cherry Hills.” chcc.com/123rdusam