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Scott Radcliffe – Colorado Golf Archives https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf Tue, 24 May 2022 17:35:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cga-favicon-150x150.png Scott Radcliffe – Colorado Golf Archives https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf 32 32 Improbable Finish https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2018/05/02/improbable-finish/ Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2018/05/02/improbable-finish/

If the way the first CGA championship of 2018 ended is any indication, it could be one memorable season.

The 37th CGA Senior Four-Ball culminated in spectacular fashion on Wednesday at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada.

With his partner out of the hole and his two opponents less than half the distance from the cup, former CGA president Bill Fowler drained a 60-foot-plus birdie putt on the second hole of sudden death to give he and Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club their second Senior Four-Ball title in the last three years.

“It was probably one of the most exciting finishes of golf I’ve had in a long time,” Fowler said at the trophy presentation. “I’ll be celebrating that for a while.”

Fowler, from The Club at Rolling Hills, and Polk handed Guy Mertz and Tony Workman of The Fox Hill Club their second similar playoff loss in the CGA Senior Four-Ball. In 2012, Jerry Kidney and Daniel Dymerski defeated Mertz and Workman on the fifth hole of a playoff when Dymerski sank a 15-foot birdie putt.

“Did you see it bounce up when it hit the hole?” Mertz said of Fowler’s putt. “If he misses that (and it goes by quite a bit), we probably win with a 4. At worst we go on. That was twice as long as any putt I saw go in the whole tournament. It’s one of those turnarounds that you just … But that’s golf. It happens. But it’s happened to us twice now.”

Said Workman: “It was a hell of a putt.”

On a cold and sometimes rainy final day, Polk and Fowler shot the best score on Wednesday — a 4-under-par 68 — to rally from three strokes down going into the final round. With Polk getting up and down for birdie on the final hole of regulation, they finished with a winning total of 12-under-par 204. (The winners are pictured, with Fowler at right above and at left below.) 

It was the fourth CGA Senior Four-Ball title for Polk, who won with different partners in 2005 and ’07 before earning the trophy with Fowler in 2016. Only Bert Welz, with five, has won this tournament more, while Kidney has also captured four titles. Polk and Fowler also qualified for the first U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, played in 2015, and were one of the older twosomes in the field.

In the CGA Senior Four-Ball, Polk and Fowler have finished in the top three five of the last six years.

“I hope he has me back next year,” Fowler said with a smile. “I didn’t have my A game for the whole three days. He’s always looking on the free-agent market for somebody better.”

Said Polk, a three-time CGA Senior Player of the Year: “We are a good team. Bill is real steady. I tend to make some birdies, but I tend to knock it off the golf course every now and then. Bill covers me when I take leave.”

That includes the second hole of the playoff, the par-4 11th. There, teeing off before Fowler as usual, Polk put two tee shots out of bounds right leaving his partner on his own for the hole. Fowler, who turns 55 on Thursday, responded with a nice drive, but pulled his 8-iron approach a little, leaving his ball on the far left side of the green while the pin was on the right side. Mertz and Workman both had makeable birdie putts in the 25-foot range.

“I was tending the flag because I couldn’t do anything else,” said Polk, 62. “I had a real peaceful feeling. The greens were slow and they were hard to putt. We had so many that we thought we made that didn’t go in. But I’m sitting there holding the flag and going, ‘I think he’s going to make this.’ Halfway, I go, ‘Oh my!’ That sucker was right in the middle for a long time. It was a great putt.

“They had two (good looks) with putts, but after something like that the hole looks like a thimble.”

Both Workman and Mertz ended up two-putting for par.

As for Fowler’s thinking on his birdie putt:

“I was back there and I thought, ‘I’ve got nothing to lose. I really don’t,'” he said. “They’re up there for a two-putt par. I’ve got to just not three-putt. I wanted to get up there in the 3- or 4-foot range for a two-putt par. I just kept my head still, hit a really solid putt and hit my line. About halfway there, I said, ‘That’s on line, it’s not going to be very far away, it looks like it’s the right speed.’ As it got closer and closer and closer, I thought, ‘Man, that has a chance.’ Then all of a sudden, it was not on the green anymore. I just had this overwhelming feeling. I could not believe that I just did what I did.

