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From Bill Bisdorf to Wyndham Clark, can Denver golf history add another chapter Sunday? | The Starting Lineup

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Three must-see events this week:

1. NBA draft (6 p.m. Tuesday, ABC/ESPN) — With the No. 26 pick, the Nuggets desperately need a playmaker. Best-case scenario: Texas Tech guard Christian Anderson slides to Denver.

2. Boston Red Sox at Rockies (1:10 p.m. Wednesday, MLB.tv/NESN) — The Red Sox open a three-game series at Coors Field on Monday, the first time Boston’s been here since 2024.

3. United States vs. Turkey (8 p.m. Thursday, Fox) — As the world falls in love with Buc-ee’s and Bass Pro Shops, here’s a proposal: the U.S. should be the World Cup’s permanent host.

Fans look on before the World Cup Group D soccer match between Turkey and Paraguay in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

Numbers game

72 — games is all Hunter Goodman needed to reach 20 home runs, making the Rockies catcher the quickest to that mark since Nolan Arenado in 2016, according to Kevin Henry

Box office

$36 — for a seat in Section 112 at Coors Field for Rockies-Pirates at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, when the first 15,000 fans through the gates score a Hawaiian shirt for Father’s Day (Gametime)

On this day

June 21, 1967 — The great Bill Bisdorf teed off at Evergreen’s Hiwan Golf Club in the first round of the Colorado Open, which he won for the third time, long before he mentored yours truly and many other kids on the driving range at Overland Golf Course. Can Wyndham Clark carry on Colorado’s underrated golf history with another U.S. Open title Sunday at Shinnecock Hills?

Wyndham Clark celebrates after a birdie on the 13th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Friday, June 19, 2026.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Final word

“Yes.”

—Soccer icon and Fox analyst Zlatan Ibrahimovic when asked if the USMNT can win the World Cup

—Paul Klee, The Denver Gazette


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