Marilyn Hardy, a part-time resident of Gunnison, shot a 3-over-par 75 on Saturday at Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club, leaving her in a tie for 12th place heading into Sunday’s final round of stroke play. She made two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey on Saturday.

And Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore of Centennial carded a first-round 77, putting her in 23rd place. She carded 14 pars, three bogeys and an opening-hole double bogey in round 1.

The top 64 players after 36 holes will advance to match play, which begins on Monday.

Also in the top 64 after Saturday are Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton (37th place at 79) and Tiffany Maurycy of Denver (59th place at 81). Eaton is a four-time quarterfinalist in this national championship.

Here are the scores for the players with strong Colorado ties competing in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur:

12. Marilyn Hardy, Gunnison 75
23. Janet Moore, Centennial 77
37. Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton 79
59. Tiffany Maurycy, Denver 81
85. Kathy West, Castle Pines 83
107. Kristine Franklin, Broomfield 86
113 Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs 88
113. Helene Afeman, Colorado Springs 88
131. Deb Pearson, Colorado Springs 98

For all the scores, CLICK HERE.
 

On Monday at the Country Club of Colorado in Colorado Springs, there was a little of both.

Seven Coloradans qualified for the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, and three of those seven are in double digits on their USGA national championship resumes.

Marilyn Hardy, a part-time resident of Gunnison, is right around 40 USGA championships and will be playing in her seventh Senior Women’s Am in her seventh year of eligibility.

“Anytime you can qualify for a USGA event, it’s a badge of honor,” said the 56-year-old Hardy.

In a similar vicinity is Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore of Centennial, who is now five-for-five in advancing to the Senior Women’s Amateur, with this year’s being her 28th USGA national event overall.

“Which is really impressive until you hear Carol Semple Thompson’s 100-plus,” Moore says with a laugh. “Then it’s like, ‘Oh.’ I remember somebody said, ‘Janet, that’s so good.’ Then you go to the players’ dinner (at USGA events) and there’s 70, 80 and (Semple Thompson’s 100-plus). It’s a different league. There’s a whole different realm out there.”

As for Tiffany Maurycy of Denver, she’s headed to her 11th USGA championship, but her first U.S. Senior Women’s Am.

“There’s no better event that I’ve ever played in than a USGA event, and I’ve been lucky enough to have played in Amateurs, Mid-Ams, the Four-Ball and now the Senior,” the 51-year-old Maurycy said. “This is now my drive. It really is. It’s just an incredible experience.”

Joining those three in earning spots Monday in the national championship — which is set for Oct. 6-11 at Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club in Vero Beach, Fla. — were former professional Kristine Franklin of Broomfield, and the Colorado Springs trio of Jennifer Hocking, Deb Pearson and Helene Afeman. (Six of the qualifiers — with the exception of Franklin — are pictured, from left: Hardy, Maurycy, Moore, Pearson, Afeman and Hocking.)

A total of 28 players teed it up Monday at the Country Club of Colorado, with those seven advancing.

Hardy, who went to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Senior Women’s Am in 2013, earned medalist honors in Colorado Springs with a 5-over-par 76. Franklin, winner of this year’s CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play, shot a 77. Maurycy, who defeated Franklin in the finals of the 2018 CGA Senior Match Play, posted a 79 thanks to playing her last eight holes in 1 over par. Moore had a similarly strong finish, playing her final six holes in even par for an 81. And Hocking, Pearson and Afeman carded 82s, with Pearson making three birdies on the day, Afeman two and Hocking one.

Hardy, who has made it to the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, was 1 over par for the day through 10 holes on Monday and finished with 13 pars and five bogeys.

Franklin, who advanced to the match play round of 64 at last year’s U.S. Senior Women’s Am, was 7 over par through 13 holes, but rallied by playing her last five in 1 under.