“If you look at the scorecard, Robert played really well for three days and I played OK. It was really, really fun for me to contribute in that big way at the very end.”

In falling for the second time in a playoff in this event, Mertz and Workman (left, with Mertz in gray) carded scores of 66-68-70 and didn’t make a better-ball bogey in the tournament.

Tying for third place, one out of the playoff, were second-round leaders Mark Hirsch of Lone Tree Golf Club and Michael Davis of Meadow Hills Golf Course, and Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe of The Club at Rolling Hills. Forey and Radcliffe closed with a 70 and Davis and Hirsch with a 72.

Forey and Radcliffe, who won the CGA Senior Four-Ball together in 2003 — Forey also won with a different partner in 2008 — on Wednesday earned the super-senior division title, which is limited to partners who are both 62 or older. The two 65-year-olds lapped the field in that division, winning by six strokes.

“I’ve been out of action (on the state scene competitively) for quite a while, so it feels really good to me,” said Radcliffe, the president of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame. “Winning never gets old — anything — so I’m happy as heck. It’s renewed my interest in playing more golf.”

Said Forey: “We’ve won or tied for the super-seniors a few times. It’s always fun to win. But it’s always hard to come up one short (of the playoff for the overall title). Today was tough conditions and we just didn’t get it done.”

Finishing second among the super seniors were Dave Merritt and Bill Stevens of Meridian Golf Club, who shot a final-round 73.

For scores, click on the following: SENIORS, SUPER-SENIORS.

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One Day Left https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2018/05/01/one-day-left/ Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2018/05/01/one-day-left/ Mark Hirsch of Lone Tree Golf Club shot a 68 on his own ball for the second consecutive day, helping propel he and partner Michael Davis of Meadow Hills Golf Course into the lead going into Wednesday’s final round of the 37th CGA Senior Four-Ball Championship.

Hirsch and Davis posted a better-ball score of 5-under-par 67 on Tuesday at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, which gives them a one-stroke lead.

But eight opposing teams are within five strokes of the lead going into the final day, including three former champions in this event.

Hirsch and Davis made six better-ball birdies and one bogey in the second round, giving them an 11-under 133 total in the scratch four-ball event.

One back of the leaders are Guy Mertz and Tony Workman of The Fox Hill Club, who carded a 68 on Tuesday.

In third place, at 135, are 2003 champions Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe of The Club at Rolling Hills, who shot a second-round 70. For the second straight day, Forey contributed an eagle to the cause.

Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of Rolling Hills, the 2016 winners, are in fourth place, three out of the lead, after a 71 on Tuesday.

In the super-senior division, for players 62 and older, Forey and Radcliffe retained their three-stroke lead.

Bill Stevens and Dave Merritt of Meridian Golf Club hold down second place with a 138 total following their second-round 70. John Applegate and Keith Masters, the 2011 CGA Senior Four-Ball champs, are in third place at 139.

Wednesday’s round will conclude the 54-hole event, the first championship of the CGA season.

For scores, click on the following: SENIORS, SUPER-SENIORS.

 

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On Track https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2018/04/30/on-track-2/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2018/04/30/on-track-2/ Two pairs of former champions shot 7-under-par 65s and share the lead after Monday’s opening round of the CGA Senior Four-Ball, the Colorado Golf Association’s first championship of 2018.

Thirteen teams broke 70 in round 1 of the scratch better-ball competition at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, with 2016 champs Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills, and 2003 winners Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe, both also from Rolling Hills, sitting atop the leaderboard.

Polk also won the Senior Four-Ball title in 2005 and ’07, while Forey also won in 2008.

Polk and Fowler, a former CGA president, made a better-ball eagle, six birdies and a bogey on Monday. Polk carded a 67 on his own ball. (Polk and Fowler are pictured, with Polk at left.)

Radcliffe, the president of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, and Forey also recorded a better-ball eagle, six birdies and a bogey in round 1.

Sharing third place at 66 with two rounds remaining in the Senior Four-Ball are Guy Mertz and Tony Workman from The Fox Hill Club, and Mark Hirsch of Lone Tree Golf Club and Michael Davis of Meadow Hills Golf Course. Hirsch posted a 68 on his own ball and Mertz a 70.

Defending champions Doug Moore and Raymond Kelley of Lone Tree Golf Club opened with a better-ball 73.

In the super-senior division, for players 62 and older, Forey and Radcliffe’s 65 is good for a three-stroke advantage over Bill Stevens and Dave Merritt of Meridian Golf Club.

The CGA Senior Four-Ball will continue through Wednesday.

For scores, click on the following: SENIORS, SUPER-SENIORS.

 

 

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All for One and One for All https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2018/03/03/all-for-one-and-one-for-all/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2018/03/03/all-for-one-and-one-for-all/

The transition from what was long known as the CWGA Annual Meeting to what is now named the CGA Women’s Annual Meeting appeared seamless on Saturday at the Hilton Denver Inverness.

To be sure, there were some questions from attendees about how specific things will work now that the CGA and CWGA are one unified organization.

But, generally speaking, longtime CGA executive director Ed Mate seemed to sum up the mood of the day when he noted, “We’re just better together. It’s that simple.”

Saturday’s Women’s Annual Meeting featured many of the mainstays from years past — there were golf worshops, a silent auction to benefit the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado, awards presentations, brunch and plenty of socializing among the 175 attendees, which represented about 90 clubs from around the state.

But the one thing that veered from the normal was a panel discussion featuring CGA co-presidents Juliet Miner and Joe McCleary, with Mate asking questions. (Pictured above are, from left, McCleary, Mate and Miner.) One of those queries was about the integration of the CGA and the CWGA, which became official as of Jan. 1. It’s part of a nationwide effort by the USGA to streamline its relationship with state and regional golf associations by partnering with just one full-service Allied Golf Association in each state or region. 

Subsequently, the board of directors of the two associations have formed into one leadership team — in fact it held a quarterly meeting just after the Women’s Annual Meeting. McCleary, the CGA president for the past two years, and Miner, who  served as the CWGA president for a similar time, are co-presidents of the CGA for 2018. And the staff of the associations have also merged, based out of the current CGA offices in Greenwood Village.

“We love to do course rating, we love to run tournaments, we love to run USGA qualifiers, we love to work with (members),” Miner told the audience at the Women’s Annual Meeting. “It was only obvious to our membership that this (unification) was a good thing because now we’re bigger, better, stronger, richer — and we have lots of staff. If you talk to our staff, each and every one of them loves the synergy of being in that office together. … This is not just to make the best of something that the USGA decided was a good idea for golf, but to make it the best for golf in Colorado, and to be a beacon for golf in the United States of America.”

McCleary feels similary after going through a unification process that lasted more than two years.

“From the beginning I said, ‘Let’s do what’s best for golf and golfers in the state of Colorado,” he told the attendees. “We needed to come together as one organization representing both men and women (in order) to lay the groundwork for the future. Things are changing. It’s incredibly important to do what we’ve done. I think it’s paid dividends and it will pay significant dividends in the future.”

Laura Robinson, former CWGA executive director and current managing director of membership and integration for the CGA, organized Saturday’s meeting and liked the way the panel discussion went.

“I hope the women here who heard Joe, Juliet and Ed talk gained a sense of confidence that this (integration) is really good for women’s golf,” Robinson said.

One way that the inification paid off tangibly was evident on Saturday. Last year, the silent auction at the CWGA Annual Meeting raised slightly under $7,000 for junior golf. This year, more than double that total — $15,365 to be exact — was raised for the cause (left). With increased resources being brought to bear with the merged organizations, close to 100 items were available for auction, and a nearly two-week-long online element was added this year, yielding $7,570 of the $15,365 total.

All in all, Miner saw this year’s Annual Meeting as a valuable tool in more ways than one.

“I think the meeting went as successfully as it has been for the last number of years,” she said. “The difference is that we had all of the (pre-existing) CGA board here, which is comprised of mostly men. They’re all here and they’re seeing what we do. They get to see our product — which before they’d only heard about — up close.”

Saddle Rock WGA Named Women’s Club of the Year: For the second straight year, a Women’s Club of the Year was recognized at the Annual Meeting, and this year the honor went to members of the Saddle Rock Women’s Golf Association (left).

The award is presented to a club that has demonstrated a commitment to golf or their community through innovative programs such as fundraising, programs or competitions.

