The 54-hole event is set for Friday through Sunday (Sept. 28-30). An 84-man field is planned, and the top 40 players and ties after two rounds will advance to Sunday’s action.

Let’s run down some of the top entrants according to their past performance in the event:

— Defending champion Chris Thayer of Golden has two wins and two seconds at the Mid-Am in the last four years.

— Jon Lindstrom of Lakewood Country Club owns three titles (2008, ’15 and ’16) and finished third last year.

— Keith Humerickhouse of Glenwood Springs Golf Club won the Mid-Am four consecutive years (2010-13), becoming just the third player in history to captured the same CGA championship four times in a row.

— Steve Irwin of Lakewood CC has claimed the Mid-Am title twice (2003 and ’05) and contended on numerous other occasions.

— As for those who have yet to win the Mid-Am, Ryan Axlund of Valley Country Club has certainly been impressive, with five consecutive top-10s, including four top-5s. He placed third last year.

And those are by no means the only players who could be in the hunt for the championship come Sunday. There’s 2009 winner Michael Harrington, the 2014 CGA Player of the Year; former Colorado State University golfer Dominic Kieffer; Nick Nosewicz, who won the 2015 CGA Match Play at CommonGround; 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur qualifier Matt Evelyn; 2008 CGA Amateur champion Jonathan Marsico; and Jeff Chapman.

The list goes on and on.

All told, the winner of every CGA Mid-Am since 2007 — when Robert Polk prevailed — is in the field this weekend.

And this year’s tournament at CommonGround has a new twist. For the first time, players who are 40 and older will also be entered in a Super Mid-Amateur competition. And since the same tees will be used for everyone at CommonGround, those older players can still contend for the overall title.

For Friday’s tee times at CommonGrond, CLICK HERE.

But in the bigger picture, it shouldn’t be forgotten that the 2019 U.S. Mid-Am national championship will be held at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, with CGA-owned CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora serving as the second course for the stroke-play portion of the event. The dates for that championship are Sept. 14-19, 2019.

For the record, that will be just the second U.S. Mid-Am — which is limited to players 25 and older — ever conducted in Colorado, with Cherry Hills Country Club having hosted the 1983 championship.

As for this year, Charlotte will host the U.S. Mid Am Sept. 22-27. At Tuesday’s qualifying tournament, the 78 contestants will be vying for four spots in the national championship.

Several players who competed in the 2017 U.S. Mid-Am are in the Lone Tree field. That includes five-time national Mid-Am qualifier — and three-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion — Jon Lindstrom, who went to the match play round of 64 last year; 2017 Colorado-based qualifying medalist Ryan Axlund; Pete Mangold; and Walter Koelbel.

Also scheduled to play on Tuesday are 2012 CGA Match Play champion and 2018 Match Play semifinalist Brian Dorfman; 2014 and 2017 CGA Mid-Amateur winner Chris Thayer; four-time CGA Mid-Am champ Keith Humerickhouse; two-time U.S. Amateur qualifier Kyle Danford; 2014 CGA Les Fowler Player of the Year Michael Harrington; Denver City Amateur champion Jeff Chapman; and Alex Kephart.

For Tuesday’s pairings at Lone Tree, CLICK HERE.
 

When the Mid-Am — which is limited to players 25 and older — is held Friday through Sunday (Sept. 8-10) at Keystone Ranch Golf Course, it will mark the 13th time in the 31 years of the event that it’s been hosted by a course in the high country.

Just since 2011, the CGA Mid-Am has been contested at Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott (2011), Eagle Ranch Golf Club in Eagle (2012), River Valley Ranch Golf Club in Carbondale (2014) and now Keystone Ranch (pictured) for the first time.

A total of 84 players are scheduled to tee it up this weekend, with that field cut to the top 40 players and ties after two rounds of the 54-hole event. The field includes the winners of each of the last 10 Mid-Ams.

Jon Lindstrom of Lakewood Country Club will aim for his third consecutive championship and fourth overall, having won his first title in 2008. Keith Humerickhouse of Glenwood Springs Golf Club won four straight Mid-Ams from 2010-13. Other winners from the past decade participating again this year are Chris Thayer of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve (2014), 2014 CGA Player of the Year Michael Harrington of Garden of the Gods Club (2009) and Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club (2007).

