A field of 82 players will be vying for four spots into the national tournament, set for Oct. 7-12 at Capital City Club in Atlanta.
Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield, the winner of the last two CGA Mid-Amateurs and the U.S. Mid-Am Qualifying medalist last year, qualified for the 2017 event earlier this week as a co-medalist in Carson City, Nev.
But among those in the Murphy Creek field are 2016 qualifiers Chris Thayer of Golden and Wes Martin of Denver. Thayer advanced to match play at the national championship, losing in the round of 64.
Among the others scheduled to compete in Aurora are Steve Irwin of Arvada, who recently competed in his third U.S. Amateur; Kyle Danford of Fort Collins, who has qualified for two U.S. Ams in recent years; 2008 CGA Amateur champion Jonathan Marsico; 2015 CGA Match Play champion Nick Nosewicz of Aurora; two-time CGA Senior Player of the Year David Delich; and this week’s CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play champion Gary Albrecht.
After next year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur is held at Charlotte, N.C., Colorado Golf Club in Parker will host the national championship in 2019, with the dates set for Sept. 21-26.
The U.S. Mid-Amateur is limited to golfers at least 25 years old.
For Tuesday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
Thayer (pictured), the 2014 CGA Mid-Amateur champion who needed a playoff to qualify for this year’s national tournament, shares 74th place out of 264 players with one stroke-play round remaining. Competing in his first U.S. Mid-Am, Thayer finished with three birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey on Saturday.
After 36 holes, the top 64 players will advance to match play.
Joining Thayer in the top 100 after round 1 were Tom Krystyn of Denver and former University of Colorado golfer Kenny Coakley, both of whom shot 75 and share 94th place.
Here are the scores and positions for all the players competing with strong Colorado ties:
74. Chris Thayer of Denver 74
94. Tom Krystyn of Denver 75
94. Former CU golfer Kenny Coakley 75
204. Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield 79
258. Troy Anderson of Denver 86
258. Wes Martin of Denver 86
Brad Wilder of Fort Wright, Ky., and Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C., shared the lead after firing 66s on Saturday.
For all the scores from the U.S. Mid-Am, which is limited to players 25 and older, CLICK HERE.