Joining the list of competitors for the Open — which will award $100,000 to the winner — via Thursday’s qualifier at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster were Jon Kuzava of Littleton (3-under-par 68), amateur Braden Bentley of Colorado Springs (69), University of Northern Colorado golfer Li Chen of Broomfield (70), Andy Connell of Denver (70), Chase Nathe of Windsor (70) and Ryan Schmitz of Greenwood Village (70).

Kuzava advanced to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying this year and Connell last year. Chen competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur.

Three players — Steve LeBrun of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., John Hurley of Tomball, Texas and David Muttitt of Albuquerque, N.M. — shared medalist honors on Thursday with 4-under-par 67s.

The final qualifying tournament for the Colorado Open will be Monday at Legacy Ridge. The Open itself is set for July 26-29 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.

For all the scores from Thursday, CLICK HERE.
 

The 103 teams that competed in this week’s CGA Mashie Championship included many friends and some blood relatives that paired up.

The championship flight title match on Wednesday featured that and more.

Besides the aforementioned, the finalists included two sets of college teammates, as well as roommates, sisters and even twins.

At the end of the day at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster, Colorado resident Delaney Elliott and Montana State teammate and roommate Kelly Hooper defeated Wyoming teammates, sisters and twins Kaylee and Megan Knadler, 2 and 1 to earn the title after three days of competition. (The champions are pictured, with Hooper at left.)

“It’s awesome. We had such a fun time out there,” said Hooper, who lives in Spokane, Wash., and was playing in the Mashie for the first time. “I just came down for a visit. We thought this would be a fun tournament to play in together. I came down last year and played in the (CWGA Stroke Play), but this is more like a team event.”

Elliott and Hooper birdied three of the first five holes — with the putts ranging from 15 to 30 feet — to take an early 3-up lead in the finals of the four-ball match play event.

“We had to make quite a few birdies at the beginning and they were making some birdies too,” said Elliott (left), a Monarch High School graduate who lives in Superior. “Every time we made one, we both had an opportunity. It was just whoever made the putt first.”

The MSU teammates, the top seeds this week, eventually led by as much as 4 up after Hooper two-putted for birdie on the par-5 11th hole.

“It was nice to get off to a good start,” Hooper said. “It was nice to be comfortable and have the lead.”

But the Knadlers, who are Phoenix residents, rallied, with Kaylee making a 7-foot birdie on 12 and Megan a 2-foot birdie on the tough 14th hole to cut the deficit to 2 down. But the teams halved the next three holes, with the long-hitting Hooper clinching the victory by making a 4-foot par putt on No. 17.

The Knadlers (below), who are living in Laramie over the summer, came to play in the Mashie in part because they love the weather in the area and they have friends and family living in Colorado.

“We also came out here to win,” Kaylee Knadler said. “And we took a salty second.

“We just didn’t make the putts where they needed to be made. We weren’t very clutch on the putts.”

Elliott and Hooper were a better-ball 4 under par for 17 holes on Wednesday, finishing with five birdies and a bogey. The Knadlers were 3 under.

Elliott and Hooper not only didn’t trail in Wednesday’s final, but that was true in all three of their matches at the Mashie, which was played at both Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville and Legacy Ridge.

The title was the first in a CGA/CWGA women’s championship for both Elliott and Hooper. Both competed in the CWGA Stroke Play last year, tying for fifth place. Megan Knadler shared second in that event.

Among those on hand to watch some of Wednesday’s action at Legacy Ridge were CGA co-president Joe McCleary and executive director Ed Mate.

Here are the winners of the Wednesday finals in all 13 flights — for both championship and consolation brackets in each case: 

