Two Coloradans shot sub-par rounds on Monday and put themselves in good position to make match play in the U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Wyndham Clark (pictured) of Highlands Ranch and Kyler Dunkle of Parker fired 1-under-par 69s on Monday, leaving them tied for 31st place after the first day of stroke play. If they can stay in the top 64 after two rounds, they’ll make the 64-man match-play bracket.
Clark, who will play his senior season at the 2016 national champion University of Oregon after spending his first three college seasons at Oklahoma State, didn’t start out well Monday as he was 3 over par through six holes. But he rebounded to shoot a 4-under-par 31 on the back nine despite a bogey on No. 18. Clark is competing in the U.S. Amateur for the fifth — and likely last — time.
Dunkle took the opposite route to his 69 as he was 4 under par through five holes, then went 3 over par the rest of the way on Monday.
Meanwhile, Colorado State University golfer Colton Yates carded a 1-over-par 71 on Monday, leaving him in 86th place after day 1. Yates made four birdies on Monday, but also suffered two double bogeys.
Dawson Armstrong of Brentwood, Tenn., holds the stroke-play lead after Monday’s 6-under-par 64.
The final round of stroke play is scheduled for Tuesday, with match play beginning on Wednesday.
Here are the scores, and positions, of all the players with strong Colorado ties among the field of 312:
31. Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch 69
31. Kyler Dunke of Parker 69
86. CSU player Colton Yates 71
156. Tanner Jenson of Parker 73
220. Colin Prater of Colorado Springs 75
263. Tristan Rohrbaugh of Carbondale 77
263. CSU player Blake Cannon 77
307. Former CU golfer John Hayes 83
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