Other former champions entered are Steve Irwin of Lakewood CC (2003 and ’05) and Chris Carlson of Highlands Ranch Golf Club (2004).

Add it up and the winners of 13 CGA Mid-Ams are aiming for more this weekend.

Joining them at Keystone Ranch will be 2015 CGA Match Play champion Nick Nosewicz of Meadow Hills Golf Course and two recent U.S. Mid-Amateur qualifiers (in addition to Lindstrom), Ryan Axlund of Valley Country Club and Pete Mangold of Columbine Country Club.

For Friday’s first-round tee times, CLICK HERE.

Weather-permitting, of course.

Snow prevented the Four-Ball from being held in early May, but it’s back on the schedule for Friday through Sunday (Oct. 7-9) at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

A total of 45 two-person teams are entered in the 54-hole scratch best-ball stroke-play event.

Seven past CGA Four-Ball champions are entered, but just one intact team of past winners: Keith Humerickhouse and Jared Bickling, the 2014 champs from Gypsum Creek Golf Course. Other former winners of the Four-Ball scheduled to compete are two-time champions Steve Irwin (teaming with Barry Erwin) and Jon Lindstrom (with Richard Bradsby), along with Alex Buecking (with Trent Isgrig), James Richardson (with Justin Gold), and Michael Love (with Brian McCloy).

In May, Buecking advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, with his national teammate Jason Enloe of Dallas.

Also entered at Legacy Ridge are 2015 CGA Match Play champion Nick Nosewicz (teaming with Michael Bartley), and Ben Sherlund and Zach Fowlds, who qualifed together for the 2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

For Friday’s tee times for the CGA Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.

The Coloradans improved by one stroke over their first-round total at the Country Club of Birmingham (Ala.), but missed the 36-hole team cut by three shots. For the first time this year, a 36-hole cut was instituted that reduced the field to the top 21 teams plus ties. Colorado ended up sharing 27th place out of the 52-team field.

After a 7-over-par 149 on Thursday, the three-player Colorado team posted a 15-over-par 299 total. That left the Coloradans 18 strokes behind 36-hole leader Connecticut. Michigan went on to win the title on Friday with a 4-under-par 422 total.

Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, who won his third CGA Mid-Amateur title on Sunday, shot a 3-over-par 74 on Thursday, while four-time CGA Mid-Am champ Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle and 2015 CGA Match Play winner Nick Nosewicz of Aurora matched 75s in round 2. On each day, the top two scores from each state’s three representatives counted toward its team total.

Lindstrom (pictured) became the top Colorado individual finisher at the last four State Teams, this time carding a 7-over-par 149 total, which left him in 49th place individually through two rounds. Humerickhouse (150) was 57th. Nosewicz was disqualified — but just for round 1 — after self-reporting signing for an incorrect score on Wednesday. His score counted on Thursday.

Lindstrom made one birdie — on his opening hole — and two bogeys and a double bogey on Thursday. Humerickhouse carded two birdies and six bogeys, and Nosewicz five bogeys and a closing-hole birdie.

Each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, fielded teams consisting of three in-state residents, none of which could be an active college golfer.

27. Colorado 150
Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield 75-74–149
Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle 75-75–150
Nick Nosewicz of Aurora DQ-75

For complete scoring from the USGA Men’s State Team, CLICK HERE.

The Coloradans improved by one stroke over their first-round total at the Country Club of Birmingham, but missed the 36-hole team cut by three shots. For the first time this year, a 36-hole cut was instituted that reduced the field to the top 21 teams plus ties. Colorado ended up sharing 27th place out of the 52-team field.

After a 7-over-par 149 on Thursday, the three-player Colorado team posted a 15-over-par 299 total. That left the Coloradans 18 strokes behind leader Connecticut.

Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, who won his third CGA Mid-Amateur title on Sunday, shot a 3-over-par 74 on Thursday, while four-time CGA Mid-Am champ Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle and 2015 CGA Match Play winner Nick Nosewicz of Aurora matched 75s in round 2. On each day, the top two scores from each state’s three representatives count toward its team total.

