Colorado is at a crossroads. We can privatize our public universities or we can begin to fund them at a level that continues their present missions.

It sure adds a lot of drama. No lead is safe. It takes a lot of courage to play those last three golf holes.

Boy, the time really has flown by. Part of that is the anticipation and excitement of coming here every year. This is one place I really, really look forward to going.

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Most of the teams that have won here have played No. 18 very, very well.

We got off to a good start. Our kids were really throwing darts with their irons and the greens are putting real well. You're going to see a lot of good scores after this round - not just ours, but from a lot of people.