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.
 

Steve Irwin of Lakewood Country Club and Barry Erwin of Murphy Creek Golf Course, along with Alex Buecking of Columbine Country Club and Trent Isgrig of CommonGround Golf Course stayed in a share of the lead as they matched 6-under-par 66s to go into Sunday’s final round with 14-under 130 totals. Irwin and Buecking won the CGA Four-Ball title together in 2009.

Buecking and Isgrig have yet to make a bogey through 36 holes as they posted six birdies on Saturday. Irwin, a two-time champion, and Erwin have made two bogeys total to go alone with 16 birdies.

Meanwhile, Macdonald and Schmitz, from the Country Club at Castle Pines and Colorado Golf Club, respectively, carded the best round of the tournament so far — by two strokes — in following up a 69 with a 62. They trail the leaders by one after racking up 11 birdies best-ball on Saturday, posting 11 3s on their card.

Dallas Massey of South Suburban Golf Course and John Hayes of Commonground are the only other team at 135 or better as they hold fourth place at 132.

Sunday’s final round will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.

For interactive scores, CLICK HERE.
 

CGA Four-Ball Championship
At Par-72 Legacy Ridge GC in Westminster

Alex Buecking, Columbine CC / Trent R Isgrig, Commonground GC 64-66–130
Steven Irwin, Lakewood CC / Barry Erwin, Murphy Creek GC 64-66–130
Ross Macdonald, CC at Castle Pines / Ryan Schmitz, Colorado GC 69-62–131
Dallas Massey, South Suburban GC / John Hayes, Commonground GC 67-65–132
Jon Lindstrom, Lakewood CC / Richard Bradsby, Lakewood CC 70-66–136
Ben Sherlund, Colorado GC / Zach Fowlds, Colorado GC 66-70–136
Joel Perez, Colorado National GC / Ben Gibson, Fox Hollow at Lakewood 69-67–136
Brooks Ferring, Lakewood CC / Carey Sullivan, Lakewood CC 70-66–136
Wesley Martin, Commonground GC / Adam Muhleisen, City Park GC 70-67–137
Brian O’Hara, Lakewood CC / Curt Jenkins, Lakewood CC 72-65–137
Nick Nosewicz, Meadow Hills GC / Michael Bartley, Meadow Hills GC 70-67–137
Andy Dannewitz, The Club at Ravenna / Brian Richmeier, Meadow Hills GC 70-68–138
Dean Siskowski, Ptarmigan CC / Bill Severin, Ptarmigan CC 69-69–138
 Jared Bickling, Gypsum Creek GC / Keith Humerickhouse, Gypsum Creek 71-68–139
Gregory Pattison, Heritage at Westmoor / Eric Miller, Heritage at Westmoor 69-70–139
Garrett Mortimer, Boomerang Golf Links / Jake Jacobs, Flatirons GC 69-71–140
Tristan Sanders, Commonground GC / Tim Kratz, Commonground GC 69-71–140
Arnold Hoy, Colorado GC / Nicholas Engen, Colorado GC 68-72–140
Michael Love, Colorado GC / Brian McCloy, Colorado GC 72-70–142
Bryan Pieper, Boulder CC / Greg Stringari, Meridian GC 74-68–142
Chace Nathe, Collindale GC / Andrew Sinner, Collindale GC 75-67–142
Chris Roehrkasse, Colorado Springs CC / Alex Leonida, Ridge at Castle Pines North 73-70–143
Bob Chandler, Foothills GC / Gary Albrecht, Commonground GC 73-70–143
Thomas Roos, Spring Valley GC / Dennis Fields, Heritage at Westmoor 73-70–143
Jeff Woods, Meadow Hills GC / Kevin Walden, Meadow Hills GC 69-75–144
Eddie Lee, Broadlands GC / Teddy Sullivan, Green Valley Ranch GC 76-69–145
Andy Brooks, Commonground GC / Sam Solomon, Todd Creek GC 73-73–146
Chris Schwartz, Harmony Club / Pierce Trumper, Fort Collins CC 75-71–146
Dave Brown, Rmgcsa Golf League / Pat Bowe, Commonground GC 77-69–146
James Richardson, South Suburban GC / Justin Gold, South Suburban GC 73-73–146
Bret Ludwick, Olde Course at Loveland / Richard Schneider, Olde Course at Loveland 75-72–147
Jack Huffman, Eagle Ranch GC / Cory Nolan, Gypsum Creek GC 72-75–147
Mr Cole M Campbell, Lake Arbor GC / Kyle Shinkle, Lake Arbor GC 73-74–147
Bob Schuler, Colorado Avidgolfer Passport C / Jim LeMar, Meadows GC 70-77–147
Chris Didonato, Broadlands GC / Joe Larsen, Riverdale GC 74-74–148
Kevin Welch, Thorncreek GC / Chad Lounsbury, Adobe Creek National GC 74-74–148
Bradley Becker, Plum Creek GC / Steve Kass, Aurora Hills GC 73-75–148
Todd Beckman, Indian Peaks GC / Curt Confer, Indian Peaks GC 75-76–151
Jay Gomer, Indian Peaks GC / Troy Tomsick, Indian Peaks GC 76-75–151
Raphael Martorello, Cherry Creek CC / Shane Thomas, Colorado Avidgolfer Passport C 78-75–153
Jayson Holland, Springhill GC / Matt Conger, Saddle Rock GC 78-76–154
Dan Deppen, Broadlands GC / Aaron Spear, Broadlands GC 82-73–155
Scot Mortimer, Flatirons GC / Mike Bretzke, 78-77–155
Bob Cloud, Commonground GC / Jim Reynolds, Bear Creek GC 80-78–158
Phil Lane, Broadmoor GC / Scott A Blackmun, Broadmoor GC 79-82–161

