Coloradans Tommy Hart and Jonathan Marsico didn’t go down without a fight, but their stay at the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Tequesta, Fla., came to an end on Sunday evening.
Hart and Marsico (pictured, with Hart at left) were aiming for their second trip to match play at the national four-ball, as they went to the round of 32 in 2016. But even a big-time rally on the final nine holes on Sunday at Jupiter Hills wasn’t quite enough for them to advance.
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, shot a better-ball 4-under-par 31 on their final nine holes on Sunday, with birdies on 10, 13, 16 and 18. But that left them in 34th place out of 128 teams in stroke play, and only the top 32 make match play.
The Coloradans backed up their first-round 72 with a 3-under-par 67, giving them a 1-under 139 total. The players at 138 played off for the final spots in match play.
Also failing to advance to match play on Sunday was the second Colorado team, Nick Engen of Denver and John Jarmul of Greenwood Village, who shot a second-round 74 to finish at 150, good for 113th place.
Here are the scores for all the teams with strong Colorado ties who competed at Jupiter Hills:
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO MATCH PLAY
34. Tommy Hart of Denver/Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village 72-67–139
103. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto of Phoenix/Patrick Moore of Phoenix 74-74–148
113. Nick Engen of Denver/John Jarmul of Greenwood Village 76-74–150
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