As chairman of the CGA Tournament Committee, Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club often has the duty of presenting trophies to winners of CGA championships, particularly when it’s a senior or super-senior event in which he’s competed.
On Thursday, that could have been a dilemma.
You see, Polk won the 47th CGA Senior Amateur at Eisenhower Golf Club, so it would have been a little awkward for him to give the trophy to himself.
Fortunately, another member of the CGA board of directors, Gary Albrecht, was also on hand, so he did the honors.
“We always try to have a board member on hand,” Polk said. “I’ve handed out trophies way too many times. I wanted to win. That was always painful.
“The older I get, the winning is wonderful but it means you didn’t lose. I take losing so much harder now, and I lose obviously a lot more than I win. It takes me a while to get over it. I think, ‘I left so many shots out there.’ You’d think I wouldn’t take it so hard. But to get it done is very exciting.”
Thursday’s victory marked Polk’s fourth in the CGA Senior Amateur, which puts him in some elite company. Only three other players have captured the title at least four times —
Larry Eaton (a seven-time champion), John Olive (five) and Les Fowler (four). All three are members of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame.
“It feels wonderful to have won this again,” said Polk (above and left), who has captured 11 CGA championships in all. “Those are great players (who have claimed four or more Senior Am titles), and to be mentioned with them is very, very pleasing and satisfying.”
Bill Fowler, who has won CGA Senior Four-Ball titles with Polk two of the last three years and who finished third on Thursday, can appreciate what Polk has accomplished in the Senior Am.
“He’s a great player,” said Fowler, a former CGA president. “He could have won way more than four (titles in this event). He sometimes gets in his own way. Today he stayed out of his own way. He played really well and I’m really proud of him and I’m happy to be his Four-Ball partner.”
Polk won this event previously in 2005, ’07 and ’09, meaning he ended a nine-year drought on Thursday. In doing so at age 63, he became one of the oldest champions of the CGA Senior Amateur. Les Fowler won at age 65 in 1989, Jerry Kidney at 63 in 2011 and Harry Johnson at 63 in 2013.
“It has been so long since I’ve won this thing — it seems like forever — so I’m extremely pleased,” Polk said in accepting the trophy on Thursday.
“It’s wonderful, just wonderful. For the last nine years I didn’t know if it was going to happen again. I came close a couple of times and had a good chance last year, then couldn’t get it done. Today I just said, ‘I’m going to get it done.'”
Polk was technically a wire-to-wire winner this week, but despite his five-stroke victory margin, the tournament was deceptively close down the stretch. In fact, with three holes remaining, he was tied with 2017 champion Steve Ivan (left) of Patty Jewett Golf Course. But Ivan bogeyed two of his last three holes and Polk finished with a flurry.
He hit the par-5 16th in two with a 7-iron from 197 yards and sank a 7-foot putt for eagle. Then on the next hole, a par-3, he hit a 9-iron from 164 yards, with his ball landing right next to the hole and ending up less than 6 inches from the cup for a birdie. That stellar two-hole stretch, plus making three 5-foot par putts, left him 3 under for his final six holes.
“It’s just fun and gratifying” to finish strong for the victory. “It means an awful lot. Last year I gave away the Florida Senior Stroke Play (title). I had it won, but shot 41 on the back and lost by one. I said, ‘I’m not going to let that happen this year. I’m going to bear down and play a decent back side.'”
On the formidable Blue Course at Eisenhower that was made tougher by wind much of the week, Polk closed with a 2-under-par 70 — the low round of the tournament — to post a winning total of 1-over 217. Only two sub-par rounds were carded at the Senior Am, and Polk had both of them.
Ivan recorded a 72 on Thursday to place second at 222. That means he’s been runner-up in both CGA senior majors in 2018 — the Senior Match Play and Senior Amateur — and that’s he’s finished first-second-second in the last three senior majors.
“I played well today, but I bogeyed two of the last three. You can’t do that,” the 56-year-old Ivan said. “What I really wanted to do today — and I did it for a long time — is because I wasn’t in that last group, I wanted to have them see me making putts after putts after putts. It worked until I ran out of gas at the end. But (Robert) deserves it.”
Fowler (left), the 2015 Senior Amateur champion, recorded a 76 on Thursday to check in third at 224. John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., the 2018 CGA Senior Match Play champ, placed fourth at 225, also after a 76.
