Vlosich Claims Section Championship

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Vlosich Claims Section Championship 28 Years After Winning First Title

Life Member Claims $10,000 First Place Prize

Age is just a number to Ron Vlosich, PGA Life

Member. At 62, Ron became the oldest person on record to claim the Colorado PGA Professional Championship on Wednesday, September 11. In doing so, he claimed the title for the fourth time and the first time since winning three in-a-row from 1991 through 1993.

“It means a lot,” noted Vlosich following the championship. “I don’t win that often anymore so it’s a real treat to be able to do it again.”

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Vlosich entered the final round with a two-shot lead after posting rounds of 69-71. Vlosich opened the final round with three consecutive pars before a birdie at the par-4 fourth hole extended his lead

Vlosich watches as his tee shot finds the fairway at the par-4 16th hole.

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to three shots. He followed that up with back-to-back bogeys opening the door for 2001 champion Micah Rudosky to make a charge. Rudosky, the PGA Head Professional at Conquistador Golf Course, posted two birdies to tie Vlosich at the turn.

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Momentum quickly shifted back Vlosich’s way though as an errant tee shot on the par-4 10th hole led to a bogey for Rudosky and a “routine” birdie at the par-5 eleventh.

Vlosich maintained his lead throughout the back-nine. He ran into potential trouble though at the par-3 seventeenth as an errant tee shot left him with a precarious lie Ron Vlosich, PGA Life Member, knocks in a short putt to claim the 2019 Colorado PGA Professional up against the back lip of the Championship. Watching on is Ryan Wroblewski, PGA Assistant Professional from Cherry Hills CC bunker. He displayed incredible touch and left his second who finished tied for fifth place.

shot a foot from the hole and was able to tap-in his par putt to maintain his lead.“I had to try and get cute and hit the hero shot,” Vlosich noted.

In winning, Vlosich became the third player ever to win the Colorado PGA Professional Championship on four occasions. He joins Jack Sommers and Fred Wampler.

“It’s a good crowd,” Vlosich noted when referring to Sommers and Wampler. “It’s nice to be listed in that company, for sure. Especially at my age; everything is just a bonus anymore.”

While everyone in the championship was vying for the title, they were also competing for eight qualifying spots into the 2020 PGA Professional Championship. Ironically, Vlosich was one of the players that were ineligible to advance based on his classification with the PGA of America.

Earning the qualifying spots based on the 54-hole results were Rudosky; Ben Honaman, PGA Head Professional at Lakewood Country Club; ErikBillinger, PGA, University of Denver Men’s Golf Coach; Michael Zaremba, PGA, General Manager at Desert Hawk at Pueblo West; Seth Terpstra, PGA, Instructor at GOLFTEC – DTC; and Ryan Wroblewski, PGA, Assistant Professional at Cherry Hills CC. Three players finished tied for the last

With his victory, Vlosich claimed the keys to a one-month lease on a Cadillac XT4 courtesy of John Elway Cadillac at Park Meadows.

two qualifying positions. Doug Rohrbaugh, PGA, Instructor at Snowmass Club and Geoff Keffer, PGA, Assistant Professional at Lakewood CC were able to claim the last two places.

Vlosich claimed a first-place prize of $10,000, the first time ever that the prize money for first place reached that amount. He also earned the keys to a one-month lease to a Cadillac XT4, courtesy of John Elway Cadillac at Park Meadows.

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Qualifiers for the 2020 PGA Professional Championship

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa | Austin, TexasApril 26 - 29, 2020

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Micah Rudosky, PGA Conquistador Golf Course

Ben Honaman, PGA Lakewood CC

Erik Billinger, PGA University of Denver

Michael Zaremba, PGA Desert Hawk

Seth Terpstra, PGA GolfTEC - DTC

Ryan Wroblewski , PGA Cherry Hills CC

Doug Rohrbaugh, PGA Snowmass Club

Geoff Keffer, PGA Lakewood CC

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COLORADO PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

MERIDIAN GOLF CLUB SEPTEMBER 9-11, 2019

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QUALIFIERS (Note: Ron Vlosich, PGA is not eligible to advance)