Seiple (pictured), a two-time U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier who just completed a medical redshirt year at the University of Mississippi, beat 2015 CGA Junior Stroke Play winner Isaac Petersilie of Colorado Springs Country Club in the round of 32, and 2015 CGA Stroke Play champ Chris Korte of Lone Tree in the Sweet 16.

Overall on Wednesday, Seiple was 13 under par for 24 holes, including 8 under in his victory over Korte.

Nosewicz, meanwhile, defeated Michael Tait of Raccoon Creek Golf Course 3 and 1 on Wednesday morning and 2015 CGA Junior Player of the Year Coby Welch 5 and 4 on Wednesday afternoon. Nosewicz was 4 under par overall for the day.

Also making the quarterfinals with two wins on Wednesday were Glenn Workman of Desert Hawk at Pueblo West, Ryan Schmitz and Andrew Romano of Colorado Golf Club, Nathaniel Goddard of Ptarmigan Country Club, Jake Staiano of Glenmoor Country Club and Kyler Dunkle of the Club at Pradera.

Staiano, the stroke-play co-medalist this week, and Dunkle were Colorado State University teammates last season, though Dunkle has since left the team.

Korte and Petersilie were far from the only CGA champions to fall on Wednesday. Also exiting were stroke play co-medalist Steven Kupcho of Heritage at Westmoor (who lost to Romano), Jon Lindstrom of Lakewood Country Club (lost to Korte), Pierce Aichinger of Glenmoor Country Club (lost to Welch), Chris Thayer of Bear Creek Golf Club (lost to Josh Thomas of Green Valley Ranch Golf Club), Jimmy Makloski of Pueblo Country Club (lost to Schmitz) and Tristan Rohrbaugh (lost to Dunkle).

Like Wednesday, Thursday will feature two rounds of matches. The 36-hole final is scheduled for Friday.

For the match-play bracket, CLICK HERE.
 

116th CGA Match Play Championship
At Lone Tree GC

ROUND OF 32
  1. Nick Nosewicz, Meadow Hills GC def. 32. Michael P Tait, Raccoon Creek GC 3 and 1
  17. Coby Welch, Jgac Club def. 16. Pierce Aichinger, Glenmoor CC 1 up
  8. Joshua Seiple, Castle Pines GC def. 25. Isaac Petersilie, Colorado Springs CC 7 and 6
  9. Chris Korte, Lone Tree GC def. 41. Jon Lindstrom, Lakewood CC 3 and 2
  29. Josh Thomas, Green Valley Ranch GC def. 4. Christopher Thayer, Bear Creek GC 3 and 2
  45. Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. 52. Behrod Keshtavar, Flatirons GC 2 and 1
  28. Ryan Schmitz, Colorado GC def. 5. Jimmy Makloski, Pueblo CC 4 and 3
  44. Jake Kelley, Columbine CC def. 12. Pierce Trumper, Fort Collins CC 2 up
  34. Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. 2. Steven Kupcho, Heritage at Westmoor 5 and 4
  50. Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club def. 18. Kyler Smith, Rifle Creek GC 2 and 1
  7. Nathaniel Goddard, Ptarmigan CC def. 26. Billy Ramsey, Lone Tree Mens GC 6 and 5
  23. Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC def. 55. Eric Oneth, Colorado Golf Club 2 and 1
  3. Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC def. 35. Justin Allenback, Walking Stick GC 6 and 5
  19. Hayden Nicholaides, Family Sports GC def. 14. Drew Vance, Heritage at Westmoor 4 and 3
  6. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC def. 27. Josh Hill, Omni Interlocken Resort 2 up
  11. Kyler Dunkle, The Club @ Pradera def. 22. Trevor McKune, Pinehurst CC 5 and 4

ROUND OF 16
  1. Nick Nosewicz, Meadow Hills GC def. 17. Coby Welch, Jgac Club 5 and 4
  8. Joshua Seiple, Castle Pines GC def. 9. Chris Korte, Lone Tree GC 7 and 6
  45. Glenn Workman, Desert Hawk GC def. 29. Josh Thomas, Green Valley Ranch GC 4 and 3
  28. Ryan Schmitz, Colorado GC def. 44. Jake Kelley, Columbine CC 1 up
  34. Andrew Romano, Colorado GC def. 50. Clayton Crawford, Maroon Creek Club 19 holes
  7. Nathaniel Goddard, Ptarmigan CC def. 23. Connor Klein, Lone Tree GC 1 up
  3. Jake Staiano, Glenmoor CC def. 19. Hayden Nicholaides, Family Sports GC 2 and 1
  11. Kyler Dunkle, The Club @ Pradera def. 6. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Ironbridge GC 2 and 1