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Colorado-based men’s teams earned two of the top three spots in the season-opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational on Sunday, but not the big one.

The University of Wyoming, with two players in the top three individually, landed the team title at Eisenhower Golf Club at the Air Force Academy as 2015 champion Colorado State finished second and the University of Colorado third for the second straight year.

Wyoming ended up with a three-day total of 29-under-par 835, while CSU checked in at 840 and CU at 843.

Northern Colorado ended up seventh out of 19 teams at 863 and host Air Force in ninth at 870.

John Murdock, a product of Laramie High School in Wyoming, ran away with the individual title, winning by five. He went 67-65-70 for a 14-under-par 202 total.

Eight Coloradans or players from Colorado-based schools finished in the top 10, with German Amateur champion Max Oelfke of CSU placing second at 207. Yannik Paul of CU was third (208) and Buff teammate Daniel O’Loughlin fifth (209). Andrew Romano of UNC ended up seventh at 210, along with Coloradan Kyler Dunkle of Utah and Colton Yates of CSU, and Coby Welch of UNC and AJ Ott of CSU were 10th at 211.

Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational
Sept. 8-10, 2017 (final) at Eisenhower GC (Blue Course) at Air Force Academy

2. Colorado State 284-270-283–840
2. Max Oelfke 68-70-69–207
7. Colton Yates 70-68-72–210
10. AJ Ott 73-67-71–211
17. Jake Staiano 71-70-72–213
40. Parathakorn Suyasri 73-74-71–218
68. Cullen Plousha (individual only) 73-75-75–223

3. Colorado 284-281-278–843
3. Yannik Paul 67-71-70–208
5. Daniel O’Loughlin 70-69-70–209
17. Ross Macdonald 73-68-72–213
21. Spencer Painton 74-74-66–214
46. John Souza 74-73-72–219
29. Trevor Olkowski (individual only) 72-74-70–216
51. Cole Krantz (individual only) 74-74-72–220
79. Victor Bjorlow (individual only) 75-74-76–225

7. Northern Colorado 287-281-295–863
7. Andrew Romano 67-71-72–210
10. Coby Welch 70-63-78–211
40. Joshua Matz 72-73-73–218
91. Sam Marley 84-74-72–230
91. Marcus Tait 78-74-78–230

9. Air Force Academy 290-290-289–869
17. Tate Tatom 72-72-69–213
35. Dane Hankamer 70-72-75–217
46. Bryant Falconello 72-72-75–219
68. Anson Kuznik 76-77-70–223
106. Joshua Wu 78-74-84–236
29. Todd Millard (individual only) 72-71-73–216
35. Joseph Crisostomo (individual only) 75-68-74–217
74. Turner Howe (individual only) 76-76-72–224
87. Kyle Spencer (individual only) 76-78-73–227
88. Andy Germann (individual only) 77-74-78–229

Also
7. Coloradan Kyler Dunkle, Utah 71-70-69–210
13. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 74-69-69–212

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