Moore and Austin, who have teamed up to win the Mashie title six times (Moore has captured two additional championships with different partners), scored a 3 and 2 victory over Delaney Benson of CommonGround Golf Course and Hannah More of Pinehurst Country Club in the four-ball match play event. (Moore and Austin are pictured, with Moore at left.)

Also advancing to the championship flight semifinals — which will be contested on Tuesday at Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville — will be top-seeded Delaney Elliott and Kelly Hooper, two Montana State University teammates; Tiffany Maurycy and Holly Schaefer; and second-seeded Megan and Kaylee Knadler. Moore and Austin will face the Knadlers in the semis, while Elliott and Hooper will take on Maurycy and Schaefer.

Elliott and Hooper defeated Kathy Malpass and Katherine Moore-Lilly 6 and 5. Maurycy and Schaefer beat Deb Hughes and Kelly Rahn 3 and 2. And the Knadlers prevailed over Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Lynn Zmistowski and daughter Kim Sorkness, 4 and 3.

The winners of Tuesday’s semifinals will square off for the title Wednesday back at Legacy Ridge.

In all, 206 players in 13 flights are competing in the Mashie, alternating courses Monday and Tuesday and wrapping up on Wednesday at Legacy Ridge should they advance.

For all the results from Mashie, CLICK HERE.
 

This year’s Mashie, for example, features a field of 206 players, making up 103 two-person teams. It’s enough that the championship has long been contested on two courses.

In this case, Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster and Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville will do the honors, with teams switching off courses Monday and Tuesday (June 4-5) and playing their final matches on Wednesday at Legacy Ridge should they advance.

The four-ball match play — the better ball of each team counts each hole — will be broken up into 13 flights (championship through 12th).

In the championship flight, the Mashie’s most dominant team historically will return. Janet Moore and Christie Austin, both Colorado Golf Hall of Famers, have won the Mashie title six times together. And Moore has two additional Mashie victories with other partners, including last year with Susie Roh, who couldn’t play this spring, and Moore’s daughter Sarah in 2009.

Another Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, Lynn Zmistowski, is also in the mix, as she’s teaming up with her daughter Kim Sorkness. And Deb Hughes, winner of both the CGA Women’s Senior Match Play and Senior Stroke Play is paired up with Kelly Rahn. The team with the best combined Handicap Index coming into the tournament is Delaney Elliott and Kelly Hooper, two Montana State University teammates.

For Monday’s pairings for all the flights, CLICK HERE.