The Littleton resident, who has won both the CGA Amateur and CGA Match Play, finished the prestigious 72-hole event with an even-par 284 total after carding scores of 70-69-72-73. He finished 12 strokes behind champion Isaiah Salinda of South San Francisco, a senior-to-be on the Stanford golf team.

The last Coloradan to finish better than Korte (pictured) at the Pac Coast was David Schroeder of Colorado Springs, who placed 12th in 2012.

In Friday’s final round, Korte started with a birdie and added three bogeys in the middle of his round.

The other Coloradan who made the 54-hole cut at the Pac Coast, two-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer of Golden, finished 70th on Friday with a 300 total.

The three Coloradans who competed in the Pacific Coast Amateur — Korte, Thayer and Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village — combined to finish seventh on Wednesday in the 36-hole Morse Cup team competition, marking the state’s best showing in that 15-team event since 2012.

7. (out of 15 teams; team competition final after Wednesday) Colorado 145-142–287
22. Chris Korte, Littleton 70-69-72-73–284
70. Chris Thayer, Golden 77-73-74-76–300
Missed 54-Hole Cut
84. Jake Staiano, Cherry Hills Village 75-77-80–232

For all the scores from the Pacific Coast Amateur, CLICK HERE.

The former CGA Amateur and CGA Match Play champion from Littleton shot a 1-over-par 72 on Thursday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, which puts him in 14th place in the 90-man field with one round remaining.

Korte (left) stands at 2-under-par 211, 11 strokes behind leader Isaiah Salinda of South San Francisco, who carded an impressive third-round 62.

One of the other two Coloradans in the field this week likewise made the 54-hole cut to the top 70 players and ties. Two-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer of Golden shares 69th place at 224. Meanwhile, Colorado State University golfer Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village, the 2017 CGA Les Fowler Player of the Year, missed the cut with a 232 total.

The three Coloradans combined to finish seventh on Tuesday in the 36-hole Morse Cup team competition, marking the state’s best showing in that 15-team event since 2012.

7. (out of 15 teams; team competition final after Tuesday) Colorado 145-142–287
14. Chris Korte, Littleton 70-69-72–211
69. Chris Thayer, Golden 77-73-74–224
Missed 54-Hole Cut
84. Jake Staiano, Cherry Hills Village 75-77-80–232

For all the scores from the Pacific Coast Amateur, CLICK HERE.

The CGA representatives placed seventh out of 15 teams Wednesday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. The Coloradans had been 10th each of the past four years in the Morse Cup, which features teams from the western U.S. and Canada.

With the top two scores from each team each day counting toward the team total, Colorado shot an even-par 142 on Wednesday, leaving it at 3-over 287 overall.

At 4-under 280, the Washington State Golf Association won the Morse Cup by one over Northern California.

While the Morse Cup has concluded, the individual competition at the Pacific Coast Am will continue through Friday.

Former University of Denver golfer Chris Korte, of Littleton, continues to be near the top of the scoreboard as a 2-under-par 69 on Wednesday put him in a tie for 10th place. The former CGA Amateur and CGA Match Play champion’s 3-under 139 total leaves him seven strokes behind leader Austin Eckroat of Edmond, Okla. (65-67).

Korte made four birdies and two bogeys on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, two-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer of Golden shares 71st place after going 77-73–150. And 2017 CGA Les Fowler Player of the Year Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village is in 78th place (75-77–152).

7. (out of 15 teams) Colorado 145-142–287
10. Chris Korte, Littleton 70-69–139
71. Chris Thayer, Golden 77-73–150
78. Jake Staiano, Cherry Hills Village 75-77–152

For all the scores from the Pacific Coast Amateur, CLICK HERE.

The team representing the CGA posted a 3-over-par 145 total, leaving the Coloradans eight strokes behind Alberta in the Morse Cup team competition, which runs the first two days of the Pacific Coast Am.

With the best two scores from each team each day counting toward the team total, Korte contributed a 1-under-par 70, and current Colorado State University golfer Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village a 75. Rounding out Colorado’s scores was the 77 by two-time CGA Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer of Golden.

Colorado has placed 10th in each of the last four Morse Cup competitions, which features teams from the western U.S. and Canada.

After being 2 over par through 13 holes, Korte (left) birdied three of his last five to post the subpar round, which put him in a share of 14th place individually. Meanwhile, Staiano and Thayer each carded two birdies on Tuesday. Thayer’s score was derail by a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 294-yard seventh hole.

Austin Eckroat of Edmond, Okla., leads the individual competition with a 6-under-par 65. 

The top three-ranked men’s amateurs in the world are in the field — Braden Thornberry (71), Justin Suh (71) and Collin Morikawa (72).

The individual competition will continue through Friday.

6. (out of 15 teams) Colorado 145
14. Chris Korte, Littleton 70
63. Jake Staiano, Cherry Hills Village 75
79. Chris Thayer, Golden 77

For all the scores from the Pacific Coast Amateur, CLICK HERE.

After all, the field includes the top three players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings — Braden Thornberry (1), Justin Suh (2) and Collin Morikawa (3) — and roughly 30 percent of the top 100.

In addition, the 52nd annual Pac Coast will be contested July 24-27 at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course (left) in San Francisco, which has hosted five U.S. Opens, most recently in 2012.

Besides being a 72-hole stroke play event for participating individuals, the first two rounds will include the 36-hole Morse Cup, in which 15 teams from the western U.S. and Canada will vie for the title. The best two individual scores each day will count toward the team total. The Colorado team has finished 10th each of the last four years in the Morse Cup and has never captured the title.

Representing Colorado next week in the 90-player event will be Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village, Chris Korte of Littleton and Chris Thayer of Golden. It will be the second Pacific Coast Amateur for Korte, who also played in 2016, and the first for both Staiano and Thayer.

Staiano, a senior-to-be on the Colorado State University golf team, was the CGA Les Fowler Player of the Year in 2017. Staiano finished eighth in last year’s CoBank Colorado Open, capturing low-amateur honors. He’s competed in two U.S. Amateurs, in 2015 and ’17. He went to the quarterfinals of last month’s CGA Match Play.

Korte, who recently wrapped up his college career at the University of Denver, has won both the CGA Amateur (2016) and Match Play (2017). He made it to the quarterfinals of this year’s Match Play.

Thayer, the lone mid-amateur on this year’s Colorado team, has won two of the last four CGA Mid-Amateurs (2014 and ’17) and was runner-up the two years in between. He’s been the CGA Mid-Amateur Player of the Year three years running (2015, ’16 and ’17).

For Tuesday’s first-round pairings at the Pacific Coast Amateur, CLICK HERE.