It might seem out of place for a Colorado Golf Association trophy, but the award that goes to the winner of the 49th CGA Senior Match Play will spend the next year in … Wyoming.

John Hornbeck — a resident of the southern Wyoming town of Saratoga, which sits about 30 miles north of the Colorado border as the crow flies — came to the Centennial State and left with the Senior Match Play hardware on Thursday.

In a title match that was completed by 9:20 a.m. at Buffalo Run Golf Course in Commerce City, Hornbeck defeated Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course in Colorado Springs, 5 and 3, possibly starting a friendly, golf-related variation of the Border War.

Hornbeck, who has been voted into the Golf Hall of Fame in Wyoming, is no stranger to competing in Colorado. He qualified in the Centennial State for the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, along with the 2014 and ’16 U.S. Senior Amateur. He made the semifinals of last year’s CGA Senior Match Play and finished eighth in the 2017 CGA Senior Amateur that Ivan won. He’s also tried three other times in Colorado to qualify for the U.S. Senior Open — 2015, ’17 and ’18 — falling short in each case.

“I enjoy coming down here and playing with all these guys” in Colorado, the 60-year-old said. “Since I qualified for (the 2016 U.S. Senior Open), I’ve met a lot of nice senior players and I’ve developed some friendships. They’ve said, ‘Come on down. We’d love to play with you.’ I love playing with them.

“And I like the golf courses (in Colorado). There’s a lot of real nice, unique golf courses down here. The ones in Wyoming, I’ve been playing my whole life. I enjoy playing golf, and this gives me another month or two to play golf.”

So now Hornbeck (pictured above and below) has his first CGA championship to go with more than a dozen he’s won in Wyoming in the 15 years in which he’s been competing at golf. That includes all four state senior match plays that have been contested in Wyoming.

“I really enjoy the competition,” he said. “It brings out the youth in you, I guess.”

On the national level, besides playing in the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, where he missed the cut, Hornbeck has qualified for three U.S. Senior Amateurs, advancing to match play on each occasion. In fact, he made the quarterfinals in that national event in 2016.

On Thursday, Hornbeck not only never trailed in the match, he never lost a hole. Neither golfer played particularly well on the front nine as Hornbeck finished 2 over par and Ivan 3 over. They halved eight of the nine holes, with Hornbeck winning the par-3 seventh with a par to take a 1-up lead.

But the Wyoming golfer, who had missed two very short putts on the front nine, heated up on the back. He won Nos. 10 and 11 with 7-foot birdies — the first birdies of the day by either player — and No. 13 with a par after Ivan failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker.

“I’ve been pretty confident all week. I’ve been hitting the ball really well,” said Hornbeck, who only had one match go to the 17th or 18th hole this week. “I knew if I could just get the putter going that it would probably go my way.”

Hornbeck closed things out on the 15th hole after putting his approach shot 8 feet from the flag. Ivan just missed the green and, after hitting a poor chip, conceded the match without further ado.

“I haven’t really hit my driver well all week. I’ve really struggled (with that),” said Ivan, a former University of Colorado golfer who was a teammate of 1996 U.S. Open champion Steve Jones for one year at CU. “I didn’t put any pressure on (Hornbeck). I didn’t hit quality shots like I need to and like I did in the (2017 CGA Senior Amateur). It’s OK. I’m still here. I’m alive. I’m still retired.”

Ivan (left), winner of the 1979 CGA Junior Match Play in addition to last year’s CGA Senior Amateur, hit fewer than half of the greens in regulation during the title match and never had the honors on the teebox. Hornbeck, who was much longer off the tee, took advantage of that length.

“People can’t believe I’m getting longer,” Hornbeck said. “I’m not buying any new equipment to speak of. But I’m as long as I ever was, even when I was back in my 30s.

“When you’re coming in with a shorter iron, it’s always an advantage. You can fire more at the stick. In senior golf when we move up a set of tees once in a while, that’s where I have a little advantage.”

And with Ivan’s driver being problematic, that exacerbated the issue.

“I didn’t hit my driver well, so then I started hitting my 3-wood,” the 56-year-old said. “But you can’t be aggressive when you’re hitting long irons or hybrids into those greens versus short irons.

“John is very consistent with that driver. Whenever you’re swinging well, you pick the piece of grass you want to land (the ball) on. That’s all you see. But when you’re swinging bad, you see everything, and that’s not a good thing.”

