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Tom Warren – Colorado Golf Archives https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf Tue, 24 May 2022 16:50:54 +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 Tom Warren – Colorado Golf Archives https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf 32 32 Pair of Toms Earn CGA Senior Titles https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2014/06/13/pair-of-toms-earn-cga-senior-titles/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2014/06/13/pair-of-toms-earn-cga-senior-titles/

Friday was a long time coming for Tom Musselman.

Three-hundred and sixty-four days, to be exact.

But on Friday the 13th, the 54-year-old golfer from Telluride Ski & Golf Club finally earned the trophy that barely eluded him a year ago.

After being forced to settle for second place at the CGA Senior Match Play in 2013, Musselman made a very satisfying move up to the champion’s spot this week.

The former Kentucky state amateur champion won two matches Friday at the Pinery Country Club in Parker, claiming the Senior Match Play title with a 2-and-1 victory over Steve Bell of Denver Country Club.

“This means a lot just because I really focused and practiced over the winter to get ready for this campaign in early June,” Musselman said. “The whole goal was to try to get my game in shape for this event. I was aiming for this one.”

Another Tom, Tom Warren of Fossil Trace Golf Club, earned the CGA Senior-Senior Match Play championship for players 60 and older by defeating Roger Gunderson of Aurora Hills Golf Course, 2 and 1 in Friday’s final.

Musselman, who lost a 2-up final match to Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course on June 14, 2013, avenged that defeat in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

“I had so much confidence going into that final (last year), then all of a sudden I was 4 or 5 over par and get beat. It was disturbing,” said Musselman, a hotel developer from Kentucky who purchased a home in Telluride in 2000. “I knew where Harry was on the board this entire week, and I told him that. He is a competitor. We went at it. I was 3 under par just to beat him. That was my best-played match. I was psyched. I had everything dialed in — and I had to play well. I was watching all week and hoping we’d get to play.”

Then after ousting Larry Netherton of Highlands Ranch Golf Club 4 and 3 in Friday morning’s semifinals, Musselman never trailed in the title match.

Bell looked likely to square the match on the par-4 seventh after Musselman’s tee shot ended up against the trunk of a tree and he was in the front greenside bunker in three. But with Bell having a 5-foot par putt, Musselman holed out a 30-foot sand shot (left) for par, leading to a halve of the hole.

“All of a sudden I hole that damn thing out,” he said. “I know that kind of shook Steve up a little bit.”

Then Musselman won the eighth with a 6-foot birdie and the ninth with a par to go 3 up.

Bell cut the deficit to 1 down when Musselman made bogeys on 10 and 12. But Musselman birdied No. 13 with an up-and-down from the sand, made a 45-foot birdie putt on No. 16, and two-putted from 50 feet for par on No. 17 to claim the victory. Bell (left) lost despite birdies at Nos. 15 and 16, and a lipped-out birdie putt on 17.

“I felt good about most of the way I played, but I had a couple of shaggy-dog holes in the middle of the round that put me down a little bit,” Bell said. “I got a little adrenaline at the end and birdied 15 and 16 and I hit a really good putt on 17 that I thought was going to go. It feels a little bit better when you birdie two of the last three holes.”

In the Senior-Seniors, Warren (below) held the lead for most of the day against Gunderson, the 1998 CGA Senior Match Play champ who had knocked off Colorado Golf Hall of Famer John Olive in the semis. The 61-year-old Warren never trailed after making three consecutive birdies on Nos. 4-6. Still, things were all square after 14, but Warren won Nos. 15 and 17 with pars, the latter after Gunderson hit a shot out of bounds.

The win was especially satisfying considering Warren just got back into tournament golf three years ago after not playing competitively for about a decade.

“I used to play a lot of competitive golf and I took 10 years off and I forgot how much fun it was,” he said.

In his younger years, Warren qualified for two U.S. Junior Amateurs, losing to a young Texan named Ben Crenshaw in one match.

“He was a year older than me and he had a caddie and a coach and a little gallery,” Warren recalled. “I thought, ‘I better find myself another career.’ I just remember watching him hit it 50 yards past me and making 30 footers when I’m shaking on 3 footers.”

On Friday, the 70-year-old Gunderson was in decent shape until his tee shots suddenly went awry coming down the stretch.

