The Colorado squad finished round 2 of the USGA Men’s State Team Championship almost exactly where it started the day.
The Coloradans improved by one stroke over their first-round total at the Country Club of Birmingham (Ala.), but missed the 36-hole team cut by three shots. For the first time this year, a 36-hole cut was instituted that reduced the field to the top 21 teams plus ties. Colorado ended up sharing 27th place out of the 52-team field.
After a 7-over-par 149 on Thursday, the three-player Colorado team posted a 15-over-par 299 total. That left the Coloradans 18 strokes behind 36-hole leader Connecticut. Michigan went on to win the title on Friday with a 4-under-par 422 total.
Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, who won his third CGA Mid-Amateur title on Sunday, shot a 3-over-par 74 on Thursday, while four-time CGA Mid-Am champ Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle and 2015 CGA Match Play winner Nick Nosewicz of Aurora matched 75s in round 2. On each day, the top two scores from each state’s three representatives counted toward its team total.
Lindstrom (pictured) became the top Colorado individual finisher at the last four State Teams, this time carding a 7-over-par 149 total, which left him in 49th place individually through two rounds. Humerickhouse (150) was 57th. Nosewicz was disqualified — but just for round 1 — after self-reporting signing for an incorrect score on Wednesday. His score counted on Thursday.
Lindstrom made one birdie — on his opening hole — and two bogeys and a double bogey on Thursday. Humerickhouse carded two birdies and six bogeys, and Nosewicz five bogeys and a closing-hole birdie.
Each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, fielded teams consisting of three in-state residents, none of which could be an active college golfer.
27. Colorado 150
Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield 75-74–149
Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle 75-75–150
Nick Nosewicz of Aurora DQ-75
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