Breckin Taylor had not had a match cross back to the north side of route 5 (to the 16th hole) at Lake Shore and his domination continued in the finals as he defeated the defending champion, Mike Wolfe soundly 4&3.

Taylor opened the match with 2 birdies to go 2 up and then lost his first hole of the day when Wolfe birdied the par 3 fifth. Taylor’s lead would grow to three when Wolfe three-putted on both the sixth and seventh greens. Both players recorded birdies on both the 8th and 9th holes allowing Taylor the retain his 3 up lead heading to the back nine.

Taylor hit an errant shot to the left on 10, hitting a tree and ending up in the mounds on the left side. He then proceeded to extract his ball from a difficult lie to 4 feet on the back of the 10th green. That 4 up lead was quickly erased when he failed to get up and down from just off the front of the 11th. He left himself 5 feet for birdie on 12 to regain the 4 up lead but missed. Both players made birdie on the short par 4 13th and then both 2 putted for par on the 14th. With the match on the line Wolfe 30 foot birdie putt lipped the cup and sailed 6 feet by. Taylor had a 15 foot birdie putt to end the match, which he did not convert but Wolfe was then unable to make his comeback putt which ended the match.

Taylor, a student at Dayton University played the round in 5 under par for the 15 holes played leaving Wolfe’s 1 under par effort far short of what he needed to keep up with the young Taylor.

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Mike Wolfe is looking to defend his Match Play title and become the 6th player to do so, the last one being Drew Deimel in 2018-19. To do so he hopes to get off to a better start than he did in his semi-final match against Scott Klein. With two bogies of his own and a birdie by Klein, Wolfe was 3 down through 5 and as Klein stood over a 5 footer for birdie on 7, it looked like that deficit would go to 4. Klein’s putt hit the lip and Wolfe followed up that good break by taking the next 3 holes. A 20 footer for eagle secured the 8th hole, while Klein provided a little help with a 3 putt on 9 and then missed the green on 10 to square the match. Klein survived an errant tee shot on the 13th but then missed the next two greens, failing to save par on both holes allowing Wolfe to take a two up lead. Wolfe would return a hole with an errant tee shot on 16 but managed to halve the last two holes to claim the spot in the finals.

The other semi-final match got out of control quickly for 5-time Match Play Champion Ron Coleman. After tieing the first two holes, Coleman hit a poor bunker shot on the 3rd to lose the hole. Breckin Taylor hit his tee shot on 4 into the trees on the right but recovered with an excellent punch shot that stopped just 4 feet above the hole. Coleman had a birdie chance from about 10 feet that he was unable to convert allowing Taylor to move to 2 up with the short birdie putt. Coleman hit another poor bunker shot on the par 3 fifth giving Taylor a three up lead with a par. Taylor claimed a 4th hole in a row with a birdie on 6 and then added another birdie on the par 5 eighth to take complete control of the match with a 5 up lead. The two matched pars for the next 4 holes before Taylor claimed the 13th with a par to end the match.

The finals tee off at 11am on Sunday. Click here for complete results.

Defending Champion Mike Wolfe keeps rolling along, winning his quarterfinal match 2up against Tim Weyand. Wolfe aced the par 3 5th with a 7 iron enroute to his 8th straight match victory and is now set to face Scott Klein in the semi-final round. Klein won his third consecutive match by a 3&2 count, this time over the 2022 Match Play Champion, Matt Barto.

In the lower half of the draw, Breckin Taylor took down Alex Weir 4&3. This is just Taylor’s second match play tournament as he entered this year with an 0-1 match play record and is now facing the EDGA’s winningest player, Ron Coleman. Coleman, a 5-time match play champion and 8-time major champion easily defeated 3-time Match Play Champion, Drew Deimel 6&5. Coleman boasts a stout 42-12 match play record as part of his 5 victories. The first coming in 2003 and the added a record 4 titles in a row beginning in 2007.

The semi-finals feature Wolfe against Klein at 9:32 and Taylor versus Coleman at 9:40. The finals are slated for 11:00am on Sunday.

Complete results

Round 1 was completed on Monday afternoon amid rainy weather and the second round has now been completed under cool windy conditions on Friday morning. The quarterfinals are currently underway with the defending champ and the top 7 qualifiers remaining.

Defending Champion Mike Wolfe continues his quest for back-to-back titles with wins over David Martinez 5&4 and then Kyle Westfall 2&1. Wolfe faced 2-time senior champion Tim Weyand who scored his victories over Eric Wildauer and Ryan Matlock, both by 4&3 margins.

2022 Champion Matt Barto faces Scott Klein. Barto needed 20 holes to defeat Leyton Hassenplug in comeback fashion and dispatched another youngster, Cooper Wierzchowski 4&2. Klein also needed 20 holes to defeat Ron Richardson in the first round and then, like Barto, finished his second round match with Jack Costello on the 16th hole by a 3&2 count.

Alex Weir is still searching for his first EDGA major title, currently holding 4 runner up finishes, with two each in the Match Play and the Amateur. After finishing Monday as the qualifying champion, he went on to defeat R.C. Chase 2&1 and then took care of Matt Passqualinqua 3&2 in the second round. Weir now takes on Breckin Taylor who used two 5&4 victories over Dustin Coleman and Andy Klein to advance to the quarters.

The bottom of the bracket pits 5-time EDGA Match Play Champion Ron Coleman against 3-time Champion Drew Deimel. Deimel has breezed through batch play thus far with an 8&7 win over Nick Seapker and a 5&4 win over perennial contender Dave Spitzer. Coleman, a 8-time EDGA major champion used like 3&2 victories to defeat Zach Bihler and Jimmy Callaghan.

The 4 match winners will begin the semi-finals on Saturday at 9:30 with the tournament finals teeing off at 11:00am on Sunday.

All of the action takes place at Lake Shore Country Club.

The 43rd EDGA Match Play Championship sponsored by Marquette Saving Bank was the opening event of the 2025 championship season. The qualifier was completed on Monday morning June 9th at Lake Shore Country Club under mostly dreary conditions that include a pretty severe rain shower in the middle of play.

Alex Weir emerged as the low qualifier with a round of 1-under par 71. He will assume the #2 position as the #1 seed goes to the defending champion, Mike Wolfe. Wolfe captured the 2024 title with a 6&4 victory over Ted Grassi, III. 5-time EDGA Match Play Ron Coleman tied with Scott Klein as qualifying runner ups with rounds of 74.

Three player finished with 75, including 3-time champion Drew Deimel, 2022 Champion Matt Barto and Breckin Taylor followed by 2-time EDGA Senior champion Tim Weyand who had 77. Just 3 more players were able to break 80, all with 78’s, Michael Garcia, Ryan Matlock and Andy Klein. Those comprised the top 10.

Other former champions include, Ted Grassi, III (t18, 82), Jon Merriott (t23, 83) both who made the cut and Sean Sculley and Rob Nicotra who failed to make the cut.

Complete qualifying results are available online.

The first round of matches were also contested on Monday. Play was suspended and then resumed at 6:15 and matches are expected to finish today. Find results here.