When the final round began it appeared that quite a fight was in store for the one that would capture the title. It didn’t really turn out that way as Ted Grassi, III captured the title by 8 shots. Grassi began the day tied with the defending champion Tyler Cozad. That tie would end on the second where Cozad made bogey. Grassi continued to make pars, he parred all 9 holes on the front, while Cozad would register another bogey on 4 and another on 9 finishing 3 back of Grassi. Grassi made his first birdie on the par 5 12th extending the lead to 4. After pars by both players on 13 Grassi appeared to be in trouble after driving into the fairway bunker and then hitting his second shot to the left. He could not manage to hold the green from that angle and left himself in the collection about 40 yards from the pin. He would, however, hole that shot for birdie and add another stroke to his lead. When Cozad doubled the par 3 15th the lead grew to 7. Both players birdied 16 and bogeyed 17 and when Grassi completed his up and down for par on the finishing hole the final margin was 8. He shot the low round of the day, a 2-under par 70 and finished the tournament at 3-under 213. Cozad finished second with 78-221.

The victory was long-awaited for Grassi who captured the EDGA Match Play back in 2013 and had amassed 12 top 10’s in the Amateur but only managed a best finish of 4th in 2006. That event was also at Kahkwa.

Gannon sophomore Connor Bennink finished alone in 3rd with 75-222. Two players were tied fourth, Jon Merriott 74-223 and Matt Barto 77-223. 2010 Champion Drew Deimel finished tied for 6th. He shot 73 to finish with 224 while Mercyhurst’s Jack Angelucci had 75-224. Kahkwa member Mike Wolf shot a fine round of even par 72 to finish alone in 8th with 225. The top 10 was rounded out by 2020 Match Play Champion Ryan Peters (72-226) and Evan Rowane (75-226). Peters had his round to 5 under after an eagle on 12 and a birdie on 14. A double on 15 and a bogey on 16 would set him back but then followed up with a birdie on 17. He then lost a ball to the right of the 18th fairway and had to settle for a closing triple and an even par round.

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Ted Grassi, III fashioned a superb round of 4-under par 68 to climb into a tie with defending champion Tyler Cozad. Cozad shot 71 and both players sit at 1-under par for the tournament as the 100th EDGA Amateur Championship heads to the final round Sunday at the Kahkwa Club.

Grassi had birdies on 3 and 8 to make the turn at 2 under. He had his lone bogey on the 10th but then reeled off birdies on 12, 13 and 14 and then parred the final 4 holes to card the 4-under round. Cozad opened his round with a bogey but followed that with birdies on 4, 8 and 9 to also turn at 2-under. He then birdied 11 to get it to 3-under before bogies at 14 and 17 left him at 1-under where he finished.
Matt Barto, who is 3 shots back in third, also turned in 34. He bogied 10 and eagled 14 and was 3-under at that point but bogies at 15 and 16 and a double at 17 left him with a second consecutive 73.

Connor Bennink sits in fourth with 147 on rounds of 74 and 73. Three players are tied fifth at 149. Jon Merriott (74-75), Ed Podufal (73-76) and Jack Angelucci (73-76). Abe Holmes (80-70) and Ryan Ferry (74-76) and tied eighth while Drew Deimel (74-77) and Evan Rowane (74-77) round out the top 10.

The cut to the low 24 and ties for the final round came at a 36-hole total of 157.

Play begins on Sunday at 10:20 with the leaders hitting the first tee at 11:40.

There will be live scoring the Sunday’s final round. Interested individuals can follow scoring here.

Current Results
Round 3 Tee Times

Tyler Cozad picked up right where he left off a year ago … atop the leaderboard. Cozad fired an even par 72 for the first round of the 100th EDGA Amateur which is being held at the Kahkwa Club. Strong winds made for a stern test for the 87 players as no one was able to break par.

There is a 4-way tie for second at 1-over 73. The group includes 1979 Champion Ed Podufal, 2-time match play runner up (2019-20) Matt Barto, former Kahkwa assistant pro Alex Weir, and Mercyhurst University junior Jack Angelucci.

Rounding out the top 10 is a group of 5 players at 2-over par 74 including 2010 Champion Drew Deimel, Evan Rowane who finished 3rd last year, Jon Merriot, Ryan Ferry and Connor Bennink.

The cut for tomorrow’s second round came at 83. There will be 50 players hoping to make it to the final round which will be the top 24 and ties.

Current Results

Round 2 Tee Times

The 100th EDGA Amateur is scheduled at the Kahkwa Club this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event is 54 holes of stroke play. The entire field of 87 will play Friday’s first round with the low 48 scores (and ties) advancing to Saturday’s round. The event will conclude on Sunday with the low 24 36-hole scores (and ties) competing in the final round.

Spectators are welcome to the event for any of the rounds but are asked to adhere to social distancing guidelines. If spectators wish to co-mingle with players or other spectators they should wear a mask to do so.

Results will be posted upon the completion of each round and will be available here.

Also, we plan to do live scoring for Sunday’s final round. Spectators onsite can follow scores using their cell phone and those at home can follow on the same results website linked above.