Looking ahead, Ivan has a possibility of competing in a major event in his hometown before the month is over. He finished fourth on Memorial Day at The Broadmoor in qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open, which put him in the second alternate position, behind Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Bill Loeffler. But given that Loeffler lives in Castle Pines and Ivan in Colorado Springs, it’s possible they’ll get a call should a few players in the U.S. Senior Open field at The Broadmoor have to withdraw, particularly just prior to the start of the championship.

The CGA Senior Match Play is limited to players 52 and older.
 

CGA Senior Match Play
At Buffalo Run GC in Commerce City
WEDNESDAY’S QUARTERFINALS
   John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Bob Chandler, Overland Park GC, 5 and 4
   Victor Minovich, Foothills GC, def. Bill Irwin, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 up
   Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC, def. Keith Atkins, 2 and 1
    Kent Moore, Cherry Hills CC, def. Robin Bradbury, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 1 up
WEDNESDAY SEMIFINALS
   John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Victor Minovich, Foothills GC, 4 and 2
    Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC, def. Kent Moore, Cherry Hills CC, 20 holes
THURSDAY’S FINAL
  John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC, 5 and 3

For all the results from Buffalo Run, CLICK HERE.
 

Ivan, a former University of Colorado golfer who won the 2017 CGA Senior Amateur, went 20 holes on Wednesday afternoon in the semifinals to defeat Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club. Moore, the 2006 champion, had won a 19-hole match in the first round and a 1-up decision in the quarterfinals, but couldn’t eke out another close victory in the semis. A three-putt bogey on the 20th hole saw to that.

Earlier on Wednesday, Ivan (left) had beaten 2017 CGA Senior Player of the Year Keith Atkins, 2 and 1.

Hornbeck, a semifinalist in this championship last year, scored a 5 and 4 win over Bob Chandler of Overland Park Golf Course in the quarterfinals and a 4 and 2 victory over Victor Minovich of Foothills Golf Course in the semis.

Hornbeck hasn’t been pressed much in his run to the championship match. His only match that went past the 16th hole was a 1-up round-of-32 win over Bradley Becker of Plum Creek Golf Club.

Thursday morning’s title match is schedule for 18 holes.

CGA Senior Match Play
At Buffalo Run GC in Commerce City
QUARTERFINALS
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Bob Chandler, Overland Park GC, 5 and 4
Victor Minovich, Foothills GC, def. Bill Irwin, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 up
Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC, def. Keith Atkins, 2 and 1
Kent Moore, Cherry Hills CC, def. Robin Bradbury, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 1 up
SEMIFINALS
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Victor Minovich, Foothills GC, 4 and 2
Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC, def. Kent Moore, Cherry Hills CC, 20 holes
THURSDAY’S FINALS
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, vs. Steve Ivan, Patty Jewett GC

For results from Buffalo Run, CLICK HERE.
 

Six of the seven remaining past winners of the championship lost in either the round of 32 or the round of 16 on Tuesday at Buffalo Run Golf Course in Commerce City.

Bob Chandler of Overland Park Golf Course won twice on Tuesday and defeated defending champion Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club in 19 holes in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Three other former champions also fell in the round of 16 on Tuesday — three-time winner David Delich of The Broadmoor (4 and 2 to 2017 CGA Senior Amateur champion Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course), 2010 champ Guy Mertz of The Fox Hill Club (in 20 holes to Robin Bradbury of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve) and 2009 winner Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club (2 and 1 to Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore).

Past champions Ray Makloski of Pueblo Country Club and Jeff Oneth of Colorado Golf Club lost in Tuesday morning’s round of 32.

That makes Moore (pictured), the 2006 winner from Cherry Hills Country Club, as the only past champion to make the final eight.

Among those in the quarterfinals — in addition to Chandler, Ivan, Moore and Bradbury — are 2016 U.S. Senior Open qualifier John Hornbeck of Wyoming, Bill Irwin of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, Victor Minovich of Foothills Golf Course and 2017 CGA Senior Player of the Year Keith Atkins.

The Senior Match Play, limited to players 52 and older, will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals on Wednesday. The 18-hole championship match is set for next Thursday morning.

For results from Buffalo Run, CLICK HERE.
 

Pat Bucci (left) of West Woods Golf Club, the defending champion and No. 1 seed, scored a 5 and 4 victory over Dave Mittan of Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course.

Other past champions who won on Monday included Jeff Oneth of Colorado Golf Club (2016), David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club (2007, ’11 and ’15), Ray Makloski of Pueblo Country Club (2012), Guy Mertz of The Fox Hill Club (2010), Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club (2009) and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club (2006).

