The Buffs, shot a stellar 12-under-par round of 276 Monday afternoon and finished day 1 at 18-under-par 558. But Utah (563), Wyoming (565), Campbell (565) and Houston Baptist (565) are well within striking distance with 18 holes left.
A second CU team (574) is in sixth place, while Air Force (576) is 10th and Northern Colorado (580) 12th in the 19-team field.
Two CU players are in the top five individually after Monday’s two rounds. Freshman Morten Toft Hansen leads by one at 8-under-par 136 after posting scores of 71-65, with the 65 being bogey-free. And senior Ethan Freeman (pictured), a Colorado resident who went 69-69–138, shares fourth place.
Also in the top 10 are Air Force’s Sunwoo Choi (137, second), UNC’s Coby Welch (139, eighth), CU’s John Souza (139, eighth), Colorado State’s Logan Iverson (139, eighth) and Coloradan Tanner Jenson of Utah State (139, eighth).
Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational
Sept. 26-27, 2016 at Par-72 Colorado National GC in Erie
1. Colorado 282-276–558
1. Morten Toft Hansen 71-65–136
4. Ethan Freeman 69-69–138
23. Yannik Paul 74-68–142
47. Jeremy Paul 69-76–145
60. Spencer Painton 73-74–147
6. Colorado B 287-287–574
8. John Souza 70-69–139
47. Wilson Belk 73-72–145
54. Ryan Schmitz 73-73–146
60. Victor Bjorlow 74-73–147
94. Kade Crossland 71-83–154
10. Air Force Academy 291-285–576
2. Sunwoo Choi 69-68–137
54. Brenden Bone 76-70–146
60. Joshua Wu 73-74–147
60. Tate Tatom 73-74–147
84. Todd Millard 78-73–151
12. Northern Colorado 295-285–580
8. Coby Welch 70-69–139
37. Sam Marley 74-70–144
70. Andrew Romano 74-74–148
75. Joshua Matz 77-72–149
97. Li Chen 78-77–155
Also
8. Coloradan Tanner Jenson of Utah State 70-69–139
8. Logan Iverson of CSU 72-67–139
15. Coloradan Kyler Dunkle of Utah 67-73–140
29. Kyle Kidd of CSU 70-73–143
37. Coloradan Glenn Workman of Wyoming 68-76–144
37. Coloradan Tristan Rohrbaugh of Boise State 71-73–144
37. Joseph Crisostomo of Air Force 71-76–147
60. Alec Bone of CSU 71-76–147
82. Dane Hankamer of Air Force 76-74–150
87. Philip Lee of UNC 76-76–152
87. Turner Howe of Air Force 75-77–152
103. Anson Kuznik of Air Force 83-76–159
108. Jack Li of CU 81-NS
Coming out of the week, Cannon has two victories. Easy as that.
Four days after winning CSU’s own Ram Masters Invitational at Fort Collins Country Club, Cannon prevailed at the prestigious William H. Tucker in Albuquerque, N.M.
Cannon (pictured), a transfer from Arizona State, shot rounds of 71-69-70 for a 6-under-par 210 total. That was good for a two-stroke victory over San Diego State’s PJ Samiere. The University of Colorado’s Morten Toft Hansen placed sixth at 215, while CSU’s Jake Staiano was 10th at 217.
Team-wise, CSU finished second in the 16-school field, 10 strokes behind champion San Diego State. CU was fifth and Denver ninth.
William Tucker
Sept. 23-24, 2016 (final) in Albuquerque, N.M.
2. (out of 16 teams) Colorado State 287-294-292–873
1. Blake Cannon 71-69-70–210
10. Jake Staiano 71-74-72–217
14. Max Oelfke 72-77-71–220
42. Colton Yates 73-74-79–226
86. AJ Ott 76-81-82–239
5. Colorado 291-302-289–882
6. Morten Toft Hansen 73-73-69–215
19. Spencer Painton 71-76-74–221
31. Yannik Paul 73-79-72–224
34. Ethan Freeman 74-77-74–225
79. John Souza 80-76-80–236
9. Denver 298-292-305–895
22. Jake Kelley 73-73-76–222
28. Chris Korte 77-71-75–223
31. Eric Hagen 70-78-76–224
58. Petter Mkalsen 80-71-78–229
72. Isaac Petersilie 78-77-78–233
Also
87. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 78-78-85–241
Yannik (pictured), a German native who returned to the Buffs after a year away from college golf, shot back-to-back rounds of 5-under-par 66 to claim the individual title by five strokes on Tuesday.
The Buffs earned the team title by 27 strokes after carding a 17-under-par 551 total for 36 holes. Wyoming (578) placed second and Northern Colorado (589) third.
Yannik Paul, who stands No. 151 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, led the way for a CU team that placed five individuals in the top six at Ballyneal. Following Paul’s 132 total, CU’s Ethan Freeman was second at 137 and Buffs Spencer Painton and Morten Toft Hansen tied for third at 140 with Colorado resident Glenn Workman, who plays for Wyoming. Jeremy Paul came in sixth at 142. Painton, a former Colorado 5A state high school champion, was making his CU debut after transferring from Kansas.
The Ballyneal Challenge marks the first of eight NCAA Division I tournaments (five men’s and three women’s) that will be held in Colorado over the next five weeks.
Ballyneal Challenge
Sept. 6, 2016 (final) at Par-71 Ballyneal in Holyoke
Team Scores
1. Colorado 274-277–551
2. Wyoming 292-286–578
3. Northern Colorado 296-293–589
Individual Scores
1. Yannik Paul, CU 66-66–132
2. Ethan Freeman, CU 69-68–137
3. Morten Toft Hansen, CU 71-69–140
3. Spencer Painton, CU 70-70–140
3. Glenn Workman, Wyo. 70-70–140
6. Jeremy Paul, CU 69-73–142
7. Joshua Matz, UNC 72-71–143
8. Sam Marley, UNC 74-70–144 t
8. Andrew Romano, UNC 69-75–144
8. Ryan Wallen, Wyo. 73-71–144
11. John Murdock, Wyo. 72-73–145
12. Wilson Belk, CU 73-73–146
12. Arron Lickteig, Wyo, 75-71–146
14. John Souza, CU 74-73–147
15. Drew McCullough, Wyo. 74-74–148
15. Ryan Schmitz, CU 78-70–148
15. Coby Welch, UNC 73-75–148
18. Kade Crossland, CU 70-80–150
19. Dan Starzinski, Wyo. 74-78–152
20. Philip Lee, UNC 77-77–154 t
21. Victor Bjorlow, CU 78-77–155
21. Quintin Pope, Wyo. 78-77–155
23. Jack Li, CU 77-79–156
24. Li Chen, UNC 79-79–158
25. Cole Bundy, Wyo. 79-85–164
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