Saddle Rock WGA stood out in part thanks to a tweak of the traditional member-guest tournament format that led to additional fundraising for a good cause. The club played a “Cha-Cha-Cha for Charity” and members were able to invite multiple guests, which increased participation significantly. That resulted in a donation of more than $1,100 to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Additionally, to support the teaching and development of junior golf programs in the community, money was raised for the Paul McMullen Scholarship Fund. Also, Saddle Rock has long provided volunteers for the annual Grandview High School girls golf invitational, running shuttles, registration, check-in and scoring.

The Saddle Rock WGA has celebrated 20 years as an association, with 10 of its original members still actively participating in league play.

Other nominees for the Women’s Club of the Year were:

— Aurora Hills 9-Hole Women’s Golf Association
— Kissing Camels Ladies Golf Association
— Pinery Ladies Golf Association
— Red Sky Ranch
— Riverdale Women’s Golf Association

Last year’s co-Clubs of the Year were from Patty Jewett and Fitzsimons.

Miner Honored as Volunteer of the Year: Juliet Miner has overseen much in her two  years as president of the CWGA and now as co-president of the CGA. There was the hiring of a new CWGA executive director. There was the CWGA celebrating the centennial of its founding. There was the CWGA joining forces with the CGA in establishing a single USGA-affiliated golf association in Colorado.

On Saturday, for all Miner has done for the CWGA, she was named the Volunteer of the Year. (She’s pictured speaking to attendees.)

(FYI: A feature story on Miner and her accomplishments will be published later this month on the coloradogolf.org and coloradowomensgolf.org websites.)

Players of the Year for 2017: The CWGA Players of the Year — and the winner of a related award — were announced last fall, but the three honorees were publicly recognized on Saturday.

Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster, the CWGA’s Player of the Year the previous three seasons, was given the President’s Award, the CWGA’s highest honor. Mary Weinsten of Highlands Ranch earned the Player of the Year honor. And Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton won the Senior Player of the Year Award for the eighth time in nine years. Eaton, now an Arizona resident, was likewise named the Arizona Women’s Golf Association Senior POY in 2017, earning that honor for the sixth time.

Kupcho and Weinstein are in the midst of their college seasons — Kupcho at Wake Forest and Weinstein at the University of Denver — and were unable to attend Saturday’s festivities. But Eaton (left) traveled from Arizona for the event.

For information on the 2017 accomplishments of the three players, CLICK HERE.

In Short: A $7,000 check — from money raised at the 2017 CWGA Annual Meeting, was presented Saturday to Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Alan Abrams, president of the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado. … Besides CGA co-presidents Juliet Miner and Joe McCleary and executive director Ed Mate, among those in attendance Saturday were the CGA volunteer board of directors, Colorado PGA executive director Eddie Ainsworth and Colorado Golf Hall of Fame president Scott Radcliffe and executive director Jennifer Lyons. The CWGA is receiving a Distinguished Service Award from the Golf Hall of Fame in May. … Among the announcements to attendees on Saturday was a reminder that the Girls Junior America’s Cup, a tournament featuring many of the top female junior golfers from the western U.S., along with Canada and Mexico, will be played in Colorado for the first time in 18 years. The event is set for July 25-27 at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen. … Recognized Saturday for its fundraising was the Raccoon Creek Ladies 9-Hole Group, whose 2017 tournament to benefit the Evans Scholarship for caddies led to a $1,200 donation. … Among the former CWGA board members — and current CGA board members — who have accepted chairperson duties for CGA committees are Laurie Steenrod (Course Rating Committee) and Phyllis Jensen (Tournament Site Selection Committee). … Miner said CGA Women’s Annual Meetings will continue into the future “as long as you (attendees) keep coming.”
 

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2 in a Row? https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2016/09/04/2-in-a-row/ Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2016/09/04/2-in-a-row/ Though members of The Club at Rolling Hills in Golden make up less than 10 percent of the 84-man field, it probably wouldn’t be wise to bet against one of them winning the 45th CGA Senior Amateur this coming week.

After all, with the venue’s very challenging greens, course knowledge could play a large role in determining who is handed the trophy come Thursday. And considering two members who are CGA Senior Amateur champions are entered, the Rolling Hills contingent definitely should not be overlooked at the 54-hole championship, which will start on Tuesday.

