Three teams with Colorado players finished in the top 32 Sunday in the stroke-play portion of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, and thus advanced to match play at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
Alex Buecking of Columbine Valley and Jason Enloe of Dallas — former SMU teammates — placed seventh out of 128 teams. Their 8-under-par 132 total (64-68) was six strokes behind medalists Brandon Matthews and Patrick Ross of Pennsylvania.
Others Coloradans making match play were Tom Hart of Jonathan Marsico of Denver (70-66-136, 22nd place) and Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont (64-72–136, 22nd place).
The round-of-32 matches will take place on Monday.
Here are the stroke-play scores for all the teams with major Colorado ties who were in the field:
Advance to Match Play
7. Alex Buecking (Columbine Valley)/Jason Enloe (Dallas) 64-68–132
22. Braden Baer (Westminster)/Cole Nygren (Longmont) 64-72–136
22. Tom Hart (Denver)/Jonathan Marsico (Denver) 70-66–136
Failed to Qualify for Match Play
65. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-69–141
89. Kyle Danford (Fort Collins) /David Johnson (Fort Collins) 73-70–143
118. Benjamin Sherlund (Denver)/Zach Fowlds (Lone Tree) 72-76–148
Meanwhile, at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in Streamsong, Fla., the only Coloradan in the field, Tiffany Maurycy of Denver, who teamed up with Amy Ellertson of Charlottesville, Va., failed to advance to match play on Sunday.
With stroke-play scores of 74-80 for a 10-over-par 154 total, the two tied for 57th place. The top 32 teams made it to match play.
