The defending champions in both the CGA Senior Match Play and the CGA Super-Senior Match Play saw their hopes for repeats end on Tuesday.
Jay Gomer of Indian Peaks Golf Course defeated 2015 champion David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club, 1 up, in the round of 32 at the Senior Match Play at The Fox Hill Club in Longmont. Gomer led from after the first hole through the 18th.
And in a battle of former champs at the Super-Senior Match Play at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, two-time winner Patrick Mooney of Colorado Golf Club defeated defending champ John Olive of The Broadmoor 1 up in the round of 16. Mooney birdied the par-3 18th hole for the victory.
Joining Delich (pictured) in exiting in the first round of matches at Fox Hill was 2013 champion Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Club, who dropped a 1-up match to John Ingram of Hiwan Golf Club. Former champs who advanced to the round of 16 were Ray Makloski of Pueblo Country Club, Guy Mertz of The Fox Hill Club and Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club.
Roger Gunderson of CommonGround Golf Course, a two-time Super-Senior champ who was runner-up each of the last two years, fell in the round of 16 at West Woods to fellow CommonGround player Jeffrey English, 3 and 1. That means that the only former champion who made it to the Super-Senior quarterfinals was Mooney.
Both the Seniors and the Super-Seniors will feature two rounds of match play on Wednesday.
The championship matches for both the Senior Match Play and the Super-Senior Match Play are scheduled for Thursday.
CGA Senior Match Play
At The Fox Hill Club in Longmont
ROUND OF 32
Jay Gomer, Indian Peaks GC def. David Delich, Broadmoor GC 1 up
Kary Kaltenbacher, Glenmoor CC def. Craig Kirscht, Buffalo Run 7 and 5
John Ingram, Hiwan GC def. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC 1 up
Gary Driber, Ridge at Castle Pines North def. Bruce Hogg, Patty Jewett GC 19 holes
Brian Woody, Ridge @ Castle Pines N def. Mark Inboden, Raccoon Creek 20 holes
Bob Chandler, Foothills GC def. Michael Larson, Boulder Country Club 4 and 3
Robert West, Cherry Creek CC def. Thomas Roos, Spring Valley GC 2 up
Owen Ellis, Flatirons GC def. Gary Fox, CC at Castle Pines 1 up
Guy Mertz, Fox Hill Club, the def. Jim Fucillo, Inverness GC 4 and 3
Bradley Becker, Plum Creek GC def. Richard Kelly, Foothills GC 19 holes
Jim Jagels, Hiwan GC def. Tom Sweetman, Omni Interlocken Resort 1 up
Robert Polk, Colorado GC def. Mark Armistead, Highlands Ranch GC 6 and 4
Ray Makloski, Pueblo CC def. Jeff Anderson, Perry Park CC 5 and 3
Robin Bradbury, Heritage at Westmoor def. Patrick Horvath, Murphy Creek GC 6 and 4
Jeff Oneth, Colorado GC def. Greg A Thiesen, Fox Hill Club, the 4 and 3
Jeff Slupe, Highland Meadows GC def. Dennis Fields, Heritage at Westmoor 19 holes
CGA Super-Senior Match Play
At West Woods GC in Arvada
ROUND OF 16
Patrick Mooney, Colorado GC def. John Olive, Broadmoor GC, 1 up
Steve Scheffel, Ptarmigan CC def. Pete Perry, South Suburban GC, 3 and 2
Don Alley, Antler Creek GC def. Rod Walters, Indian Tree GC, 1 up
Lee Hansen, Pinehurst CC def. Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 and 1
James W Brundige, Snowmass Club def. Randy Miller, Boulder CC, 10 and 8
Jeffrey English, CommonGround GC def. Roger Gunderson, CommonGround GC, 3 and 1
Doug Jones, Tiara Rado GC def. Frank Wilkinson, Lincoln Park GC, 4 and 2
Bruce Hayes, Heritage at Westmoor def. Fredrick Steffers, Eisenhower GC, 2 and 1
