The University of Colorado men’s golf team, which has its eyes on a “four-peat” in its Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational, will take a five-stroke lead into the final round at Colorado National Golf Club in Erie.
The Buffs, shot a stellar 12-under-par round of 276 Monday afternoon and finished day 1 at 18-under-par 558. But Utah (563), Wyoming (565), Campbell (565) and Houston Baptist (565) are well within striking distance with 18 holes left.
A second CU team (574) is in sixth place, while Air Force (576) is 10th and Northern Colorado (580) 12th in the 19-team field.
Two CU players are in the top five individually after Monday’s two rounds. Freshman Morten Toft Hansen leads by one at 8-under-par 136 after posting scores of 71-65, with the 65 being bogey-free. And senior Ethan Freeman (pictured), a Colorado resident who went 69-69–138, shares fourth place.
Also in the top 10 are Air Force’s Sunwoo Choi (137, second), UNC’s Coby Welch (139, eighth), CU’s John Souza (139, eighth), Colorado State’s Logan Iverson (139, eighth) and Coloradan Tanner Jenson of Utah State (139, eighth).
Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational
Sept. 26-27, 2016 at Par-72 Colorado National GC in Erie
1. Colorado 282-276–558
1. Morten Toft Hansen 71-65–136
4. Ethan Freeman 69-69–138
23. Yannik Paul 74-68–142
47. Jeremy Paul 69-76–145
60. Spencer Painton 73-74–147
6. Colorado B 287-287–574
8. John Souza 70-69–139
47. Wilson Belk 73-72–145
54. Ryan Schmitz 73-73–146
60. Victor Bjorlow 74-73–147
94. Kade Crossland 71-83–154
10. Air Force Academy 291-285–576
2. Sunwoo Choi 69-68–137
54. Brenden Bone 76-70–146
60. Joshua Wu 73-74–147
60. Tate Tatom 73-74–147
84. Todd Millard 78-73–151
12. Northern Colorado 295-285–580
8. Coby Welch 70-69–139
37. Sam Marley 74-70–144
70. Andrew Romano 74-74–148
75. Joshua Matz 77-72–149
97. Li Chen 78-77–155
Also
8. Coloradan Tanner Jenson of Utah State 70-69–139
8. Logan Iverson of CSU 72-67–139
15. Coloradan Kyler Dunkle of Utah 67-73–140
29. Kyle Kidd of CSU 70-73–143
37. Coloradan Glenn Workman of Wyoming 68-76–144
37. Coloradan Tristan Rohrbaugh of Boise State 71-73–144
37. Joseph Crisostomo of Air Force 71-76–147
60. Alec Bone of CSU 71-76–147
82. Dane Hankamer of Air Force 76-74–150
87. Philip Lee of UNC 76-76–152
87. Turner Howe of Air Force 75-77–152
103. Anson Kuznik of Air Force 83-76–159
108. Jack Li of CU 81-NS
