Fifty-six two-man teams will be competing on Tuesday, with the top three finishers in the better-ball qualifier advancing to the 2019 U.S. Four-Ball, set for May 25-29 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon (pictured at left in a USGA photo). The event at the The Broadlands will mark the final Colorado-based USGA qualifier of 2018.

Intact teams that have competed in previous U.S. Four-Balls and are in Tuesday’s qualifiying field include Tommy Hart and Jonathan Marsico (2016 and ’18), Nicholas Engen and John Jarmul (2018), Wilson Belk and Greg Carlin (2017), Kyle Danford and David Johnson (2016), Alex Kephart and Kurtis Lucas (2017; Kephart also played in 2015 with a different partner), and Robert Polk and Bill Fowler (2015).

In addition, others who have played in the national Four-Ball who now have different partners include Jeff Chapman (2015, now competing with Michael Harrington) and Alex Buecking (2017, now competing with two-time Colorado Open champion Brian Guetz). Buecking went to the quarterfinals of the 2017 U.S. Four-Ball with Jason Enloe.

Also in Tuesday’s field are 2016 CGA Four-Ball champions Steve Irwin and Barry Erwin, along with Jon Lindstrom and Brooks Ferring, and Brian Dorfman and Richard Bradsby.

For Tuesday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.

The run of the former SMU teammates ended in Tuesday’s quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, where Otto Black and Colin Joseph scored a 2-up victory at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

The match was all square through 15 holes, but Black and Joseph posted hole-winning birdies at the 16th and 18th holes — sandwiched around both teams making a bogey on No. 17 — to advance to the semifinals.

Earlier, in the round of 16, Buecking and Enloe needed a late rally to advance. They were 2 down after 16 to Frankie Capan and Shuai Ming Wong, but won the next three holes to win in 19. Buecking and Enloe went par-birdie-birdie on those last three to prevail. Their only lead was after the 19th hole.

Meanwhile, Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont were ousted in a close round-of-16 match on Tuesday morning.

Brandon Cigna and Ben Warnquist parred the 18th hole to beat Baer and Nygren 1 up. Baer and Nygren, who were 2 up through 12, bogeyed the 18th.

For results from the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, CLICK HERE.

Here are the weekend stroke-play scores for all the teams with major Colorado ties who were in the field:

Advanced to Match Play
7. Alex Buecking (Columbine Valley)/Jason Enloe (Dallas) 64-68–132 (lost in quarters)
22. Braden Baer (Westminster)/Cole Nygren (Longmont) 64-72–136 (lost in R16)
22. Tom Hart (Denver)/Jonathan Marsico (Denver) 70-66–136 (lost in R32)

Failed to Qualify for Match Play
65. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-69–141
89. Kyle Danford (Fort Collins) /David Johnson (Fort Collins) 73-70–143
118. Benjamin Sherlund (Denver)/Zach Fowlds (Lone Tree) 72-76–148