“I didn’t have my ‘A’ game the whole tournament so it was going to be a struggle to beat Robert, who obviously played very well,” Fowler said. “So to finish third and play as well as I did while not really hitting it the way I wanted, I’m very pleased.
“(Robert) birdied 2, 3 and 4 today and I knew there was no catching him. He made a couple of mistakes in the middle, then finished strong.”
Thursday’s victory by Polk looked improbable as recently as a few weeks ago, when he finished a distant fourth in the CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play. But in the interim, a short break from the game seemed to work wonders.
“I was so dejected after the Super-Senior Stroke Play at Perry Park. I was hitting some really good ones and getting nothing out of them,” Polk said. “My mind wasn’t right. I needed to take some time off. I took four or five days off and kind of got cleared out again. I played with Jim Pierce — I won my first (CGA Senior) Four-Ball with Jim (in 2005) — last Saturday, and the light kind of went on. I felt good coming into this tournament for the first time in I can’t remember when.”
And though there were some hiccups in the middle of Thursday’s round — a double bogey on No. 9 after a bogey at No. 8, then a missed par putt after a stellar drive at No. 12 — but he righted the ship and more down the stretch.
“I missed that putt (on 12) and said, ‘God bless it. It’s those par putts that you have to make on the back nine. You look at all the major championships and all the amateur events, whoever makes par putts on the back nine wins — every time.'”
And sure enough, Polk drained par putts of 5 feet on 14, 15 and 18, sandwiched around the eagle on 16 and the tap-in birdie at 17.
And judging by the way he bombed some drives on Thursday, you’d never guess that Polk is 63 years old.
“I’ve been very fortunate health-wise,” he said. “I do an awful lot of working out. I have a great workout guy, Dee Tidwell, who’s kept me stronger and flexible. I went to him five years ago and said I don’t care about hitting it any further. I just don’t want to start hitting it shorter. Let’s fight this as long as we can. And I’m as long as I’ve ever been — still. But I hadn’t been able to put anything together.”
Until this week, that is.
For all the scores from the Senior Am, which is limited to players 52 and older, CLICK HERE.
On Thursday, the two will be in the lead group at the 47th CGA Senior Amateur, but they’ll be competing against one another — and the field — rather than as partners.
On a formidable Blue Course at Eisenhower Golf Club that seems to be getting the best of everyone in the field, Polk retained the lead in his quest for a fourth CGA Senior Amateur title. The 63-year-old shot a 4-over-par 76 on Wednesday to check in at 3-over 147, one stroke ahead of Fowler. (Polk and Fowler are pictured earlier this year, with Fowler at left.)
Polk, winner of the event in 2005, ’07 and ’09, made one birdie and five bogeys in round 2. He’s trying to become just the fourth player to win this championship at least four times, joining Larry Eaton (a seven-time champion), John Olive (five) and Les Fowler (four).
But Bill Fowler, the 2015 CGA Senior Am champion, made up four strokes on Polk on Wednesday with an even-par 72. The former CGA president eagled the 550-yard par-5 ninth hole and added a birdie and three bogeys in round 2. Fowler and Jay Orris of Boulder Country Club tied for the best rounds of the day with their 72s.
But Polk and Fowler are far from the only ones in contention for the title on Thursday. Eight players are within six strokes of Polk.
In third place at 149 is 2018 CGA Senior Match Play champion John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., who matched Polk’s 76, triple-bogeying his first hole but also making five birdies.
Defending champion Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course also carded a 76 and sits in fourth place at 150. Ivan was the runner-up to Hornbeck at this year’s CGA Senior Match Play.
Orris, with his 72, trails Polk by four. He double eagled the 530-yard, par-5 fifth hole for the highlight of the tournament to this point.
The field was cut from 84 to the low 40 players and ties (44 specifically) after Wednesday’s second round.
The CGA Senior Amateur is limited to players 52 and older.
For all the scores from the Senior Am, CLICK HERE.
Robert Polk, a member of the CGA board of directors from Colorado Golf Club in Parker, shot a 1-under-par 71 on Tuesday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the 47th CGA Senior Am.
The champion in this event in 2005, ’07 and ’09, Polk (left) is attempting to become just the fourth person to win the CGA Senior Amateur at least four times, joining Larry Eaton (a seven-time champion), John Olive (five) and Les Fowler (four).
Polk made four birdies and three bogeys on Tuesday.
