The two Colorado teams competing in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship took more than nine hours to complete their first rounds on Saturday in Tequesta, Fla.
It was that kind of day weather-wise at the Jupiter Hills Club, which has received more than 13 inches of rain in less than a week.
On Saturday, that precipitation led to three delays totaling 4 hours and 5 minutes.
When the Coloradans walked off the course after the long, soggy day, they were left with some work to do if they hope to make match play in the fourth annual event.
Tommy Hart of Denver and Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village, who made match play in their 2016 appearance in the national championship, sit in 73rd place out of 128 teams. And Nick Engen of Denver and John Jarmul of Greenwood Village are in 112th place.
Teams will need to be in the top 32 after 36 holes of stroke play in order to advance to match play. Although not all teams completed round 1 when play was suspended at 5:45 p.m. MT on Saturday, 1-under-par 69 was in an 11-way tie for 29th place.
Hart, who won the Trans-Mississippi Four-Ball championship with John Elway at Cherry Hills Country Club in 2009, and Marsico, the 2008 CGA Amateur champion, opened with a 2-over-par 72, while Engen and Jarmul posted a 76.
Two teams were 6 under par at the end of Saturday: Hayes Brown of Charlotte, N.C., and Jack Larkin of Atlanta completed a 64 in the better-ball event, while Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C., and Todd Mitchell of Bloomington, Ill., were 6 under through 13 holes.
Here are the scores for all the teams with strong Colorado ties competing at Jupiter Hills:
73. Tommy Hart of Denver/Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village 72
99. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto of Phoenix/Patrick Moore of Phoenix 74
112. Nick Engen of Denver/John Jarmul of Greenwood Village 76
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