Colo. Sr. Match Play: U of Denver coach takes top seed
AURORA, Colo. (June 11, 2013) -- University of Denver men's golf coach Eric Hoos earned the No. 1 seed in the 44th CGA Senior Match Play Championship by shooting a 2-under-par 70 in Monday's stroke-play round at Canongate at Blackstone in Aurora.
Hoos, who recently claimed low amateur honors in the HealthOne Colorado Senior Open for the second time, made three birdies and one bogey on Monday.
Hoos, who plays out of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, and the 63 players with the next-best scores will advance to match play, which begins on Tuesday and continues through Friday.
Jim LeMar of the Meadows Golf Club was the only other player who broke part on Monday, shooting a 71 for the No. 2 seed. Terry Lorenz of Pinehurst Country Club and Jeff Sweet of Saddle Rock Golf Course each fired 72. Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore, the 2006 champion, managed a 73.
Meanwhile, in the CGA Super-Senior Match Play for golfers 60 and older, Richard Barg of Meadow Hills Golf Course led the way on Monday with a 72. Vance Adler of the Country Club at Castle Pines was next-best, at 74. As the defending champion, Bob Sims of CanonGate Colorado is the top seed despite shooting 85 on Monday.
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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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