Keith Atkins of Highland Meadows Golf Course, the 2017 CGA Senior Player of the Year, trails by one after a five-birdie day.
Three players — including Wyoming resident John Hornbeck, winner of the 2018 CGA Senior Match Play — opened with 73s and share third place. Also at that figure are Owen Ellis of Flatirons Golf Course and Mark Spenner of Front Range Golf Club.
The last two champions in this tournament carded first-round 74s — Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course (winner in 2017) and Kevin Ott of The Club at Rolling Hills (2016). John Hull of Collindale Golf Course also started with a 74.
The field will be cut from 84 to the low 40 players and ties after Wednesday’s second round. The tournament, limited to players 52 and older, will conclude on Thursday.
For all the scores from the CGA Senior Amateur, CLICK HERE.
The 54-hole event for players 52 and older will run Tuesday through Thursday (Sept. 11-13).
The list of past champs entered include 2017 winner Steve Ivan of Patty Jewett Golf Course, who also was runner-up in the CGA Senior Match Play earlier this year.
Other past champions teeing it up in the Senior Am are Kevin Ott (2016), Bill Fowler (2015), Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore (2014), Harry Johnson (2013), David Delich (2012) and three-time winner Robert Polk (2005, ’07 and ’09).
Also scheduled to be in the 84-man field are this year’s CGA Senior Match Play champ John Hornbeck, a Wyoming state Golf Hall of Famer from Saratoga; other recent Senior Match Play champions Pat Bucci (2017) and Jeff Oneth (2016); Guy Mertz, who just competed in his second straight U.S. Senior Amateur; and recent CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play winners Sean Forey (2018) and Gary Albrecht (2017).
The field will be cut to the low 40 players and ties after Wednesday’s second round.
For Tuesday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
The 2018 major championship season for the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado started off a lot like how the 2017 year ended. And, for that matter, how the 2017 season began.
For the second straight year at the Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Club, the titles in the Colorado Junior PGA Championship went to Davis Bryant of Aurora in the boys ranks and to Hailey Schalk of Erie in the girls division.
Bryant became the first boys player to win consecutive Colorado Junior PGAs since Steven Kupcho in 2010 and ’11. And Schalk became the first girl to repeat since Steven’s sister, Jennifer Kupcho, did the honors in 2012 and ’13. Jennifer Kupcho, of course, recently won the women’s NCAA individual title.
Overall, Bryant is the fourth boy to win the Coloado Junior PGA twice in a row, while Schalk is the seventh girl. (The two champions are pictured at left.)
“To do this two years in a row is awesome and amazing. It’s a great feeling,” said Bryant, who was likely competing in his final JGAC major as he has conflicts with the remaining tournaments in 2018. “To play as consistently as I have and to win by four shots … I was real motivated after last week when I got second place to Dillon (Stewart) at the AJGA. That motivated me to come here and take care of business, which I was able to do.”
Said Schalk: “It’s really cool to win two years in a row because that doesn’t happen very often. For me to do what Jennifer Kupcho did is really special.”
Even more notably, both Bryant and Schalk have won the last four JGAC majors in which they’ve competed.
“That’s pretty cool,” said Bryant (left). “It’s like a grand slam in a way. To win four (straight) that I’ve played in … it hasn’t really sunk in yet. But I’m really happy I was able to get it done.”
Schalk likewise relishes that feat.
“I’m definitely proud of that accomplishment,” said the junior-to-be at Holy Family High School. “It’s cool to be able to win my last four because that just doesn’t really happen (often).”
Adding even more to the significance of Bryant and Schalk’s victories on Wednesday, their dads — Matt Bryant (Green Valley Ranch Golf Club) and Matt Schalk (Colorado National Golf Club) — are Colorado PGA general managers, making their kids repeating in the Colorado Junior PGA all the more appropriate.
On Wednesday, after taking an eight-stroke lead into the final round, Davis Bryant prevailed by four shots. And after leading by three after two rounds, Schalk emerged with a six-stroke victory.
In both cases, it continued an early-season trend of relative routs in the top junior championships in Colorado. Last week in the AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior, the boys margin of victory was six and the girls seven. And at last month’s girls state high school tournaments, the margins were seven (5A), six (3A) and, in the lone exception, one (4A).
On a windy final day at Eisenhower GC, Bryant shot a 1-over-par 73 to post a 6-under 210 total. The 18-year-old, who will play his college golf at Colorado State University beginning in the fall, made two birdies and three bogeys on Wednesday.