CGA Women’s Mashie Championship
At Coal Creek GC in Louisville and Legacy Ridge GC in Westminster
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Delaney Elliott/Kelly Hooper def. Kaylee Knadler/Megan Knadler, 2 and 1
Consolation — Kathy Malpass/Katherine Moore-Lilly def. Lynn Zmistowski/Kim Sorkness, 3 and 1
FIRST FLIGHT FINALS
Championship –Jane Ford/Odette Kleidon def. Sally Lawrence/Vickie Brown, 1 up
Consolation — Louise Lyle/Sandra Young def. Kate Connor/Karlin Hayes, 5 and 3
SECOND FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Karen Chase/Kim Wells def. Karen Leuschel/Laura Wetzel, 2 up
Consolation — Stephanie Stewart/Deborah Tucker def. Mary Repetto/Carla Stearns, 4 and 3
THIRD FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Laurie Steenrod/Wendy Atkinson def. Debra Bolke/Cathy Neistat, 4 and 3
Consolation — Leanna Rosenow/Trish Swanson def. Sheila Schroeder/Anne Wesley, 4 and 3
FOURTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Deb Beckman/Polly Gleichenhaus def. Patti Hagemeyer/Linda Raunig, 4 and 3
Consolation — Janene Guzowski/Tracey Blake def. Diane Thompson/Regina Valis, 2 and 1
FIFTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Lori Gude/Paulette Jerpe def. Pam Cortez/Sue Knutson, 1 up
Consolation — Kathleen Borchlewicz/Anne Cadden def. Rebecca Howard/Nancy McGee, 19 holes
SIXTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Christy Tinsley/Kerri Williams def. Darlene Evans/Beckie Harkey, 1 up
Consolation — Judy Maillis/Lyndon Lieb def. Judy Bogard/Tracey Hess, 20 holes
SEVENTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship –Kathy Greenberg/Tanya Jones def. Marla Straw/Norma Bisdorf, 3 and 2
Consolation — Patty Rodgers/Cathy Skrine def. Claudia Svarstad/Rochelle Tisdale, 5 and 4
EIGHTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Joan Miller/Marie Schriefer def. Barbara Ingledue/Connie Garcia, 8 and 6
Consolation — Diane Storlie/Sharon Thiel def. Jan Place/Linda Schippers, 2 and 1
NINTH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Deborah Davis/Susan Healy def. Lynn Larson/Jill Nickerson, 2 and 1
Consolation — Maree Albright/Joyce Craig def. Cheryl Berning/Janie Koontz, 2 up
10TH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Sue Hahn/Tina Timm def. Carolyn Bachamp/Cindy Greule, 5 and 4
Consolation — Vera Garrett/Leslie Hiatt def. Andrea Dowdy/Alice Sampson, 3 and 1
11TH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Donna Casey/Wendy Saltarelli def. Bunny Ambrose/Sandra Schnitzer, 20 holes
Consolation — Laura Fischer/Cher Tuffy def. Jayne Graham/Bethany Atkins, 6 and 4
12TH FLIGHT FINALS
Championship — Tammy Hitchens/Margie Miller def. Margie Doss/Rose Rismanchi, 5 and 4
Consolation — Audrey McEwen/Susan Wagner def. Barb Goodfellow/Kay Boyle, 5 and 4

For all the results from Mashie, CLICK HERE.

Both of Tuesday’s semifinal matches in the CGA Women’s Mashie at Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville were very close.

The Knadlers, the second seeds from Phoenix, outlasted Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Janet Moore and Christie Austin, who have won the Mashie six times together, in 23 holes.

And Elliott and Hooper — the top seeds from Superior and Spokane, Wash., respectively — edged Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club and Holly Schaefer of Columbine Country Club, 1 up.

The two teams made up of college players will square off on Wednesday in the championship flight finals of the four-ball match play tournament. The two-course event will conclude at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

The Women’s Mashie featured a starting field of 103 two-person teams and 13 different divisions of competition.

For all the results from Mashie, CLICK HERE.

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.

It was a day of firsts at the CGA Four-Ball Championship on Sunday at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

Let’s count the ways:

— Jon Lindstrom and Richard Bradsby, both of Lakewood Country Club, became the first team to win consecutive CGA Four-Balls since Rick DeWitt and Mike Glaesel did the trick in 1998 and ’99.

— With a 23-under-par 193 total for three rounds, they set the tournament scoring record, relative to par, since the Four-Ball went to a 54-hole format in 2011.

— With the victory, Lindstrom became the first person to win the CGA Four-Ball at least four times. He had been tied for the most titles in the event, with Steve Irwin, another Lakewood CC member. Prior to the last two years, Lindstrom won in 2002 with Rick Larson and in 2012 with Dean Clapp.

Despite playing their last six holes in even-par on Sunday, Lindstrom and Bradsby prevailed by two strokes. They followed up their back-to-back rounds of 64 with a 7-under-par 65 on Sunday.

Through 54 holes, the partners never recorded a better-ball bogey. (They’re pictured above and below, with Lindstrom in the striped shirt.)

