Marsico, a Castle Pines member and the winner of the 2008 CGA Amateur, and Hayes shot a 5-under-par 67 Friday to post a one-stroke victory with a 10-under 206 total for three rounds.
Tripp Kuhlke and Jeff Knox bogeyed the final hole to give Marsico and Hayes their second straight title.
The senior division of the tournament went to a playoff that lasted five holes. Like in mid-am division, the defending champions prevailed, with Texans Hollis Sullivan and Jeff Dillard coming out on top. They defeated Ben Hargis and Bart Dornier of Alexandria, La., in the playoff after both teams checked in at 8-under-par 208.
This year marked the 28th anniversary of the Charlie Coe Invitational, named for the two-time U.S. Amateur champion.
With the third round shortened to nine holes following a severe frost overnight, Marsico and Hayes shot a 4-under-par 32 on the front nine Friday to finish at 9-under 171. That was good for a two-stroke victory over defending champions Eoin Middaugh of Irvine, Calif. (a Castle Pines member) and Taylor Wood of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., who tied with Bob Summers of Dove Canyon, Calif. (a Castle Pines member) and Greg Lopez of San Clemente Calif. Both of the runner-up teams posted 31s on Friday in the two-man best-ball event.
In the senior division, Castle Pines member Hollis Sullivan of Westworth Village, Texas and partner Jeff Dillard of Wichita Falls, Texas, posted a six-stroke victory. Their 31 on Friday left them at 7-under-par 173. Tying for second place at 179 were the teams of Pat Youngs and John Pierce of San Antonio, and Jim Holtgrieve of Augusta, Mo., and partner Al Martin of Plymouth, Mass.
(Pictured on either side of Rick Coe, son of two-time U.S. Amateur champion Charlie Coe, are, from left, Sullivan, Dillard, Marsico and Hayes.)
Charlie Coe Invitational
At Par-72 Castle Pines GC
MID-AM DIVISION
Jonathan Marsico – Ben Hayes 68 71 32 171
Eoin Middaugh – Taylor Wood 71 71 31 173
Bob Summers – Greg Lopez 70 72 31 173
Marcus Jones – Norton Rainey 69 70 35 174
Jonas Mikals – Tom Krystyn 74 68 34 176
Bill Bishop – Charlie Crouse 72 72 35 179
Shane Heise – Scott Loving 72 70 37 179
Jason Pool – Barry Dyche 74 68 37 179
Tony Bagneschi – Ken Tanigawa 70 71 38 179
Paras Pandya – Tommy Lesperance 73 67 39 179
Eric Ecker – Brent Roof 75 71 34 180
Rob Mangini – Jason Vedadi 72 72 36 180
Ted Neville – Andy Latowski 75 67 38 180
Eric Joseph – Ryan Hill 70 72 39 181
Cooper Johnson – Aaron Hickman 73 73 36 182
Edward Sanchez – Trevor Hyde 71 75 36 182
Mayson Petty – Bruce Willette 69 76 37 182
Jim Strickland – Joe Sposi 72 73 38 183
Jeff Fujimoto – Tim Mickelson 76 72 35 183
Chris Carlson – Jerry Ledzinski 73 74 36 183
Billy Joe Tolliver – Joe Bendetti 73 75 36 184
Max Showalter – Scott Kedy 75 75 35 185
Charles Williams – Chris Forbes 74 76 35 185
Peter Persons – Mike Brown 76 73 36 185
Steve White – Andy White 73 77 36 186
Rob Martin III – Phillip Huff IV 79 73 36 188
Jack Larkin – Brendan Williams 78 74 37 189
Andy Cooper – Brett Snortland 74 78 37 189
Daniel Cook – Greg Cole 77 76 37 190
Daniel Campbell – Daniel Pender 77 77 37 191
Bill Hodges – Elwyn Bridges 76 76 39 191
Stan Humphries – Haymes Snedeker 75 77 41 193
Ted Barnes – Mark Anderson 80 81 35 196
Bradley Shaw – Todd Roberts 71 77 WD
SENIOR DIVISION
Hollis Sullivan – Jeff Dillard 70 72 31 173
Jim Holtgrieve – Al Martin 70 74 35 179
Pat Youngs – John Pierce 74 69 36 179
Bill Barnes – Robert Polk 75 70 35 180
Kevin Kobalter – Jeff Britton 76 70 35 181
Jay Anderson – Tom Musselman 75 73 35 183
Kelly Cox – Steve Whiteside 74 73 36 183
Ernie Danner – Herb Fisher 78 69 36 183
John Bracken – Dave Kelly 73 73 37 183
Bill Jackson, Sr. – Everett Dobson 77 73 34 184
Corky Nelson – Doug Potter 74 75 35 184
John Pigg – Eddie Lyons 76 74 36 186
Rick George – Harry Johnson 75 76 36 187
Randy King – Mike Ameen 75 77 37 189
Jim Lipe – Chris Cochran 78 77 35 190
Ben Hargis – Dave Delich 77 74 39 190
Bob Kain – Greg Mokler 73 80 38 191
Steven Hakes – Dan Alpha 79 75 38 192
Rick Coe – Rick Ruffin 76 79 38 193
Van Lefferdink – Steve Earsley 78 79 37 194
Tim McAdam – Mike Guetz 84 79 38 201