“Today was the hardest round I’ve played in a while,” Bryant said. “Knowing you have an eight-shot lead, and the last thing you want to do is blow the lead. It crept in my head a little last night.
“But I love this golf course. I play real well here. I understand the greens and know where to miss it and where not to miss it. I did a really good job of that over the three days.”
Cal McCoy of Highlands Ranch, a University of Denver-bound golfer, crept within three strokes of Bryant with three holes left on Wednesday and checked in at 214 overall after closing with a 69.
“I wanted to catch Davis, but I knew it was going to be very hard to do, especially with how well he can play,” McCoy said. “I just wanted to put some pressure on him and make him think a little more over some short putts and some drives. If I caught up to him, great. If I didn’t, I knew second is, I guess, good enough. Even though you want to win, it’s tough when you’re eight back with one round left.”
Jack Castiglia of Lakewood, who recently advanced to the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying, placed third at 221 after a final-round 73.
In the girls division, the 16-year-old Schalk (left) shot her second consecutive 77 to finish at 228. The two-time 3A state high school champion made 13 pars and five bogeys on Wednesday.
Caroline Jordaan of Lakewood, the 2015 Colorado Junior PGA Champion, was runner-up at 234 as she sank a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to edge out 2017 4A state high school champ Lauren Lehigh of Loveland. Jordaan posted a final-round 80 for a 234 total, while Lehigh placed third at 235 after a 79.
“I definitely tried to come in first, but I struggled on the front nine a little bit,” said Jordaan, who will play golf at DU starting in 2019. “I tried to keep it together on the back to get in the top two.”
In addition to the Colorado Junior PGA Championship titles being on the line on Wednesday, the top two boys finishers and the top two girls landed spots in the national Junior PGA Championship that will be held in Kentucky. The national girls tournament is set for July 9-12 at Kearney Hill Golf Links in Lexington and the boys for July 31-Aug. 3 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. Valhalla has hosted three PGA Championships and a Ryder Cup.
Bryant and McCoy gained the boys berths and Schalk and Jordaan the girls. Bryant finished 14th in the 2017 national Junior PGA, while McCoy and Schalk missed the cut in their respecive tournaments. Jordaan missed the cut on her first trip to the national Junior PGA, in 2015.
“I’m really excited,” she said. “I’m happy I ended up getting a spot because I didn’t play my best golf. I’m happy it worked out in the end.”
Said McCoy: “It feels pretty good” to go to a national championship. “Whenever you’re playing for a bigger tournament, there’s always added pressure. This year I want to do a little better, but the first stage was to get into it, and I’m feeling pretty good.”
Another Coloradan who has landed a spot in the national Junior PGA is Charlotte Hillary of Cherry Hills Village, who’s competing this week in the AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship in Park City, Utah.
For scores from the Colorado Junior PGA: BOYS, GIRLS
(Below is a photo of the new clubhouse at Eisenhower Golf Club.)
A year after Davis Bryant of Aurora and Hailey Schalk of Erie won the Colorado Junior PGA Championship, guess who’s on top in the boys and girls division of the 2018 tournament?
That would be Bryant and Schalk.
Bryant, the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado Boys Player of the Year in 2017, expanded his already-formidable lead in the first JGAC major of the year to eight strokes after Tuesday’s second round at Eisenhower Golf Club’s Blue Course at the Air Force Academy.
And Schalk, the JGAC Girls Player of the Year in 2017, grabbed the lead on Tuesday from Bryant’s little sister, Emma. Schalk will take a three-stroke advantage into Wedneday’s final round.
Davis Bryant (pictured) backed up his first-round 68 with a 3-under-par 69 on Tuesday to check in at 7-under 137 for two days. The Colorado State University-bound golfer made four birdies and one bogey on day 2.
University of Denver recruit Calvin McCoy of Highlands Ranch posted a 70 on Tuesday and holds second place at 145 after a five-birdie, three-bogey day. Kailer Rundiks of Denver and U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier Jack Castiglia of Lakewood share third place at 148, with Castiglia firing a 73 on Tuesday and Rundiks a 75.
In the girls division, Schalk shot a 5-over-par 77 on Tuesday, which left the two-time 3A girls state high school champion at 7-over 151. The 16-year-old made two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey on Tuesday.
