Les Fowler, a former CGA president who won four state amateur championships and seven state senior titles, was among 10 people named for induction into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame on Monday.
Fowler, who played golf for CU and was a volunteer coach of the men’s team for 29 years (1948-76), will be inducted — posthumously — into the Hall on Nov. 9.
Fowler tied for fourth place in the 1948 Big Seven Conference Championship while serving as a player-coach. During his long coaching career at CU, among his standout players were Hale Irwin and Dale Douglass, both of whom went on to successful runs on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
During Fowler’s coaching years, CU won three conference titles and Irwin claimed the only NCAA individual championship in the history of the men’s program (1967). Fowler’s 1968 squad placed eighth in the NCAA Championships, marking the Buffs’ best showing ever in the tournament.
Fowler, a longtime member at Boulder Country Club, was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. The CGA’s Player of the Year award is named after him.
Fowler, who served as a state senator and representative, passed away in 2003 at age 78.
Other inductees into the 2017 CU Athletic Hall of Fame class:
Stan Brock, Football (1976-79)
Chad Brown, Football (1989-92)
Frank Brown, Skiing (1957-59)
Karrie Downey, Volleyball (1991-94)
Steve Hatchell, Football/Administration (1966-75)
Mark Haynes, Football (1976-79)
Jay Humphries, Basketball (1980-84)
Jamillah Lang, Women’s Basketball (1990-94)
Jorge Torres, Cross Country & Track (1999-2003)
