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 it 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. 90 — Jan. 27, 1996

Colorado Springs resident Judy Bell was named president of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and elected to a two-year term (1996-97). A member of the World Golf and Colorado Golf halls of fame, she was the first female president of the organization since it was founded in 1894. She had been a vice president.

— Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian