Hart and Marsico (pictured, with Hart at left) were aiming for their second trip to match play at the national four-ball, as they went to the round of 32 in 2016. But even a big-time rally on the final nine holes on Sunday at Jupiter Hills wasn’t quite enough for them to advance.

Hart, who won the Trans-Mississippi Four-Ball championship with John Elway at Cherry Hills Country Club in 2009, and Marsico, the 2008 CGA Amateur champion, shot a better-ball 4-under-par 31 on their final nine holes on Sunday, with birdies on 10, 13, 16 and 18. But that left them in 34th place out of 128 teams in stroke play, and only the top 32 make match play.

The Coloradans backed up their first-round 72 with a 3-under-par 67, giving them a 1-under 139 total. The players at 138 played off for the final spots in match play.

Also failing to advance to match play on Sunday was the second Colorado team, Nick Engen of Denver and John Jarmul of Greenwood Village, who shot a second-round 74 to finish at 150, good for 113th place.

Here are the scores for all the teams with strong Colorado ties who competed at Jupiter Hills:

FAILED TO ADVANCE TO MATCH PLAY
34. Tommy Hart of Denver/Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village 72-67–139
103. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto of Phoenix/Patrick Moore of Phoenix 74-74–148
113. Nick Engen of Denver/John Jarmul of Greenwood Village 76-74–150

For complete results, CLICK HERE.
 

It was that kind of day weather-wise at the Jupiter Hills Club, which has received more than 13 inches of rain in less than a week.

On Saturday, that precipitation led to three delays totaling 4 hours and 5 minutes.

When the Coloradans walked off the course after the long, soggy day, they were left with some work to do if they hope to make match play in the fourth annual event.

Tommy Hart of Denver and Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village, who made match play in their 2016 appearance in the national championship, sit in 73rd place out of 128 teams. And Nick Engen of Denver and John Jarmul of Greenwood Village are in 112th place.

Teams will need to be in the top 32 after 36 holes of stroke play in order to advance to match play. Although not all teams completed round 1 when play was suspended at 5:45 p.m. MT on Saturday, 1-under-par 69 was in an 11-way tie for 29th place.

Hart, who won the Trans-Mississippi Four-Ball championship with John Elway at Cherry Hills Country Club in 2009, and Marsico, the 2008 CGA Amateur champion, opened with a 2-over-par 72, while Engen and Jarmul posted a 76.

Two teams were 6 under par at the end of Saturday: Hayes Brown of Charlotte, N.C., and Jack Larkin of Atlanta completed a 64 in the better-ball event, while Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C., and Todd Mitchell of Bloomington, Ill., were 6 under through 13 holes. 

Here are the scores for all the teams with strong Colorado ties competing at Jupiter Hills:

73. Tommy Hart of Denver/Jonathan Marsico of Cherry Hills Village 72
99. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto of Phoenix/Patrick Moore of Phoenix 74
112. Nick Engen of Denver/John Jarmul of Greenwood Village 76

For complete results, CLICK HERE.
 

Fan and Lee finished at 12-under-par 132 at Dunes Golf & Beach Club, tying for the best score out of the 64-team field with Alice Chen and Taylor Totland of New Jersey, and Hailee Cooper and Kaitlyn Papp of Texas.

The CU golfers, who made eight birdies in a bogey-free round on Sunday, will begin match play on Monday along with the other 31 teams that advanced.

Also making match play were Colorado State University teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor, who posted a 67 Sunday for a 140 total to share 19th place in stroke play.

Men’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball in Pinehurst, N.C.: None of the four teams with significant Colorado connections made match play at the men’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

With the top 32 finishers in stroke play advancing to match play, three teams with Colorado connections tied for 43rd place at 1-over-par 142 on Sunday. They were Denver residents Wilson Belk and Greg Carlin (71-71), Tristan Rohrbaugh of Carbondale and Jacob Myers of Sandy, Utah (71-71), and former Colorado State University golfer Jeff Fujimoto and Patrick Moore of Phoenix (70-72).

Meanwhile, Alex Kephart and Kurtis Lucas of Colorado Springs came in at 144 (73-71) to tie for 64th place.

U.S. Amateur Four-Ball
At Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 8 in Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

FAILED TO ADVANCE TO MATCH PLAY
43. Wilson Belk, Denver /Greg Carlin, Denver, CO 71-71–142
43. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Carbondale/Jacob Myers, Sandy, Utah 71-71–142
43. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore, Phoenix 70-72–142
64. Alex Kephart, Colorado Springs /Kurtis Lucas, Colorado Springs 73-71–144
For complete scores, CLICK HERE.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball
At Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

ADVANCED TO MATCH PLAY
T1. CU teammates Brittany Fan and Esther Lee 68-64–132
19. CSU teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor 73-67–140
For complete scores, CLICK HERE.
 

Fan and Lee made four birdies in a bogey-free round and sit two strokes out of the lead heading into Sunday’s second and final round of stroke play.

The top 32 teams after 36 holes will advance to match play, which begins Monday.

Colorado State University teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor opened with a 73, which leaves them in a tie for 46th place.

Meanwhile, at the men’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball in Pinehurst, N.C., the contingent of competitors with strong Colorado connections will need to rally if they want to make match play.

With the top 32 finishers in this weekend’s 36-hole stroke play advancing to match play, the best local players are tied for 41st after Saturday’s first round.

Tristan Rohrbaugh of Carbondale and Jacob Myers of Sandy, Utah shot an even-par 71 at Pinehurst No. 8, while former Colorado State University golfer Jeff Fujimoto and Patrick Moore of Phoenix posted an even-par 70 at Pinehurst No. 2. Those two teams share 41st place.

Meanwhile, Wilson Belk and Greg Carlin of Denver carded a 1-over 71 at Pinehurst No. 2 and Colorado Springs’ Alex Kephart and Kurtis Lucas had a 3-over 73, also at No. 2. Those teams are 57th and 87th, respectively.

The stroke-play portion will continue through Sunday.

U.S. Amateur Four-Ball
At Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 8 in Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore, Phoenix 70
Tristan Rohrbaugh, Carbondale/Jacob Myers, Sandy, Utah 71
Wilson Belk, Denver /Greg Carlin, Denver, CO 71
Alex Kephart, Colorado Springs /Kurtis Lucas, Colorado Springs 73
For complete scores, CLICK HERE.
 

U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball
At Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

6. CU teammates Brittany Fan and Esther Lee 68
46. CSU teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor
For complete scores, CLICK HERE.

Alex Buecking of Columbine Valley and his former SMU teammate Jason Enloe of Dallas scored a 3-and-2 victory in the match play round of 32 over Brent Roof and Paul Tucker.

Buecking and Enloe, seeded seventh, were all square with their opponents through 11, but hole-winning birdies on 12 and 16 and a hole-winning par on 14 turned the match quickly.

Also winning their opening match were Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont, who posted a 2-and-1 win over Andrew Orischak and Doc Redman. After making a birdie on the sixth hole Monday, Baer and Nygren led the rest of the way.

Buecking and Enloe, and Baer and Nygren will play their round-of-16 matches on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, falling on Monday in the round of 32 was the team of Tom Hart and Jonathan Marsico of Denver, who were ousted 5 and 4 by Drew Allenspach and Matthew Van Zandt.

For all of the round-of-32 results, 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
22. Braden Baer (Westminster)/Cole Nygren (Longmont) 64-72–136
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
 

Alex Buecking of Columbine Valley and Jason Enloe of Dallas — former SMU teammates — placed seventh out of 128 teams. Their 8-under-par 132 total (64-68) was six strokes behind medalists Brandon Matthews and Patrick Ross of Pennsylvania.

Others Coloradans making match play were Tom Hart of Jonathan Marsico of Denver (70-66-136, 22nd place) and Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont (64-72–136, 22nd place).

The round-of-32 matches will take place on Monday.

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

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

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

Meanwhile, at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in Streamsong, Fla., the only Coloradan in the field, Tiffany Maurycy of Denver, who teamed up with Amy Ellertson of Charlottesville, Va., failed to advance to match play on Sunday.

With stroke-play scores of 74-80 for a 10-over-par 154 total, the two tied for 57th place. The top 32 teams made it to match play.
 

Braden Baer of Westminster and Cole Nygren of Longmont fired a 6-under-par 64, as did Alex Buecking of Columbine Valley and Jason Enloe of Dallas, the SMU men’s golf coach (the two were teammates at SMU). That leaves both teams in a tie for fifth place, two out of the lead.

After Sunday’s second round, the top 32 teams will advance to match play.

Buecking made three birdies in four holes on the back nine Saturday, holing a 40-yard shot and a 50-foot putt in the process.

“Every time I went over and hugged him and said, ‘thanks,'” Enloe told USGA.org. “We had three big group hugs over the last five holes.”

Nygren and Baer likewise totaled seven birdies on the day.

Here are the scores for all the teams with major Colorado ties who are in the field:

5. Alex Buecking (Columbine Valley)/Jason Enloe (Dallas) 64
5. Braden Baer (Westminster)/Cole Nygren (Longmont) 64
57. Tom Hart (Denver)/Jonathan Marsico (Denver) 70
84. Benjamin Sherlund (Denver)/Zach Fowlds (Lone Tree) 72
84. Former CSU golfer Jeff Fujimoto/Patrick Moore (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72
97. Kyle Danford (Fort Collins) /David Johnson (Fort Collins) 73

Meanwhile, the only team in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in Streamsong, Fla., that features a Coloradan is in 46th place after Saturday’s opening round.

Tiffany Maurycy of Denver teamed up with Amy Ellertson of Charlottesville, Va., to fire a 2-over-par 74. After making two birdies on Saturday, they’ll need to climb into the top 32 after Sunday’s second round to advance to match play.
 

It will be four-ball galore over the next two weeks, both locally and nationally.

Between now and May 13, four big four-ball championships will be contested in Colorado or by the USGA, with Colorado competitors involved. First up are the separate CGA Four-Ball and Senior Four-Ball tournaments, the first CGA championships of 2015, set for Friday through Sunday (May 1-3). Then the inaugural U.S. Amateur Four-Ball will be held May 2-6 in San Francisco. Last but not least, the first U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball will be played May 9-13 in Bandon, Ore.

(It should be noted that though the CWGA won’t have a four-ball event in the next couple of weeks, it holds three four-ball tournaments annually: the Mashie, Brassie and Niblick.

The men’s and women’s U.S. Four-Balls are the first additions to the USGA championship schedule since 1987.

Here’s a brief rundown of the four-ball events — which are essentially two-person better-balls, either in stroke play or match play — that are set for the next two weeks:

— CGA Four-Ball at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster and CGA Senior Four-Ball at Todd Creek Golf Club in Thornton, each 54-hole event running Friday through Sunday (May 1-3).

A total of 92 players (46 teams) are registered for the Four-Ball at Legacy Ridge. While 2014 champions Keith Humerickhouse and Jared Bickling won’t return as a team — Humerickhouse is in the field for the U.S. Four-Ball — Bickling will play at Legacy Ridge with new partner Stephen Baxter.

Other former champions in the field are Jon Lindstrom (2002 and ’12), Steve Irwin (2004 and ’09), Alex Buecking (2009), Dave Johnson (2006), Jim Doidge (2005) and Pat Diaz (2004). Irwin will team with Diaz again this year. Doidge will partner with Michael Harrington, the 2014 CGA Player of the Year.

In the Senior Four-Ball at Todd Creek, 102 competitors (51 teams) 50 and older are signed up. Included are defending champions David Delich and Bruce Hogg, who prevailed by three strokes last year. Also back are 2013 winners Kelly Crone and Larry Netherton, who also claimed the title in 2009.

Other former champs in the field are Daniel Dymerski (2012), John Applegate (2011), Sean Forey (2003 and ’08) and Scott Radcliffe (2003). Forey and Radcliffe will team up again this year.

To access scoring over the weekend, click on the following: OPEN DIVISION, SENIOR DIVISION.

— U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at the Olympic Club in San Francisco May 2-6.

A total of 4,468 golfers (2,234 teams) submitted entries, and qualifying was held at 51 sites from last August through March.

The field at the Olympic Club will feature 128 teams, which will play 36 holes of stroke play, with the top 32 teams advancing to match play beginning on May 4.

Five teams in the championship include at least one Coloradan:

Robert Polk of Parker and Bill Fowler of Lakewood

Alex Kephart of Colorado Springs and former Colorado Springs resident Nick Tarasiewicz

Keith Humerickhouse of Eagle and Tom Abell of Oregon, Wis.

Jeff Chapman of Denver and Andrew Tapia of Raton, N.M.

Gus Lundquist of Parker and Trevor Sluman of Rochester, N.Y.

Polk and Fowler, both 50-somethings, shared medalist honors in qualifying at Colorado Golf Club with Kephart and Tarasiewicz last September. (The four are pictured together above.) Polk, 59, will be the oldest player in the field at the Olympic Club.

Lundquist and Sluman are University of Louisville teammates, playing for coach Mark Crabtree, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer. Sluman is a nephew of Champions Tour player Jeff Sluman. They were medalists in an Oct. 8 qualifier in Mason, Ohio.

Humerickhouse and Abell were medalists in an Oct. 1 qualifier in Hartford, Wis.

— U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes in Oregon May 9-13.

Qualifying for the inaugural Women’s Four-Ball took place at 28 sites from August through March.

Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster and Gillian Vance of Lakewood (left) will take a break from the high school season to play in the national championship. They shared medalist honors last October in a qualifier at Heritage at Westmoor in Westminster.

Kupcho, the 2014 CWGA Player of the Year, will play college golf at Wake Forest in the fall, while Vance will be on the University of Colorado roster.

All told at Bandon, 64 teams will play two rounds of stroke play, with the low 32 teams advancing to match play, which begins May 11.
 

In 2008, there was the U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor and the U.S. Amateur Publinks — featuring Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel — at Murphy Creek.

In 2009, the Palmer Cup, pitting many of the best college players from the U.S. and Europe against one another, came to Cherry Hills.

In 2010, Colorado Golf Club hosted the Senior PGA Championship.

In 2011, the U.S. Women’s Open came to the Broadmoor, marking the championship’s third appearance in the state since 1995.

In 2012, the U.S. Amateur paid a visit at Cherry Hills and CommonGround.

And last year, the best women’s players from the U.S. and Europe battled it out at the Solheim Cup at Colorado Golf Club.

Looking ahead, the run is guaranteed to last at least one more year. A PGA Tour event will be contested in Colorado for the first time since 2006 as Cherry Hills hosts the BMW Championship the first week of September this year.

While that event is certainly the highlight of the 2014 Colorado golf season, it’s just one of many new or notable events on the schedule for this year.

Here’s a brief rundown:

— Return of The Show: With the BMW Championship coming to Cherry Hills Sept. 1-7, it’ll mark the first time in the eight years of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs that an event has been held in the western U.S.

As the third stop of the playoffs, the BMW Championship will feature 70 of the best players in the world. That means that in all likelihood Tiger Woods (pictured above) will compete in Colorado for the first time since 1999. Also likely in the field will be Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and Jordan Spieth.

After the BMW, the top 30 from the FedEx Cup standings will advance to the Tour Championship.

Proceeds from the BMW Championship benefit the Evans Caddie Scholarship, including the E.S. Scholars at the University of Colorado.

— First and Last USGA Qualifiers: With last year’s announcement by the USGA concerning changes to its championship schedule, 2014 will feature the first-ever qualifying for the men’s and women’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships (which will debut in 2015), and the last qualifying for the men’s and women’s U.S. Amateur Public Links (which will be discontinued after this year).

The final qualifiers for the national Publinks will be May 27 at Saddle Rock (women) and June 17 at Twin Peaks (men).

The first Colorado-based qualifying tournaments for the national Four-Ball Championships will be Sept. 8 at Colorado Golf Club (men) and Oct. 6 at Spring Valley (women).

— Tournaments Galore: The Heritage at Westmoor will be a popular site for CGA/CWGA championships and USGA qualifiers in 2014, especially in May and July.

The Westminster course will host the CGA Match Play (July 7-11), CWGA Junior Match Play (July 14-17), U.S. Women’s Open Sectional Qualifying (May 14) and U.S. Open Local Qualifying (May 12).

— Colorado Open Championships Lineup: The dates of the HealthOne Colorado Open championships are circled on the calendars of many of the state’s top players. In 2014, here is the schedule, with all three events contested at Green Valley Ranch:

Colorado Senior Open, May 28-30; Colorado Open, July 24-27; Colorado Women’s Open, Aug. 27-29.

— Top State Amateur Championships: The schedule for the top CGA and CWGA championships goes like this: CWGA Match Play, June 23-26 at Lone Tree; CGA Match Play, July 7-11 at The Heritage at Westmoor; CWGA Stroke Play, July 21-23 at Valley Country Club; CGA Stroke Play, Aug. 7-11 at Lakewood Country Club.

— Eyeing National Championships: Qualifying tournaments for the USGA’s highest-profile national championships are always key days for the state’s elite players.

Here’s the lineup this year: U.S. Open Locals May 12 at the Broadmoor and Heritage at Westmoor, and May 13 at Collindale; U.S. Women’s Open Sectionals, May 14 at Heritage at Westmoor; and U.S. Senior Open Sectionals, June 17 at Fox Hollow.

— Return of Ron Moore College Tourney: The University of Denver women’s golf team will add an NCAA Division I tournament, the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate, to the Front Range lineup in the fall.

Set for Highlands Ranch Golf Club Oct. 10-12, the Ron Moore tournament will return after last being played in 2009. In the interim, the DU women have competed in the Golfweek Women’s Conference Challenge held at Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott.

The Moore Women’s Intercollegiate will be a 54-hole event, with the 2014 field including DU, Colorado State and Northern Colorado.

Moore, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, was a major supporter of DU athletics. In 2011, the Moore family donated Highlands Ranch Golf Club to the university.