1

Ron Vlosich

Life Member

69-71-72--212

-4

$10,000.00

2

Micah Rudosky

Conquistador

70-73-70--213

-3

$4,250.00

T3 Ben Honaman

Lakewood CC

73-72-71--216

E

$2,775.00

T3 Erik Billinger

University of Denver

73-69-74--216

E

$2,775.00

T5 Michael Zaremba

Desert Hawk

75-71-71--217

+1

$2,133.33

T5 Seth Terpstra

GolfTEC - DTC

69-73-75--217

+1

$2,133.33

T5 Ryan Wroblewski

Cherry Hills

74-68-75--217

+1

$2,133.33

T8 Doug Rohrbaugh

Snowmass Club

72-76-70--218

+2

$1,700.00

T8 Geoff Keffer

Lakewood CC

75-73-70--218

+2

$1,700.00

ALTERNATES - IN ORDER T8 Sherry Andonian

Valley

72-73-73--218

+2

$1,700.00

T11 Matt Schalk

Colorado National GC

74-72-73--219

+3

$1,450.00

T11 Eric Bradley

Catamount Ranch and

71-77-71--219

+3

$1,450.00

T13 Caine Fitzgerald

Meadow Hills

70-76-74--220

+4

$1,200.00

T13 John Ogden

Cherry Hills

73-76-71--220

+4

$1,200.00

DID NOT QUALIFY T13 Zane Zwemke

Saddle Rock GC

74-72-74--220

+4

$1,200.00

T16 Barry Milstead

Valley

77-73-72--222

+6

$975.00

T16 Scott Sommers

TaylorMade Golf Company

74-73-75--222

+6

$975.00

T16 Patrick Reidy

The Club at Inverness

71-74-77--222

+6

$975.00

T16 Alexandra Braga

Denver

70-76-76--222

+6

$975.00

20 Remington Post

Raven Golf Club at Three

77-77-69--223

+7

$850.00

T21 Bill Hancock

Littleton Golf & Tennis

74-79-71--224

+8

$750.00

T21 Jeff Hanson

Red Sky GC

75-73-76--224

+8

$750.00

T21 David Steinmetz

The Club at Inverness

73-71-80--224

+8

$750.00

T24 Tray Shehee

Ute Creek GC

74-76-75--225

+9

$650.00

T24 Chris Johnson

The CC at Woodmoor

75-74-76--225

+9

$650.00

T24 Gregory Kohr

Heather Gardens

78-76-71--225

+9

$650.00

T27 Tyler Parsloe

Jake's Academy

76-75-75--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Douglas Rikkers

Red Hawk Ridge

73-78-75--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Kyle Voska

The Links Golf Course

73-77-76--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Jason Witczak

The Club at Pradera

72-76-78--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Ken Krieger

Cheyenne Country Club

74-79-73--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Brian Carlson

Walnut Creek Golf Preserv

73-75-78--226

+10

$525.00

T27 Nate LeBlanc

Telluride Ski

81-74-71--226

+10

$525.00

T34 Mike Weingartner

Thorncreek GC

73-79-75--227

+11

$400.00

T34 Seth Kaplan

El Dorado

75-72-80--227

+11

$400.00

T34 Bryson Hotchkiss

Ridge at Castle Pines - N

77-78-72--227

+11

$400.00

T37 Kevin Bolles

Boulder

76-75-77--228

+12

$318.00

T37 John Lynch

Ironbridge

75-77-76--228

+12

$318.00

T37 Bryan Heim

Columbine CC

75-75-78--228

+12

$318.00

T37 Visanu Tongwarin

Legacy Ridge GC

74-78-76--228

+12

$318.00

T37 David Arbuckle

Springs Ranch GC

77-77-74--228

+12

$318.00

T42 Vince Buelk

Collindale GC

74-76-79--229

+13

$270.00

T42 Gregg Jones

Sand Creek

80-73-76--229

+13

$270.00

T42 Scott Walter

PGA Member

75-73-81--229

+13

$270.00

T42 Rich Lash

Optimum Golf

75-70-84--229

+13

$270.00

T46 Thomas Noonan

Boulder

73-78-79--230

+14

$251.67

T46 Andrew Hedrick

CC at Castle Pines

76-74-80--230

+14

$251.67

T46 Paul Lobato

Meridian

79-76-75--230

+14

$251.67

T49 Dustin Miller

Black Bear

78-74-79--231

+15

$250.00

T49 Mark Avery

The Pinery Country Club

72-81-78--231

+15

$250.00

T49 Rob Hunt

The Links Golf Course

71-84-76--231

+15

$250.00

T52 Joshua Miller

GolfTEC-Hdqrts

78-73-81--232

+16

$250.00

T52 Nathan Mead

Vail

76-75-81--232

+16

$250.00

T52 Trey Johnson

Vail

76-78-78--232

+16

$250.00

T52 Kory Thurman

Denver

75-79-78--232

+16

$250.00

T56 Mike Swan

Crested Butte

80-72-81--233

+17

$250.00

T56 Tristen Fay

Fort Collins

79-74-80--233

+17

$250.00

T56 Alexander Calleja

Country Club of Colorado

72-83-78--233

+17

$250.00

T56 Ed Marzec

Red Sky Golf Club- Norman

77-78-78--233

+17

$250.00

60 Jeff Carter

Riverdale GC

76-76-82--234

+18

$250.00

T61 Joseph Carlton

Legacy Ridge GC

74-79-82--235

+19

$250.00

T61 Nick Welch

Highland Meadows GC

77-77-81--235

+19

$250.00

63 Ethan Malzahn

Denver

76-79-81--236

+20

$250.00

T64 Jacques Deyoe

River Valley Ranch GC

72-82-83--237

+21

$250.00

T64 Kristyn Crippen

Cherry Hills

75-80-82--237

+21

$250.00

66 Kirk Trowbridge

MetaGolf Learning Center

82-73-83--238

+22

$250.00

67 Dan O'Shaughnessy

Meadow Hills

76-76-87--239

+23

$250.00

68 Philip Linares

Trent Wearner Golf Academ

76-79-85--240

+24

$250.00

69 Dan Sniffin

Omni Interlocken

75-80-86--241

+25

$250.00

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