Lindstrom (pictured) became the top Colorado individual finisher at the last four State Teams, this time carding a 7-over-par 149 total, which left him in 49th place individually. Humerickhouse (150) was 57th. Nosewicz was disqualified — but just for round 1 — after self-reporting signing for an incorrect score on Wednesday. His score counted on Thursday.

Lindstrom made one birdie — on his opening hole — and two bogeys and a double bogey on Thursday. Humerickhouse carded two birdies and six bogeys, and Nosewicz five bogeys and a closing-hole birdie.

Each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, fielded teams consisting of three in-state residents, none of which can be an active college golfer.

27. Colorado 150
49. Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield 75-74–149
57. Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle 75-75–150
Nick Nosewicz of Aurora DQ-75

For complete scoring from the USGA Men’s State Team, CLICK HERE.
 

At 8-over-par 150, the Coloradans are tied for 26th place in the 52-team field for the biennial event. Both Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, winner on Sunday of his third CGA Mid-Amateur title, and four-time Mid-Am champion Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle posted 4-over-par 75s on Wednesday, leaving them tied for 59th place individually.

The third member of the Colorado squad, 2015 CGA Match Play champion Nick Nosewicz of Aurora, was disqualified for round 1 for signing for a score lower than he took. The player keeping Nosewicz’s scorecard marked him down for a bogey on a hole in which he made a double bogey. Nosewicz didn’t catch the error in the scoring area, but noticed it later and reported the problem to USGA officials, resulting in the DQ.

Though Nosewicz’s actual score of 74 didn’t count toward Colorado’s Wednesday total, his score can be used for both or either of the final two rounds of the 54-hole event. On each day, the top two scores from each state’s three representatives count toward its team total.

As it was, counting two 75s left Colorado 10 strokes behind team co-leaders Missouri, Connecticut, Ohio and Texas.

Humerickhouse, who went to the round of 16 at the 2013 U.S. Mid-Am at the Country Club of Birmingham, made a birdie, three bogeys and a double bogey in his first round ever at the USGA Men’s State team.

Lindstrom, representing Colorado in the event for the fifth consecutive time and for the sixth time overall, carded two birdies and six bogeys for the day.

The teams representing Colorado and the CGA have finished in the top half of the field in four of the last five USGA Men’s State Team Championships, including 22nd the last time the Men’s State Team was conducted, in 2014.

Each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, field teams consisting of three in-state residents, none of which can be an active college golfer.

26. Colorado 150
59. Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle 75
59. Jon Lindstrom of Broomfild 75
Nick Nosewicz of Aurora DQ

For complete scoring from the USGA Men’s State Team, CLICK HERE.

(The Colorado contingent is pictured, from left: non-playing captain Alex Crall from the CGA, Humerickhouse, Nosewicz and Lindstrom, along with a junior golfer from the Country Club of Birmingham.)

The 54-hole event for players 25 and older will run Friday through Sunday (Sept. 23-25).

Lindstrom will be seeking his third CGA Mid-Am title, having also won in 2008. He competed in the U.S. Mid-Amateur earlier this month and will be part of the Colorado squad for next week’s USGA Men’s State Team Championship in Birmingham, Ala.

In fact, all three members of that Colorado team will play at Saddle Rock. Keith Humerickhouse won a record-tying four straight CGA Mid-Ams starting in 2010, and Nick Nosewicz claimed the CGA Match Play title last year.

Joining Lindstrom and Humerickhouse as past champions in the field at Saddle Rock will be Chris Thayer (2014), Robert Polk (2007), Steve Irwin (2003 and ’05), Chris Carlson (2004) and Mike Glaesel (1998).

Also entered are Alex Kephart, who recently qualified for the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball; 2016 CGA Senior Match Play champ Jeff Oneth; and Robin Bradbury, who advanced to match play his month at the U.S. Senior Amateur.

The original 84-man field will be cut to the low 40 players and ties after 36 holes.

For Friday’s Mid-Amateur tee times, CLICK HERE.

Each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, field teams consisting of three in-state residents, none of which can be an active college golfer. Each round of the 54-hole event, the top two scores from each state’s representatives count toward its team total.

The three players that will comprise the Colorado team this year — Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, Nick Nosewicz of Aurora and Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle — have significatly varying experience at the event.