“I’m going to create a conflict for Lindstrom next year” for this event, runner-up Alex Buecking said with a smile on Sunday.

The victory at Legacy Ridge marked the 10th CGA championship for the 50-year-old Lindstrom, who has claimed four Four-Balls, three Mid-Amateurs, two Two-Mans (with Clapp) and one Mid-Amateur Match Play.

“I like winning CGA events, so that’s awesome,” Lindstrom said. “I like team events. There used to be the two-man event, and I won that a couple of times too. It’s a lot of fun playing with somebody (as a teammate).”

Meanwhile, the 49-year-old Bradsby owns two CGA titles, both in the Four-Ball. Lindstrom and Bradsby also finished second in the event, in 2014.

“It’s special absolutely” to win CGA state titles, Bradsby said. “It’s amazing.”

Bradsby provided the spark in Sunday’s final round by shooting a 4-under 32 on his own ball on the front nine, making six 3s on that side.

“Richard played great today,” Lindstrom said.

“And John was killing it the other two (days),” Bradsby added.

With Lindstrom throwing in a birdie, he and Bradsby posted a 5-under 31 on the front nine. Then Lindstrom drained an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 11 and Bradsby an 18-foot birdie on 12. Even with no more birdies after being 7 under through 12, it was good enough.

“Obviously the week was great,” Lindstrom said. “We did a good job of ham and egging it. There were three or four times one of us was out of the hole and the other guy ended up making birdie on that hole. It couldn’t have worked out better.”

As for their recent success in the Four-Ball, Lindstrom points to the two meshing as partners.

“We’re both members at Lakewood and we play a lot of golf together — both as opponents and partners,” he said. “We know each other’s games. We both go out and try to win it on our own, and if the other guy helps out, great. As opposed to putting pressure on, expecting the other guy to play well. We both do that really well, I think. Neither one of us gets pissed off if the other guy hits a bad shot.”

Claiming second place for the second time in the last three years on Sunday were Buecking, of Columbine Country Club, and Trent Isgrig of Cherry Hills Country Club. Buecking, who won the 2009 title with Irwin, also placed fourth last year, with Sean Crowley.

Buecking and Isgrig, who shot a tournament-low 62 in the first round, had sterling opportunities at birdies at holes 6, 7, 9 and 10 on Sunday, but didn’t convert any of them, costing themselves a chance at the title.

They closed with a 66 for a 195 total.

“We had a good time, but we’re a little disappointed,” Isgrig said. “The turning point was 6, 7, 9 and 10. We should have made at least two or three (birdies), and we didn’t make any of them. That was the difference, no doubt.”

Jake Staiano, the 2017 CGA Player of the Year, and Pierce Aichinger of Glenmoor Country Club fired an 8-under 64 on Sunday to tie for third place at 197. Staiano also placed third last year, with then-Colorado State University teammate Blake Cannon.

Also at 197 were Nick Nosewicz of Meadow Hills Golf Course and Chris Thayer of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve — winners of a CGA Match Play and two CGA Mid-Amateurs, respectively — and Alan Boyko of CommonGround Golf Course and Dean Siskowski of Collindale Golf Course. Nosewicz and Thayer carded a 66 on Sunday, and Boyko and Siskowski a 68.

(Pictured above, from left, are Nosewicz, Buecking and Thayer.)

In all, six teams out of 60 broke 200 for the 54-hole event. 

For all the scores from the CGA Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.

The defending champions, who still haven’t made a better-ball bogey through two rounds, fired their second straight 8-under-par 64 on Saturday, leaving them at 16-under 128 at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

Should Lindstrom, a three-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion, win on Sunday, he’ll become the first four-time CGA Four-Ball champ, breaking a tie with Steve Irwin. Lindstrom previously won in 2002, ’12 and last year. (The 2017 winners are pictured, with Lindstrom at left.)

The last players to win two straight CGA Four-Ball titles are Rick DeWitt and Mike Glaesel, who prevailed in both 1998 and ’99.

But two teams are just a stroke back of the leaders after Saturday’s second round, and another is three behind.

First-round leaders Alex Buecking of Columbine Country Club and Trent Isgrig of Cherry Hills Country Club backed up their Friday 62 with a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday, putting them at 15-under 129. They made six better-ball birdies and both bogeysed the 14th hole on Saturday.

