Doug Moore and Raymond Kelley of Lone Tree Golf Club not only kept their lead but expanded it to three strokes after Tuesday’s second round of the 36th CGA Senior Four-Ball at The Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield (pictured).
Moore and Kelley teamed up to post a bogey-free round of 4-under-par 68 in the scratch better-ball stroke-play event. That left them at 11-under 133 going into Wednesday’s final round.
Only one team is closer than five strokes to the lead heading into the final 18 as 2016 CGA Senior Match Play champion Jeff Oneth and Tim Kneen of Colorado Golf Club are in second place at 136 after a 69 on Tuesday.
Five teams share third place at 138, including defending champions Robert Polk of Colorado Golf Club and Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills, and 2014 Senior Four-Ball winners David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club and Bruce Hogg of Patty Jewett Golf Course. Delich carded a hole-in-one Tuesday at the 145-yard 14th.
Play in the open division is limited to golfers 51 and older as the CGA is looking to eventually match the age criteria the USGA uses for the U.S. Senior Amateur (55 and older).
In the super-senior division, for players 61 and older, things are considerably tighter with two teams sharing the lead and four others within four strokes heading into Wednesday’s final 18.
Kelly Crone and Larry Netherton of Highlands Ranch Golf Club, winners of the CGA Senior Four-Ball in 2009 and ’13, fired a 68 Tuesday to come in at 3-under 141. Also at that figure is the team of Bill Stevens and David Merritt of Meridian Golf Club, whose second-round 69 included an eagle.
For CGA Senior Four-Ball scores:
OPEN DIVISION
