Greatest of "Greatest" set to defend

Mike Porter, Tippecanoe Country Club, got his application in this week, confirming that August’s 2011 Greatest Golfer of the Valley tourney from Farmers National Bank and The Vindicator will have its 2010 Greatest champ in the field.

Porter captured the inaugural open division title with a gritty finish vs. fellow Tippe golfer Dick Marlowe and Youngstown Country Club’s Josh Zarlenga.

Fellow 2010 Greatest champs Joan Ash in the Ladies and Bob Leonard in the Seniors are also set to return.

Said Porter:

“It’s great to have a tournament to look forward to every summer that is pure golf. It is played at various courses that makes you play a wide variety of shots. Putting everything in the hole changes everything,” Porter said. “Not too many tournaments out there do that anymore.”

Read more from Porter in Sunday's Vindicator.