Lindstrom, the 2008 and ’15 CGA Mid-Amateur champion, will be representing the state in the event for the fifth consecutive time the State Team has been conducted, and for the sixth time overall. In fact, Lindstrom has been the top Colorado individual finisher at the last three State Teams.

Nosewicz, the 2015 CGA Match Play winner, was part of the 2014 Colorado squad at the State Team, along with Lindstrom and Steve Irwin.

Humerickhouse, winner of a record-tying four straight CGA Mid-Amateurs starting in 2010, will be a first-timer at the USGA Men’s State Team, but is no stranger to other USGA championships, having advanced as far as the round of 16 at the U.S. Mid-Amateur.

The Colorado team was selected by vote of the Tournament Committee, with candidates coming from the top performers on the 2015 and ’16 Player of the Year points lists. Chris Thayer of Denver was among the Coloradans invited, but couldn’t participate this year.

The Colorado team finished 22nd in 2014 — the last year the Men’s State Team was held — and 20th in 2012. Colorado’s best showing ever in the event was seventh place in 1997, the second year the championship was conducted.

The Men’s State Team will be the final USGA championship of 2016.
 

Perez made three birdies and 15 pars to post the only round in the 60s on a day when the wind picked up considerably in the afternoon.

Defending champion Tristan Rohrbaugh of Ironbridge Golf Club and fellow former state high school champion Kyler Dunkle matched 70s to share second place in the opening division going into Sunday’s final round. Dunkle, who recently transferred from Colorado State to Utah, birdied his first four holes of the tournament. Rohrbaugh made three straight birdies during the middle of his round.

Four players, including 2011 champ Keith Humerickhouse of Gypsum Creek Golf Course, fired even-par 72s and are tied for fourth place. Humerickhouse was joined at that figure by Mark Zbrzeznj of Eagle Vail Golf Club, Brad Delman of Eagle Ranch and Joey Haack of Ironbridge.

In the senior division, Gary Driber of the Ridge at Castle Pines North grabbed the lead with a 2-under-par 70, making an eagle and five birdies in the process.

Tom Musselman of Telluride Ski & Golf Club, the 2014 CGA Senior Match Play champion, also broke par Saturday, posting a 71. Three-time CGA Senior Player of the Year Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Jeffrey English of CommonGround Golf Course share third place at 73.