“I hit a lot of good shots but I put myself into too many bad positions off the tee coming in,” he said. “I drove the ball really well all week until the last six or seven holes, then I couldn’t keep it on the planet.”

While Gunderson obviously would have like to have won another state title, making it to the super-senior final was an accomplishment by itself.

“I had no expectations coming in,” he said. “I have not been playing well. To get this far, I feel pretty fortunate.”

 

CGA Senior Match Play and Super-Senior Match Play Championship
At Par-72 Pinery CC in Parker
(Seeds in Parentheses)

SENIOR MATCH PLAY
Round of 64

  Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (1) def. Jim Dawson, Hyland Hills (64), 6 and 5
  Brian Woody, Ridge at Castle Pines North (32) def. Mark Brown, Highlands Ranch Golf Club (33), 2 and 1
  Jeff Sweet, Murphy Creek Golf Course (16) def. Rick George, Castle Pines GC (49), 3 and 2
  Mike Larson, Boulder Country Club (17) def. Pat Bucci, West Woods Golf Club (48), 5 and 4
  Sean Forey, Bear Creek Golf Club (8) def. Peter O’Connell, Commonground Golf Course (57), 6 and 5
  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Ted Warner, Greeley Country Club (40), 5 and 4
  Randall Dolan, Commonground GC (56) def. Robin Bradbury, Legacy Ridge GC (9), 20 holes
  Kary Kaltenbacher, Glenmoor Country Club (41) def. Ronald Swartzwelder, Commonground Golf Course (24), 4 and 3
  Patrick Horvath, Murphy Creek Golf Course (4) def. Robert West, Cherry Creek Country Club (61), 19 holes
  Jim LeMar, The Meadows GC (36) def. Bruce Hogg, Patty Jewett Golf Course (29), 23 holes
  Brent Timm, Pinery Country Club (13) def. Mike Campbell, Aurora Hills GC (52), 4 and 3
  Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC (45) def. Bradley Becker, Plum Creek G & CC (20), 1 up
  Pat Bowe, Commonground Golf Course (5) def. Bo Powell, West Woods Golf Club (60), 2 and 1
  Jake Jacobson, Lakewood Country Club (28) def. Charlie Post, Colorado GC (37), 1 up
  Bob Beiersdorf, Ridge at Castle Pines North (12) def. Don Sall, Broadmoor Golf Club (53), 3 and 2
  Lance Balthaser, Englewood Men’s Golf Club (21) def. Kelly Crone, Highlands Ranch Golf Club (44), 2 and 1
  Robert Polk, Colorado Golf Club (2) def. David Draper, Green Valley Ranch Golf Club (63), 5 and 4
  Scott Patterson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (31) def. Owen Ellis, Flatirons Golf Course (34), 7 and 5
  Rick Tarasiewicz, Patty Jewett Golf Course (15) def. Chuck Delich, Eisenhower Golf Club (50), 1 up
  Bob Chandler, Heritage at Westmoor (47) def. John Ingram, Colorado Golf Club (18), 3 and 2
  Frank Wilkinson, Lincoln Park GC (58) def. Jim Reynolds, Bear Creek Golf Club (7), 2 and 1
  Gary Fox, Country Club at Castle Pines (39) def. Eric Hoos, Highlands Ranch Golf Club (26), 4 and 3
  Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10) def. Laird Middleton, Coal Creek Mens Golf Club (55), 7 and 6
  Richard Griggs, Desert Hawk Golf Course Men’s (42) def. Ray Makloski, Pueblo Country Club (23), 3 and 2
  John Sostmann, Meadows Golf Club (3) def. Mark Barkley, Canongate Colorado (62), 4 and 3
  Art Cudworth, Raccoon Creek MC (30) def. Steve Sullivan, Bear Dance Golf Club (35), 2 and 1
  Thomas McGeary, Highlands Ranch Golf Club (51) def. David Delich, Broadmoor GC (14), 3 and 2
  Scott Crone, Pinehurst Country Club (46) def. John Applegate, Meadow Hills Golf Course (19), 20 holes
  Kent Moore, Cherry Hills Country Club (6) def. Craig Stephenson, Saddle Rock Golf Course (59), 2 and 1
  Bob Kubiak, South Suburban Golf Course (27) def. Chuck Fisher, Riverdale GC (38), 5 and 4
  Brian Harris, Denver Country Club (11) def. Richard Kelly, Heritage at Westmoor (54), 6 and 5
  Thomas Roos, Spring Valley Golf Club (22) def. Doug Jones, Tiara Rado Golf Course (43), 2 and 1

