When the executive directors and the staffs from the CGA and the Colorado Section PGA met last October to determine what programs it made the most sense to team up on, junior golf ended up major priority No. 1.
A year later — after plenty of brainstorming, meetings and work on all sides — the seeds bore fruit on Monday, when it was announced that the CGA and Colorado PGA are joining forces in a major effort to bolster junior golf in the state.
As part of a memorandum of agreement signed by CGA president Phil Lane and Colorado PGA president Leslie Core-Drevecky (pictured) on Monday at the Section’s Fall Membership Meeting at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club, a Junior Tour will be created that includes four junior major championships in Colorado.
Three of those events currently exist — the CGA’s Junior Stroke Play and Junior Match Play, and the Colorado PGA Junior Championship — and will be part of the Junior Tour, along with the Tour Championship, though the names will be rebranded.
All the major championships will feature both boys and girls competitions. There will also be plenty of other Junior Tour tournaments, mostly 36-hole events on Mondays and Tuesdays, with those competitions meant for top-level junior players who aspire to play college golf (handicap 8.1 or lower).
In addition, there will be a developmental Junior Series that will help players not yet ready for the Junior Tour to progress with their game.
Staff from the CGA and Colorado PGA will jointly oversee both the Junior Tour and Junior Series.
Another aspect of the collaboration will be the creation of a website that acts as a clearinghouse for all things junior golf-related in Colorado, including but not limited to registration for Junior Tour and Junior Series events; the PGA Junior League; the Colorado PGA Golf in Schools program, which exposes school kids to the game through P.E. classes; the Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy and the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship.
The name for that website as well as the name for the collaborative program in general — and many other details — have yet to be finalized. But with 2016 being the first year for the program, the plan is to have all the details ironed out in time for a Golf Summit that’s scheduled for February.
“With the two organizations and what great things they’ve accomplished, just imagine now becoming one powerhouse where our focus is all going to be about the kids and the families. How can that not be great?” said Eddie Ainsworth (left), executive director of the Colorado PGA. “For me, this is a major day. This is just huge.”
Between the CGA and the Colorado PGA, many pieces that will make up this collaborative effort have been in place, while others will be new. The bottom line is to streamline the junior golf process, fill in the voids, further build the junior golf ranks, and create some new excitement with a series of grand slam events.
“It’s the best practices of two organizations (being joined) and I think they’re really going to be complementary,” said Ed Mate, executive director of the CGA. “We’re basically taking the best of what the PGA has been doing — you’ve seen how much they’ve grown their junior golf programs in the last few years — and the history and the legacy of the CGA and the CJGA, and putting the two together. It’s really exciting.
“It will be better (for junior golfers) because it’ll be cooler. It’s going to be better because the tournamemts are going to feel different. They’re going to feel more like, ‘Wow!’ It’s going to be better for parents because the website is going to be simple to use and easy to navigate and very user-friendly. It’s going to be better top to bottom.”
The CGA plans to revamp the trophies for its oldest junior championships — the Junior Match Play, which dates back to 1951, and the Junior Stroke Play, which began in 1977. But the list of champions for those events, which include such luminaries as Hale Irwin, Mike Reid, Brandt Jobe and Mark Hubbard, will remain a fixture on the re-done trophies.
“The kids are going to want to win the ‘Grand Slam’ (in a calendar year),” noted Mate (left). “How cool will that be?”
Mate likened the impending tweaking of the championship names to what was done for the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship, which for most of its storied history was known as the Western Open.
The Colorado associations are following the lead of Nebraska and Northern California, where PGA Sections and golf associations have joined forces for the betterment of junior golf. For the CGA and CPGA, Monday’s memorandum of agreement has been more than a year in the making.
“We’re just at the beginning of a long journey,” said Mate, who once worked at the Colorado PGA. “(Nebraska and Northern California) are three or four years in, and their feedback is, ‘This is the best thing we’ve ever done.’ It’s not without its challenges. You have two organizations and a lot of people’s fingers in the pie. The thing I probably appreciate more than anything at this stage of my life is, ‘Is it sustainable?’ We’re going to build this to last.”