The one former champ to fall on Monday was 2013 winner Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course, who claimed the trophy in the recent CGA Super-Senior Match Play. Rick Tarasiewicz of Patty Jewett Golf Course defeated Johnson 1 up.

Meanwhile, Moore needed 19 holes to advance over Colin Bork of Collindale Golf Course, while Delich won 1 up over Robert West of Cherry Creek Country Club.

Also winning on Monday was 2017 CGA Senior Player of the Year Keith Atkins, the No. 2 seed who went 19 holes to overcome Davis Butler of Cherry Hills Country Club.

The Senior Match Play, limited to players 52 and older, will feature the rounds of 32 and 16 on Tuesday and the quarterfinals and semifinals on Wednesday. The 18-hole championship match is set for next Thursday morning.

For results from Buffalo Run, CLICK HERE.
 

And one of those eight, David Delich of The Broadmoor, has won the title three times over that period.

Buffalo Run Golf Course in Commerce City will host this year’s Senior Match Play Monday through next Thursday (June 11-14). The event, limited to players 52 and older, will feature the round of 64 on Monday and two rounds each on Tuesday and Wednesday for those who advance. The 18-hole championship match is set for next Thursday morning.

Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club returns to defend the title he won last year, when he defeated Delich, the champion in 2007, ’11 and ’15.

Other former champions in the field are Jeff Oneth of Colorado Golf Club (2016), Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course (2013), Ray Makloski if Pueblo Country Club (2012), Guy Mertz of The Fox Hill Club (2010), Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club (2009) and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club (2006).

Three of those former champs have already won CGA titles in 2018: Johnson in the Super-Senior Match Play, Polk with partner Bill Fowler in the Senior Four-Ball, and Mertz with son Nick in the Parent/Child.

Also scheduled to compete in the Senior Match Play are 2017 CGA Senior Amateur winner Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course, 2016 Senior Amateur champ Kevin Ott of The Club at Rolling Hills, 2016 U.S. Senior Open qualifier John Hornbeck of Wyoming and 2017 CGA Senior Player of the Year Keith Atkins.

For Monday’s round-of-64 tee pairings, CLICK HERE.

Things did not look very promising for Pat Bucci on Friday afternoon.

The 57-year-old from West Woods Golf Club was 2 down with four holes remaining in the final of the 48th CGA Senior Match Play Championship at Blackstone Country Club in southeast Aurora.

Moreover, Bucci was trailing an opponent, David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club, who had won this championship three times, and was looking to tie a record with victory No. 4.

But if things always followed a predictable path, sports wouldn’t be much fun. And Friday’s stretch run certainly took an unusual turn.

Bucci won three consecutive holes as Delich three-putted No. 15, hit his tee shot into a hazard on No. 16 (while Bucci put his 8 feet from the cup), then didn’t find either of his tee balls on No. 17 and conceded the hole before Bucci even hit his second shot on the par-5. For Delich, No. 17 marked an uncharacteristic ninth bogey — or worse — in the match. Then Bucci (pictured at left and below) halved No. 18 with a par — just the fifth halved hole of the match — to clinch his first CGA championship title.

“I look back on it. Against him? It’s a great feeling, but I didn’t think it was going to happen,” Bucci said. “The whole week — this is a new experience for me, on this big of a stage. I can’t explain where it came from. It was so unexpected.

“I was just thrilled to play (Delich), win or lose. To come out victorious makes it unbelievable. It’s something I’ll never forget, no matter what.”

It was Bucci’s second 1-up victory on Friday, the other coming when he rallied from 2 down early and birdied the final two holes to defeat Bill Woodward of Cherry Hills Country Club in a semifinal match. The down-to-the-wire wins capped an improbable week for the golfer who’s retired from the South Metro Fire Department.

For Delich, this week marked the fifth time he has advanced to the final of the CGA Senior Match Play, with him going 3-2 in those title matches. He won the championship in 2007, ’11 and ’15, and was runner-up in 2008, when Ken Sady rallied from being 2 down on the back nine to claim the trophy.

“I’m just dead-ass tired,” Delich (below) said after his second consecutive day of two matches each. “I’ve been coming back and forth from (Colorado Springs). I could feel it. I haven’t played this much golf in a stretch that meant something in a couple of years — since I had heart surgery (21) months ago. So I could feel it this morning coming up. My legs were tired and I was dead.