Former CGA president Bill Fowler (pictured), who’s part of that contingent, will be looking to parlay his home-course advantage into a second straight Senior Amateur title after having prevailed at Colorado Golf Club last year. Among the other entrants from Rolling Hills are Scott Radcliffe, winner of the 2010 CGA Senior Amateur and the 2004 CGA Senior Match Play; and Sean Forey, the 2010 CGA Senior Player of the Year and recent runner-up in the CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play.

Joining Fowler and Radcliffe among the past champions entered are Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore (2014), winner of the 2016 CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play; Harry Johnson (2013); David Delich (2012); and Robert Polk (2005, ’07 and ’09). Other winners of CGA senior individual titles who will compete at Rolling Hills include Tom Musselman, Ray Makloski, Guy Mertz and Jeff Oneth, who won the 2016 CGA Senior Match Play. Robin Bradbury, who last month qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur and was low senior amateur in the Rocky Mountain Open, is also entered.

The field will be cut to the low 40 players and ties after two rounds.

Worth noting: Until this year, the CGA Senior Amateur was known as the CGA Senior Stroke Play.

For Tuesday’s first-round pairings, CLICK HERE.

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Start of CGA Season Delayed https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2016/04/28/start-of-cga-season-delayed/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2016/04/28/start-of-cga-season-delayed/ The first CGA championship of 2016 was scheduled for this weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans.

With cold and rain and snow forecast for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the CGA called off the Four-Ball Championship that was set for Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster those three days.

The association’s tournament committee is exploring the possibility of rescheduling the championship in the late summer or early fall, and will make a determination shortly.

(Updated April 29) Also called off this weekend due to the weather were the inaugural Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado tournaments, scheduled for Pueblo Country Club and Elmwood Golf Course in Pueblo. This marks the second time this spring that the start of the first JGAC season has been delayed by the weather.

Now the first JGAC events are scheduled for May 14-15 at Todd Creek Golf Course in Thornton.

(Updated May 2) Meanwhile, the CGA Senior Four-Ball, originally set for Monday through Wednesday (May 2-4) at Black Bear Golf Club in Parker, is still on, though the event is now shortened to 36 holes, all to be played on Wednesday.

Fifty-eight two-man teams are signed up for the scratch better-ball event at Black Bear.

Bob Beiersdorf of the Ridge at Castle Pines North and Rick Kelly of Foothills Golf Course are scheduled to defend the Senior Four-Ball title that they won by three strokes last year at Todd Creek Golf Club.

Also in the field at Black Bear are 2014 champions David Delich of The Broadmoor and Bruce Hogg of Patty Jewett. Delich was the CGA Senior Player of the Year in 2015 after winning the CGA Senior Match Play and qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open.

Other former champs entered are Kelly Crone and Larry Netherton (2009 and ’13), John Applegate (2011, playing this year with Jim LeMar), Sean Forey and Scott Radcliffe (2003; Forey also won in 2008), and Robert Polk (2005 and ’07, playing with 2015 CGA Senior Stroke Play champ Bill Fowler).

For the CGA Senior Four-Ball pairings, CLICK HERE.
 

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Just Being Neighborly https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2015/05/03/just-being-neighborly/ Sun, 03 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2015/05/03/just-being-neighborly/ Rick Kelly and Bob Beiersdorf were born within a couple of weeks of one another in 1964 and they used to be longtime neighbors, so it seems only fitting that they should share their biggest accomplishment in golf.

On Sunday, they did just that by teaming up to win the CGA Senior Four-Ball Championship at Todd Creek Golf Club in Thornton.

Kelly, who plays out of Heritage at Westmoor, and Beiersdorf, from the Ridge at Castle Pines North, came from two down in the final round to claim the title by three strokes.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time,” Beiersdorf said. “Rick and I turned 50 last year within a couple weeks of each together. We were also neighbors out in Golden for many years. So it’s a really nice opportunity for the two of us to team up. We did it last year and didn’t quite get it done,” but we did this year.

Kelly and Beiersdorf (above, with Beiersdorf in blue) shot back-to-back 5-under-par 67s on the weekend for their comeback victory. They posted a 9-under-par 207 total.