And beyond the benefits for junior golf, this collaboration marks another area where the CGA and the Colorado PGA have found it makes more sense to work in tandem than separately. Those areas have also included the annual Golf Summit and the upcoming Century of Golf Gala, which will celebrate 2015 marking the 100th “birthday” of the CGA.
“I’ve been saying it since the first day I’ve been in this job: We’ve all got to check our logos at the door and work together,” Ainsworth said. “We can make more things happen. I know Ed’s heart, I know my heart. It’s about junior golf, it’s about making a difference and introducing more people to the game.
“It’s like Ed said, ‘Everybody’s chips are in and we’re going to make this thing work.'”
As part of the changes, the CJGA, which was jointly created in 1984 by the CGA and the Colorado PGA but eventually was overseen exclusively by CGA staff, will go by the wayside, with many of its functions becoming part of what will be essentially a joint operating agreement.
“A lot has changed (since ’84),” Mate said. “Now we’re going back to the spirit of working together.”
And Sam Marley of South Suburban Golf Course and Trevor Glen of the Riverdale Golf Courses didn’t disappoint.
After making a combined total of just five birdies in the first 23 holes of the 36-hole final Friday, things cranked up in a big way, making for an interesting finish. Between them, the finalists racked up 10 birdies in the final dozen holes, and halving both the seventh and 11th holes of the afternoon round with birdies.
In the end, Marley had just enough in the tank during Friday’s marathon to fend off the hard-charging Glen, scoring a 3-and-1 title-winning victory.
The way the match ended “made it a lot of fun,” said Marley (above and left), an 18-year-old graduate of Arapahoe High School. “It was awesome. I actually like playing under pressure a lot. It makes it way more fun than when it just doesn’t mean anything.”Marley, son of South Suburban head professional Todd Marley, played the last 12 holes in 3 under par. And he needed pretty much all of that to overcome Glen, who carded six birdies in the stretch from the 24th through 33rd holes after making just two birdies in the first 23 holes.
But after narrowing his deficit from what was once 4 down to 1 down following birdies on the 32nd and 33rd holes — and making Marley admittedly “a little nervous” — Glen faltered on the tough par-4 16th. There, he pulled both his tee shot and his approach into shrub-filled native areas, losing both balls and conceding a long birdie putt to Marley. Then Glen’s hopes ended on the par-3 17th, where he three-putted for a bogey and conceded a short par putt to Marley, ending the match.
“I got on a roll there,” said Glen (left), a 17-year-old senior-to-be at Legacy High School. “Once I got through 15, after I went birdie-birdie, I was only one back at that point. Right then I thought that if I kept on that roll I had a very good chance (at winning the match). The tee shot on 16, I kind of blew it. I think there was a little too much adrenaline running through my body. I couldn’t quite handle it. I definitely got excited on those shots. I think I got too far ahead of myself.“But you’ve got to tip your hat to (Marley) because he played amazing.”
The match featured a little of everything. Besides all the birdies at the end — and the two holes halved with birdies — there was a whiff (pictured at bottom) by Glen on a tough left-handed shot from under a tree on the par-3 13th hole, which Marley won. Ironically, that whiff came during Glen’s torrid stretch of six birdies in 10 holes.
Marley (left), who will play college golf at the University of Northern Colorado, won the tournament after being seeded 46th in the match play bracket. He emerged the champion from a field which included all three 2013 state high school champions, both Coloradans who qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur, and a two-time CGA Junior Stroke Play champ.And it all happened in one of Marley’s final junior tournaments.
“It’s awesome,” he said, contemplating the feat. “I really can’t believe it actually. I’m excited definitely.”
Prior to Friday, Marley’s top golf accomplishment was winning the Centennial League title in high school golf. He finished 10th at the 5A state tournament last fall, and he just recently qualified for the HealthOne Colorado Open for the first time.
Being a finalist was likewise a memorable accomplishment for Glen, who never before had even made the match-play portion of the Junior Match Play.“This is the first taste I’ve had with match play against truly good players,” the Thornton resident said. “To make it as far as I did, I’m quite impressed with myself. One thing that I take out of this more than anything is that I realize I actually belong with these kids and I know that I can play with them.
