Two teams featuring Coloradans continued their rolls Monday at the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship by advancing to the round of 16 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
Alex Buecking of Columbine Valley and his former SMU teammate Jason Enloe of Dallas scored a 3-and-2 victory in the match play round of 32 over Brent Roof and Paul Tucker.
Buecking and Enloe, seeded seventh, were all square with their opponents through 11, but hole-winning birdies on 12 and 16 and a hole-winning par on 14 turned the match quickly.
Also winning their opening match were Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont, who posted a 2-and-1 win over Andrew Orischak and Doc Redman. After making a birdie on the sixth hole Monday, Baer and Nygren led the rest of the way.
Buecking and Enloe, and Baer and Nygren will play their round-of-16 matches on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, falling on Monday in the round of 32 was the team of Tom Hart and Jonathan Marsico of Denver, who were ousted 5 and 4 by Drew Allenspach and Matthew Van Zandt.
For all of the round-of-32 results, CLICK HERE.
Here are the weekend stroke-play scores for all the teams with major Colorado ties who were in the field:
Advanced to Match Play
7. Alex Buecking (Columbine Valley)/Jason Enloe (Dallas) 64-68–132
22. Braden Baer (Westminster)/Cole Nygren (Longmont) 64-72–136
22. Tom Hart (Denver)/Jonathan Marsico (Denver) 70-66–136 (lost in R32)
Failed to Qualify for Match Play
65. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-69–141
89. Kyle Danford (Fort Collins) /David Johnson (Fort Collins) 73-70–143
118. Benjamin Sherlund (Denver)/Zach Fowlds (Lone Tree) 72-76–148