Suffice it to say Franklin was a little out of sorts early in her round as she took some medicine in an attempt to clear up her sinuses, which didn’t leave her in peak playing condition. “It made me very jittery,” the 52-year-old said. In addition, she received a text on Monday morning notifying her that her credit cards had been stolen.

“So I didn’t get here in the time I was hoping, and I didn’t start out well,” Franklin said. “I think it was a culmination of everything. But it got better.”

After losing her opening match 5 and 4 in the U.S. Senior Women’s Am last year — the year she returned to competition after an 18-year layoff — Franklin is happy to have another chance at the national championship so soon.

“I will be so excited to be back,” she said. “Even if I lose in the first (match), I just know it will go better. I’ll feel more comfortable and give that person more of a fight. I’m excited. I’ve got another chance.”

Hardy and Moore both have qualified for three USGA championships in 2018 — the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the upcoming Women’s Mid-Am and the Senior Women’s Am.

Moore is just happy to have advanced on Monday; with her 81, which included going 5 over par on holes 11 and 12 combined, she had her doubts.

“I honestly didn’t think that I’d be going with an 81, so I’m thrilled,” the 54-year-old said. “I’ve been working on some swing changes and I know it sounds crazy shooting an 81, but I’m getting close to playing pretty well. So I’m excited about that.”

As for Hardy, as many USGA championships as she’s competed in, she’s wary about getting complacent in any qualifying tournament.

“You’ve got to do it,” she said. “You can never take it for granted. It’s golf. It’s never easy.”

On Monday, as is almost always the case during qualifiers, Hardy was accompanied by husband/caddie Jim Hardy, a highly-regarded golf instructor.

Among those on site during Monday’s qualifier was Colorado Sports Hall of Famer Dow Finsterwald, who won the PGA Championship 60 years ago this summer. Finsterwald, of course, was a longtime director of golf at The Broadmoor nearby.
 

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying
At Par-71 Country Club of Colorado in Colorado Springs
ADVANCE TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Marilyn Hardy, Gunnison 37-39–76
Kristine Franklin, Broomfield 41-36–77
Tiffany Maurycy, Denver 42-37–79
Janet Moore, Centennial 41-40–81
Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs 43-39–82
Deb Pearson, Colorado Springs 44-38–82
Helene Afeman, Colorado Springs 38-44–82
ALTERNATES (In Order)
Nancy Ziereis, Centennial 43-40–83
Laurie Steenrod, Aurora 44-39–83

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

The last time Kristine Franklin raised a CGA/CWGA trophy that she’d won, her name was Kris Hoos, she wasn’t yet married or had any kids, she hadn’t yet turned pro — and it was 32 years ago.

On Tuesday — seemingly a lifetime after winning the 1986 CWGA Stroke Play, now with a family that includes a husband and two sons, and having long ago regained her amateur status — Franklin revisited the good old days by winning her second CGA/CWGA title.

And not only did the Broomfield resident capture the title in the CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play, she did so by beating five-time champion Kim Eaton — and on Eaton’s home course of her younger days, Greeley Country Club.

“To play well enough against her was wonderful,” said the 52-year-old Franklin. “I love that she hit such great shots (into greens) right after me. That was really neat. She’s such a competitor. To play against her and be on top was unbelievable.”

After three-putting the 18th green — missing a 4-foot par attempt — in Tuesday’s final round to allow a playoff, Franklin landed the victory with a par on the first hole of sudden death as an uncharacteristic shank by Eaton on her greenside pitch shot led to a bogey.

“She gave me a break on 18 by missing that putt, then I go and do that,” said a frustrated Eaton, who had missed a 3-foot par putt on that same hole earlier in the day. “I would at least like to have given her a little better fight (in the playoff).”

