Meadville’s Ryan Ferry started the week as the low qualifier and ended the week as the newest EDGA major champion. Ferry faced friend and former Gannon teammate Abe Holmes in Sunday’s finale at Lake View.

Holmes grabbed the first lead when Ferry 3-putted the second. Ferry squared the match on the 5th when Holmes had tree troubles to the right and made bogey. Ferry would lead for the first time when he converted an 8 foot par saving putt on the seventh. He then went on to birdie both the 8th and the 9th to extend his lead to 3 up at the turn.

Ferry had tree troubles left on 10 and a bogey cut his lead to 2 and then on 11 Ferry found himself in the unenviable position of being above the hole on the sharply sloping green. From there he was unable to get down in 2 and Holmes’ par cut the lead back to 1. It appeared that Ferry would get that hole right back after a poor chip on the par-3 12th by Holmes but he converted the downhill 20 footer to tie the hole. Ferry was able to get that hole back on 13 when Holmes hit a drive far to the right, his second hit a tree and his third was left of the green on the par 5 with little chance of saving par. Ferry hit a spectacular second over the trees and onto the green with an opportunity for an eagle 3. Holmes 4th rolled outside of Ferry’s 2nd and when he failed to convert the par saving putt Ferry’s eagle putt was conceded.

Both players made par on the 14th. On the par 4 15th both players missed well to the right but both were able to find the putting surface. Ferry’s long putt from the back of the green slipped well by and he was unable to make the comeback putt so the the par by Holmes returned the deficit to 1. Again, both players made pars on the 16th. With the honor, Holmes missed the fairway to the left while Ferry was long down the middle. Holmes escaped trouble with his second but then missed the green to the left with his third. Well within reach of the par-5 17th in 2, Ferry missed short and to the right and his pitch left him about 20 feet away for birdie. When Holmes left his putt from off the green short Ferry had a putt to win the title. He hit a great putt but lipped out on the high side and then waited to see how his opponent would fare on the same line. Holmes’ putt to send the match to the 18th also lipped out making Ferry the champion.

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