At Par-72 Colorado GC in Parker
Note -- Qualifiers will play in U.S. Senior Open July 31-Aug. 3 at Broadmoor East GC
in Colorado Springs.
x-won playoff
QUALIFIERS
Audie Dean, Centennial 37-36--73
David Delich, Colorado Springs 36-38--74
Jeff Klein, Scottsbluff, Neb., 38-37—75
ALTERNATES (IN ORDER)
Scott Radcliffe, Golden 37-38--75
John Olive, Colorado Springs 38-38—76
OTHERS
David Dame, Pueblo 36-40--76
Greg Goode, Aurora 38-38--76
Gregg Jones, Colorado Springs 39-38--77
Hal Marshall, Littleton 39-38--77
Michael Zaremba, Pueblo West 39-38--77
Scott Sullivan, Grand Junction 38-39--77
Sean Forey, Morrison 39-38--77
Don Powers, Colorado Springs 38-40--78
Kelly Crone, Littleton 41-37--78
Ken Krieger, Cheyenne, Wyo., 41-37--78
Ken Schweitzer, Colorado Springs 39-39--78
Ross Chessman, Erie 41-37--78
Tom Nosewicz, Aurora 38-40--78
Jack Rule, Lone Tree 40-39--79
Robert Polk, Parker 38-41--79
Stephen Bell, Denver 44-35--79
Chris Nordling, Aurora 42-38--80
Erroll Miller, Breckenridge 41-39--80
Roger Gunderson, Aurora 38-42--80
Doug Perry, Fort Collins 41-40--81
Frank Fager, Centennial 37-44--81
Mike McCutchen, Aurora 43-38--81
Scott Walter, Franktown 41-40--81
Bruce Hogg, Colorado Springs 41-41--82
Charlie Post, Denver 42-40--82
Gary Borgese, Niwot 37-45--82
Mike Enright, Ft Collins 41-41--82
Paul Surniak, Colorado Springs 43-39--82
Ronnie Wright, Ft Collins 41-41--82
Robert Minkin, Denver 42-41--83
Ted O'Shields, Aurora 41-42--83
Tom Woodard, Denver 40-43--83
Chris Thomas, Denver 42-42--84
Donald Fuqua, Greenwood Village 41-43--84
Ed Doerffel, Colorado Springs 42-42--84
Steven Coyer, Avon 42-42--84
Bill Loeffler, Castle Rock 41-44--85
Bob Peck, Cheyenne, Wyo., 41-44--85
Daniel Perdue, Cheyenne, Wyo., 43-42--85
Jack Sommers, Fort Collins 49-36--85
Steve Szekula, Morrison 46-39--85
Greg Adams, Highland Ranch 41-45--86
Greg Dillon, Canon City 42-44--86
Juan Blanco, Windsor 42-44--86
Kronin Kelley, Arvada 43-43--86
Randal Gaddis, Lone Tree 46-40--86
Rich Trout, Arvada 46-40--86
W Patrick Mooney, Castle Rock 46-40--86
Bill Stevens, Littleton 44-43--87
Chuck Fisher, Westminster 44-43--87
John Sostmann, Denver 46-41--87
Larry Netherton, Highlands Ranch 42-45--87
Mark Donaldson, Edmond, Okla., 44-43--87
Harry Johnson, Vail 47-41--88
James Johnson, Golden 48-40--88
Kent Jesperson, Cheyenne, Wyo., 45-43--88
Laird Middleton, Denver 44-44--88
Mark Barkley, Highlands Ranch 44-44--88
Steve Creekmore III, Ft Smith, Ark., 48-40--88
William Peterson, Denver 41-47--88
Donald Berthiaume, Littleton 46-43--89
Arthur Doyle, Pueblo 46-44--90
Bob Heiny, Greeley 45-45--90
Bradley Smith, Fort Collins 47-43--90
Bruce Gamradt, West Palm Beach, Fla., 46-44--90
Alan Fejes, Littleton 46-45--91
Jerry Hurd, Colorado Springs 48-43--91
Greg Betthauser, Kalispell, Mont., 45-47--92
Gary Hoffman, Aurora 48-45--93
Kenneth K Tai, Castle Rock 49-44--93
Mark Adams, Lafayette 55-38--93
Russell Herndon, Monument 48-45--93
Charles Marshall, Aurora 45-49--94
Jeffrey Talus, Colorado Springs 52-42--94
Larry Leboeuf, Fort Collins 50-44--94
Mark Mobley, Vail 54-40--94
Robert Rognmoe, Denver 44-50--94
Kenneth Sady, Vail 52-43--95
Mac McDonald, Wolcott 50-46--96
Charles Joyce, Elbert 50-47--97
Len Ashford, Aurora 50-50--100
Gary Williamson, Perry, Okla., 54-47--101
