The match play field has been cut to the four semi-finalist and a rematch of last year’s finals is still in play as the defending champion, Breckin Taylor has advanced as well as last year’s runner-up, Mike Wolfe.

Taylor received a first round bye and then defeated Andy Klein and Ryder Grignol by identical 4&3 scores. He will need to defeat Chase Recio to have a chance to face Wolfe again. Recio defeated Matt Modica (1up), Chris Keim (1up) and 8-time EDGA major champion Ron Coleman (2up) to earn his berth in the semis.

Wolfe breezed over Aiden Keenan in the first round 8&6 before defeating 3-time match play champion, Chris Kupniewski 3&2 and finally bested Sal Vella in the quarter finals 4&3. Wolfe is also a match win away from returning to the finals, and this would be his 3rd consecutive final and 5th overall. Wolfe faces Tim Weyand, the only player left with a home course advantage. Weyand defeated Jimmy Callaghan in the first round 3&2 and then pulled off the upset of this year’s match play defeating the current EDGA Amateur Champion, Alex Weir 1up. He then defeated 2021 champion Jon Merriott 2up to advance to the semis.

The semi final matches will tee of at 9:00 on Saturday morning at Whispering Woods.

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The first event on the EDGA schedule, the Match Play Championship sponsored by Marquette Savings Bank teed off this morning at 7:30 at Whispering Woods as 30 players were schedule to complete their qualifying rounds. Because of the small size of the field, all players qualified for match play and the defending champion, Breckin Taylor, will receive a first round bye.

Two of the EDGA’s top shooters, Alex Weir and Mike Wolfe, paced the qualifier with rounds of 4-under par 68 closely followed by 8-time EDGA major champion Ron Coleman who completed the round on his home course in 70 strokes. Chase Recio was the only other player to break par, he shot 71.

The afternoon included 15 matches with the winners advancing, along with Taylor, to tomorrow’s second round. The eight winners from the morning matches will advance to the afternoon with the 4 semi-finalists returning to action on Saturday. The champion will be crowned on Sunday where the 2 finalists will vie for the EDGA Match Play Championship trophy. This is the 54th playing of this event.

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The Online Entry Portal remains open and up to date for entry into all 2026 EDGA events.

The schedule for the 2026 EDGA events has been finalized.

Match Play Championship – June 11-14 at Whispering Woods GC

JC Martin Seniors – July 17 at Downing GC

Team Championships – July 21 at Lake Shore CC

Amateur Championship – August 14-16 at Lawrence Park GC

Entries are made through the online entry portal which will be available soon.

The EDGA is happy and proud to announce the addition of five individuals into the Erie District Golf Association Hall of Fame. This brings the number of hall of famers to 53, with the first inducted 71 years ago in 1951.

The last inducted ceremony was in 2018 and the EDGA had hoped to have a ceremony in either 2020 or 2021 but those plans were put on hold due to the pandemic. Due to that delay this year’s class is larger than usual.

This year’s class includes the following players :

• Dario Cipriani
• Dr. Edward Podufal
• Ellery Tarbell
• Dave Smith
• Lester White

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The induction ceremony is on October 8, 2022 at the Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center with cocktails at 5:00 pm and the dinner and ceremony to follow at 6:00 pm. The ceremony will also recognize existing hall of famers present as well EDGA and EDWGA major champions since our last ceremony in 2018.

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