George Solich, who grew up in Colorado Springs, has made a major impact on the Colorado golf scene in recent decades—whether as a philanthropist, supporter of youth caddies, or being a key reason for the PGA Tour to return to Colorado after long droughts.
Following his older brother Duffy, Solich caddied at The Broadmoor Golf Club and earned an Evans Scholarship to the University of Colorado. He eventually served as president of the house for a year. He’s the fourth CU Evans Scholars alum to be inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, joining Mark Crabtree (2006), Tom Woodard (2013) and Gary Baines (2022).
A resident of Greenwood Village, Solich fully funded the cost of hiring a Colorado Golf Association staffer that would cultivate Colorado-based candidates for the Evans Scholarship. Later, he and Duffy lent their names and considerable support to the Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy, which was founded in 2012 at CommonGround Golf Course and has since expanded to numerous chapters around the state. Forty-four caddies from the SCLA have gone on to earn Evans Scholarships.
In 2020, the Soliches helped found The Broadmoor Caddie & Leadership Academy which has produced another eight Evans Scholars.
The academies promote the use of caddies through a subsidized system—by paying their base fees through an educational grant, with participating golfers having the option of adding a tip. Other key components are leadership and personal-finance classes, and all participants do required community-service work.
Solich also was a founder of the Colorado Golf Foundation, which he and his wife Carol got off the ground with a large donation. The CGF has made significant contributions over the years to numerous youth-related golf organizations in Colorado.
In the years leading up to 2014 and 2024, Solich played a pivotal role in bringing the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship to Colorado—10 years ago at Cherry Hills Country Club, and this year to Castle Pines Golf Club. All the net proceeds from the BMW Championship benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation. The 2014 event at Cherry Hills raised $3.5 million and was named the PGA Tour Tournament of the Year. In the wake of the 2014 BMW success, Solich was named Golf Person of the Year by the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame.
In recent years, Solich has served as chairman of the board and president of Castle Pines Golf Club. Besides hosting the 2024 BMW Championship, it’s been the site of Drive, Chip & Putt Regional Qualifying events in 2022 and ’23, with the top performers advancing to the National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club.
The founder, chairman and CEO of FourPoint Energy, Solich was among those who provided major financial support for the building of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame Museum at The Broadmoor.
2015 Golf Person of the Year
The General Chairman of the 2014 BMW Championship at Cherry Hills, which raised a record $3.5 million for the Evans Caddie Scholarship and was named the PGA Tour’s Tournament of the Year.