“This afternoon I started hitting poor irons — and that’s just the lower body being tired and I’m not turning. I kept making bogeys — I made nine bogeys (or worse). When you’re 2 up with (four) to go, you should put it away. I didn’t. I left the door open, and it was enough to let him in.”

For Bucci, walking through that door and winning the title is the pinnacle of his golf career.

“By far,” he said. “It’s my Masters.”

Bucci said his next-best showing in a CGA championship came at the 2012 CGA Senior Amateur — coincidentally won by Delich — where the Littleton resident finished sixth.

Bucci indicated he had no inkling that a breakthrough victory was coming this week.

“You hope it’s there, you hope to find it, you hope you hold onto it,” he said. “I was playing decent, but there was nothing to say that this was my year.”

Despite being 2 down with four holes to play on Friday — and facing a three-time champion — Bucci (below) hadn’t given up hope when things looked the most bleak.

“I was thinking because of the golf course and the holes we were on (being in the midst of stretch from 13-16 known as ‘The Gauntlet’), anything could happen,” he said. “When you’re sitting there with the lead, things go into your head. Those holes, you can hit good shots and come out on the bad end. So I just said, ‘Hang in there and see what happens.'”

To get to the final, Delich defeated two former champions, Jeff Oneth in the round of 16 and Harry Johnson in the quarterfinals. Then in Friday morning’s semis, he edged 2016 U.S. Senior Open qualifier John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., 1 up. By far the highlight of Delich’s day was eagling the 495-yard second hole both times he played it on Friday. And against Bucci, he very nearly made double eagle there, with his ball ending up 2 feet behind the hole.

But Delich looks back on his three-putt on No. 15, where he lipped out an 11-foot par putt that would have put him 3 up with three holes left, as being crucial.

“The three-putt on No. 15 really hurt,” he said. “Had that (second one) gone in, I think it’s a different deal with a few holes to go. That’s how it goes sometimes. It’s a game of inches.

“Then I just ran out of juice and made a couple of bad swings coming in. That’s when you need to be at your best — and I wasn’t. You can’t expect to win win you make that many mistakes.”

Delich, 60, had been bidding to become the fifth player to win the CGA Senior Match Play four times, joining John Olive, Larry Eaton, Bert Welz and Ed Nosewicz Sr.

“Obviously that would have been nice,” Delich said. “John Olive is a friend. I’ve had my chances and let a couple go. At least one of the ones I won, I’m sure the other guy thought he let it go. That’s golf and it happens. I’ll get another chance probably — one or two. I’m starting to get stronger and my game is getting better. Over the next three or four years, hopefully I’ll get another shot at it. Today was an ideal day, but I didn’t have it at the end when I needed it.”
 

CGA Senior Match Play Championship
At Blackstone CC in Aurora
THURSDAY’S ROUND OF 16
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Jeff Oneth, Colorado GC, 5 and 3
Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, def. Rob McLelland, Clubcorp Colorado, 2 up
John Hornbeck Collindale GC, def. David Snow, Saddle Rock GC, 6 and 5
Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, def. Bradley Becker, Plum Creek GC, 4 and 3
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Bob Chandler, Foothills GC, 5 and 3
Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, def. Mark Armistead, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 and 1
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Thomas McGeary, Highlands Ranch GC, 3 and 2
Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, def. Robin Bradbury, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 1 up
THURSDAY’S QUARTERFINALS
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, 5 and 3
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, 3 and 2
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, 3 and 2
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, 5 and 4
FRIDAY’S SEMIFINALS
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, 1 up
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, 1 up
FRIDAY’S FINAL
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. David Delich, Broadmoor GC, 1 up

For complete results from the CGA Senior Match Play, CLICK HERE.

Delich (pictured) is seeking to become the fifth player to win the Senior Match Play four times, joining John Olive, Larry Eaton, Bert Welz and Ed Nosewicz Sr.

On Thursday, the former Colorado College hockey standout beat defending champion Jeff Oneth of Colorado Golf Club in the round of 16, then Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course in the quarterfinals. Delich made three birdies in the morning and two in the afternoon. He’s won all of his three matches by comfortable margins, going 6 and 5, 5 and 3, and 5 and 3.

Joining Delich in Friday morning’s semifinals will be John Hornbeck of Collindale Golf Course, Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club, and Bill Woodward of Cherry Hills Country Club. Delich will face Hornbeck and Bucci will meet Woodward in the semis. The winners will square off in the title match on Friday afternoon.

