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Defending champ Smith among three on top in U.S. Mid-Am stroke play

By Associated Press
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Defending champion Nathan Smith, Scott Harvey and Tim Hogarth shared medalist honors Sunday in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship with 36-hole, stroke-play totals of even-par 144. Smith, the 32-year-old Pittsburgh player who also won the event in 2003, shot an even-par 72 in windy conditions at The Bridge after opening with a 72 at Atlantic. Hogarth, from Northridge, Calif., had a 71 at Atlantic, and Harvey, from Greensboro, N.C., shot a 73, also at Atlantic. The top 64 players advanced to match play at Atlantic.