What is now the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois started in 1984 as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. The former Glengarry Country Club (now Stone Oak Country Club) in Holland hosted four of the tournaments, in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988. There was no LPGA event here in 1986, because the Inverness Club hosted the PGA that summer. Jamie Farr, a Toledo-born actor best known for his portrayal of Corporal Klinger in the hit television series M*A*S*H, is shown signing autographs in this photo by Toledo Blade photographer Herral Long during the July 2-5, 1987, tournament. The event moved to Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania in 1989. For almost three decades, Jamie Farr loaned more than his name to the tournament. He played in pro-am outings and other celebrity events. He attended each day. He saluted every champion and was on hand at the 18th green to thank each participant. He signed hundreds of autographs, shook hands with volunteers, and welcomed fans.
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Lydia Ko holds her trophy after winning the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio after 4-hole playoff on July 17, 2016. THE BLADE/LORI KING
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Branden Pickett, left, raises his arm as he plays with his cousin, Landon Pickett, center left, as Erinn Pickett, left, and Anya Dobos, center right, watch the Toledo Air Show in Swanton, Ohio, Sunday, July 17, 2016.
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Romeo Olivares, right, looks out of a M113 armored personnel carrier as Staff Sgt. Damien Murphy, left, watches.
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An Army Golden Knight prepares to touch down.
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An airplane and the Flash Fire Jet Truck race.
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Chris Mathis of the Glass City Crawlers tells Craig Pitcock, Toledo, to stop as she measures the Ramp Travel Index of his 1995 Jeep Wrangler during a Glass City Crawlers Jeep Invasion in South Toledo, Thursday, July 14, 2016.
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Sundance manager, Zach Skie places letters on the Sundance sign indicating next weeks movie, "Ghostbusters," at the Sundance Kid Drive-In in Oregon, Ohio, Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Jeff Booth, of Sylvania, OH, sits in his 1940 Lincoln-Zephyr at the Sundance Kid Drive-In.
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Customers order funnel cakes from a food trailer behind the concession stand as "The Secret Life of Pets" plays on screen.
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The Thunderbirds practice for the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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Capt. Rich Martin, right, originally from Tiffin, Ohio, visits with Wade Armstrong, left, 14, Lyons, Ohio, and his brother Jacob Armstrong near his F-15E as children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation visit at the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Friday, July 15, 2016. Capt. Martin, who was a Make-A-Wish Kid, overcame Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and was encouraging Wade, who had kidney cancer, not to let anyone tell him he can't do something.
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A member of the Army's Golden Knights parachutes into Toledo Express Airport during practice for the Toledo Air Show, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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A Navy F-18 Super Hornet travels at over 700 MPH at the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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A simulated bomb ignites during a demonstration by the 180th Air National Guard at the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Attendees check out a B-25D at the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Michael Wiskus cuts a ribbon with his Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11b stunt plane at the Toledo Air Show at Toledo Express Airport, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Hot air balloons race over Toledo and Maumee during the 1st Annual Glass City Balloon Race Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Brad Burdue of Whitehouse inflates his hot air balloon during a balloon "glow."
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Mary Pat McCartney, 14, of Swanton, tries to catch one goat while holding on to another. McCartney had been demonstrating to two nephews how to show a goat before a judge when one of the youngsters lost control of his animal. It will be the first time the boys, nine-year-old twins Christian and Caleb Bunch, of Toledo, are to show goats. They are members of the 4-H club Monclova Plow Boys. Participants in the 158th annual Lucas County Fair bring in their animals, plants and dreams to the fairgrounds in Maumee, Ohio on July 11, 2016. The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Caddie Brandi Rodriguez carries an armful of water bottles for the players on her pro's team during the Dana Pro-Am at the Inverness Club in Toledo. She caddies for pro Victoria Elizabeth.
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View of downtown Toledo and the Maumee River from the Col. James M. Schoonmaker museum ship at the National Museum of The Great Lakes, July 12, 2016.
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Ben Jones, left, steers while his brother Luke Jones, 13, both of Haskins, move a Nichols & Shepard Co. engine after it had threshed wheat. The 56th annual reunion of the Five Point Steam Threshers in Perrysburg Township, Ohio on July 17, 2016.
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Scott Fry, of Romulus, Michigan, left, and Tom DeVerna, of Lambertville, throw shocks of wheat onto the thresher. At lower right, John Tyler, of Fostoria, picks up the shocks that fall from the belt.
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Waite High School teacher Joe Boyle, left, watches as his son Mark Boyle, 8, right, takes a leap off of his chair in their living room in Bowling Green on July 14, 2016. Boyle, who has battled cancer the last five years, has taken advantage of the federal Family Medical Leave Act.
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The Knot Garden in the center of the Herb garden, with the traditional boxwood and bayberry. The herb garden at the Toledo Botanical Garden in Toledo, Ohio on July 12, 2016. The Maumee Valley Herb Society maintains the garden, which includes some topiary.
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Zak Vassar, the new head of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, at the Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art, Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
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Toledo Blade intern, Jon Victor, back, climbs into a F-16DM fighter jet cockpit, as Senior Master Sgt. Shawn LaGrange, front, picks up a helmet before a mission orientation flight at the 180th Fighter Wing Ohio Air National Guard Base in Swanton, Ohio, Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
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A W.R. Meyers, Co. helicopter crane lifts a steal beam into the University of Toledo's University Hall tower in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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A W.R. Meyers, Co. helicopter crane lowers a steal beam into the University of Toledo's University Hall tower in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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The Toledo Walleye Spike mascot hugs a crowd member during the ninth inning at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, July 16, 2016. The Columbus Clippers defeated the Mud Hens 3-2.