Hornbeck, who qualified in Colorado for both the 2016 U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Senior Amateur, defeated 2015 CGA Senior Amateur champion Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals. Earlier in the day, Hornbeck topped David Snow of Saddle Rock Golf Course, 6 and 5. Hornbeck’s three matches have gone 3 and 1, 6 and 5, and 3 and 2.

To make it to the semis, Woodward defeated fellow Cherry Hills member Mark Donahue 5 and 4, while Bucci beat Steve Sullivan of The Ridge at Castle Pines North, 3 and 2.

Woodward has won his three matches 4 and 3, 3 and 2, and 5 and 4. Bucci has gone 3 and 2, 5 and 3, and 3 and 2.

CGA Senior Match Play Championship
At Blackstone CC in Aurora
ROUND OF 16
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Jeff Oneth, Colorado GC, 5 and 3
Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, def. Rob McLelland, Clubcorp Colorado, 2 up
John Hornbeck Collindale GC, def. David Snow, Saddle Rock GC, 6 and 5
Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, def. Bradley Becker, Plum Creek GC, 4 and 3
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Bob Chandler, Foothills GC, 5 and 3
Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, def. Mark Armistead, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 and 1
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Thomas McGeary, Highlands Ranch GC, 3 and 2
Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, def. Robin Bradbury, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 1 up
QUARTERFINALS
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, 5 and 3
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, 3 and 2
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, 3 and 2
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, 5 and 4

For complete results from the CGA Senior Match Play, CLICK HERE.

Oneth (pictured) posted a 3-and-1 victory Wednesday over Steve Kass of Aurora Hills Golf Course, while three-time winner Delich scored a 6-and-5 win over Chris Patton of Red Rocks Country Club.

Another former champion who won in the round of 32 on Wednesday was 2013 winner Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course. Also advancing were 2015 CGA Senior Amateur champion Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills and 2016 CGA Senior Player of the Year Robin Bradbury of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve.

Three former champions were ousted in the round of 32: Colorado Golf Hall of Famer and four-time champ John Olive of The Broadmoor (5 and 4 by Bob Chandler of Foothills Golf Course), three-time CGA Senior Player of the Year Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club ( 3 and 2 by Bradley Becker of Plum Creek Golf Club, and 2005 winner Kelly Crone of Highlands Ranch Golf Club (4 and 3 by Thomas McGeary of Highlands Ranch GC). Also losing on Wednesday was stroke-play medalist Bob Schuler of Inverness Golf Club, who was defeated by Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club, 3 and 2.

Both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals are scheduled for Thursday, while the semifinals and the final are set for Friday.

For results from the CGA Senior Match Play, CLICK HERE.

The top 31 finishers in Tuesday’s stroke-play qualifying at Blackstone Country Club in Aurora, plus Oneth, will begin match play on Wednesday. A score of 80 or better was required to advance.

Schuler made three birdies and four bogeys to lead the way for a field that originally numbered 84.

Kelly Crone of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, the 2005 champion, was next best at 74 after a two-birdie round. Another former champ, 2009 winner Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club, posted a 75 along with 2016 CGA Senior Player of the Year Robin Bradbury of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve and John Hornbeck of Collindale Golf Course.

Also among those making match play were 2013 champ Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course (76), four-time winner John Olive of The Broadmoor Golf Club (78), three-time champion David Delich of The Broadmoor (78), and 2015 CGA Senior Amateur winner Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills (79).

The championship will continue through Friday afternoon, when the 18-hole title match will be held.

For Tuesday’s stroke-play results, CLICK HERE.
 

A total of 82 competitors are entered in the event, which will begin with a stroke-play round on Tuesday, with 32 players advancing to match play beginning on Wednesday.

Starting with the round of 16, two rounds of matches will be held both Thursday and Friday, with the 18-hole final scheduled for Friday afternoon.

The former CGA Match Play champs entered include Jeff Oneth (winner in 2016, who will be the No. 1 seed in this year’s bracket), David Delich (2015, ’11 and ’07), Tom Musselman (2014), Harry Johnson (2013), three-time CGA Senior Player of the Year Robert Polk (2009), Kelly Crone (2005) and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer John Olive (2003, ’02, ’01 and 1997).

Also scheduled to compete are 2016 CGA Senior Player of the Year Robin Bradbury, 2016 CGA Amateur champ Kevin Ott, 2015 CGA Senior Am winner Bill Fowler, and Jeff Hornbeck of Wyoming, who qualified in Colorado for both the U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Senior Amateur in 2016.

For Tuesday’s pairings, CLICK HERE.