Banker Boys 2027 Finals

All the wild, none of the noise

The 2027 season ends where the Banker game deserves to end: on a Greg Norman course set above 9,000 feet on the Uncompahgre Plateau in southwestern Colorado. Cornerstone sits on 4,800 acres of protected land outside Montrose, with the San Juans, the West Elks and Cimarron Ridge on the horizon and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison down the road.

The course opened in 2008, went quiet, and came back in 2019 after Matt Dusenberry reworked Norman's routing, pulling out bunkers and letting the fairways run with the land through aspen groves and sagebrush meadows. Golf Magazine has called it a top high-altitude course, Golfweek a top new course, and Golf Digest best in state. The first tee is the high point of the property at roughly 9,200 feet, which is why your drives will carry about fifteen percent farther than they do at home. Plan your club selection, and your bets, accordingly.

The championship

This is not a Banker weekend. It is a seeded, handicapped match play tournament to crown the 2027 champion. Every player puts $500 into the pot. The top three finishers are paid out of it, and the winner takes the title.

Format

Match play

Seeding

Handicapped

Buy-in

$500

Paid places

Top 3

Seeds, handicaps, the bracket, and the payout split will be posted here once the field is set.

The course

Par

72

From the tips

7,800+ yds

First tee

9,200 ft

Designer

Greg Norman

Yardage varies by tee and by who you ask; the club lists several sets. Thin air, wide fairways, and greens that move with the terrain. The par-3 ninth tops out around 150 yards and the par-4 twelfth plays about 430, with the morning sun coming up over the West Elks behind it.

Getting there

Cornerstone is about a six-hour drive. The address is 1000 Cornerstone Trail, Montrose, Colorado 81403.

Bullington grew up in the area. Anyone arriving early may get a tour of his childhood haunts, and more. Ask him.