Emma Bryant, the 5A girls state high school champ who made a hole-in-one on Monday, posted an 81 on Tuesday to leave herself three behind Schalk. Also at that 154 figure and tied for second is Caroline Jordaan of Lakewood, the 2015 Colorado Junior PGA girls champ, who carded a second-round 79. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland, the 2017 4A girls state high school winner, is in fourth place at 156 after a 77 on Tuesday.
The boys field was cut to the low 30 players and the girls to 16 heading into the final round.
In addition to the Colorado Junior PGA Championship titles being on the line, the top two boys finishers and the top two girls will earn spots in the national Junior PGA Championship that will be held in Kentucky. The national girls tournament is set for July 9-12 and the boys for July 31-Aug. 3.
]]>Siblings Davis and Emma Bryant of Aurora have made headlines for unique accomplishments on several occasions over the last year.
In 2017, it was for the two combining to capture the “Bryant Slam”, with Davis winning three Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado majors, and Emma earning the title in the one in which her brother didn’t compete.
Then last month, the two became the first siblings to sweep boys and girls Colorado state high school titles in the same season — in their case in the 5A classificiation.
And on Monday, the Bryants (left) struck again, albeit on a slightly lesser scale. With 60 boys and 30 girls competing at the Colorado Junior PGA Championship at Eisenhower Golf Club’s Blue Course at the Air Force Academy, Davis leads the boys tournament and Emma the girls after round 1 of the 54-hole event.
And to add to the storyline, Emma Bryant made her first hole-in-one during Monday’s round, holing a 9-iron from 134 yards on the third hole.
Davis Bryant, the JGAC Boys Player of the Year in 2017, took a five-shot lead on Monday in his title defense. The Colorado State University-bound golfer shot a 4-under-par 68 to open the tournament. He was 2 over par after five holes, but went 6 under for his last 13 holes and shot a 5-under 31 on his final nine (the front side on the Blue Course). Bryant finished the day with eight birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.
Notably, Davis birdied the third hole, the one sister Emma aced.
Kailer Rundicks of Denver opened with a 73 — highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 11th hole, immediately following a double bogey — and stands in second place. Lucas Howell of Colorado Springs and Barrett Jones of Eagle share third place at 74.
Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins, who won last week’s AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior in Westminster, started with a 77.
On the girls side, 15-year-old Emma Bryant (left) finished with a 1-over 73, good for a one-stroke lead. In addition to her ace, she carded two birdies and five bogeys.
Another reigning state high school champion, two-time 3A winner Hailey Schalk of Erie, is Emma Bryant’s closest pursuer, having posted a first-round 74. Schalk, the JGAC Girls Player of the Year in 2017 and the defending girls champion in this event, finished with three birdies and five bogeys in round 1. She was 1 under through 13 holes, but made four bogeys and one birdie during the stretch run.
The only other girls player who shot below 78 on Monday was Caroline Jordaan of Lakewood, who carded a 75 and holds third place. Jordaan, a Colorado Academy senior-to-be who has verbally committed to play her college golf at the University of Denver, made an eagle, a birdie, two bogeys and two double bogeys on Monday.
Both the boys and girls tournaments will continue through Wednesday.
In addition to the Colorado Junior PGA Championship titles being on the line, the top two boys finishers and the top two girls will earn spots in the national Junior PGA Championship that will be held in Kentucky. The national girls tournament is set for July 9-12 and the boys for July 31-Aug. 3.
]]>Next week, there will be an encore of sorts, limited primarily to Colorado residents. The first Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado major of 2018, the Colorado Junior PGA Championship, again will be hosted by Eisenhower Golf Club at the Blue Course at the Air Force Academy. The 54-hole event runs Monday through Wednesday (June 11-13).
Both of last year’s Colorado Junior PGA champions will be back to defend their titles — Davis Bryant of Aurora and Hailey Schalk of Erie, who both went on to win every major in which they played in 2017 and earned JGAC Player of the Year honors.
The boys tournament at Eisenhower could feature a rematch of a friendly rivalry that has blossomed over the last year — between Bryant and Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins, who on Thursday won the AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve.
The two have finished 1-2 in three prominent events over the last 12 months, with Bryant winning the Colorado Junior PGA and the 5A state high school meet, and Stewart the AJGA tournament this week. Bryant will play his college golf at Colorado State University starting this fall, while Stewart is planning to join the Oklahoma State squad in 2019.