Round of 32
  Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (1) def. Brian Woody, Ridge at Castle Pines North (32), 2 and 1
  Mike Larson, Boulder Country Club (17) def. Jeff Sweet, Murphy Creek Golf Course (16), 2 and 1
  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Sean Forey, Bear Creek Golf Club (8), 4 and 2
  Kary Kaltenbacher, Glenmoor Country Club (41) def. Randall Dolan, Commonground GC (56), 7 and 5
  Jim LeMar, The Meadows GC (36) def. Patrick Horvath, Murphy Creek Golf Course (4), 4 and 3
  Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC (45) def. Brent Timm, Pinery Country Club (13), 1 up
  Pat Bowe, CommonGround Golf Course (5) def. Jake Jacobson, Lakewood Country Club (28), 1 up
  Bob Beiersdorf, Ridge at Castle Pines North (12) def. Lance Balthaser, Englewood Men’s Golf Club (21), 19 holes
  Robert Polk, Colorado Golf Club (2) def. Scott Patterson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (31), 21 holes
  Bob Chandler, Heritage at Westmoor (47) def. Rick Tarasiewicz, Patty Jewett Golf Course (15), 3 and 2
  Gary Fox, Country Club at Castle Pines (39) def. Frank Wilkinson, Lincoln Park GC (58), 4 and 3
  Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10) def. Richard Griggs, Desert Hawk Golf Course Men’s (42), 5 and 3
  Art Cudworth, Raccoon Creek MC (30) def. John Sostmann, Meadows Golf Club (3), 1 up
  Scott Crone, Pinehurst Country Club (46) def. Thomas McGeary, Highlands Ranch Golf Club (51), 19 holes
  Kent Moore, Cherry Hills Country Club (6) def. Bob Kubiak, South Suburban Golf Course (27), 2 and 1
  Thomas Roos, Spring Valley Golf Club (22) def. Brian Harris, Denver Country Club (11), 3 and 2

Round of 16
  Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (1) def. Mike Larson, Boulder Country Club (17), 3 and 1
  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Kary Kaltenbacher, Glenmoor Country Club (41), 2 and 1
  Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC (45) def. Jim LeMar, The Meadows GC (36), 5 and 4
  Pat Bowe, Commonground Golf Course (5) def. Bob Beiersdorf, Ridge at Castle Pines North (12), 20 holes
  Bob Chandler, Heritage at Westmoor (47) def. Robert Polk, Colorado Golf Club (2), 22 holes
  Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10) def. Gary Fox, Country Club at Castle Pines (39), 2 up
  Art Cudworth, Raccoon Creek MC (30) def. Scott Crone, Pinehurst Country Club (46), 7 and 5
  Thomas Roos, Spring Valley Golf Club (22) def. Kent Moore, Cherry Hills Country Club (6), 4 and 2

Quarterfinals
  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (1), 3 and 2
  Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC (45) def. Pat Bowe, Commonground Golf Course (5), 2 up
  Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10) def. Bob Chandler, Heritage at Westmoor (47), 3 and 1
  Art Cudworth, Raccoon Creek MC (30) def. Thomas Roos, Spring Valley Golf Club (22), 4 and 3

Semifinals

  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC (45), 4 and 3
  Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10) def. Art Cudworth, Raccoon Creek MC (30), 20 holes

Final
  Tom Musselman, Telluride Ski & Golf Club (25) def. Steve Bell, Denver Country Club (10), 2 and 1

