Colo. Sr. Match Play: Hoos, Crone among movers
AURORA, Colo. (June 12, 2013) -- University of Denver men's golf coach Eric Hoos, the top seed, and former champion Kelly Crone advanced to the round of 16 Wednesday in the CGA Senior Match Play Championship at Canongate at Blackstone in Aurora.
Hoos, who plays out of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, defeated Terry Hymans of Canongate Colorado 3 and 2 in the round of 32. Crone, the 2005 champion and 2012 runner-up from Highlands Ranch GC, beat Lance Balthaser of Broken Tee Englewood in 19 holes.
Meanwhile, No. 34 seed Bill Fowler of Bear Creek Golf Club convincingly ousted second-seeded Jim LeMar of the Meadows Golf Club, 5 and 4.
Both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals will be played on Thursday, with the semifinals and final set for Friday.
In the Super-Senior Match Play for golfers 60 and older, Bruce Hayes of Heritage at Westmoor eliminated defending champion Bob Sims of Canongate Colorado, 2 and 1, in the quarterfinals.
Also among those advancing to the Super-Senior semifinals was former CGA Senior Match Play champion Patrick Mooney of Colorado Golf Club.
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ABOUT THE Colorado Senior Match Play
The CGA Senior Match Play Championship will be
played using the PGA
TOUR style match play Pod Play system at gross
scoring. This means that
any player who qualifies for the championship will be
guaranteed at least
three (3) matches in the championship. After each
player is ranked, all
players will be distributed into their pod with three
(3) other players. This
will yield 16 pods of four (4) players. Each player will
play all three other
players in their pod at least once. The winner of each
pod will advance to
the Round of 16 and a single elimination knockout
round will be played for
the duration of the championship. If there is a tie for
the pod winner or
knockout stage, a sudden death playoff will
determine the winner.
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