Five past champion win first round matches at the Colorado Senior Match Play Championship
CASTLE ROCK, Co. (May 15, 2012) -- Five former champions, including 2011 winner David Delich of the Broadmoor Golf Club, won their first-round matches Tuesday in the CGA Senior Match Play Championship at Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course in Castle Rock.
Former champs advancing Tuesday to the round of 32 were Delich (winner in 2007 and '11), John Olive of the Broadmoor (1997, 2001, '02 and '03), Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club (2009), Ken Sady of Eagle Ranch Golf Course (2008) and Kelly Crone of Highlands Ranch Golf Club (2005).
The one ex-champ who was ousted was 2006 winner Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club, who lost to Dennis Fields of CommonGround Golf Course 1 up.
Seven of the top 10 seeds earned spots in the second round. Top-seeded Delich defeated No. 64 Randall Dolan of CommonGround 2 and 1. Four-time champ Olive outlasted No. 8 Robin Bradbury of Legacy Ridge Golf Course in 19 holes.
In the Super Senior Match Play for golfers 60 and older, the top three seeds advanced. Defending champion David Farabaugh of the Broadlands Golf Course overcame Fredrick Steffers of Patty Jewett Golf Course 2 up.
Play in both divisions continues through Friday's finals.
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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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