Greg Norman is coming to The Broadmoor for the U.S. Senior Open, July 28 through Aug. 3his first outing since 2005. The Shark had some personal matters that needed his attention, such as getting through a nasty divorce. He plans to wed tennis star and former Aspenite Chris Evert at a celeb-encrusted ceremony in the Bahamas on June 28. Two past presidents will attend: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
Norman’s visit fits nicely with Wednesday night’s HBO premiere of “Back Nine at Cherry Hills,” a one-hour doc about the legendary 1960 U.S. Open played at Cherry Hills Country Club.
I’ve been stuck on a summer porch as some duffer tells me every shot of yesterday’s game — and there is nothing quite so dull. But this match was a showdown between Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
The documentary tells us the compelling back stories of each player. And the duel on the back nine is exciting to even the most casual golf observer.
“It never happened before,” says writer Dan Jenkins in the doc. “And it hasn’t happened since and probably never will again.”
Hogan was 47, winding down; Palmer was 30, at the top of his game; Nicklaus was 20, a college kid. If you don’t know who won, well, I’m not going to tell you. But years later, when Nicklaus was passing his prime, it was Norman who took the mantle as the game’s longest, biggest, straightest hitter. It all comes home again.
Eats!
Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson at Frasca won the James Beard Foundation’s 2008 Best Chef Southwest Award on Sunday night.
Got beer? You will if you head to Boulder on June 22 for The Kitchen’s Beer Brunch. Starting at noon (“It’s noon somewhere!”), you can eat your eggs and sausage in four courses, paired with two beers per course. $45, call 303-544-5973.
Thomas Salamunovich, chef at Vail’s Larkspur, will be on the “Today” show Thursday with his son Leo making “Breakfast in Bed for Dad on Father’s Day.” BTW, Leo has two broken arms from a recent longboard crash, making breakfast in bed a hard thing to cook.
Rocky movies
. Film on the Rocks brings bands and movies to Red Rocks this summer — and maybe a laugh or two, too. It starts with “Fight Club” on June 20 with Pillow Fight Club on stage and the band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club.
A zombie contest precedes the June 30 screening of “Shaun of the Dead.” On July 9, a chest-hair- waxing contest yanks it off on stage before the “40-Year-Old Virgin” and Opie Gone Bad.
A Guitar Hero Challenge goes down before “Purple Rain” on Aug. 8.
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City spirit
. Average White Band, Dotsero, David Sanborn, Hazel Miller, Soul School down for the Winter Park Jazz Festival on July 26 and 27. . . . CBS’s “48 Hours” tonight airs a piece on Paige Birgfeld, the Grand Junction mom of three who disappeared almost two years ago. . . . Sez who: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and my father.” — Greg Norman
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