CGA Western Chapter Championship
At Par-72 Eagle Ranch Golf Club in Eagle
OPEN DIVISION
Joel Perez, Colorado National GC 34-35–69
Kyler Dunkle, Pradera, the Club at 37-33–70
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC 34-36–70
Brad Delman, Eagle Ranch GC 36-36–72
Joey Haack, Ironbridge GC 36-36–72
Keith Humerickhouse, Gypsum Creek GC 35-37–72
Mark Zbrzeznj, Eagle Vail GC 34-38–72
Bryan Rusin, Green Valley Ranch GC 36-37–73
Jared Bickling, Gypsum Creek GC 36-37–73
Michael Boylan, Highlands Ranch GC 35-38–73
Clint Miller, Meadow Hills GC 36-38–74
Gus Lundquist, Colorado GC 37-37–74
Barrett Jones, Eagle Ranch GC 38-37–75
Andrew Tapia, Ridge at Castle Pines North 36-40–76
Garrett Harrison, Redlands Mesa GC 36-40–76
Jeff Chapman, Inverness GC 38-38–76
Jeff Chaubet, Eagle Ranch GC 37-39–76
Michael Thomas, Hillcrest GC 38-38–76
Sean Thomas, Indian Tree GC 39-37–76
Zack Neiditz, Aspen GC 38-38–76
Chris Carlson, Highlands Ranch GC 37-40–77
Jay Wilson, Eagle Ranch GC 38-39–77
Joey Saad, Bookcliff CC 37-40–77
Cameron Connor, Boulder CC 39-39–78
Jarrod DeLoach, CommonGround GC 38-40–78
Kelly Gummelt, Englewood Men’s GC 38-40–78
Michael Wilhelm, CC of the Rockies 39-39–78
Richard Bradsby, Lakewood CC 39-39–78
Blake Anderson, Coal Creek GC 41-38–79
Cameron Barnhardt, Hillcrest GC 42-37–79
Cory Gillespie, Hillcrest GC 39-40–79
Michael Whalley, Lakewood CC 37-42–79
Rammi Hazzaa, Highland Hills GC 38-41–79
Dustin Jensen, CommonGround GC 43-37–80
John Luoma, Colorado GC 44-36–80
Josh Brox, Fossil Trace GC 40-40–80
Sam Scheer, Catamount Ranch & Club 38-42–80
Tony Komatz, Eagle Ranch GC 41-39–80
Andrew Cooper, Glenmoor CC 42-39–81
Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club 39-42–81
John Mitchell, Eagle Ranch GC 42-39–81
Nick Edwards, Green Valley Ranch GC 38-43–81
Will Matthews, Cherry Hills CC 43-38–81
Channing Lockaby, Gypsum Creek GC 41-41–82
Matt Porter, CommonGround GC 41-41–82
Michael Dana, Omni Interlocken Resort 41-41–82
Michael Kontny, Bridges 41-41–82
Michael Passananti, Collindale GC 40-42–82
Nathaniel Wood, Redlands Mesa GC 39-43–82
Cristoffer Rudosky, Conquistador GC 42-41–83
Kevin Denton, Frost Creek 41-42–83
Rick Ott, Lincoln Park GC 40-43–83
Sean Rea, Maroon Creek Club 42-41–83
Cam Allan, Lakewood CC 42-42–84
Peter Harriman, Aspen Glen Club 40-44–84
Austin John Duffy, South Suburban GC 38-47–85
David Oliver, CommonGround GC 41-44–85
Jim Horsley, Eagle Ranch GC 42-43–85
Kevin McGuire, Club at Cordillera 42-43–85
Henry Reed, Club at Cordillera 46-45–91
Michael Schroeder, Plum Creek GC 42-55–97
Chris Curran, Steamboat GC 45-57–102
David Lawien, Bridges 47-55–102
Jeremy Lederer, Aspen Glen Club WD
Sam Nichamin, Red Sky GC WD
 
SENIOR DIVISION (50+)
Gary Driber, Ridge at Castle Pines North 35-35–70
Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & GC 37-34–71
Jeffrey English, CommonGround GC 38-35–73
Robert Polk, Colorado GC 32-41–73
Mr. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC 36-38–74
Thomas Roos, Spring Valley GC 38-36–74
David Delich, Broadmoor GC 37-38–75
Owen Ellis, Flatirons GC 35-40–75
Brian Woody, Ridge at Castle Pines North 38-38–76
Bob Chandler, Foothills GC 36-41–77
Bruce Hogg, Patty Jewett GC 39-38–77
Grant Porter, CommonGround GC 37-40–77
Kirk Blaszyk, Glenwood Springs GC 38-39–77
Scott Crone, Pinehurst CC 39-38–77
Scott Patterson, Eagle Ranch GC 37-40–77
Bill Bolgar, Ridge at Castle Pines North 36-42–78
Robin Bradbury, Heritage at Westmoor 37-41–78
Chuck Delich, Eisenhower GC 38-41–79
Mike Portelance, Collindale GC 39-40–79
Scott Sullivan, Bookcliff CC 38-41–79
Stan Cole, Eagle Ranch GC 39-40–79
Rick Dominick, Eagle Ranch GC 40-40–80
Robert Santoski, Club at Cordillera 40-40–80
Doug Jones, Tiara Rado GC 39-42–81
Joe Morrill, Eagle Ranch GC 38-44–82
John Meredith, Indian Peaks GC 40-42–82
Rick George, Castle Pines GC 43-40–83
Todd Beckman, Indian Peaks GC 42-42–84
Walt Mathews, Eagle Ranch GC 45-41–86
Eric Pocius, Salida GC 44-46–90
Michael Wommack, Haymaker GC 44-46–90
David Williams, Tiara Rado GC 51-45–96
Gary Buck, Eagle Ranch GC 46-50–96
Scott Washam, CommonGround GC 53-43–96
Bobby Rennick, Ironbridge GC WD
Kevin Skruch, Highlands Ranch GC WD
Shane Unfred, Highland Meadows GC NS