Franklin, wife of University of Colorado women’s golf assistant coach Brent Franklin and the mother of one of the top junior players in the state (Franklin, younger brother of Jaxon), played her final 12 holes of regulation in even-par, shooting her second straight 2-over-par 74. That left the golfer from Colorado National (left and above) tied with Eaton, who had led by one stroke after 12 holes on Tuesday but bogeyed three times in her final seven holes, including the playoff. Eaton, a 59-year-old who now lives in Mesa, Ariz., missed two birdie putts inside of 10 feet on the 15th and 16th holes.

In sudden death, after Eaton’s shank (below) had resulted in a bogey, Franklin putted from just over the green, 20 feet from the flag, to within 6 inches and tapped in for the title.

After being under pressure with good shots by Eaton all day, Franklin was relieved to win it in relatively easy fashion.

“To have it end that way, I was so thankful,” said Franklin, who opted not to know where she stood all day, until a conversation with cartmate Eaton made it apparent heading up to the 18th green that she was one ahead.

“I’m like, ‘Why did I say anything?’ You are so stupid.”’ Franklin said of being informed of her status relative to Eaton.

Franklin, a former director of operations for Ricardo Patton when the latter was the head men’s basketball coach at CU, dedicated Tuesday’s win to her dad, George Hoos, a longtime high school golf coach in Boulder and a fixture in the Colorado golf community, who is battling leukemia.

“I really wanted to do this for my dad,” said Franklin, who returned to competitive golf just last year after a layoff of 18 years. “I just can’t wait to tell my dad (about winning).

“I get so much joy from watching my kids play. I didn’t realize that back when I played that my parents got that much joy. So I thought maybe if I started playing again …”

Franklin had a friend, Lara Tennant, talk her into returning to competition in 2017 after last competing in the 1999 Colorado Women’s Open, where she lost in a playoff to Shannon Hanley. So last year she played in the Women’s Trans National Senior Four-Ball, then qualified for the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and made match play. And this year in Colorado, she’s taken it up a notch, finishing second in the CGA Women’s Senior Match Play and winning on Tuesday.

So how has it been playing in these events after so long — and winning?

“It’s really exciting,” Franklin said. “The thing I enjoy most is meeting some of the ladies out here. They’re so nice and a real treat to play with.

“I drive up in the morning and am like, ‘Why am I doing this?’ because I get the nerves. But I think the more I practice and the more I work on my mental game, I hope it’ll be a better drive up to each of the tournaments. I think I’d like to keep competing.”

But while that’s the case, Franklin also will be on the golf course trying to help build the games of teenagers. Her brother, Eric Hoos, a former University of Denver men’s golf head coach who once won an event on the Web.com Tour, has taken on head coaching duties at Prospect Ridge Academy, where Walker Franklin plays. And with Eric on board, Kristine has committed to be an assistant coach, a role in which she’s currently enmeshed.

Franklin, who played professionally in Japan for about seven years, joined Jill Gaschler (2015) as the only players who have beaten Eaton in a CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play. The last time Greeley Country Club had hosted the event, in 2012, Eaton won by 16 shots. But that year, Eaton shot just one stroke better over 36 holes than her total this week (148).

Eaton (left), a four-time quarterfinalist in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, is seeking her 26th career CGA/CWGA championship, which would give her sole possession of the record she now shares with fellow Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Carol Flenniken. Eaton said her next opportunity for No. 26 won’t come until next year.

Asked if falling short on Tuesday was more painful, given it was at her old home course, Eaton said, “It’s more painful in that I feel like I have a target on my back and everybody is out to get me (as the favorite). I just want to win it so I can get it over with.

“I was a little nervous on the back nine just because I wanted to get it over with and not have to worry about it anymore.”

Finishing third behind Franklin and Eaton on Tuesday was 2018 CGA Women’s Senior Match Play champion Tiffany Maurycy (below) of Cherry Creek Country Club, who closed with a 75 for a 153 total.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club placed fourth at 154 after a second-round rally was derailed by a triple-bogey at the 11th hole en route to a 75. Coincidentally, Moore and Franklin were college teammates at the University of Arizona.

