Wayne Wright of Aledo, Texas, seeded 12th in the match-play bracket, defeated 53rd-seeded Bradbury 5 and 4.
Bradbury (pictured) never led on Monday, falling 6 down after eight holes before winning two of the next three. Bradbury finished 5 over par for the 14 holes of the match, while Wright was 2 under.
The U.S. Senior Amateur is limited to players 55 and older.
Here are the stroke-play scores and positions of all the players with strong Colorado ties who competed in St. Louis:
48. Robin Bradbury of Superior 74-76–150 (Lost in R64)
Failed to Advance to Match Play
96. Gary Albrecht of Denver 78-77–155
150. Jim Reynolds of Denver 79-85–164
For all the results from the U.S. Senior Amateur, CLICK HERE.
The top 64 players, out of the original field of 156, advance to match play, which begins on Monday.
Bradbury (pictured) posted three birdies, six bogeys and one double bogey in Sunday’s round of 5-over-par 76. The 60-year-old checked in with a 36-hole total of 8-over-par 150, which left him 12 strokes behind medalist Tim Jackson of Germantown, Tenn.
The other two Coloradans competing in the U.S. Senior Amateur fell short of advancing to match play as Gary Albrecht of Denver placed 96th at 155 and Jim Reynolds of Denver was 150th at 164.
The U.S. Senior Amateur is limited to players 55 and older.
Here are the scores and positions of all the players with strong Colorado ties who are competing in St. Louis:
48. Robin Bradbury of Superior 74-76–150
Failed to Advance to Match Play
96. Gary Albrecht of Denver 78-77–155
150. Jim Reynolds of Denver 79-85–164
For all the scores from the U.S. Senior Amateur, CLICK HERE.
It took a while — six decades to be precise — but Gary Albrecht of Denver and Robin Bradbury of Superior scored USGA breakthroughs on Thursday.
The two Coloradans, both now 60 years old, had never had the good fortune of qualifying for a USGA championship before. But they crossed that off their bucket lists at Fox Hollow Golf Course by punching their tickets to the U.S. Senior Amateur.
“One of my goals has been to get to a USGA event, so it’s a big deal for me,” Bradbury said. “It took 60 years to get here … but better late than never. I’m very excited about it.”
Said Albrecht: “It’s amazing, awesome. I’ve never qualified for an event like this.”
In fact, both went so far as to call what they did Thursday the top golf accomplishment of their lifetimes.
“Without question,” said Albrecht, who competed in a national long-drive competition at the 1982 PGA Championship.
“Clearly,” added Bradbury (left), who posted top-four finishes in both the CGA Senior Match Play and Senior Amateur in 2015.
Albrecht and Bradbury joined John Hornbeck of Saratoga, Wyo., in earning the three available U.S. Senior Amateur spots from Thursday’s qualifying tournament. (The qualifiers are pictured above, from left: Hornbeck, Albrecht and Bradbury.)
On a day when no one in the starting field of 55 matched or broke par, Albrecht, Bradbury and Hornbeck shared medalist honors at 1-over-par 72 with Jim Reynolds of Denver.
Then after Bradbury and Hornbeck secured the first two national berths with pars on the second hole of a playoff, Albrecht rebounded from a double bogey on extra hole No. 2 to earn the final Senior Am spot with a routine par. Reynolds, who survived a double bogey on the second playoff hole after losing his tee shot in a hazard, three-putted for bogey from 70 feet on the third extra hole to end up the odd man out in the four-person playoff. His 8-foot par putt just slipped by the right edge of the cup.
“I thought he made his putt.” said Albrecht. “I was fortunate.”
That means Albrecht, Bradbury and Hornbeck, 58, will be headed in mid-September to Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, where the U.S. Senior Am will be played Sept. 17-22.
This marks the second time this summer that Hornbeck has qualified in Colorado — via a playoff — for a USGA championship. He played in the U.S. Senior Open last week, missing the cut. Thanks to bouncing back from a bogey-bogey start on Thursday, this year will mark his second U.S. Senior Amateur and his eighth USGA championship overall.
“I’m getting tired of having to keep playing in them,” Hornbeck (left) said of playoffs in Colorado-based qualifiers. “But this is really special” to advance to two USGA championships in the same year. “The Senior Open was fantastic. I wasn’t even nervous or anything playing around with those (PGA Tour Champions) guys.”