“It was a very big tournament and everybody in the state was playing in it. This was probably my top golf finish.”
CGA Junior Match Play
At Bear Creek GC in Denver
(Seeds in Parentheses)
ROUND OF 64
Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC (1) def. Austin Burgess, Pine Creek GC (64), 7 and 6
Behrod Keshtavar, CJGA Club (33) def. Alec Poorman, Flatirons GC (32), 1 up
Hayden Nicholaides, CJGA Club (16) def. Li Chen, Legacy Ridge GC (49), 2 and 1
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC (48) def. Bradley Scalia, Green Valley Ranch GC (17), 5 and 3
Coby Welch, The Links GC (8) def. Austin Hardman, Highlands Ranch GC (57), 3 and 2
Daniel Pearson, Fox Hill CC (40) def. Davis Bryant, Green Valley Ranch GC (25), 1 up
Ross Macdonald, CC at Castle Pines (9) def. Jack Lazzeri, Columbine CC (56), 1 up
Nick Leibold, Columbine CC (41) def. Subin Lee, CJGA Club (24), 4 and 3
Eric Hill, Harmony Club (4) def. Kyle Pearson, Meridian GC (61), 4 and 3
Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC (36) def. Riggs Winz, Raccoon Creek GC (29), 3 and 1
Garrett Jones, CJGA Club (13) def. Josh Caridi, CJGA Club (52), 6 and 5
Taylor Rodriguez, Walking Stick GC (20) def. Luke Travins, Broadmoor GC (45), 6 and 5
Kyler Dunkle, Club at Pradera (5) def. Justin Allenback, Elmwood GC (60), 3 and 2
Isaac Petersilie, Colorado Springs CC (28) def. David Leede, Cherry Hills CC (37), 5 and 4
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC (12) def. Zach Gomez, Indian Tree GC (53), 2 and 1
Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club (44) def. Mathew Yeager, Bear Creek GC (21), 3 and 2
Wilson Belk, CC of Colorado (2) def. Mitchell Nevin, Eagle Ranch GC (63), 3 and 2
Hunter Lee, Highlands Ranch GC (31) def. Josh Pusar, Inverness GC (34), 19 holes
Grant Dinkel, Flatirons GC (15) def. Philip Lee, Cherry Hills CC (50), 1 up
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC (47) def. Coleson Krantz, Ptarmigan CC (18), 8 and 7
Austin Umland, Buffalo Run GC (58) def. Christopher Raap, Highlands Ranch GC (7), 4 and 3
Erik Young, CommonGround GC (26) def. Justin Markel, CC at Castle Pines (39), 7 and 5
Aj Ott, Ptarmigan CC (10) def. Cody Steigerwald, Club at Flying Horse (55), 7 and 6
Troy Dangler, Tiara Rado GC (23) def. Roy Carlsen, Heritage at Westmoor (42), 19 holes
Bridger Ryan, Broadlands GC (62) def. Cooper Gould, Eagle Ranch GC (3), 2 and 1
Andrew Howe, Fox Hill CC (30) def. Trey Lambrecht, Northeastern 18 (35), 21 holes
Pierce Aichinger, Bear Creek GC (14) def. Evan Buchalski, CJGA Club (51), 2 and 1
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC (46) def. Kyle Peterson, Hiwan GC (19), 4 and 3
Donny Kinnaman, Lincoln Park GC (59) def. Grant Rogers, Omni Interlocken GC (6), 1 up
Jack Cavanagh, Broadlands GC (38) def. Keegan Sheard, Applewood GC (27), 2 up
Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC (11) def. Ryan Zetwick, CC at Castle Pines (54), 2 and 1
Bretton Krantz, Ptarmigan CC (43) def. Andrew McCormick, Denver CC (22), 4 and 3
ROUND OF 32
Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC def. Behrod Keshtavar, CJGA Club 2 and 1
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC def. Hayden Nicholaides, CJGA Club 6 and 4
Coby Welch, The Links GC def. Daniel Pearson, Fox Hill CC 7 and 6
Nick Leibold, Columbine CC def. Ross Macdonald, CC at Castle Pines 19 holes
Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC def. Eric Hill, Harmony Club 1 up
Taylor Rodriguez, Walking Stick GC def. Garrett Jones, CJGA Club 19 holes
Isaac Petersilie, Colorado Springs CC def. Kyler Dunkle, Club at Pradera 3 and 2
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club 20 holes
Wilson Belk, CC of Colorado def. Hunter Lee, Highlands Ranch GC 7 and 5
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC def. Grant Dinkel, Flatirons GC 5 and 4
Erik Young, CommonGround GC def. Austin Umland, Buffalo Run GC 7 and 6
Aj Ott, Ptarmigan CC def. Troy Dangler, Tiara Rado GC 3 and 2
Andrew Howe, Fox Hill CC def. Bridger Ryan, Broadlands GC 2 up
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC def. Pierce Aichinger, Bear Creek GC 7 and 6