Also at 129 are Alan Boyko of CommonGround Golf Course and Dean Siskowski of Collindale Golf Course, who shot the low round of day 2, a 9-under 63. With Siskowski posting a 66 on his own ball, the pair recorded nine better-ball birdies in round 2.

Chris Thayer of Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, winner of two CGA Mid-Ams, and Nick Nosewicz of Meadow Hills Golf Course, who claimed the 2015 CGA Match Play title, stand in fourth place at 131. They carded a second-round 64 despite a better-ball bogey on the par-3 eighth hole.

The 54-hole championship will conclude on Sunday.

For all the scores from the CGA Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.
 

Two years ago, the Columbine Country Club member teamed up with Jason Enloe to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. In 2009, he paired with Steve Irwin to win the CGA Four-Ball. And in 2016, he and Trent Isgrig, who now plays out of Cherry Hills Country Club, finished runner-up in that same CGA event.

And this week, it appears Buecking and Isgrig will make another run at the CGA Four-Ball title.

The pair (pictured, with Isgrig at left) bolted from the gate on Friday, shooting a 10-under-par 62 at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster in the opening round of the scratch better-ball event.

Buecking and Isgrig made an eagle (by Isgrig on the par-5 11th) and eight birdies on Friday to grab a two-stroke lead in the 54-hole event.

Defending champions Jon Lindstrom and Richard Bradsby of Lakewood Country Club went bogey-free with eight better-ball birdies to shoot a 64 and hold down second place. Lindstrom, a three-time winner of this event, shot a 7-under-par 65 on his own ball in round 1, while Bradsby posted a 69.

Another team of former champions sits in third place, at 7-under 65. Sam Marley and James Richardson of South Suburban Golf Course won this title on 2015. On Friday, Marley, a University of Northern Colorado golfer, carded a 66 on his own.

Tied at 66 are 2017 CGA Player of the Year Jake Staiano and Pierce Aichinger from Glenmoor Country Club, and Alan Boyko of CommonGround Golf Course and Dean Siskowski of Collindale Golf Course.

The championship will continue through Sunday.

For all the scores from the CGA Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.
 

So far this week, we’ve seen Colorado State University teammates Ellen Secor and Katrina Prendergast win a national title at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, and Bill Fowler hole a 60-foot birdie putt in a playoff to give he and partner Robert Polk the victory at the CGA Senior Four-Ball.

And now it’s time for the open-division CGA Four-Ball Championship, which will be contested Friday through Sunday (May 4-6) at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

A full field of 60 teams is scheduled to compete in the scatch Four-Ball over 54 holes, including defending champions Jon Lindstrom and Richard Bradsby of Lakewood Country Club. Lindstrom is one of two three-time winners of the CGA Four-Ball, along with fellow Lakewood CC member Steve Irwin. Lindstrom, a three-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion, has earned Four-Ball titles in 2002, 2012 and 2017.

Other former CGA Four-Ball champions in the field this weekend are Sam Marley and James Richardson of South Suburban Golf Course (2015), and Keith Humerickhouse of Glenwood Springs Golf Club and Jared Bickling of Gypsum Creek Golf Course (2014). Alex Buecking of Columbine Country Club won in 2009 and will team this year with Trent Isgrig of Cherry Hills Country Club.

Polk, of Colorado Golf Club, will try to win two CGA titles in a week as he’ll team with Jeff Chapman of Inverness Golf Club, who last year was paired with Andrew Tapia and lost in a playoff to Lindstrom and Bradsby.

Among the other teams in the field are Chris Thayer (a two-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion) and Nick Nosewicz (winner of the 2015 CGA Match Play); Jake Staiano (2017 CGA Player of the Year) and Pierce Aichinger (2015 Colorado Junior Match Play champion); Kyle Danford (two-time U.S. Amateur qualifier) and David Johnson, who qualified together for the 2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

For Friday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
 

For Davis Bryant of Aurora, Wednesday marked the continuation of something major, junior golf-wise, in 2017.

For Arielle Keating of Colorado Springs, it was a fitting end for her junior golf career in the state.

Bryant became the first boy to win two of the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s major championships by cruising to a seven-stroke victory in the Colorado Junior Amateur at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster.

“It’s awesome,” Bryant said of the accomplishment, which matches what Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch did on the girls side in 2016. “Winning the first major was awesome. The thought of trying to win them all was in the back of my mind, but I didn’t really set that goal for myself. If I think like that, I may have a tougher time.”