Albrecht, who serves on the CGA board of governors and plays much of his golf at Ballyneal and CGA-owned CommonGround, went 2 under par for his last 10 holes of regulation on Thursday.
Bradbury, meanwhile, needed just 22 putts in regulation, then one-putted the second playoff hole for par after a poor drive.
“All that really means is I missed a lot of greens,” he said of his 22-putt round. “Like (on the second extra hole), a one-putt. That’s what I was doing all day today. Twenty-two putts is pretty crazy, but whatever it takes.”
The U.S. Senior Amateur is limited to players 55 and older.
U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying
At Par-71 Fox Hollow GC (Canyon/Meadow) in Lakewood
QUALIFIED FOR U.S. SENIOR AM
John Hornbeck, Saratoga, Wyo. 36-36–72
Gary Albrecht, Denver, Colo. 38-34–72
Robin Bradbury, Superior, Colo. 36-36–72
ALTERNATES (IN ORDER)
Jim Reynolds, Denver, Colo. 35-37–72
Mark Barkley, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 34-39–73
DID NOT QUALIFY
Jake Jacobson, Castle Rock, Colo. 37-36–73
Robert Polk, Parker, Colo. 34-39–73
Harry Johnson, Edwards, Colo. 37-36–73
Guy Mertz, Longmont, Colo. 39-34–73
Charlie Post, Castle Rock, Colo. 37-36–73
Paul Edwards, Parker, Colo. 38-36–74
Kent Moore, Cherry Hills Village, Colo. 38-36–74
Ken Sady, Avon, Colo. 37-37–74
Jeffrey Page, Natick, Mass. 36-38–74
Pat Bowe, Denver, Colo. 38-37–75
Jerry Morgan, Amarillo, Texas 38-37–75
Mark Franz, Aurora, Colo. 38-37–75
Matt Hall, Grand Junction, Colo. 41-34–75
Sean Forey, Morrison, Colo. 38-38–76
Michael Larson, Boulder, Colo. 39-37–76
Laird Middleton, Centennial, Colo. 39-37–76
Kary Kaltenbacher, Englewood, Colo. 39-37–76
Rick George, Greenwood Village, Colo. 42-35–77
James English, Boulder, Colo. 40-37–77
Jim Lemar, Littleton, Colo. 38-39–77
Mark Breese, Lafayette, Colo. 37-40–77
Brian Harris, Denver, Colo. 37-40–77
Bill Bolgar, Parker, Colo. 42-36–78
David Brown, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 42-36–78
Bob Schuler, Denver, Colo. 42-36–78
Bruce Hayes, Golden, Colo. 39-39–78
Scott Sullivan, Grand Junction, Colo. 40-38–78
Grant Porter, Castle Pines, Colo. 36-42–78
Robert Cloud, Denver, Colo. 39-40–79
David Merritt, Castle Pines, Colo. 40-40–80
John Sostman, Denver, Colo. 38-42–80
Tim McAdam, Scottsdale, Ariz. 39-41–80
Randy Dolan, Englewood, Colo. 42-38–80
Jerry Lehrman, St. Louis Park, Minn. 44-37–81
Wes Heusel, Pueblo, Colo. 41-41–82
Thomas Grawe, Pine, Colo. 44-38–82
Pat Bucci, Littleton, Colo. 44-39–83
Greg Thiesen, Erie, Colo. 39-44–83
David Delich, Colorado Springs, Colo. 44-39–83
Jeff Reich, Chandler, Ariz. 42-41–83
Butch Carlson, Boulder, Colo. 40-43–83
Chris Pennels, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 40-43–83
Steve Cribari, La Quinta, Calif. 42-42–84
Stephen Barlow, Cherry Hills, Colo. 42-42–84
Randy Miller, Boulder, Colo. 44-45–89
Louis Gerig, Glenwood Springs, Colo. 49-41–90
Danny Wyrick, Arvada, Colo. 47-44–91
Gary Stark, Denver, Colo. 48-43–91
William Farmer, Dallas, Texas NS
John Olive, Colorado Springs, Colo. WD
David Derks, Arvada, Colo. WD