Also in the boys field at Eisenhower are Jack Castiglia of Lakewood, who joined Bryant in advancing to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying; Walker Franklin of Broomfield, who finished fifth in the AJGA Irwin Colorado Junior; University of Denver-bound Cal McCoy of Highlands Ranch; 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur qualier TJ Shehee of Mead (and Bryant); and Kaden Ford of Colorado Springs, who played in the national Drive, Chip & Putt finals this year.
On the girls side, the field is also full of top players. In addition to Schalk, who won her second straight 3A state high school title last month, there’s 2017 4A state high school champ Lauren Lehigh of Loveland, who placed third in the recent AJGA event; 2015 Junior PGA winner Caroline Jordaan of Denver; reigning 5A girls high school champ Emma Bryant of Aurora; 2017 5A winner Amy Chitkoksoong of Aurora; and Kelsey Webster of Boulder, who will play at the University of Colorado beginning in the fall.
For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
The University of Wyoming, with two players in the top three individually, landed the team title at Eisenhower Golf Club at the Air Force Academy as 2015 champion Colorado State finished second and the University of Colorado third for the second straight year.
Wyoming ended up with a three-day total of 29-under-par 835, while CSU checked in at 840 and CU at 843.
Northern Colorado ended up seventh out of 19 teams at 863 and host Air Force in ninth at 870.
John Murdock, a product of Laramie High School in Wyoming, ran away with the individual title, winning by five. He went 67-65-70 for a 14-under-par 202 total.
Eight Coloradans or players from Colorado-based schools finished in the top 10, with German Amateur champion Max Oelfke of CSU placing second at 207. Yannik Paul of CU was third (208) and Buff teammate Daniel O’Loughlin fifth (209). Andrew Romano of UNC ended up seventh at 210, along with Coloradan Kyler Dunkle of Utah and Colton Yates of CSU, and Coby Welch of UNC and AJ Ott of CSU were 10th at 211.
Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational
Sept. 8-10, 2017 (final) at Eisenhower GC (Blue Course) at Air Force Academy
2. Colorado State 284-270-283–840
2. Max Oelfke 68-70-69–207
7. Colton Yates 70-68-72–210
10. AJ Ott 73-67-71–211
17. Jake Staiano 71-70-72–213
40. Parathakorn Suyasri 73-74-71–218
68. Cullen Plousha (individual only) 73-75-75–223
3. Colorado 284-281-278–843
3. Yannik Paul 67-71-70–208
5. Daniel O’Loughlin 70-69-70–209
17. Ross Macdonald 73-68-72–213
21. Spencer Painton 74-74-66–214
46. John Souza 74-73-72–219
29. Trevor Olkowski (individual only) 72-74-70–216
51. Cole Krantz (individual only) 74-74-72–220
79. Victor Bjorlow (individual only) 75-74-76–225
7. Northern Colorado 287-281-295–863
7. Andrew Romano 67-71-72–210
10. Coby Welch 70-63-78–211
40. Joshua Matz 72-73-73–218
91. Sam Marley 84-74-72–230
91. Marcus Tait 78-74-78–230
9. Air Force Academy 290-290-289–869
17. Tate Tatom 72-72-69–213
35. Dane Hankamer 70-72-75–217
46. Bryant Falconello 72-72-75–219
68. Anson Kuznik 76-77-70–223
106. Joshua Wu 78-74-84–236
29. Todd Millard (individual only) 72-71-73–216
35. Joseph Crisostomo (individual only) 75-68-74–217
74. Turner Howe (individual only) 76-76-72–224
87. Kyle Spencer (individual only) 76-78-73–227
88. Andy Germann (individual only) 77-74-78–229
Also
7. Coloradan Kyler Dunkle, Utah 71-70-69–210
13. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 74-69-69–212
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]]>The Rams shot a 6-under-par 282 to take a two-stroke advantage over the University of Colorado and Wyoming.
Northern Colorado holds sixth place at 287 in the 19-team, three-round tournament. The host Air Force Academy is eighth at 290.
Individually, Andrew Romano of UNC and Yannik Paul of CU are tied for the lead with Andy Hess of Utah State and John Murdock of Wyoming. Romano eagled the 610-yard fifth hole and added six birdies. He was 7 under par through 11 holes. Paul chalked up seven birdies.
Max Oelfke of CSU, the 2017 German Amateur champion, carded a 68 and is in fifth place.
The tourament will continue through Sunday.
For scores, CLICK HERE.
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