Meanwhile, Keating prevailed by six strokes for the girls title in her final junior tournament in the state before she moves with her family to Florida on Thursday.

“It’s kind of the icing on the cake to be able to leave Colorado saying I won my last tournament, then head down to Florida where hopefully good, exciting things will happen in golf,” said the 16-year-old, who is bound for Stuart, Fla. “I lived in the same house (in Colorado Springs) for 12 years. It’s really tough moving. I’m going to miss Colorado a lot. Everyone here has been so supportive.

“It’s kind of sad to go, but the competition in Florida is going to be good so I’m excited. I’ll be able to play year-around and really be able to get my game together.”

As with last month’s Colorado Junior PGA Championship, both winners on Wednesday are children of PGA professionals. Bryant is the son of Green Valley Ranch general manager Matt Bryant and Keating is the daughter of former Springs Ranch Golf Club teaching professional Brad Keating. Colorado Junior PGA girls winner Hailey Schalk is the daughter of Colorado National GM Matt Schalk.

Keating (left), who finished sixth in her age division at the 2016 Drive Chip & Putt national finals at Augusta National, shot a 6-over-par 78 on Wednesday, finishing with a birdie to post a 16-over 232 total. Keating has verbally committed to play her college golf at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton beginning in 2018. The team is coached by 1985 U.S. Women’s Open champion Kathy (Baker) Guadagnino.

“It meant a lot having my college coaches here and being able to play pretty well,” said Keating, who played her Colorado high school golf at Rampart, where she finished sixth at the 5A state tournament.

Julia Baroth of Denver, who will play at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs starting this fall, placed second at 238 after an 82 on Wednesday. And Caroline Jordaan of Denver, winner of the North American Junior Amateur in January, finished third at 240 after also closing with an 82.

Baroth was still within striking distance — trailing by four — until she had some major issues under a tree on the par-4 13th hole, whiffing twice before getting up an down for a double bogey.

“It was a tough course,” said Baroth, a 17-year-old graduate of Denver East. “I did what I could. It didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, but I’m really, really happy for Arielle and how she played. I wish I could have played better, but I’m proud of how I came out. I left a lot of shots on the course, but I did my best and it paid off.”

Bryant (left), an Eaglecrest High School senior-to-be who will play collegiately at Colorado State, won the Colorado Junior PGA by two last month at Eisenhower Golf Club. And on Wednesday, the 17-year-old made it 2-for-2 in JGAC majors this year by backing up the career-best-tying 65 he shot Tuesday with a 2-under-par 70 in Wednesday’s final round. That gave the two-time U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier an 8-under-par 208 total for three days.

Unfortunately, any talk of a potential Colorado junior grand slam will end before it picks up steam as Bryant will not compete in the third major of 2017, the Colorado Junior Match Play, because it conflicts with the national Junior PGA Championship he’s playing in starting July 31 near St. Louis.

“It sucks (there’s a conflict),” Bryant said. “It would be awesome if I could play in every tournament and take advantage of every opportunity that is out there. But I’m going to the Junior PGA because of what I did (at the Colorado Junior PGA), and that set up what I did here. I’m a little frustrated that I won’t be able to try to go three in a row, but two in a row is pretty good.”

Bryant racked up 11 birdies and just two bogeys over the final two rounds at Legacy Ridge, and won going away. He hit 45 greens in regulation — out of 54 — for the week.

“Just two bogeys in the last 36 holes in this tournament is awesome,” said Bryant, who has carded two rounds of 65 this JGAC season. “The only way people are going to catch you is if they’re making a bunch of birdies.

“The way that I’m hitting the ball right now is awesome. If you hit at least 14 greens in regulation, you’re going to have tons of chances for birdies. And if you hit good putts, they’re going to fall in.”

Barrett Jones (left) of Eagle fired a bogey-free 4-under-par 68 on Wednesday to earn runner-up honors at 1-under 215. 

“Davis is a sensational player,” said Jones, a senior-to-be at Eagle Valley High School who finished seventh in the 4A state tournament last year. “There’s no stopping him when he is playing well. When I’m playing well, I think I can compete with him. But I need to put together three good rounds like he did. I had one round (76 Tuesday) that was not as good.”

First-round leader Cole Krantz, a University of Colorado signee, placed third at 216 after carding a final-round 76. Krantz’s 18th-hole birdie was his first of the day.

For Colorado Junior Amateur scores, click on the following: BOYS, GIRLS.