Donny Kinnaman, Lincoln Park GC def. Jack Cavanagh, Broadlands GC 4 and 3
Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC def. Bretton Krantz, Ptarmigan CC 3 and 1
ROUND OF 16
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC def. Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC 1 up
Coby Welch, The Links GC def. Nick Leibold, Columbine CC 4 and 3
Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC def. Taylor Rodriguez, Walking Stick GC 2 and 1
Isaac Petersilie, Colorado Springs CC def. Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC 2 and 1
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC def. Wilson Belk, CC of Colorado 1 up
AJOtt, Ptarmigan CC def. Erik Young, CommonGround GC 5 and 4
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC def. Andrew Howe, Fox Hill CC 4 and 3
Donny Kinnaman, Lincoln Park GC def. Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC 2 and 1
QUARTERFINALS
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC def. Coby Welch, The Links GC 3 and 1
Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC def. Isaac Petersilie, Colorado Springs CC 1 up
AJ Ott, Ptarmigan CC def. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC 20 holes
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC def. Donny Kinnaman, Lincoln Park GC 2 and 1
SEMIFINALS
Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC def. Cameron Connor, Boulder CC 2 and 1
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC def. AJ Ott, Ptarmigan CC 1 up
FINAL
Sam Marley, South Suburban GC def. Trevor Glen, Riverdale GC, 3 and 1
Now it’s the CJGA’s turn.
Starting this year, 14-18-year-old golfers will be permitted to use distance-only measuring devices in CJGA tournaments, as well as in the CGA and CWGA Junior Stroke Play and Junior Match Play Championships.
In other words, many of the state’s top events for junior players will feature a lot more golfers lasering the distances of their shots, and a lot fewer pacing off the yardages from sprinkler heads and the like.
“We traditionally follow the AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) lead on policy changes, and they’re allowing (distance-only range-finders) in all their events in 2013,” said Eric Wilkinson, the CGA’s director of junior competitions. “We want to stay consistent with national junior tours and other (golf organizations) around us. A lot of other state and regional junior golf associations are allowing them, and we didn’t want to be in a position where players in our events weren’t allowed to use them.”
Added Kelley Mawhinney, tournament and junior golf operations manager for the CWGA: “We wanted to be on the same page (as the AJGA). We don’t want to confuse players” with varying rules.
The AJGA allowed range-finders on a trial basis in four tournaments in 2012. Distance-measure devices are already permitted in college events, but the USGA doesn’t allow them in its national championships or its qualifiers.
Wilkinson was quick to note that the CJGA allowance applies only to 14-18-year-olds in the association’s tournaments, and not to younger players. Also, devices measuring only distance will be permitted; those that gauge such things as slope, wind speed, elevation, temperature, etc., are forbidden, even if such functions are turned off or ignored. So are the use of smart phone apps.
“It’s up to fellow competitors to police it themselves, but we’re trying to educate players in advance,” Wilkinson said. “We know we’ll get a lot of questions at our first event, so we want to be proactive.”
The first tournament in which the distance measuring devices will be allowed is the CJGA Spring Series event this weekend (April 27-28) at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo.
While the increased affordability of the devices have made the Colorado associations amenable to permitting them for juniors, the organizations are still sensitive that some teenagers may not be able to afford range-finders. For that reason, distance information can be shared among players. For example, a competitor without a range-finder can get the distance to the pin from a fellow player, or can borrow such a device.
