Greg and Ed Podufal repeated as EDGA Father-Child champions, this time with son Greg carrying the burden. Last year Ed shot and even par 72 at Lake View that allowed the team to capture the title by one stroke. This year it was Greg, with a 3-under par 69 that led the team to a 5 stroke victory (69-84-153) over Jack and Joel Hobson (78-80-158).

In the net division Homer Capotis and son Chris fashioned a combined net score of 147 besting Jack and Chris Komora by 4 strokes.

Greg Podufal was the low son with his 69 while Homer Capotis was the low father with 76.

Prizes (1st and 2nd gross and net and low father and son) can be picked up at Green Meadows.

The event was conducted at the Green Meadows Golf Club on Saturday August 1st.

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Last year at Lake View CC, Ed shot the low round of the day, and even par 72 while Greg shot 77 for a combined total of 149, a stroke better than the Delsandros, Jim H (76) and Jim M (74). Defending champions Bob and Ryan Paris finished third with 79-74-153. Two-time champions Dave and Mike First finished 4th with 74-80-154.

Low net for the day went to the Delsandros with 142, followed by the Podufals at 143 and the Firsts at 145.

Rain interrupted the 2009 EDGA Mid-Am at the Lake Shore CC on Thursday July 23th so much that the event had to be trimmed to 18 holes and time for 18 holes was just about the window of opportunity. The starting times were delayed by 2 hours to allow the course to drain and then, almost immediately upon completion of play another deluge struck. That rain caused a delay in the pending playoff between Lake Shore combatants Bob Paris and Marty Simonsen who finished the day tied with rounds of 3-under par 69’s.

Another small window opened and the player did battle on the first hole at the Shore in sudden death format. Unfortunately for Paris, it took just about 1 shot to send his title hopes to their death as his tee shot ended up out of bounds. Simonsen would play the hole safely and cautiously and his bogey 5 was good enough to capture the trophy.

Ron Coleman, seeking an unprecedented 3rd straight title had those dreams dashed when an untimely bogey at the 18th left him 1 shot out of the playoff. He finished alone in 3rd with 70. Senior champion Rick Carlotti was at even par 72 and alone in 4th. Cory Smith and Sal Vella, Jr. tied for fifth with 73’s while EDGA Match Play runner-up Ted Grassi, III was 7th with 74. Rounding out the prize list were Whispering Woods’ David Hewett and Mark Noce who both shot 75’s.

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Last year Ron Coleman successfully defended his title in the EDGA Mid-Am Championship.Trailing by Troy Hassenplug by 3 strokes with 4 holes to play Coleman notched birdies on holes 15 and 16 while Hassenplug madge bogies on 16 and 17. Both would par 18 giving Coleman the 1 stroke victory.

Cory Smith was third at 148 (73-75), David Hewett fourth at 152 (78-74) and Bob Paris rounded out the top five with 153 (76-77).

Rick Carlotti captured the 2009 EDGA Seniors title in his first attempt in the event. Rick carded a one-over par 73, besting 2-time defending champ Ron Coleman by 4 shots. Ron was the runner up. Third place was shared by 3-time EDGA amateur champ Ellery Tarbell and LV’s Homer Capotis with 78’s.

The net championship was captured by Bill Steger of Lake View with a score of 66. The runner up was Ron DiSantis with 71. There were 6 players tied with even par 72’s

The event was conducted on Thursday July 16th at the Lake View CC.

Age group results are not yet available.

Gross Results.
Net Results.
Gross Results by Age Group.
Net Results by Age Group.

Tee Times.

Evan Watkins defeted Zack Bird in the finals of the 2009 Junior Match Play by a 1up margin as Watkins won the final hole to take the match. The championship pitting a pair of Lawrence Park linksters was a close match to the very end.

In the first flight Mark Rupp defeated Alex Guerriero by a 1up score for the title.

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Qualifying Scores

Now he’s the first “Three-time” defending champion as Ron Coleman became the first player in EDGA history to capture an EDGA Major title (Amateur or Match Play) title in 3 consecutive years. This was also Ron’s 6th major (4 match – 2003, 07, 08 and 09) and 2 amateur, 2003 and 07) tieing him with Tom Amendola, Dave Ciacchini and Brett Kieffer for the record.

There previously have been 2 repeat match play champions, Ed Podufal in 84-85 and Don Fessler, Jr., in 95-96. In the Amateur there have been 9 repeat champions, Ellery Tarbell (2005-06), Joe Cassano (93-94), Tim Dunlavey (89-90), Brett Kieffer (80-81), Gene George (74-75), Dave Hambly (65-66), Harold Cloyd (42-43), Lou Geisler (40-41), and W.W. Fisher (27-28).

The match was fairly closely contested on a beautiful summer day at Lake View CC. Coleman would use back-to-back birdies on each 9 the change the momentum of the match. On the front he birdied no’s 5 & 6 to turn a 1 hole deficit into a 1 hole lead and then on the back would use birdies on no’s 13 and 14 to move the match to dormie and basically take it out of Grassi’s reach with 4 holes to play. Grassi played steady as he has all week but could only muster 2 holes, both Coleman 3-putts. Coleman finished his 15 holes at 2-under par.

The finals’ scorecard :

RC – 6 4 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 – 36 4 4 3 4 2 4 (wins 4&3)
TG – 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 – 37 4 5 3 5 3 4

Qualifying Results
Tee Times and Match Results

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Individual Player History – Summary
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All-Time Match Play Records

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