For the second consecutive year, the University of Colorado men’s golf team was narrowly beaten for the title at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, but three players who grew up in Colorado finished in the top 10 Sunday at Eisenhower Golf Club at the Air Force Academy.
A year after losing by three to Colorado State — and after sharing the lead after two rounds this weekend — the Buffs finished third out of 16 teams this time around, two strokes behind co-champions UNLV and Texas-El Paso. After a 4-over-par 292 round on Sunday, CU came in at 1-over-par 865.
CSU (876) was fourth in its title defense, while Air Force’s B team (898) was seventh, Northern Colorado (903) ninth, and AFA’s A team (911) 11th.
Individually, Coloradans Jake Staiano (pictured) of CSU (4-under-par 212) placed fourth indiviudally, while Ethan Freeman of CU (214) was fifth and CSU’s Jimmy Makloski (217) ended up eighth.
John Oda of UNLV claimed the individual title at 10-under-par 206.
The Miranda Falcon Invite was CU’s second tournament of the season and the season opener for the other Colorado-based teams.
Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational
Sept. 10-11, 2016 (final) at Par-72 Eisenhower GC’s Blue Course at Air Force Academy
3. Colorado 284-289-292–865
5. Ethan Freeman 69-73-72–214
6. Yannik Paul 70-72-73–215
10. Morten Toft Hansen 74-70-74–218
30. Spencer Painton 71-74-80–225
30. Jeremy Paul 74-78-73–225
4. Colorado State 298-290-288–876
4. Jake Staiano 71-69-72–212
10. Blake Cannon 73-73-72–218
17. Colton Yates 76-75-70–221
30. AJ Ott 78-73-74–225
69. Kyle Kidd 80-75-79–234
7. Air Force B 305-286-307–898
14. Todd Millard 73-70-76–219
19. Joshua Wu 77-69-76–222
42. Tate Tatom 77-73-77–227
53. Troy Berglund 78-74-78–230
84. Joseph Crisostomo 85-77-78–240
9. Northern Colorado 308-297-298–903
30. Coby Welch 75-72-78–225
42. Andrew Romano 76-74-77–227
50. Sam Marley 81-75-73–229
53. Li Chen 77-80-73–230
59. Joshua Matz 80-76-75–231
11. Air Force A 301-307-303–911
19. Sunwoo Choi 72-75-75–222
30. Bryant Falconello 73-77-75–225
64. Turner Howe 82-77-74–233
73. Brenden Bone 78-78-79–235
77. Dane Hankamer 78-79-80–237
Also (Individuals and Coloradans on Other Teams)
8. Jimmy Makloski, CSU 73-74-70–217
19. Glenn Workman, Wyoming 74-77-71–222
19. John Souza, CU 74-70-78–222
28. Tristan Rohrbaugh, Boise State 78-74-72–224
30. Tanner Jenson, Utah State 76-74-75–225
39. Max Oelfke, CSU 78-75-73–226
64. Philip Lee, UNC 77-79-77–233
81. Ryan Schmitz, CU 81-77-80–238