SUPER-SENIOR MATCH PLAY

Round of 32
  Patrick Mooney, Colorado GC (1) def. Tony C Key, Valley Country Club (32), 6 and 5
  David Farabaugh, Broadlands Golf Club (16) def. Kirk Miller, Estes Park Golf Club (17), 4 and 3
  Steve Stultz, Country Club at Castle Pines (8) def. Tom Lawrence, Lakewood Country Club (25), 6 and 4
  Tom Warren, Fossil Trace Golf Club (24) def. Gary Kephart, Eisenhower Golf Club (9), 20 holes
  Bob Cloud, Bear Creek Golf Club (4) def. Loren Warburg, Fox Hollow at Lakewood (29), 4 and 3
  Jim Collins, Country Club at Castle Pines (13) def. Terry Pettit, Ptarmigan Country Club (20), 19 holes
  Frank Hernandez, Boomerang Golf Links (5) def. Danny Wyrick, West Woods Golf Club (28), 4 and 3
  Mark Runyan, Canongate Colorado (12) def. John Boyles, Pinery Country Club (21), 2 up
  John Olive, Broadmoor Golf Club (2) def. Jocko Kaliszewski, Bear Dance Golf Club (31), 6 and 5
  Dan Grigsby, Legacy Ridge Golf Course (18) def. Mark David Winski, Commonground Golf Course (15), 2 and 1
  Bob Berglund, Pinery Country Club (26) def. Dan Birnley, Conquistador Golf Course (7), 20 holes
  Fredrick Steffers, Patty Jewett Golf Course (10) def. Ken Tai, Perry Park Country Club (23), 4 and 3
  Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills Golf Club (3) def. Marc Sims, Eisenhower Golf Club (30), 19 holes
  Tom Keltner, Lakewood Country Club (19) def. Joe Morrill, Eagle Ranch Golf Course (14), 2 and 1
  Jim Pierce, Heritage Eagle Bend G & C (6) def. John Leamon, Littleton Golf & Tennis Club (27), 2 up
  Bruce Hayes, Heritage at Westmoor (11) def. Richard Barg, Meadow Hills Golf Course (22), 6 and 4

Round of 16
  David Farabaugh, Broadlands Golf Course (16) def. Patrick Mooney, Colorado GC (1), 5 and 4
  Tom Warren, Fossil Trace Golf Club (24) def. Steve Stultz, Country Club at Castle Pines (8), 1 up
  Jim Collins, Country Club at Castle Pines (13) def. Bob Cloud, Bear Creek Golf Club (4), 21 holes
  Mark Runyan, Canongate Colorado (12) def. Frank Hernandez, Boomerang Golf Links (5), 2 and 1
  John Olive, Broadmoor Golf Club (2) def. Dan Grigsby, Legacy Ridge Golf Course (18), 3 and 2
  Fredrick Steffers, Patty Jewett Golf Course (10) def. Bob Berglund, Pinery Country Club (26), 6 and 4
  Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills Golf Club (3) def. Tom Keltner, Lakewood Country Club (19), 4 and 3
  Bruce Hayes, Heritage at Westmoor (11) def. Jim Pierce, Heritage Eagle Bend G & C (6), 3 and 1

Quarterfinals
  Tom Warren, Fossil Trace Golf Club (24) def. David Farabaugh, Broadlands Golf Club (16), 1 up
  Jim Collins, Country Club at Castle Pines (13) def. Mark Runyan, Canongate Colorado (12), 2 and 1
  John Olive, Broadmoor Golf Club (2) def. Fredrick Steffers, Patty Jewett Golf Course (10), 1 up
  Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills Golf Club (3) def. Bruce Hayes, Heritage at Westmoor (11), 3 and 2

Semifinals
  Tom Warren, Fossil Trace Golf Club (24) def. Jim Collins, Country Club at Castle Pines (13), 2 and 1
  Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills Golf Course (3) def. John Olive, Broadmoor Golf Club (2), 2 and 1

Final
  Tom Warren, Fossil Trace Golf Club (24) def. Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills Golf Course (3), 2 and 1 

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30 on Front Leaves Champ on Cloud 9 https://www.wpt-6.colo.golf/2013/09/24/30-on-front-leaves-champ-on-cloud-9/ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.colo.golf/2013/09/24/30-on-front-leaves-champ-on-cloud-9/

Perhaps Bob Cloud was inspired by the jets from nearby Buckley Air Force Base that were flying overhead Tuesday during the second annual CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play Championship.

Those fighters get up to speed very fast and possess a certain “wow” factor.

That’s also a pretty good description of how Cloud performed Tuesday at Murphy Creek Golf Course in Aurora — at least for half of his round.

Cloud, who plays out of Bear Creek Golf Club, birdied his first two holes and shot a spectacular 6-under-par 30 on the front nine to vault past his nearest competition. And despite giving back three shots to par on the back nine — while shooting a personal tournament-best 3-under-par 69 — Cloud won the 60-and-older event by five strokes.