 “This means a lot,” said Kelly, an eight-time club champion at Fox Hollow. “We’re really happy to have this out of the way two years into (their senior golf status). We’ve got our first CGA championship and we’re really proud of that.”

Doug Moore and Raymond Kelley of Lone Tree Golf Club took second place on Sunday after closing with a 68 for a 210 total.

The two teams that tied for third place — Scott Radcliffe and Sean Forey, and Robert Sherrill and Gary Keogh — shared the title in the super-senior division for players 60 and older, each finishing at 5-under 211. Radcliffe and Forey won the Senior Four-Ball together in 2003.

Kelly and Beiersdorf placed 14th last year in their first go-around at the CGA Senior Four-Ball. But this time around, there was no one better. And Beiersdorf was quick to give credit to Kelly, who racked up six birdies on his own ball Sunday.

“Rick was phenomenal on Day 3,” Beiersdorf said. “It was fun to watch the quality of golf that was being played there. I had the luxury of being his teammate, especially on Day 3. It was really great golf on his behalf.”

Said Kelly: “We ham and egged it, as they say. We caught fire yesterday and started playing some real golf.”

Indeed, the partners played their last 34 holes in 11 under par.

For the story on the open-division CGA Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.

 

CGA Senior Four-Ball Championship
At Par-72 Todd Creek GC in Thornton

Bob Beiersdorf,Ridge at Castle Pines North/Rick Kelly,Heritage at Westmoor 73-67-67–207
Doug Moore,Lone Tree GC/Raymond Kelley,Lone Tree GC 70-72-68–210
Scott Radcliffe,Club at Rolling Hills/Sean Forey,Bear Creek GC 70-72-69–211
Robert Sherrill,Columbine CC/Gary Keogh,Columbine CC 67-71-73–211
Kelly Crone,Highlands Ranch GC/Larry Netherton,Highlands Ranch GC 73-68-71–212
Bruce Hogg,Patty Jewett GC/David Delich,Broadmoor GC 70-72-71–213
Paul K Edwards,Meridian GC/Mr. Robert F West,Cherry Creek CC 66-74-73–213
Mike Lohse,West Woods GC/Len Mize,West Woods GC 70-71-72–213
Owen Ellis,Flatirons GC/Robin Bradbury,Heritage at Westmoor 71-73-69–213
Thomas Roos,Spring Valley GC/Dennis Fields,Heritage at Westmoor 70-74-70–214
Brent Timm,Pinery CC/Glynn Hopkins,Pinery CC 72-74-69–215
Tony Workman,Ptarmigan CC/Guy Mertz,Fox Hill CC 70-69-77–216
Bill Bolgar,Ridge at Castle Pines North/Jeffrey English,Colo Avidgolfer Passport 72-74-70–216
Mike Larson,Boulder CC/Frank Wilkinson,Lincoln Park GC 72-71-73–216
Jim LeMar,Meadows GC/Scott Crone,Pinehurst CC 71-71-74–216
Mark Donahue,Cherry Hills CC/Bill Woodward,Cherry Hills CC 77-68-71–216
Robert Burke,Twin Peaks GC/John Sostman,Meadows GC 70-71-75–216
Pat Bowe,Commonground GC/Dave Brown,RMGCSA Golf League 71-71-75–217
Brian Harris,Denver CC/Daniel Dymerski,Columbine CC 71-72-74–217
Bradley Becker,Plum Creek G & CC/Steve Kass,Meadow Hills GC 72-73-72–217
David Liberg,Ridge at Castle Pines North/Mark Hirsch,Lone Tree GC 72-73-72–217
Kary Kaltenbacher,Glenmoor CC/Rod Walters,Heritage at Westmoor 72-73-73–218
Ken Sady,Eagle Ranch GC/Mr. Harry Johnson,Eagle Ranch GC 74-72-72–218
John Applegate,Meadow Hills GC/Bob Chandler,Heritage at Westmoor 70-70-78–218
Lance Balthaser,Englewood Men’s GC/Rob McLelland,Canongate Colorado 73-70-75–218
Randy Gaddis,Lone Tree GC/Jerry Beren,Lone Tree GC 73-75-71–219
Jake Jacobson,Lakewood CC/Mr. Wyck Joseph Brown,Lakewood CC 73-72-74–219
Scott Anderson,Harmony GC/Frank Carson,Meridian GC 70-74-75–219
Tom Ritchie,Meridian GC/David Merritt,Meridian GC 74-73-73–220
Mark Runyan,Canongate Colorado/Mark Barkley,Canongate Colorado 77-72-72–221
Tim D Steidle,Lone Tree GC/Laird Middleton,Coal Creek Mens GC 73-73-75–221
Bob Kubiak,South Suburban GC/Tom Coates,South Suburban GC–71-77-74–222
Daryl Fengler,Murphy Creek GC/Jeff Sweet,Murphy Creek GC 72-73-77–222
Dan Reedy,Boulder CC/Louie Mckee,Boulder CC 76-71-76–223
Tony Tormey,Inverness GC/Tim Kromer,Inverness GC- 0-76-78–224
Randy Kippes,Saddle Rock GC/Chuck Fisher,Legacy Ridge GC 75-78-72–225
Louie Lee,CC at Castle Pines/Mike Giarratano,CC at Castle Pines 76-74-76–226
Geoff Brooks,South Suburban Family Sports/Paul Karsen,Meridian GC 77-74-75–226
Jim Reynolds,Bear Creek GC/Don Berthiaume,Bear Creek GC 78-76-73–227
Bob Dameron,Hyland Hills/Bobby Ortega,Hyland Hills 71-74-82–227
Reed Myer,Denver CC/Craig Gardiner,Denver CC 75-75-78–228
David Dines,Highlands Ranch GC/Michael Dines,Wellshire GC 75-72-81–228
Thomas McGeary,Highlands Ranch GC/Robert Blayney,Highlands Ranch GC 75-77-76–228
Bruce Hayes,Heritage at Westmoor/Bob Sims,Canongate Colorado 76-75-78–229
Paul Yoon,Colorado Springs CC/Carl Merkel,Riverdale GC 80-75-74–229
Marc Sims,Eisenhower GC/Bob Perry,Eisenhower GC 79-79-74–232
Joe Alford,/Todd Beckman,Indian Peaks GC 77-80-76–233
Richard Harrison,Ptarmigan CC/Mark Hailey,Olde Course at Loveland 78-82-73–233
Roger Lawson,Wellshire GC/Dale Mitchell Dean,Todd Creek GC 77-79-77–233
Joe Patrick,Four Mile Ranch Club/Rex Gilbert,Shadow Hills GC 80-80-83–243
Gene H Davis,Commonground GC/John E Rager,Riverdale GC 77-86-80–243
Michael Montano,Dos Rios CC Men’s/Joseph Marolla,Colo Avidgolfer Passport 91-87-85–263