Audrey McEwen of Coal Creek Golf Course, who won the seventh-flight gross competition, had one of the highights of the tournament as she made a hole-in-one — the first of her life — on the 117-yard second hole on Tuesday.

For all the scores from the championship flight, as well as from the other seven flights at the CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play, CLICK HERE.

CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play Winners

Championship Flight
Gross: Kristine Franklin, Colorado National GC 74-74–148

First Flight
Gross: Jennifer Hocking, Cherokee Ridge GC 80-80–160
Net: Laurie Steenrod, Saddle Rock GC 73-74–147

Second Flight
Gross: Lynda McManus, Highland Hills GC 78-83–161
Net: Sheila Schroeder, Broken Tee GC 72-75–147

Third Flight
Gross: Laura Wetzel, Coal Creek GC 82-85–167
Net: Audrey Bopp, Ptarmigan CC 72-72–144

Fourth Flight
Gross: Darlene Evans, West Woods GC 90-84–174
Net: Berta Thimmig, Riverdale 70-72–142 and Candy Hammerich, Rifle Creek GC 77-65–142

Fifth Flight
Gross: Insook Bhushan, Meadow Hills GC 93-91–184
Net: Judy Maillis, Broken Tee GC 80-70–150

Sixth Flight
Gross: Sandra Schnitzer 86-101–187
Net: Margaret Brubaker, Riverdale 73-69–142

Seventh Flight
Gross: Audrey McEwen, Coal Creek GC 95-96–191
Net: Susie Goldberg, Overland Park GC 79-69–148 

Competing at a course she estimated at the time that she’s played more than 1,000 times, Eaton lapped the field in her old hometown of Greeley, prevailing by 16 strokes in a 36-hole event six years ago.

We bring that up now because the Women’s Senior Stroke Play will return to Greeley CC next week — specifically Monday and Tuesday. And Eaton (left) — a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer who has now won the championship five times, including last year — will be in the field looking for a shot at history.

Should she prevail at her old home club, it would be the 26th CGA/CWGA title of her career, which would break the record she currently shares with another Hall of Famer, Carol Flenniken.

Eaton, who recently turned 59 and is now a full-time resident of Arizona, has won four Stroke Plays, one Match Play, five Senior Stroke Plays, four Senior Match Plays, one Junior Match Play, seven Brassies, one Mashie, one Chapman and one Mixed championship in Colorado.

While Eaton may know the Greeley Country Club course better than anyone in the 104-player Senior Stroke Play field — 14 golfers are in the championship flight — there’s no lack of competitors capable of winning the title next week.

Another Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, Janet Moore of Cherry Hills, teamed up with Eaton to win this year’s CGA Women’s Brassie, which marked her 21st CGA/CWGA win, putting her in the mix for the all-time record when all is eventually said and done. Moore competed this summer in the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open.

Also scheduled to be in the field in Greeley are 2016 champion Deb Hughes of Green Valley Ranch, 2018 CGA Women’s Senior Match Play winner Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek, and two players who advanced to match play at the 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur (along with Eaton), Kristine Franklin of Colorado National and Susan Hartwell of Hyland Hills.

The championship flight is one of eight flights that will produce a winner next week in Greeley. For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.

It was the longest final in the senior championship flight of the CGA Women’s Match Play in over a decade, and it ended in fitting fashion.

Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the 20th hole to defeat Kristine Franklin of Colorado National Golf Club and earn her first individual title in a CGA women’s championship.

“I’m over the moon,” Maurycy said. “I’ve now won state championships in New York, Vermont and Colorado. It’s a real feather in my cap. My dad is a golf pro and I come from a golfing family.

“This is a big deal, there’s no doubt. The high quality of the players here … This is it. I can’t believe that I won.”

In a match in which neither player was ever more than 1 up and in which both led on the front nine and the back nine at The Fox Hill Club in Longmont, Maurycy (left and below) played her final six holes in 2 under par to prevail.