The approval of the use of such devices — which came from the CGA Junior Tournament Committee and the CWGA Rules and Tournament Committees — will affect many events, but most notably the CGA and CWGA junior state championships. Those tournaments are among the most prestigious in Colorado, with both the CGA and CWGA Junior Match Play dating back to the early 1950s, and the boys and girls Junior Stroke Play originating in the late 1970s.
Although CJGA officials discussed the possibility of the use of distance measuring devices speeding up play — especially among players with a higher handicap — Wilkinson said that wasn’t a major reason the association’s policy was changed.
Indeed, Pete Lis, who just left his job as CGA director of rules and competitions to become an LPGA Tour rules official, said he isn’t convinced that range-finders speed up play.
“At the end of the day, I don’t think it makes any difference,” Lis said recently. “I’ve seen some players pace off the yardage and shoot it too, so I think an argument can be made that it worsens pace of play. But I don’t think it makes that much difference.”
In a CGA Junior Match Play that was full of upsets, Andrew Romano of Colorado Golf Club refused to fall victim to the trend.
The senior-to-be at Rock Canyon High School, seeded second after the stroke-play qualifying, equaled the largest recorded margin of victory in a CGA Junior Match Play final with a 7-and-5 win over Jake Ice of Eaton Country Club on Friday.
The title match was about the only thing that went according to form in a week when Romano was the only top-10 seed who made it to the quarterfinals.
“There are a lot of good kids out here so I thought there would be upsets,” Romano said after winning his sixth match of the week. “But I felt like if I just beat my competition, it didn’t matter what their seed was.”
Friday’s scheduled 36-hole title match at Bear Creek Golf Club in west Denver ended on the 13th hole when Romano made a routine par while the 36th-seeded Ice carded a double bogey.
The CGA Junior Match Play dates back to 1951, but title match records are complete only since 1978. And the only final since then that was as lopsided as Friday’s was last year’s, when John Ahern defeated Ryan Pettegrew 7 and 5. Before 2007, the Junior Match final was an 18-hole affair.
Even if Friday’s match had been scheduled for 18 holes, Romano still would have won 6 and 5. After losing the first two holes to Ice and halving the third, Romano won nine of the next 11 holes to take control for good at 7 up.
During that 11-hole stretch, the 17-year-old made five birdies.
“I was just flushing the ball,” said Romano (pictured teeing off at left as Ice looks on). “I hit it about 10 feet (from the cup) every time. I lipped out a lot of putts and made a lot of putts as well. And he missed a couple of putts also.
“But when you put that much pressure on someone and they just kind of start tumbling, you let it happen and you just keep on going.”
Ice, a 2012 Eaton High School graduate who will play golf for Trinidad State Junior College beginning in the fall, couldn’t get any closer than 5 down the rest of the way.
“(Romano) played great,” said Ice, who finished third in the 2011 3A state high school tournament as a senior. “And this is the worst two rounds I’ve had all week. He was putting lights out. I’ve got to give it to him.
“I have no idea (why I didn’t play as well as I did earlier in the week). I started hitting the ball a lot better on the back nine of the second 18. But by then it was too late.”
Still, Ice (pictured below) took consolation in placing second in such a prestigious event.
“Honestly I’m really surprised (to be runner-up),” he said. “I shot 80 in the qualifier and I went into the first round of match play expecting to lose. So I’m not happy with (Friday’s) result, but I’m happy that I made it this far seeing that I didn’t even think I’d get past the first round.”
As for Romano, it was his first CGA championship and the biggest moment of his life in golf.
“This is by far my biggest golf accomplishment,” said Romano, who placed 15th last season in the 5A state high school championship. “I’ve won a few other smaller tournaments but this definitely is one of my majors this year. I’m happy to win it.”
Romano may not have been the biggest name in the Junior Match Play field, but unlike the other top seeds, he never faltered through the week.
“In match play it all depends on how everyone else does, but I thought if I played my game, no one can beat me,” he said.
And now he has a significant title to attach to his name as he heads into his senior year of high school and the thick of the college recruiting season.
