The first shots of the CGA championship season were struck on Monday morning at The Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield, with Doug Moore and Raymond Kelley of Lone Tree Golf Club opening a narrow lead in the 36th CGA Senior Four-Ball.
Moore and Kelley used an eagle — on the 560-yard par-5 13th hole — and seven birdies to shoot a 7-under-par 65 in the two-man scratch better-ball stroke-play event. The leaders played the four par-5s in 5 under par in the opening round.
Louie Lee of the Country Club at Castle Pines and Ab Miller of Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course also made an eagle and teamed up for a 66 that leaves them in second place.
Jeff Oneth, the 2016 CGA Senior Match Play champion, and fellow Colorado Golf Club member Tim Kneen hold down third place at 67.
Defending champions Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills share fourth place at 68 with Tom Krystyn of CommonGround Golf Course and Mike Larson of Boulder Country Club, and Mark Brown of Highlands Ranch Golf Club and Wyck Brown of Lakewood Country Club.
Play in the open division is limited to golfers 51 and older as the CGA is looking to eventually match the age criteria the USGA uses for the U.S. Senior Amateur (55 and older).
In the super-senior division, for players 61 and older, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club and Stephen Bell of Denver Country Club opened with a 3-under-par 69. They lead 2011 CGA Senior Four-Ball champions John Applegate and Keith Masters of Meadow Hills Golf Course by one.
The 54-hole tournament will continue through Wednesday for both divisions.
For CGA Senior Four-Ball scores:
OPEN DIVISION