Franklin, a former pro who gave up the game for 23 years until being talked into dusting off the clubs in 2017, was trying to win her first CGA/CWGA title in 32 years. She competed in last year’s U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and made match play, but her performance in that match convinced her she didn’t want to end her competitive career on a down note.

“For not playing for 23 years, it’s fun to be back playing,” said the 52-year-old Franklin, who won the 1986 CWGA Stroke Play (as Kris Hoos) . “But oh my gosh, I’d forgotten how nerve-wracking it is. But it was a treat.

“To be coming back, it feels good. It really does. It makes me almost want to continue to play. … Now I feel like I’m going to play for maybe a year or so until I can feel good enough to quit again. I just want to quit on a high.”

Maurycy was 1 down in the final after bogeys on the 12th and 13 holes. But she squared the match with a 12-foot birdie on No. 15.

Franklin extended Friday’s match with a couple of nifty recoveries on the 18th and 19th holes. On No. 18, she made a 10-foot putt to save par after thinning her bunker shot over the green. And on the first extra hole, Franklin’s second shot went through a tree and bounced over a bunker to eventually set up another one-putt par. Maurycy got up and down from that same bunker for a par of her own.

On the decisive 20th hole, Franklin (below) missed the green short and left as she wasn’t happy with her iron play on Friday. She subsequently left her pitch on the fringe and missed her long par putt. Just needing to two-putt for the victory, Maurycy drained her 15-foot birdie putt to decide the matter.

“I realized I just needed to get it close,” she said. “I just relaxed and had the pace right. I didn’t remember that it went in. I guess it did. But I really didn’t want to go more holes. After all these days (of matches), I was pretty tired.

“It was all about being present and staying with each shot and not getting ahead of myself and definitely not thinking about an outcome,” added Maurycy, who won her opening match of the week after being 4 down through eight holes to Jennifer Hocking. “… That was the trick through all the matches.”

Indeed, in some respects Maurycy (below) willed herself to win.

“It’s the perseverance and that commitment to believing,” she said. “I’d say ‘believe’ before I hit a lot of shots.”

To get to the final, Maurycy had avenged a 2017 match play loss to now-four-time champion and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton by beating her in Thursday’s semifinals.

“She’s amazing. I so admire her game,” Maurycy said of Eaton. “That was a big win, a really big win. She just didn’t have the magic she normally has. And I made the putts at the right time that really put the pressure on.”

Friday marked Maurycy’s second victory in a CGA/CWGA championship, having teamed with Kristin Feil to win the 2003 CWGA Brassie title. The 51-year-old from Denver, who has lived in Colorado for two decades, has also won the 1989 New York Women’s State Amateur and the Vermont Women’s Mid-Amateur four times.

For a story on the open-division Women’s Match Play final, CLICK HERE.

Swann, who hails from Austin, Texas, defeated stroke-play medalist Gillian Vance from the University of Colorado 2 and 1 in Thursday’s semifinals at The Fox Hill Club in Longmont.

And Weinstein (pictured in a DU photo), the 2017 CWGA Player of the Year from CommonGround Golf Course, beat Colorado Mesa golfer Hannah More from Pinehurst Country Club, 3 and 2 in the other semi.

The two NCAA Division I college players will square off in a scheduled 36-hole final on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Maurycy advanced to the senior championship final by defeating Eaton 2 and 1 in Thursday’s semifinals. It marked Eaton’s first loss in the event since the 2011 finals, when she fell to Laurie Steenrod. Eaton has won the Senior Match Play each of the last two years since returning following a brief “retirement” from CGA women’s/CWGA events.

Top-seeded Kristine Franklin of Colorado National Golf Club, the 1986 CWGA Stroke Play champion, will face Maurycy in Friday’s scheduled 18-hole senior title match. Franklin, who made match play in last year’s U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, defeated 2014 champion Deb Hughes in Thursday’s semis, 4 and 2.