How good was Cloud’s front-nine 30? To the best of his knowledge, the lowest nine-hole score he shot before Tuesday was 34.

“It was a crazy nine holes,” said the 61-year-old Denver resident (pictured at left). “In any sport, sometimes the planets align for you. It was just nutty. On the front nine, I had seven 3s and five in a row. That’s crazy.”

Thanks largely to his eagle and four birdies on the front side, Cloud posted nine 3s on his scorecard overall Tuesday as he finished at 1-under-par 143 for 36 holes. The former USGA Senior Amateur qualifier won a CGA championship for the first time.

“I’ve played in a lot of CGA events, and to win one is kind of a dream come true,” Cloud said. “It’s just a great thrill. I’ve won (club) events before, but it’s just different when you can say you won a state championship.”

Tom Warren of Fossil Trace Golf Club placed second at 148 following a 72 Tuesday, while Mark Runyan of Canongate Colorado was third at 149 after closing with a 71.

In the 70-and-older competition, Joe Morrill of Eagle Ranch Golf Course went birdie-eagle on his 15th and 16th holes Tuesday to earn the title. The 73-year-old shot an even-par 72, leaving him at 8-over 150. That was three strokes better than defending champion Jim Collins of the Country Club at Castle Pines, who closed with a 75.

(The two champions are pictured at top, with Morrill at left in the photo.)

Cloud started out the second round one out of the lead, but he made tap-in birdies on holes 1 and 2 and sank a 40-foot par on No. 3. Then on the par-5 sixth, he hit an 8-iron second shot from 158 yards to 10 feet, then drained the putt for eagle.

Cloud followed that up with a 10-foot birdie on 7 and a 15-footer on 9.

Add it up, and it’s a smooth 30.

“And I lipped out two birdies,” he noted. “I should have shot a 28 or a 29. … And I thought I had a chance to shoot 59 the way I was hitting and putting the ball.”

But he put those ideas out of his mind when he remembered shooting a 71 in the first round of the 2011 CGA Senior Stroke Play — then following it up with an 81.

Cloud (pictured at left) didn’t make any birdies on the back nine, but by then he had opened up a nice lead. He made three bogeys on the back side, and needed to hole 20- and 10-foot putts to avoid double bogeys on Nos. 10 and 15, respectively.

All told on Tuesday, Cloud needed just 29 putts in his round.

Warren, like many of his fellow competitors, was very impressed by Cloud’s front-nine performance. But he sees how a player could get on a roll at Murphy Creek.

“The thing about this course is you have to think on every shot, but every hole can be a birdie hole,” Warren said. “I had 17 birdie putts and made two of them, and one of them was a two-putt. I can’t fault anyone else for winning the tournament when I left myself high and dry.”

Cloud was the only player to break 70 during the Super-Senior Stroke Play.

As for the 70-and-over tournament, Morrill trailed Collins by two after 14 holes Tuesday. But Collins lost a ball and made bogey on his 15th hole, while Morrill birdied his 15th and eagled his 16th, the par-4 seventh hole at Murphy Creek.

For the eagle, Morrill chipped in from about 20 yards. (He’s pictured at left picking the ball out of the hole.)

“It was one of those lucky things,” said the Eagle resident, a regular playing partner of Harry Johnson, winner of the CGA Senior Match Play and Senior Stroke Play this year. “And that was the turning point of the match.”

Morrill, winner of the super-senior division of a past CGA Senior Stroke Play, finished fourth — behind Collins, among others — in the 70-and-older division last year, but he’s gained considerable confidence since.

“I was a very mediocre to sub-mediocre putter — until this year,” Morrill said. “Don’t ask me why but I don’t yip anymore. I have the same putter, the same grip. … So there’s hope for everybody. That’s really why I’ve been able to compete this year. This is the best year I’ve had in the last five.”

CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play
At Par-72 Murphy Creek GC in Aurora

60 & OVER DIVISION
Bob Cloud, Bear Creek GC 74-69–143
Tom Warren, Fossil Trace GC 76-72–148
Mark Runyan, Canongate Colorado 78-71–149
Sean Forey, Bear Creek GC 78-72–150
Frank Wilkinson, Lincoln Park GC 79-75–154
Jim LeMar, Meadows GC 78-76–154
Bruce Hayes, Heritage at Westmoor 84-71–155
Daniel Dymerski, Columbine CC 73-82–155
Frank Hernandez, Pelican Lakes G & CC 77-79–156
Richard Griggs, Desert Hawk GC 80-76–156
Jim Pierce, Saddle Rock GC 80-77–157
John Sostmann, Raccoon Creek GC 74-83–157
Steve Ivy, Pelican Lakes G & CC 80-77–157
John Leamon, Littleton GC 79-79–158
Robert Espinoza, Riverdale GC 82-76–158
Roger Gunderson, Aurora Hills GC 81-77–158
Richard Barg, Meadow Hills GC 81-78–159
Bill Knobbe, Raccoon Creek GC 82-78–160
Bill Weinman, Canongate Colorado 83-77–160
Bob Rognmoe, Raccoon Creek GC 83-77–160
Dan Birnley, Conquistador GC 81-79–160
Fredrick Steffers, Patty Jewett GC 81-79–160
Alton Marsh, Fossil Trace GC 81-80–161
Steven Hill, Aurora Hills GC 84-78–162
Bob Sims, Canongate Colorado 82-81–163
Dan Grigsby, Legacy Ridge GC 87-76–163
Dave Bell, Hiwan GC 84-79–163
Art Pitman, Denver Amateur Golf Tour 84-80–164
Chuck Fisher, Riverdale GC 89-75–164
Doug Jones, Tiara Rado GC 84-80–164
Jeffrey English, Colorado AvidGolfer Passport Club 85-79–164
Terry Pettit, Mariana Butte GC 85-81–166
David Farabaugh, Broadlands GC 81-86–167
Jeffrey Wagner, Fox Hollow GC 85-82–167
Steven Humphrey, Legacy Ridge GC 88-79–167
John Vanderbloemen, Haymaker GC 83-85–168
Louis Gerig, CommonGround GC 83-86–169
Michael Clark, Heritage at Westmoor 82-87–169
Terry Hymans, Canongate Colorado 85-84–169
Ed Hollister, Omni Interlocken GC 86-85–171
Dennis Hartman, Wellshire GC 88-84–172
Bill Hancock, The Club at Flying Horse 87-86–173
Rick Newberg, Hiwan GC 92-82–174
John Livingston, Colorado AvidGolfer Passport Club 92-85–177
Gary Custer, Patty Jewett GC 91-87–178
Danny Wyrick, Spring Valley GC 90-89–179
Daniel Kinney, SouthRidge GC 97-83–180
Ron Crowder, Broadmoor GC 96-86–182
Charlie Ogren, Collindale GC 95-89–184
Phil Talbott, Buffalo Run GC 96-97–193
Jerry Kidney, Overland Park GC 84-WD
Ken Tai, Perry Park CC 89-WD
Kronin Kelley, Heritage at Westmoor 83-NC
Larry Pate, Fox Hollow GC 95-WD
Rod Walters, Heritage at Westmoor 84-WD

70 & OVER DIVISION
Joe Morrill, Eagle Ranch GC 78-72–150
Jim Collins, CC at Castle Pines 78-75–153
Bruce Kaldenberg, Broken Tee GC 80-77–157
Ken Schweitzer, Eisenhower GC 79-80–159
Richard Sage, Indian Tree GC 81-80–161
Loren Warburg, Fox Hollow GC 84-81–165
Tom Latourrette, Bear Creek GC 83-82–165
Bill Holmes, Boulder CC 87-80–167
Paul Scheidig, Applewood GC 88-80–168
Dave Lawson, Hyland Hills GC 90-80–170
Dick Schmaltz, Elmwood GC 84-86–170
Fred Blanchfield, Spring Valley GC 91-80–171
Bill Bogdanoff, CommonGround GC 90-84–174
Matt Quinn, Estes Park GC 86-89–175
Michael Straud, Aurora Hills GC 89-87–176
Armando Torres, CommonGround GC 89-88–177
Bill Myers, Meadows GC 87-91–178
Alan Cooper, Wellshire GC 85-94–179
Bob Brown, Desert Hawk GC 111-92–203
Jon Burnett, River Valley Ranch GC 94-WD
Richard Langston, Broken Tee GC 91-WD
Wayne Klassen, Littleton GC 98-WD
 

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