Mark Hirsch of Lone Tree Golf Club shot a 68 on his own ball for the second consecutive day, helping propel he and partner Michael Davis of Meadow Hills Golf Course into the lead going into Wednesday’s final round of the 37th CGA Senior Four-Ball Championship.
Hirsch and Davis posted a better-ball score of 5-under-par 67 on Tuesday at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, which gives them a one-stroke lead.
But eight opposing teams are within five strokes of the lead going into the final day, including three former champions in this event.
Hirsch and Davis made six better-ball birdies and one bogey in the second round, giving them an 11-under 133 total in the scratch four-ball event.
One back of the leaders are Guy Mertz and Tony Workman of The Fox Hill Club, who carded a 68 on Tuesday.
In third place, at 135, are 2003 champions Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe of The Club at Rolling Hills, who shot a second-round 70. For the second straight day, Forey contributed an eagle to the cause.
Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of Rolling Hills, the 2016 winners, are in fourth place, three out of the lead, after a 71 on Tuesday.
In the super-senior division, for players 62 and older, Forey and Radcliffe retained their three-stroke lead.
Bill Stevens and Dave Merritt of Meridian Golf Club hold down second place with a 138 total following their second-round 70. John Applegate and Keith Masters, the 2011 CGA Senior Four-Ball champs, are in third place at 139.
Wednesday’s round will conclude the 54-hole event, the first championship of the CGA season.
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