All told, on the line Friday will be championship and consolation finals for the open championship, senior championship and first through third flights.

To view the results from the CGA Women’s Match Play, CLICK HERE.
 

Janet Moore has had reason to depart the Vail area with a smile on her face on more than one occasion in recent weeks.

The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer happily watched her only daughter, Sarah, get married at the Chapel at Beaver Creek on Aug. 19. Then on Monday, Moore not only qualified at Vail Golf Club for the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, but she claimed medalist honors out of a field that originally numbered 27.

The Centennial resident shot a 4-over-par 76 to lead a group of eight golfers who punched their tickets to the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am, which is limited to players 25 and older. They’ll all be bound for the national championship Oct. 7-12 at Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, Fla.

For Moore (pictured), it was the second time this month that she’s been medalist for a USGA qualifying tournament. On Aug. 1 at Pole Creek Golf Club in Tabernash, she shared medalist honors in U.S. Senior Women’s Am qualifying with Susan Hartwell of Arvada and part-time Gunnison-area resident Marilyn Hardy.

“My goal, since I was co-medalist in the Senior Amateur (qualifying) was to be medalist here,” Moore said on Monday. “I had done it in both qualifiers before, two years ago. That was special to me, so that was my goal this year as well.”

Moore will be playing in her 15th national Women’s Mid-Am, and will be one of three competitors who have earned berths into this championship both of the last two years through qualifying tournaments in Colorado. Also fitting into that category are Tiffany Maurycy of Denver (second place at 78 on Monday) and Susie Roh of Denver (81). Maurycy made match play in last year’s national tournament before bowing out in the round of 64.

Other qualifiers from Vail Golf Club were Jamie Zook of Colorado Springs (79), Jillian Braverman of Newport Beach, Calif. (80), Hayley Hammond of Mooresville, N.C. (80), Molly Dorans of Firestone (81) and Brittany Roberts of Denver (81). (The qualifiers are pictured, from left: Hammond, Roberts, Dorans, Roh, Maurycy, Moore, Braverman and Zook.)

The two alternates from the qualifier were Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Christie Austin of Denver (82) and Monica Meihack of Sandia Park, N.M. (84).

Moore birdied her first hole — with a 2-putt from 20 feet — then had a dozen pars and five bogeys the rest of the way. A balky putter kept her from sinking anything longer than 5 feet — she finished with 35 putts — but her ball-striking was solid enough to still be medalist.

“The greens were perfect, but they’re just tricky,” the 53-year-old said. “On the front side I bet I had five birdie putts within 12-15 feet and didn’t make one (other than via the second putt on No. 1). I wasn’t stroking the ball very well. But I was real happy with how I was hitting it.

“It’s such a treat to play with the Gore Range right there, and (the course) was in excellent condition. It was really a treat to play.”

With her performance this month, Moore has now earned spots in 25 USGA championships, taking into account the women’s Amateur, Mid-Amateur, Senior Amateur and State Team. The furthest in match play the five-time CWGA Stroke Play champion has advanced in a USGA event is the round of 16 of a Mid-Amateur.

“It’s always a goal (to qualify for USGA championships) and it’s very special,” said Moore, who has been limited to 20 rounds of golf this year due to a problematic back, wedding planning and other matters. “There’s nothing like a USGA event.

“Literally I think I may get 20 (more) rounds in the next four weeks between the Senior Am, Mid-Am, State Team and the Colorado Women’s Open. And it will all be competitive, which is great.”

The 27-person field was one of the largest for the Colorado-based Women’s Mid-Am Qualifying in recent years.

