Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

No. 95 — May 1898

Town and Gown Golf Club opened in Colorado Springs. To this day, the course is one of the oldest continuously operated 18-hole public golf courses west of the Mississippi and the third-oldest overall. The course was purchased by William Jewett in 1910 and renamed the Colorado Springs Golf Club. On June 25, 1919, it was renamed in honor of his wife, Patty Jewett, after he deeded the property to the city for $1.

— Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian