Two pairs of former champions shot 7-under-par 65s and share the lead after Monday’s opening round of the CGA Senior Four-Ball, the Colorado Golf Association’s first championship of 2018.
Thirteen teams broke 70 in round 1 of the scratch better-ball competition at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, with 2016 champs Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills, and 2003 winners Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe, both also from Rolling Hills, sitting atop the leaderboard.
Polk also won the Senior Four-Ball title in 2005 and ’07, while Forey also won in 2008.
Polk and Fowler, a former CGA president, made a better-ball eagle, six birdies and a bogey on Monday. Polk carded a 67 on his own ball. (Polk and Fowler are pictured, with Polk at left.)
Radcliffe, the president of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, and Forey also recorded a better-ball eagle, six birdies and a bogey in round 1.
Sharing third place at 66 with two rounds remaining in the Senior Four-Ball are Guy Mertz and Tony Workman from The Fox Hill Club, and Mark Hirsch of Lone Tree Golf Club and Michael Davis of Meadow Hills Golf Course. Hirsch posted a 68 on his own ball and Mertz a 70.
Defending champions Doug Moore and Raymond Kelley of Lone Tree Golf Club opened with a better-ball 73.
In the super-senior division, for players 62 and older, Forey and Radcliffe’s 65 is good for a three-stroke advantage over Bill Stevens and Dave Merritt of Meridian Golf Club.
The CGA Senior Four-Ball will continue through Wednesday.
For scores, click on the following: SENIORS, SUPER-SENIORS.