U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying
At Par-72 Vail GC
ADVANCE TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Janet Moore, Centennial, Colo. 36-40–76
Tiffany Maurycy, Denver, Colo. 37-41–78
Jamie Zook, Colorado Springs, Colo. 38-41–79
Jillian Braverman, Newport Beach, Calif. 43-37–80
Hayley Hammond, Mooresville, N.C. 37-43–80
Brittany Roberts, Denver, Colo. 42-39–81
Molly Dorans, Firestone, Colo. 39-42–81
Susan Roh, Denver, Colo. 43-38–81
ALTERNATES (In Order)
Christie Austin, Denver, Colo. 40-42″”82
Monica Meihack, Sandia Park, N.M. 40-44″”84
FAILED TO QUALIFY
Meghan Christensen, Houston, Texas 41-43–84
Marilyn Hardy, Magnolia, Texas 44-40–84
Kate Moore, Englewood, Colo. 43-42–85
Kathy West, Tulsa, Okla. 40-45–85
Natalie McNicholas, Naples, Fla. 42-44–86
Larissa Steinfeldt, Lakewood, Colo. 43-43–86
Julie McMullin, Park City, Utah 40-47–87
Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs, Colo. 44-44–88
Laurie Steenrod, Aurora, Colo. 47-44–91
Blair Fraser, Coto De Caza, Calif. 49-45–94
Katherine Moore-Lilly, Longboat Key, Fla. 46-49–95
Haejeong Son, Centennial, Colo. 50-46–96
Alison O’Connor, Windsor, Colo. 49-48–97
Jennifer Jacobsen, Englewood, Colo. 50-50–100
Tanya Krempel, Breckenridge, Colo. 51-50–101
Katty Rothberg, Denver, Colo. WD
Debra Woolf, Fort Worth, Texas WD 

From that site, eight players out of a field of 26 will advance to the national championship, set for Oct. 7-12 at Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, Fla.

Susie Roh of Denver, the medalist in Colorado-based U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying last year, will be seeking a second consecutive trip to the national championship on Monday.

Others who qualified in Colorado along with Roh last year and are in Monday’s field are Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore, Tiffany Maurycy and Meghan Christensen. Maurycy advanced to the round of 64 at the 2016 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am.

Three players who recently qualified in the Centennial State for the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur also are scheduled to compete at Vail Golf Club: Moore, fellow Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Christie Austin and Marilyn Hardy, who made it to the round of 16 at last year’s U.S. Senior Women’s Am.

Also in the field is Kathy West, who recently placed second in the CWGA Senior Stroke Play.

The U.S. Women’s Mid-Am is restricted to golfers 25 and older.

For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.

Eaton, a Mesa, Ariz., resident who last won this championship in 2013, made six birdies on Monday and fired a 5-under-par 67.

Earlier this summer, Eaton (pictured) won the CWGA Senior Match Play and now she’s seeking a 2017 sweep of the top state titles for women amateurs 50 and older. Should Eaton win on Tuesday, she’ll own 24 CWGA championships overall, leaving her one short of Carol Flenniken’s career record.

Tiffany Maurycy of Denver is Eaton’s closest pursuer heading into Tuesday’s final round. She shot a 3-over-par 75 on Monday.

Two Colorado Golf Hall of Famers “” Christie Austin of Denver and Lynn Zmistowski of Boulder, each of whom has won this championship twice “” share third place at 77 with Kelly Martin.

In all, 116 players are entered in the 36-hole championship, with competition broken up into eight flights, both gross and net.

Tuesday’s final round will begin at 9 a.m., for all competitors “” via shotgun start.

 For all the scores, CLICK HERE.

Prendergast, who has qualified for both the 2016 and ’17 U.S. Women’s Amateur, made five birdies and a double bogey to earn the top seed in the 16-person championship bracket.

Two rounds of match play are scheduled for Tuesday, with the semifinals set for Wednesday and the 36-hole final for Thursday.

Mary Weinstein of CommonGround Golf Course, a University of Denver golfer who was named the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s 2016 Girls Player of the Year, was the only other player to post a sub-par round Monday as she managed a 2-under 70 that featured four birdies. (The top two qualifiers are pictured, from left, Prendergast and Weinstein.)

