After an indifferent 1-over 73 in the opening round, Ingraham made five birdies for a 31 on the front side at Northampton. Four more birdies on the back nine enabled him to post an 8-under 136 total to edge Dave Quinn of Links G.C. by a shot.
“Starting off, I didn’t think I would be able to make a run considering how I played (Monday),” Ingraham told the Philadelphia Section PGA website. “The biggest change today was my putting. I added a new putter in my bag and it made all the difference. Once I made a few birdies I knew there was a number out there to make.”
Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour
Springfield junior Brian Todaro was Delco’s top finisher at Tuesday’s 11th Annual Harry Hammond Invitational with a 79 at Penn Oaks C.C.
Todaro finished in a tie for 14th in the 16-to-18 division in one of the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour’s top events, whose namesake is the Penn Oaks Director of Golf. Hammond, a Master Professional, is the Philadelphia area’s top booster of junior golf.
The top three boys and girls finishers each earn a $3,000 scholarship toward their college education.
Radnor junior Austin Dunlap finished in a tie for 28th with an 83.
Radnor senior Ben Kleiman made the trip to Easton for a Junior Tour stop at The Club at Morgan Hill July 25 and had a strong showing with a 75 that earned him a fourth-place finish in the 16-to-18 division.
Griffin Colvin of Media finished third in the 13-to-15 division with a 76 and Andrew Todaro of Springfield ended up in a tie for seventh with an 81.
Among the nine-holers, Gabriella Kim of Wayne finished in a tie for third with a 40.
Sawyer Wolfers of Newtown Square topped the field in the 13-to-15 division in a Junior Tour stop Monday at Wilmington C.C. with an even-par 71.
Michael Stanilka of Garnet Valley was another shot back in second with a 72.
Other finishers at Wilmington included: Media’s Colvin (84); Joey Del Franco (88) of Broomall; and Shane Dougherty (90) of Broomall.
In the 16-to-18 division, Garnet Valley junior John Concannon had a 79, Springfield senior Jim Callahan had an 81, Garnet Valley junior Jack Highfill had an 82, and Jake Hudock of Glen Mills had an 83.
Garnet Valley sophomore Annika Vandayar finished second among the girls in the 13-to-15 division with an 81. Alyssa Fulginiti of Garnet Valley finished in a tie for fifth with a 93.
In the 16-to-18 division for the girls, Bridget Novielli had a 118 and Emily Fulginiti of Garnet Valley posted a 130.
Major moments
The countdown until the 2013 U.S. Open tees off at Merion Golf Club’s East Course in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township is down to 314 days. Somehow the last major championship of 2012 is already upon us as the PGA Championship will get started Thursday at Kiawah Island in South Carolina.
If Tiger Woods makes it his fourth straight major-less year — and his performance through the first two rounds at one of his favorite courses at this week’s Bridgestone Invitational isn’t inspiring much confidence — the best he can possibly arrive at Merion with is 15 major championships.
Through three majors, it has been a pretty interesting 2012.
You have to give it to Bubba Watson for his 40-yard hook to win the Masters in a playoff. Webb Simpson did the last-man-standing thing that so often gets you a U.S. Open title.
Ernie Els’ fourth career major title — coming after he had been inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame — will best be remembered for Adam Scott getting on the bogey train and being unable to get off in blowing the British Open.
But four career majors is four career majors and Els has been nothing but a good player since he got that first one in the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 1994 (the weekend of the Bronco chase involving that O.J. Simpson fella).
Recent history would suggest somebody completely different winning 2012’s final major. How about the guy who let the PGA slip through his fingers a year ago and has bounced back to have a fantastic 2012? I’m talking Jason Dufner, of course.
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