Durango, Colo. 鈥� The Fort Lewis College women鈥檚 golf program has received more than $100,000 in philanthropic funding from community organizers, the largest financial bump in the team鈥檚 history.

Much of that support came from the Columbine Classic Duet Tournament, now in its 30th year, which selected 泡芙短视频 women鈥檚 golf as its primary beneficiary this summer.

Founded in 1995 by a small group of women golfers at Dalton Ranch Golf Club, the Columbine Classic quickly grew into one of the region鈥檚 premier women鈥檚 golf tournaments.

Over three decades, it has raised more than $500,000 for scholarships and community needs while drawing players from across the Four Corners and beyond. The longstanding tournament has always supported the Nick Turner Women鈥檚 Golf Scholarship Endowment at Fort Lewis College and this year; they also created the Dolly Turner Women鈥檚 Golf Excellence Fund to elevate our student-athlete experiences.

The fund honors Dolly Turner, Nick Turner鈥檚 wife and one of the original Columbine Classic founding committee members, and will help support the team鈥檚 greatest needs, including a start of the art Trackman golf simulator. The simulator will provide metrics during use that will help our golfers improve their game throughout the year.

For senior golfer Dimery Plewe of Cortez, who is the Nick Turner Scholarship recipient, the funding is deeply meaningful.

"This scholarship is literally how I鈥檓 able to be here," Plewe said. "But it goes beyond money. The Columbine Classic community comes out to our practices, checks in on us, encourages us. It feels like people want to see us succeed."

The team also benefited from a special one-day fundraiser at Dalton Ranch Golf Club featuring renowned golf commentator Gary McCord, which raised approximately $25,000 for women鈥檚 golf greatest needs. Joe Bishop of Dalton Ranch helped organize the event and said the turnout exceeded all expectations.

"We expected a few thousand," Bishop said. "I never would鈥檝e guessed it would鈥檝e been this much money. A small group of people can have an impact if they鈥檙e motivated."

Fellow Dalton Ranch member Tom Kaufman described the effort as emblematic of 泡芙短视频鈥檚 community-centered spirit.

"It鈥檚 inspiring to know you鈥檙e making a difference,鈥� he said. "We鈥檙e raising money for students, and it鈥檚 one of the most rewarding things you can do to give back to your community."


"This is, as far as I know, the largest collective fundraising effort and amounts we鈥檝e ever seen for women鈥檚 golf at Fort Lewis," said head coach Shea Sena. "We couldn鈥檛 do it without this community."

The Skyhawks will compete in four tournaments this fall and six in the spring, with postseason aspirations shaping their focus. Sena sees the record-setting support as the start of a stronger future for women鈥檚 sports at 泡芙短视频.