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Manager, Ahmad Awada, 31, checks on a pizza as it cooks in a conveyer belt oven at Bambino's Pizza and Subs on Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 15, 2016. Bambino's Pizza and Subs, a family owned business founded in Toledo, will participate in Pizza Palooza on July 22 and 23 in Sylvania, OH.
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Owens Community College sophomore, Riley Croyle, and UT sophomore, Steven Sekerak catch Pokémon using the mobile game application, Pokémon Go, on their smartphones at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, July 11, 2016.
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Adrian Crawford, left, and Robin Bartholomy talk about being charged with criminal trespass early Thursday, July 14, 2016, after they climbed a fence and entered the Toledo Zoo to play the Pokemon Go game. Crawford is holding a stuffed Pokemon Pikachu character. Bartholomew is holding a Pokemon Marill.
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Sean Burns, right, races Dan Barchick, left, around the bases as fans wait for the fireworks show at Fifth Third Field.
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Lamya Butler, 8, center, shows off her skills in a dance circle before the beginning of the talent show during the Toledo Police Department's annual crime prevention picnic Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at Ottawa Park in West Toledo. Officials estimated more than 700 attended people attended the lunchtime event, which featured lunch, face painting, and a talent show. Lamya also danced in the talent show. THE BLADE/ KATIE RAUSCH
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The Grand Plaza Hotel on Summit Street is pictured Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Toledo The hotel is undergoing a $25 million renovation and will soon be the Renaissance Downtown Toledo Hotel.
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Black Squad DB Steph Robinson (3) breaks up a pass intended for Gold Squad WR Jeff Lewis (27) during the 26th annual Northwest Ohio Regional All-Star Football Game Friday, July 14, 2016, in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Actor Dennis Haskins, who played Mr. Belding on the TV show "Saved by the Bell" on the field before the Toledo Mud Hens play the Columbus Clippers in a baseball game Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio.
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Actor Dennis Haskins, who played Mr. Belding on the TV show "Saved by the Bell" shows off a Bayside Mud Jersey with BCSN commentator Matt Melzak before a baseball game against the Columbus Clippers Thursday, July 14, 2016.
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Hens17p Mud Hens Casey McGehee (31) runs towards third base as a bat broken by hitter, Jeff McVaney (4), flies across the field during the fifth inning at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Diane Kowalski, left, and John Kowalski, right, watch a fireworks show after the Columbus Clippers defeated the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Baseball fans watch a post game fireworks show after the Columbus Clippers defeated the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Hens right fielder Steven Moya tries to catch a ball hit into the corner by Giovanny Urshela. Urshela in the seventh inning. The Toledo Mud Hens of the AAA International League host the Columbus Clippers at home in Toledo, Ohio on July 17, 2016.
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Urban Meyer, Ohio State head football coach, stretches as fans cheer for him on the 18th green during the Buckeye Broadband Pro-Am Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. The LPGA's 2016 Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, runs July 11-17.
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Hyo Joo Kim lines up her putt on 18 during the second round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania.
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Anna Nordqvist escapes the sand trap on nine during the second round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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Vicky Hurst chips out of the bunker on 18 during the second round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Friday, July 15, 2016.
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Josiah, 4, covers his mouth to keep quiet as he and his father Doug Shultz of Sylvania watch Brittany Lang putt on two during the third round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Saturday, July 16, 2016.
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Carts carrying the three leaders tied for first place head back to the No. 18 tee for the second shootout during the final round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Sunday, July 17, 2016.
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marathonclassic18p Hee Young Park reacts as her chip onto No. 18 just misses the hole during the final round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Sunday, July 17, 2016, at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. Lydia Ko, Ariya Jutanugarn and Mirim Lee each came in at 14 under par to force a shootout. Ko won in the fourth shootout. THE BLADE/ KATIE RAUSCH
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Ha Na Jang evaluates her shot on No. 18 during the final round of the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Sunday, July 17, 2016, at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. Lydia Ko, Ariya Jutanugarn and Mirim Lee each came in at 14 under par to force a shootout. Ko won in the fourth shootout. Jang came in eighth at nine under par.
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Lydia Ko celebrates as she sinks her putt on No. 18 to win the Marathon Classic, presented by Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Sunday, July 17, 2016.
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Pro Victoria Elizabeth reacts to missing her putt during the Dana Pro-Am at the Inverness Club in Toledo. Behind her are Brian Sedra, left, and Joe Grieshaber.
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Hole 18 volunteer scorer John Kretzschmar, of Pemberville, stays out of the sun as he reads the pairing guide while waiting for the next group to come through during the 2016 PNC Pro-Am at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.
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Bill McDonnell fist-bumps Alan Sattler during the ProMedica/Hylant Pro-Am at Highland Meadows Golf Club, Ohio.
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Fans follow Lydia Ko to Hole 9 during the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio on Thursday, July 15.
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Mudonna and other golf fans watch Lydia Ko exit Hole 18 during the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. on Thursday July 15, 2016.
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Toledoan Kayden Humes, 8, strikes a shooting pose on July 16, 2016, as he gets his photo taken with the NBA championship trophy at the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. He said he listened to the game on the radio during a family road trip, and "cried so bad" because he's a Stephen Curry fan.
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Genoa resident Kevin Schimming gives a thumbs up to Katherine Kirk after she threw him her ball on No. 14 during the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.
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Leader Hyo Joo Kim tips her hat to fans as she introduced on No. 18 during the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio on July 16, 2016.
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A squirrel gets into the bag of No. 7 score keeper and Findlay resident Paula McRill during the Marathon Classic LPGA tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. McRill had pistachios in the bag. "He has really expensive tastes. I fed him grapes yesterday," she said.
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