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.
Fifty-five players will be in the field, with the top three finishers earning spots in the Senior Am, which will be contested Aug. 25-30 at Eugene Country Club in Oregon.
Of those 55, almost one-fifth have competed in the U.S. Senior Am just in the last five years.
The list includes Wyoming resident John Hornbeck, the 2018 CGA Senior Match Play champion who has played in three U.S. Senior Amateurs, going to the quarterfinals in 2016. Also, there’s three-time CGA Senior Player of the Year Robert Polk (round of 64 in 2017), Guy Mertz (2017), Robin Bradbury (round of 64 in 2016), Gary Albrecht (2016), Jim Reynolds (2016), Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore (2015), Thomas Roos (2015), and David Delich and Harry Johnson (both 2013 and ’14).
Also competing on Tuesday are Steve Ivan, winner of the 2017 CGA Senior Amateur and runner-up in the 2018 CGA Senior Match Play; Charlie Post, who played in the 2017 U.S. Senior Open; 2015 CGA Senior Amateur winner Bill Fowler; 2014 CGA Senior Match Play champ Tom Musselman and Sean Forey.
For Tuesday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
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.
John Elway figures to receive much of the attention from fans and the media on Monday at The Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, whether the Pro Football Hall of Famer qualifies for the U.S. Senior Open or not. More than 2,000 fans are expected to watch him try to qualify Monday at The Broadmoor.
Attention comes with the territory for Elway, who has an official role to play for this particular U.S. Senior Open even if he fails to earn a spot in the 156-man field. The Broncos general manager is the honorary chairman for this year’s Senior Open, which the East Course at The Broadmoor will host June 28-July 1.
On the golf course, Elway does have some game. He’s made the cut in the CoBank Colorado Open once, and has posted two top-30 finishes in the CoBank Colorado Senior Open. And he’ll be helped out on Monday by oilman and philanthropist George Solich, an Elway friend who grew up caddying at The Broadmoor. George Solich and brother Duffy have lent their names and support to the Solich Caddie & Leadership Academy. Elway is scheduled to tee off at 10:10 a.m. from No. 1 on the East Course.
But the bar will be set high on Monday for Elway and the other 83 competitors in the 18-hole qualifying tournament at the East Course as just two players from the site will advance to the U.S. Senior Open itself.
The field is full of formidable players. Ron Vlosich of Lakewood has qualified for five U.S. Senior Opens and Doug Rohrbaugh of Carbondale for three, and Rohrbaugh has also won a Colorado Senior Open and three Colorado PGA Professional Championships in recent years. Dale Smigeksy of Fort Collins and Charlie Post of Castle Rock played in the 2017 Senior Open.
On top of that, there’s several Colorado Golf Hall of Famers, in addition to Vlosich — Bill Loeffler (the 1986 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion), Kent Moore and John Olive, who’s competing at his home course. There’s 2017 Colorado PGA Professional Champion John Ogden of Cherry Hills Village; Mike Zaremba of Pueblo West, winner of both a Colorado Open and a Colorado Senior Open; Mike Northern of Colorado Springs, who finished fourth in the 2016 national Senior PGA Professional Championship; amateurs David Delich, a two-time U.S. Senior Open qualifier, and Robert Polk, who went to the 2007 Senior Open; 2016 U.S. Senior Open qualifier John Hornbeck of Wyoming; and Chris Johnson, who along with Rohrbaugh is competing in this week’s Senior PGA Championship.
Besides Colorado, states represented in Monday’s field including Arizona (6), Utah (5), Wyoming (3), Oklahoma (2), California (1), Florida (1), Montana (1), Ohio (1), Tennessee (1) and Texas (1).
Monday marks just the fourth time a U.S. Senior Open host course has also held a qualifying tournament leading up to the event. All told, 34 sites will host U.S. Senior Open qualifying events this spring.
Spectators are welcome for Monday’s qualifying tournament at The Broadmoor, and admission is free.
Ivan didn’t quite reach that level, but more than three decades later, he’s in position to add a nice CGA title of his own.
The golfer from Patty Jewett Golf Course in Colorado Springs, who led the CGA Senior Amateur after round 1, expanded his lead to five strokes Wednesday at Meridian Golf Club in Englewood.
Coincidentally, another one of Ivan’s CU teammates, Paul Lobato, is the PGA head professional at Meridian.
Ivan shot a 1-over-par 73 on Wednesday, giving him a 1-over 145 total going into Thursday’s final round. He made one birdies and two bogeys in round 2.
John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., who competed in the 2016 U.S. Senior Open after qualifying in Colorado, stands in second place at 150 after a second-round 76.
Three-time champion Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club shares third place at 151 with James Pullin of Collindale Golf Club. Pullin carded a 75 on Wednesday and Polk had a 76.
Seven back of Ivan and tied for fifth are Brian Harris of Denver Country Club, Shane Unfred of Highlands Meadows Golf Course and Victor Minovich of Foothills Golf Course. Harris matched Ivan’s 73, while Minovich posted a 75 and Unfred a 78.
The field was cut to the low 40 players and ties after Wednesday’s second round, with the 42 golfers at 161 or better advancing to Thursday. Among those who missed the cut by one was defending champion Kevin Ott of The Club at Rolling Hills.
The final threesome — Ivan, Hornbeck and Pullin — will tee off for Thursday’s final round at 9:57 a.m.
The CGA Senior Amateur is limited to player 51 and older. In an effort to eventually match the age criteria for the U.S. Senior Amateur, which is limited to players 55 and older, each year beginning in 2017 the eligibility for CGA senior events will rise one year. So next year, for instance, the minimum age will be 52. From 2021 and beyond, competitors must be at least 55.
For all the scores from the CGA Senior Amateur, CLICK HERE.
Ivan, a former University of Colorado golfer, made four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on the day, and overcame two 6s on his card.
Shane Unfred of Highland Meadows Golf Course, Scott Sullivan of Bookcliff Country Club and John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., share second place after opening with 74s. Hornbeck, who competed in the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, made three birdies on Tuesday, while Unfred and Sullivan managed two each.
Tied in fifth place at 75 were three-time champion Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bob Schuler of Inverness Golf Club. They each carded two birdies in the first round.
Meanwhile, Tuesday proved a struggle for numerous players who have won this championship. Defending champ Kevin Ott of The Club at Rolling Hills shot an 85, while David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club carded an 84, Bill Fowler of Rolling Hills an 83, Charlie Post of Colorado Golf Club an 82 and Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club and Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course a pair of 80s. And 2017 CGA Senior Match Play winner Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club opened with an 82.
The 54-hole championship, limited to players 51 and older, will continue through Thursday. The field will be cut to the low 40 players and ties after two rounds.
For all the scores from the CGA Senior Amateur, CLICK HERE.
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