Colo. Sr. Match Play: Top-seed falls
AURORA, Colo. (June 13, 2013) -- Tom Musselman of The Bridges in Montrose defeated top-seeded Eric Hoos of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, 2 and 1, in Thursday afternoon's quarterfinals of the CGA Senior Match Play Championship at Canongate at Blackstone in Aurora.
Musselman, seeded ninth, ousted the University of Denver men's golf coach by winning the 15th and 17th holes after the match was all square with four left.
The tournament is guaranteed to crown a first-time Senior Match Play champion on Friday after Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course eliminated the last former winner still in the field, 2005 champ Kelly Crone of Highlands Ranch GC, 1 up in the quarterfinals.
Musselman, Johnson, Flatirons Golf Course superintendent Dave Brown and Mark Franz of Saddle Rock Golf Course each won two matches on Thursday to advance to the semifinals.
Musselman will face Brown and Johnson will meet Franz in Friday morning's semis, with the winners squaring off in the afternoon final.
Meanwhile, the final is set for the CGA Super-Senior Match Play for golfers 60 and older. Patrick Mooney of Colorado Golf Club, a past champion in both the Senior Match Play and Super-Senior Match Play, will take on Bruce Hayes of Heritage at Westmoor on Friday for the title.
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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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