Carding 72s on Monday were Anna Christenson of Highlands Ranch Golf Club and former University of Houston golfer Emily Gilbreth. Likewise among those advancing to the championship flight bracket on Monday was Jaylee Tait of Raccoon Creek Golf Course, a finalist in last year’s CWGA Match Play who shot 73 on Monday. Jennifer Kupcho, who won Match Play titles in 2014 and ’16, isn’t in the field this year after finishing 21st in the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday.

In the senior championship flight, 2007 champion and 2016 runner-up Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Country Club landed medalist honors with an even-par 72 on Monday. The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer carded three birdies and three bogeys.

Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club made three birdies en route to a 73 on Monday. Three-time champion and 2016 winner Kim Eaton, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, recorded a 74 to place third in stroke play in the senior championship flight.

For the senior championship, eight players will begin match play on Tuesday, with the semis scheduled for Wednesday and an 18-hole final for Thursday.

Match play will also begin Tuesday for the other flights.

CWGA Match Play

At Par-72 Buffalo Run GC in Commerce City

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS

 Katrina Prendergast, The Resort at Red Hawk 35-34″“69

Mary Weinstein, CommonGround Wgc 37-33″“70

Anna Christenson, Highlands Ranch Wga 37-35″“72

Emily Gilbreth, Hermann Park GC 36-36″“72

Annie Young, Ptarmigan CC Wga 35-38″“73

Caitlyn Skavdahl, Casper CC 35-38″“73

Delaney Elliott, Omni Interlocken WGA 38-35″“73

Erin Sargent, Twin Peaks LGA 35-38″“73

Jaylee Tait, Raccoon Creek WGA 36-37″“73

Jennifer Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 40-34″“74

Madison McCambridge, Boulder CC Wga 39-35″“74

Emilee Strausburg, The Club at Rolling Hills Wga 39-36″“75

Kaylee Knadler, Loveland Wga 38-37″“75

Maddie Kern, Hyland Hills Wga 38-37″“75

Tori Glenn, Ridge at Castle Pines N Wga 38-37″“75

Megan Knadler, Loveland Wga 37-39″”76

Also

Jessica Sloot, Oakridge CC 39-37″“76

Samantha Barker, Perry Park CC Wga 40-36″“76

Calli Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 41-36″“77

Sydney Gillespie, Highlands Ranch Wga 38-39″“77

Jordan Remley, Indian Tree Wga 40-39″“79

Jacquelin Biggs, South Suburban Family Sports 39-41″“80

Jenna Chun, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 40-40″“80

Julia Baroth, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 42-38″“80

Kacey Godwin, CommonGround Wgc 40-40″“80

Mariah Ehrman, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve Wga 40-41″“81

Sarah Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 41-40″“81

Delaney Benson, CommonGround WGC 41-41″“82

Kylee Sullivan, CC of Colorado WGA 45-37″“82

Tabitha Diehl, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 41-41″“82

Ashlyn Kirschner, West Woods Wgc 42-41″“83

Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 42-41″“83

Joanna Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 38-45″“83

Jamie Zook, Colorado Springs CC 45-42″“87

Kelsey Webster, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 48-41″”89

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS

Christie Austin, Cherry Hills CC Wga 36-36″“72

Tiffany Maurycy, Cherry Creek CC Wga 36-37″“73

Kim Eaton, Riverdale Wga 38-36″“74

Deb Hughes, Green Valley Ranch Wga 35-41″“76

Meghan Christensen, Cordillera Wga Valley 39-41″“80

Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs CC Lga 41-40″“81

Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga 41-43″“84

Katty Rothberg, Cherry Creek CC Wga 47-41″”88

Also

Beverly Hoffenberg, Columbine CC Lga 43-45″“88

Dee Baker, Eisenhower Wga 44-45″“89

Nancy Werkmeister, Foothills Wga 43-47″“90

Lea Croghan, Spring Valley Wga 46-49″“95