Calamaro reaches semifinals of GAP Junior-Junior

   Rolling Green Golf Club’s Jake Calamaro, younger brother of Radnor’s 2009 PIAA girls champion Jackie, reached the semifinals of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship before falling to eventual winner Colman Mitchell at Merchantville Country Club.

   Calamaro carded a 4-over 40 over the 2,703-yard, par-36 nine at Merchantville to finish fourth in qualifying Monday. He claimed a 4 and 3 victory over Llanerch Country Club’s Michael Castaldi in his first-round match and the reached the semis with a hard-fought, 2-up triumph over Huntingdon Valley Country Club’s Conor McGrath.

   Calamaro gave Mitchell a battle before falling, 1-up, on the final hole in Tuesday’s  semifinals. Mitchell defeated Trenton Country Club’s Philip Bancroft III, 2 and 1, in Wednesday’s  18-hole final.

   Aronimink Golf Club’s Civitella brothers, Billy and Kevin, also earned spots in match play with rounds of 42 and 43, respectively, in qualifying. Billy knocked off Doug Ergood Jr. of Tavistock Country Club, 2 and 1, in the opening round before being ousted by Bancroft, 2 and 1, in the second round. Kevin ran into Mitchell in the first round and fell, 4 and 2.

   Matthew Civitella of Waynesborough Country Club, who may or may not be related to the Aronimink Civitellas (looks like there’s a little investigative journalism to do in that regard), reached the semifinals before falling to Bancroft, 3 and 2.

   Llanerch’s Castaldi earned his spot in match play with a 46 in qualifying.

   Merion Golf Club’s Mac Costin nabbed the last spot in match play with a 48 and fell to medalist Michael Limongelli of Phoenixville Country Club, 3 and 2, in the first round.

   Overbrook Golf Club’s Jack Boyle had a 54 in qualifying to get a shot in the first flight, but was knocked out in the first round by Andrew Lauerman of Talamore Country Club, in a thriller that went 10 holes.

Lucas, Irey second in Senior Four-Ball

   Concord Country Club’s Steve Lucas earned some golfing notoriety when he carried the bag for his son-in-law Sean O’Hair’s first PGA Tour win at the John Deere Classic and subsequent first major appearance in the 2005 British Open at St. Andrews, the home of golf in Scotland.

   But Lucas can play a little, too. He teamed with an old pal, Roc Irey of Lookaway Golf Club, to finish second in GAP’s Senior Four-Ball Stroke Play Tuesday at Indian  Valley Country Club.

Lucas and Irey fired a 3-under 68 over the 6,533-yard, par-72 Indian Valley layout to finish a shot behind the winning team of Joe Russo and Mark Walker of Laure Creek Country Club.

   Rolling Green Golf Club’s Robert Billings teamed with Peter P. Dilullo of Applebrook Golf Club for a 74 that was good for 13^th place.

   Merion Golf Club’s Carl Everett teamed with Michael Rose of Talamore Country Club in the Senior-Senior division and lost out in a tiebreaker after matching the 71 put up by the Huntingdon Valley Country Club pair of Charles Whipple and Robert Peterman.

   The Rolling Green duo of Edward Pappas and Lawrence Capuzzi Jr. and the McCall Golf & Country Club pair of William McCabe Jr. and Rick Bunn were two of the groups that finished in a tie for seventh at  74. The Springhaven Club’s Curt Fromal teamed with Norman Jester of Downingtown Country Club to finish 10^th with a 76.

   Aronimink Golf Club’s John Harding teamed with Waynsborough Country Club’s Charles Devine for a 79, but their net total of 63 gave them a share of first place in the Super-Senior net scoring.

Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour

   The Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour made a stop Monday at Wilmington Country Club and Boothwyn’s Caprian Kan fired an 85 to top the field in the 13-to-15 division. Her round over the 5,476-yard, par-71 Wilmington layout featured eight pars and a birdie.

   Also in the division, incoming Radnor freshman Gabrielle Kim finished third with an 87 and Garnet Valley resident Alyssa Fulginiti was fourth with a 96.

   Episcopal Academy junior Trey Croney had a strong showing in the 16-to-18 division as he carded a 75 to finish in a tie for fourth. Christopher Chizauskie of Thornton fired a 1-over 72 to take first in the division.

