Greatest Golfer Day Three

JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Bystanders watch Greg Cook of Mahoning Country Club hit during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Tom Walker of Pine Lakes Golf Course watches his ball after teeing off on the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Rob Rule of Squaw Creek Country Club tees off on the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Bill Stanton of Mill Creek Golf Course prepares to putt during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..John Hazy of Mill Creek Golf Course competes during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Dave Cooper of Yankee Run Golf Course tees off on the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Doug McMullin of Yankee Run Golf Course tees off during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Bill Stanton of Mill Creek Golf Course lets out a yell after teeing off into the lake on the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club. He still managed a come-from-behind win in the third division.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Robert Venrose of Mill Creek Golf Course tees off during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Mike Watson of Mill Creek Golf Course reacts after putting during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Mike Porter of Tippecanoe Country Club and the 2010 Greatest Golfer Champion prepares to putt during the final day at of this years Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Glenn Milton of Mill Creek Golf Course laughs with the other golfers after putting during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Brian Stauffer of East Palestine Country Club tees off during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club. On Friday, Brian carded the Greatest's first ace on the No. 13 hole at Mill Creek South.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Dick Marlowe of Tippecanoe Country Club competes during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Josh Zarlenga of Youngstown Country Club putts during during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club as his playing partners, Scott Porter and Greg Cook, watch nearby.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Scott Porter of Tippecanoe Country Club tees off during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Greg Cook of Mahoning Country Club chooses his club during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club. Cook was a player and crowd favorite with his style, demeanor and out-of-nowhere golf game. Playing out of modest Mahoning, he pushed the players from Tippecanoe and Youngstown country clubs all day, at one point leading before settling in at third.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Josh Zarlenga of Youngstown Country Club waves to the spectators after completing the ninth hole during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club. Zarlenga's tee shot on the par 3 drew loud applause after he nearly holed it out for an ace, which would have given him the win. He lost in a one-hole playoff.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Scott Porter of Tippecanoe Country Club watches his ball after teeing off on the ninth hole during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Scott Porter of Tippecanoe Country Club shows his excitement, and the crowd in the background joins him, after successfully chipping his ball into the last hole of the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Josh Zarlenga of Youngstown Country Club bends down in disappointment after barely missing his putt on the next-to-last hole during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club. The miss was a potential winner as he ended the day tied for the lead and lost in a one-hole playoff.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Anthony Conn of Mill Creek Golf Course tosses his ball in the air as he waits to putt during the golf-off during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Anthony Conn of Mill Creek Golf Course prepares to putt during the playoff during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Anthony Conn of Mill Creek Golf Course completes his final putt during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club, making him the 2011 Champion.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Josh Zarlenga of Youngstown Country Club completes the ninth hole a second time after a tie during the final day at the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Anthony Conn shakes the hand of fellow golfer Josh Zarlenga after winning the 2011 Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament. Conn and Zarlenga were not only competitors, but also roommates.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Mary Beidelschies, daughter of the late Vindicator sports writer Pete Mollica, speaks during the award ceremony for the Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament at The Lake Club.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR...Pete Mollica Jr., son of the late Vindicator sports writer Pete Mollica hands the winning trophy to Anthony Conn of Mill Creek Golf Course, giving Conn the 2011 Greatest Golfer of the Valley Champion title... -30-

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Winners in the Greatest Golfer of the Valley are, front from left, Katie Rogner, Anthony Conn and Mike Watson, and second row, from left, Bill Stanton, Ed Antonelli and Tom Walker. In the back row, from left, are Bonnie Mollica; John Gulas, president of Farmers National Bank; Pete Mollica Jr.; and Mary (Mollica) Beidelschies. The Mollica family attended in memory of Pete Mollica, longtime Vindicator sports writer, for whom the Open Division of the tournament was renamed this year.

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JESSICA M. KANALAS | THE VINDICATOR..Phil Roudebush of Tippecanoe Country Club, not pictured in the previous image, took first place in the Fourth Division of the Greatest Golfer of the Valley Tournament.

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