“Hopefully this will open some eyes,” Romano said.
CGA Junior Match Play Championship
At Bear Creek GC in Denver
36-HOLE FINAL
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC, def. Jake Ice, Eaton CC, 7 and 5
SEMIFINALS
Jake Ice, Eaton CC def. Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC 5 and 4
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC 2 and 1
QUARTERFINALS
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. Jake Kelley, Pinehurst CC 3 and 1
Jake Ice, Eaton CC def. Braden Baer, Ranch CC 5 and 3
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. Ross Macdonald, The Ridge At Castle Pines North 1 up
Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC def. Jack Cummings, Omni Interlocken Resort GC 1 up
ROUND OF 16
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. Chris Weinstein, Green Valley Ranch GC 2 and 1
Jake Kelley, Pinehurst CC def. Tyler Harrison, Hollydot GC 2 and 1
Jake Ice, Eaton CC def. Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC & Hotel 3 and 2
Braden Baer, Ranch CC def. Cole Nygren, Colorado National GC 1 up
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. Will Fowler, Bear Creek GC 2 and 1
Ross Macdonald, The Ridge At Castle Pines North def. Josh Gardella, Ridge at Castle Pines North 2 and 1
Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC def. Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC 4 and 3
Jack Cummings, Omni Interlocken Resort GC def. Ethan Freeman, Glenmoor CC 19 holes
ROUND OF 32
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. Chase Federico, Elmwood GC 6 and 4
Chris Weinstein, Green Valley Ranch GC def. Ryan Smith, Aspen GC 4 and 3
Tyler Harrison, Hollydot GC def. Nathaniel Goddard, Ptarmigan CC 3 and 1
Jake Kelley, Pinehurst CC def. Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC 4 and 3
Jake Ice, Eaton CC def. Jack Adolfson, The Fox Hill Club 22 holes
Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC & Hotel def. Josh Mclaughlin, Loveland 3 and 2
Cole Nygren, Colorado National GC def. Sean Kato, Highland Hills GC 5 and 4
Braden Baer, Ranch CC def. Kyler Dunkle, The Club at Pradera 3 and 2
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. Dylan Wonnacott, Fox Hill Club, The 5 and 3
Will Fowler, Bear Creek GC def. Hayden Nicholaides, South Suburban Family Sports 1 up
Josh Gardella, Ridge at Castle Pines North def. Gary Schlatter Jr., Glenmoor CC 2 up
Ross Macdonald, The Ridge At Castle Pines North def. Ryan Burke, Twin Peaks GC 2 and 1
Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC def. Dylan Mitchell, Lakewood CC 1 up
Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC def. Matthew Vacek, Indian Peaks GC 4 and 3
Ethan Freeman, Glenmoor CC def. Max Urman, Meridian GC 4 and 2
Jack Cummings, Omni Interlocken Resort GC def. Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club 2 and 1
ROUND OF 64
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC (64) def. Jesse Beetham, Aspen G&TC (1), 3 and 2
Chase Federico, Elmwood GC (32) def. James Clements, Broadlands GC (33), 2 and 1
Ryan Smith, Aspen GC (16) def. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC (49), 20 holes
Chris Weinstein, Green Valley Ranch GC (17) def. Benjamin Moore, Glenmoor CC (48), 1 up
Nathaniel Goddard, Ptarmigan CC (8) def. Ben Schaefer, Columbine CC (57), 3 and 1