Scott Crone, Denver DQ
Greg Salas, Aurora NC
Alfred Sellers, Colorado Springs WD
Bill Boyd, Greeley WD
Gene Kelley, Talahassee, Fla., WD
John Snuckel, Colorado Springs WD
Kary Kaltenbacher, Englewood WD
Ron Vlosich, Lakewood WD
KEVIN STADLER QUALIFIES FOR BRITISH OPEN: Kent Denver High School graduate Kevin Stadler, a regular on the PGA Tour, qualified Monday for the British Open. Stadler, who’s won a Colorado Open and a state high school title, earned one of seven British Open berths through qualifying in Dearborn, Mich. He shot rounds of 69-66 and survived a five-man playoff for the final four qualifying spots. Stadler tied for 51st last year in his British Open debut. This year’s British is set for July 17-20 at Royal Birkdale.
BIG-NAME “LOCALS”: While players at Colorado Golf Club had to battle it out for berths in the U.S. Senior Open, several competitors with strong ties to Colorado are fully exempt for the tournament at the Broadmoor. That list includes former U.S. Senior Open champions Hale Irwin and Dale Douglass, along with R.W. Eaks, Craig Stadler and Mark Wiebe. Mike Reid, who attended Cherry Creek High School for one year, is also in the field.
COLORADO GOLF CLUB A USGA QUALIFYING MECCA: In the course of a month, Colorado Golf Club in Parker will host three U.S. Golf Association qualifying tournaments. The U.S. Senior Open qualifying on Monday at Colorado GC was one of 26 such tournaments held nationwide. A week later, on July 7, the Parker course will host the U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifying. Then Colorado GC will be one of two sites in Colorado for U.S. Amateur qualifying, with Vista Ridge Golf Club being the other. The Colorado GC Amateur qualifying is set for July 28.
Previously this year, Colorado Golf Club hosted a local qualifying tournament for the U.S. Open.
ANOTHER TOP 10: Bret Guetz, who grew up in Littleton, finished 10th Sunday at the Gretzky Classic in Ontario, Canada, tying the best finish of his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour. Guetz improved to 57th on the 2008 Nationwide money list.
QUOTABLE: Broomfield’s Jim Grady, on brother Pat Grady having won four more individual Colorado Golf Association titles than himself: “It’s nice to get at least half a name on those trophies.”
Pat Grady’s CGA championships include a State Junior Match Play, State Match Play, State Stroke Play and State Publinks. He will attempt to win a second State Match Play July 7-11 at Plum Creek Golf Club in Castle Rock.
QUOTABLE II: Derek Tolan, who won the CGA State Publinks on Sunday, on the formula for golf success: “Great players don’t do anything special -- except maybe for Tiger (Woods). They keep it on land and make their short putts.”
McGILL THE U.S. OPEN VOLUNTEER: Denver native Jill McGill is no stranger to U.S. Golf Association events, having won both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Publinks. And in June, she played a role in both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women’s Open. The Cherry Creek High School graduate missed the cut as a competitor in last week’s Women’s Open. Two weeks earlier, she couldn’t resist the temptation to somehow participate in the U.S. Open as it was taking place in her hometown of San Diego.
