Three-time champion David Delich of The Broadmoor Golf Club defeated two other former champions by identical 5-and-3 margins on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the 48th CGA Senior Match Play at Blackstone Country Club in southeast Aurora.
Delich (pictured) is seeking to become the fifth player to win the Senior Match Play four times, joining John Olive, Larry Eaton, Bert Welz and Ed Nosewicz Sr.
On Thursday, the former Colorado College hockey standout beat defending champion Jeff Oneth of Colorado Golf Club in the round of 16, then Harry Johnson of Eagle Ranch Golf Course in the quarterfinals. Delich made three birdies in the morning and two in the afternoon. He’s won all of his three matches by comfortable margins, going 6 and 5, 5 and 3, and 5 and 3.
Joining Delich in Friday morning’s semifinals will be John Hornbeck of Collindale Golf Course, Pat Bucci of West Woods Golf Club, and Bill Woodward of Cherry Hills Country Club. Delich will face Hornbeck and Bucci will meet Woodward in the semis. The winners will square off in the title match on Friday afternoon.
Hornbeck, who qualified in Colorado for both the 2016 U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Senior Amateur, defeated 2015 CGA Senior Amateur champion Bill Fowler of The Club at Rolling Hills 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals. Earlier in the day, Hornbeck topped David Snow of Saddle Rock Golf Course, 6 and 5. Hornbeck’s three matches have gone 3 and 1, 6 and 5, and 3 and 2.
To make it to the semis, Woodward defeated fellow Cherry Hills member Mark Donahue 5 and 4, while Bucci beat Steve Sullivan of The Ridge at Castle Pines North, 3 and 2.
Woodward has won his three matches 4 and 3, 3 and 2, and 5 and 4. Bucci has gone 3 and 2, 5 and 3, and 3 and 2.
CGA Senior Match Play Championship
At Blackstone CC in Aurora
ROUND OF 16
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Jeff Oneth, Colorado GC, 5 and 3
Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, def. Rob McLelland, Clubcorp Colorado, 2 up
John Hornbeck Collindale GC, def. David Snow, Saddle Rock GC, 6 and 5
Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, def. Bradley Becker, Plum Creek GC, 4 and 3
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Bob Chandler, Foothills GC, 5 and 3
Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, def. Mark Armistead, Highlands Ranch GC, 2 and 1
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Thomas McGeary, Highlands Ranch GC, 3 and 2
Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, def. Robin Bradbury, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 1 up
QUARTERFINALS
David Delich, Broadmoor GC, def. Harry Johnson, Eagle Ranch GC, 5 and 3
John Hornbeck, Collindale GC, def. Bill Fowler, Club at Rolling Hills, 3 and 2
Pat Bucci, West Woods GC, def. Steve Sullivan, Ridge at Castle Pines North, 3 and 2
Bill Woodward, Cherry Hills CC, def. Mark Donahue, Cherry Hills CC, 5 and 4
For complete results from the CGA Senior Match Play, CLICK HERE.
