Jon Lindstrom and Richard Bradsby of Lakewood Country Club vaulted into the lead in emphatic fashion Saturday at the CGA Four-Ball Championship, shooting an 11-under-par 60 at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora.
Lindstrom, a two-time Four-Ball champion, and Bradsby, the 2016 Broadmoor Invitation winner with then-partner Steve Irwin, made 11 birdies and no bogeys in round 2 to go up by two strokes heading into Sunday’s final round. Their 60 was the best score — by three strokes — in this year’s tournament. After tallying birdies on each of their last four holes on Saturday, they stand at 16-under-par 126 after 36 holes.
Lindstrom has won the CGA Mid-Amateur title three times, including each of the past two years.
Sitting in second place going into Sunday are Colorado State University teammates Jake Staiano, from Glenmoor Country Club, and Blake Cannon, who are at 128 after a second-round 65. They racked up eight birdies on Saturday, with all of them coming on the first 10 holes at CommonGround.
Two other teams in the scratch better-ball stroke-play event are also sub-130 through two days. Nick Nosewicz, the 2015 CGA Match Play champion from Meadow Hills Golf Course, and Tom Krystyn of CommonGround checked in at 129 after a bogey-free 63 in round 2. Also at that figure are Taylor Kennedy of Columbine Country Club and Alex Leonida of The Ridge at Castle Pines North, who made an eagle and five birdies in Saturday’s 64.
Sam Marley and James Richardson of South Suburban Golf Course, and Alex Buecking and Sean Crowley of Columbine Country Club, who shared the lead with Staiano and Cannon after round 1, dropped back with a 69 and a 68, respectively, on Saturday.
Lindstrom and Bradsby, and Staiano and Cannon will be paired together for Sunday’s final round.
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