McGill, who ranks 63rd on the 2008 LPGA money list, served as a volunteer at a scoreboard on the front nine at Torrey Pines. She told a USGA official that she wanted to experience life as a volunteer, having been grateful for many a volunteer’s work at LPGA events.
GOLF NOTES
Local Knowledge Pays Off for Caddie
Audie Dean earns medalist honors in qualifying for U.S. Senior Open
By Gary Baines
Colorado Golf Journal, Monday, June 30, 2008
PARKER -- One of the few rounds at or under par Audie Dean has witnessed at Colorado Golf Club since becoming at caddie there last year was recorded by longtime PGA Tour regular Craig Stadler, a Colorado resident.
But now, after Dean came very close Monday to matching Stadler’s round, he’ll join the 1982 Masters champion in the field for this year’s U.S. Senior Open, which will be played at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs July 31-Aug. 3.
Such is the “everyman” charm of events such as the U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open. A caddie can earn a spot in the same tournament as major championship winners.
Dean, a 50-year-old from Centennial, shot a 1-over-par 73 at his place of employment to gain medalist honors out of a field of 95 at U.S. Senior Open qualifying. Also earning berths to the top golf tournament in the world for players over 50 were amateur David Delich of Colorado Springs, a member at the Broadmoor, and pro Jeff Klein of Scottsbluff, Neb.
Delich shot a 74 and Klein a 75. The latter nailed down his spot in the national championship by nearly holing out his approach shot on the par-4 10th hole -- the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with amateur Scott
Medalist Audie Dean
Radcliffe of Golden. Klein, who played on the PGA Tour in 2003, tapped in a one-inch birdie putt to earn a spot in a USGA tournament for the first time since the 1983 U.S. Open.
“I’m very happy and relieved,” Klein said after surviving a double bogey-bogey finish to his regulation round.
But no one was happier Monday than Dean, who will be competing in his first USGA event.
“When I was signing my scorecard, I didn’t cry, but I felt like I could have,“ he said.
The road Dean has traveled to get to the U.S. Senior Open is certainly off the beaten path. After being born and raised in the Denver metro area and attending the University of Colorado for three years, Dean has had jobs as an assistant golf pro, a teaching pro, a competitor on the Hooters Tour, a stockbroker, doing retail, handling mortgages -- and now caddying.
“I’ve had an interesting life; I’ve done a lot of things,” he said.
And now he’ll be rubbing elbows in the Senior Open field with the likes of Greg Norman and Hale Irwin.
Dean quotes an acquaintance who asks three things after rounds of golf: what did you shoot, what did you learn, and did you have fun.
“I don’t know yet about the first two” regarding the U.S. Senior Open, “but I know I’m going to have fun,” Dean said.
Dean admits local knowledge played a role in him nailing down a berth at Colorado Golf Club. With greens running 10½-11 on the Stimpmeter Monday, 21 players failed to break 90 and two didn’t break 100. Dean took off most of the last three weeks to prepare for the qualifying, and apparently it paid off. He made four birdies and five bogeys on the day.
If Dean used local knowledge Monday, Delich should have that on his side at the Broadmoor in a month. The 51-year-old, who works in commercial real estate, has been a member at the Broadmoor since the early 1990s.
“This is pretty surreal,” Delich said of playing in a USGA championship on his home course. “To qualify for USGA events is the highlight for an amateur golfer. Being on the national stage is special. It’s heady stuff. And to have it at the Broadmoor is beyond comprehension.”
Delich said he’s competed in three U.S. Mid-Amateurs in his career. He also has a couple of notable state amateur titles to his credit: the 1997 Colorado Golf Association Mid-Am, and the 2007 CGA Senior Match.
Delich said that when the Broadmoor was first named the host of the 2008 Senior Open, he told he wife that she was “going to lose me for about a year” while he got his game in shape “by hook or by crook.”
Now that competing in the Senior Open is a reality, he said he’d “love to play well and not embarrass myself. I may wake up tomorrow and say, ‘What the hell have I done?’ It would be much easier to hold a (gallery) rope as a volunteer.”
U.S. SENIOR OPEN QUALIFYING
