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In 2007 Ron
Coleman, the 2007 and 2008 WPGA Public Links champion, also won
at home with titles in the Erie District GA’s 2007 Mid-Amateur,
Match Play, and Stroke Play Championships. Coleman then
repeated the wins in the EDGA Mid-Am and Match Play earlier this
season.
Coleman led
after the first round in the EDGA Stroke Play Championship on
August 8 with 71 at Lawrence Park, then followed with 74-75 for
a total of 220. However, his streak came to an end as Ellery
Tarbell, Dave Hewett, and Gregor Orlando finished at 217,
resulting in a hole-by-hole playoff on August 10.
Hewett lost
out on the first hole, and Tarbell and Orlando played a second
before lightning suspended play. Orlando was unable to play the
rest of the week due to an American Junior Golf Association
competition. On
Saturday, August 15, when play resumed, Tarbell birdied the
first hole of the day with a ten-foot putt to defeat Orlando for
the title.
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