Senior Taylor Coffman of San Diego, CA, fired a 5 under par 66 top open the Ridge at Castle Pines Classic, with only one bogey in his opening round. The Colorado weather was awesome on Saturday - 65 and no wind. On Sunday, things cooled down considerably to between 38 and 45, overcast and cold, but still no wind. However, even the dismal forecast couldn't totally knock Taylor down. On Sunday he posed a round of 2 under par 69 to win his first FCWT event by 3 strokes over Tyler Rody of Andover, KS. Rody, who finished T7 at the season opener at the University of Oklahoma, came on strong on Sunday with a final round of 3 under par 68 to finish in 2nd place after an opening round of 1 under par 70. Tyler also tied for the low round honors on the final day with Paul Berry who finished in 4th for the tournament and led the field with 11 birdies for the event. Steve Ziegler of Broomfield, CO (2007), finished in third place in this his first FCWT event. Four players finished T5: Klinton Krieger, who carded 2 eagles in this event, Tyler Parsloe of Littleton, CO, Zachary Zaremba of Pueblo, CO, and Mark Hubbard of Denver, CO. Fifteen year old Brandon Barren of Denver, CO, finished in 9th place and three players tied for 3rd with 145: Philip Anzaldo of Haddonfield, NJ; Bryan Sheridan of Rancho Santa Fe, CA (2006) and Jeffrey Hamm of Danville, CA (2007).
In the boys 11-12 division, Kraig Mcleod, Pebble Beach, CA, 2012 won his first FCWT event of the season. Colorado seems to treat Mcleod well as he won last season at the Murphy Creek event. Kyle Bowser, Danville, CA, 2012 finished in 2nd place in this field of 7 boys, just 2 strokes back of Kraig. Eleven year old Dylan Healey of Albuquerque, NM, 2012 finished in 3rd place with rounds of 76-75-151. Wyndham Clark, Greenwood Village, 2012 and John Ahern of Morrison, Colorado, 2011 finished tied for 4th at 155.
Joshua Creel, Cheyenne, WY, 2008 took the boys 13-15 division by 5 strokes over WILLIAM SKINNER, BOULDER, CO, 2009. Creel who fired rounds of 74-70 had 3 birdies in this his first FCWT win! Skinner finished 5 strokes ahead of 3rd place Cody Kent, Castle Rock, CO, 2010. Kent led the division with 7 birdies for the event.
In the girls division, Andrea Watts of Lone Tree, CO (2008) fired 2 rounds of 73 to earn her first FCWT title of the season. Watts was the winner of last season's Murphy Creek event. She finished ahead of Alexandra Richards and Paige Spirinac. |