Tyler Harrison, Hollydot GC (25) def. Kobe Scott Padilla, Commonground GC (40), 4 and 3
Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC (9) def. Pierce Aichinger, Bear Creek GC (56), 3 and 1
Jake Edward Kelley, Pinehurst CC (41) def. Colin Prater, Broadmoor GC (24), 3 and 2
Jack Adolfson, The Fox Hill Club (4) def. Austin Rowe, Columbine CC (61), 1 up
Jake Ice, Eaton CC (36) def. Jack Pedersen, Omni Interlocken Resort (29), 2 and 1
Josh Mclaughlin, Loveland (13) def. Quade Wesley Mitchell, Highlands Ranch GC (52), 21 holes
Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC & Hotel (20) def. Kyle Peterson, Hiwan GC (45), 3 and 1
Cole Nygren, Colorado National GC (5) def. Cameron Connor, Boulder CC (60), 5 and 4
Sean Kato, Highland Hills GC (37) def. Chris Beabout, South Suburban GC (28), 1 up
Braden Baer, Ranch CC (12) def. Matt Dalton, The CC at Castle Pines (53), 5 and 3
Kyler Dunkle, The Club at Pradera (21) def. Hunter Lee, Highlands Ranch GC (44), 3 and 2
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC (2) def. Eli Schoenbeck, Desert Hawk GC (63), 3 and 1
Dylan Wonnacott, Fox Hill Club, The (31) def. Davis Kigin, Legacy Ridge GC (34), 6 and 5
Hayden Nicholaides, South Suburban Family Sports (15) def. Tyler Bricker, Ptarmigan CC (50), 2 and 1
Will Fowler, Bear Creek GC (47) def. Trevor Mckune, Pinehurst CC (18), 2 and 1
Josh Gardella, Ridge at Castle Pines North (7) def. Austin Powell, Park Hill GC (58), 7 and 6
Gary Schlatter Jr., Glenmoor CC (39) def. Chris Korte, The Links GC (26), 1 up
Ryan Burke, Twin Peaks GC (55) def. Kevin Wohlfarth, Green Valley Ranch G (10), 2 and 1
Ross Macdonald, The Ridge At Castle Pines North (42) def. Grant Rogers, Omni Interlocken Gol (23), 20 holes
Dylan Mitchell, Lakewood CC (3) def. Billy Ramsey, Lone Tree Mens GC (62), 4 and 3
Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC (35) def. Ethan Yamada, Omni Interlocken GC (30), 5 and 4
Matthew Vacek, Indian Peaks GC (51) def. Taylor Rodriguez, Elmwood GC (14), 6 and 5
Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC (19) def. Peyton Lindbloom, Thorncreek GC (46), 4 and 3
Ethan Freeman, Glenmoor CC (6) def. Grant Vanek, Lakewood CC (59), 8 and 7
Max Urman, Meridian GC (27) def. Andrew Howe, The Fox Hill Club (38), 3 and 2
Jack Cummings, Omni Interlocken Resort GC (11) def. Keegan Sheard, Applewood GC (54), 5 and 3
Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club (43) def. Dallas Perrault, Heritage at Westmoor (22), 2 and 1
STROKE-PLAY QUALIFYING
Advanced to Match Play
Jesse Beetham, Aspen G& TC – 35-35–70
Andrew Romano, Colorado GC – 35-36–71
Dylan Mitchell, Lakewood CC – 36-36–72
Jack Adolfson, The Fox Hill Club – 37-35–72
Cole Nygren, Colorado National GC – 38-35–73
Ethan Freeman, Glenmoor CC – 37-36–73
Josh Gardella, Ridge at Castle Pines North – 34-39–73
Nathaniel Goddard, Ptarmigan CC – 36-37–73
Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC – 35-39–74
Kevin Wohlfarth, Green Valley Ranch GC – 37-37–74
Jack Cummings, Omni Interlocken Resort GC – 38-37–75
Braden Baer, Ranch CC – 39-37–76
Josh Mclaughlin, Loveland – 37-39–76
Taylor Rodriguez, Elmwood GC – 39-37–76
Hayden Nicholaides, South Suburban Family Sports – 38-38–76
Ryan Smith, Aspen GC – 41-35–76
Chris Weinstein, Green Valley Ranch GC – 37-39–76
Trevor Mckune, Pinehurst CC – 39-37–76
Spencer Painton, Green Valley Ranch GC – 33-44–77
Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC & Hotel – 35-42–77
Kyler Dunkle, The Club at Pradera – 36-41–77
Dallas Perrault, Heritage at Westmoor – 35-42–77
Grant Rogers, Omni Interlocken GC – 38-39–77
Colin Prater, Broadmoor GC – 39-39–78
Tyler Harrison, Hollydot GC – 38-40–78
Chris Korte, The Links GC – 39-39–78
Max Urman, Meridian GC – 38-40–78
Chris Beabout, South Suburban GC – 39-39–78
Jack Pedersen, Omni Interlocken Resort – 41-37–78
Ethan Yamada, Omni Interlocken GC – 34-45–79
Dylan Wonnacott, Fox Hill Club, The – 38-41–79
Chase Federico, Elmwood GC – 42-37–79
James Clements, Broadlands GC – 38-41–79
Davis Kigin, Legacy Ridge GC – 43-36–79
Drew Vance, Raccoon Creek GC – 39-41–80
Jake Ice, Eaton CC – 41-39–80
Sean Kato, Highland Hills GC – 41-39–80
Andrew Howe, The Fox Hill Club – 38-42–80
Gary Schlatter Jr., Glenmoor CC – 42-38–80
Kobe Scott Padilla, Commonground GC – 41-39–80
Jake Edward Kelley, Pinehurst CC – 37-43–80
Ross Macdonald, The Ridge At Castle Pines North – 38-43–81
Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club – 41-40–81
Hunter Lee, Highlands Ranch GC – 39-42–81
Kyle Peterson, Hiwan GC – 40-41–81
Peyton Lindbloom, Thorncreek GC – 39-42–81
Will Fowler, Bear Creek GC – 43-38–81
Benjamin Moore, Glenmoor CC – 41-40–81
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC – 39-42–81
Tyler Bricker, Ptarmigan CC – 39-43–82
Matthew Vacek, Indian Peaks GC – 40-42–82
Quade Wesley Mitchell, Highlands Ranch GC – 43-39–82
Matt Dalton, The CC at Castle Pines – 40-42–82
Keegan Sheard, Applewood GC – 41-41–82
Ryan Burke, Twin Peaks GC – 42-41–83
Pierce Aichinger, Bear Creek GC – 42-41–83
Ben Schaefer, Columbine CC – 40-43–83
Austin Powell, Park Hill GC – 43-40–83
Grant Vanek, Lakewood CC – 41-42–83
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC – 42-42–84
Austin Rowe, Columbine CC – 41-43–84
Billy Ramsey, Lone Tree Mens GC – 41-43–84
Eli Schoenbeck, Desert Hawk GC – 40-44–84
Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC – 43-41–84
Failed to Qualify
Joey Muckler, Meridian GC – 39-46–85
Trevor Glen, Thorncreek GC – 43-42–85
Erik Young, Commonground GC – 43-42–85
Ethan Fisher, South Suburban GC – 40-45–85
Dylan Gregory Swanson, Pueblo CC – 40-45–85
Kyle Murray, Heritage at Westmoor – 39-47–86
Garrett Jones, Westwoods GC – 42-44–86
Jackson Vacek, Harmony Club – 40-46–86
Evan Buchalski, Loveland Mens Golf Assoc – 42-44–86
Samuel Toillion, Ute Creek GC – 43-43–86
Cody Leis, The Club at Pradera – 41-45–86
John Hadfield, South Suburban GC – 45-42–87
Joe Lee, Greeley CC – 41-46–87
Bretton Krantz, Ptarmigan CC – 43-44–87
Ben Robinson, Red Sky GC – 43-45–88
Kevin Klatman, Boulder CC – 42-46–88
Dylan Rakowski, Ironbridge GC – 43-45–88
Marc Gordon, Aspen GC – 44-44–88
Cole Cunningham, Valley CC – 42-47–89
Peter Hassan, Lake Valley GC – 42-47–89
Tyler Smiens, Broadlands GC – 44-45–89
Austin Hardman, Highlands Ranch GC – 45-44–89
Matt Bell, Harmony Club – 43-47–90
Alec Poorman, Flatirons Golf Cour – 48-43–91
Connor Alexander, Castle Pines GC – 43-49–92
Robert Morris Pettit, Ironbridge GC – 50-43–93
Kyle Kleckner, Cherokee Ridge GC – 48-48–96
Payton Devencenty, Green Valley Ranch GC – 51-46–97
Sam Benavram, Saddle Rock GC – 46-55–101
Darren Kasischke, Lakewood CC – 51-51–102
Alex Beaudoin, Pinery CC – NS
Ryan Schmitz, Colorado GC – NS