Super-Senior Division (60+)
Scott Radcliffe,Rolling Hills, the Club at/Sean Forey,Bear Creek GC 70-72-69–211
Robert Sherrill,Columbine CC/Gary Keogh,Columbine CC 67-71-73–211
Kelly Crone,Highlands Ranch GC/Larry Netherton,Highlands Ranch GC 73-68-71–212
Jim LeMar,Meadows GC/Scott Crone,Pinehurst CC 71-71-74–216
Kary Kaltenbacher,Glenmoor CC/Rod Walters,Heritage at Westmoor 72-73-73–218
Tom Ritchie,Meridian GC/David Merritt,Meridian GC 74-73-73–220
Mark Runyan,Canongate Colorado/Mark Barkley,Canongate Colorado 77-72-72–221
Jim Reynolds,Bear Creek GC/Don Berthiaume,Bear Creek GC 78-76-73–227
Bruce Hayes,Heritage at Westmoor/Bob Sims,Canongate Colorado 76-75-78–229
Richard Harrison,Ptarmigan CC/Mark Hailey,Olde Course at Loveland 78-82-73–233
Roger Lawson,Wellshire GC/Dale Mitchell Dean,Todd Creek GC 77-79-77–233
Gene H Davis,Commonground GC/John E Rager,Riverdale GC 77-86-80–243
Michael Montano,Dos Rios CC Men’s/Joseph Marolla,Colo Avidgolfer Passport 91-87-85–263

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