   Also in the division, Haverford School junior Otis Baker finished in a tie for 21^st with an 80, a shot ahead of Garnet Valley senior Jack Highfill and Jeff Painter of Swarthmore, both of whom were in the group tied for 25^th. Haverford School junior Jay Losty and Garnet Valley senior Jake Hudock were among the players tied for 33^rd with 83s and Ian Rothweiler of Radnor finished in a tie for 41^st with an 86.

   In the girls’ 16-to-18 division, Notre Dame senior Caroline Barker finished fourth with a 95, Kimmy Sanna of Swarthmore finished sixth with a 108, Julia Devine of Media finished in a tie for seventh with a 109, Emily Fulginiti of Garnet Valley finished ninth with a 114, and Caitlin Bullock of Wayne finished 10^th with a 119.

   In the 13-to-15 division, Jacob Liberman of Radnor finished in a tie for 10^th with an 80. Evan Brown of Chadds Ford and John Updike of Wayne were two of the players who finished tied for 12^th at 81.

   Other Delco finishers included Jack Bellwoar (87, tied for 19^th) of Newtown Square, Ryan Brennan (87, tied for 19^th) of Media, Ryan Conway (87, tied for 19^th) of Bryn Mawr, Daniel Bullock (86, 31^st) of Wayne, Benjamin Newlon (99, tied for 33^rd) of Wallingford, Edmund Garno (100, tied for 35^th) of Haverford and Matthew Hoppe (105, 39^th) of Garnet Valley.

   Among the nine-holers, Dolan Cox of Newtown Square finished in a tie for third with a 45, Charlie Baker of Wayne finished in a tie for fifth with a 46, Jackson Fields of Glen Mills finished 12^th with a 55 and June Kim of Wayne finished 15th with a 62.

   The Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour staged a three-day series in and around Penn State with Springfield senior Samantha Miller, competing in the 16-to-18 division, posting a 99 at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center Monday, a 99 at Mountain View Country Club in Boalsburg Tuesday and a 92 at Penn State’s Blue Course for a three-day total of 290.

   Garnet Valley junior Michael Stanilka teed it up in two of the three legs of the series, carding a 90 Wednesday at the Penn State Blue Course, and a 95 Tuesday at Mountain View.

Ingraham, Little share second place

   Reigning Philadelphia Section PGA Player of the Year Stu Ingraham of the M Golf Range in Newtown Square and Rolling Green Golf Club assistant pro Mike Little finished in a tie for second in the Lehigh Valley Open at Northampton Country Club with 6-under 138 totals.

   Little held the first-round lead after opening with a 5-under 67, but fell back with a 1-under 71 to finish two shots back of the winner, Don Allan of Burlington Country Club. Allan followed up an opening-round 69 with a 67 for an eight-under 136 total.

   Ingraham had a pair of 69s to get his share of second with Little.

   Concord Country Club head pro Mike Moses finished in a tie for fourth with rounds of 69 and 71 for a 4-under 140 total.

   Billy Stewart of Golf Galaxy, low pro at last month’s Philadelphia Open at Waynesborough Country Club, finished in a tie for seventh at 3-under 141 with rounds of 70 and 71. Radnor Valley Country Club head pro George Forster finished in a tie for 19^th at 2-over 146 with rounds of 74 and 72.

Moses, Fedoryshyn get it going

   Concord Country Club head pro Mike Moses made sure he had the best senior player in the club on his team when Concord hosted the Philadelphia Section PGA Pro-Senior Scratch event Friday.

   That would be Doug Fedoryshyn, the guy who fired a 63 that featured a three-hole stretch of eagle, eagle (a hole-In-one in that case), birdie on his way to the Concord Senior championship in 2011.

The Whitford Country Club team of Mike Ladden and  Mark Ellinger gave everybody in the field something to shoot at when they posted a better-ball total of 8-under 63.

   And Moses and Fedoryshyn, playing in the last group of the day, finally matched their score and got a piece of the title. Fedoryshyn got it going on the back nine,  making four of the six birdies he had on his own ball in the round on the final seven holes.

Busy week ahead

   The American Junior Golf Association returns to Huntingdon Valley Country Club Monday for the third annual AJGA Philadelphia Junior.

   A top-flight field of junior golfers will tee it up in the 54-hole event. Malvern Prep senior Michael Davis, a Newtown Square resident and Aronimink Golf Club member, is in the boys field. And Radnor sophomore Brynn Walker, who won the Pennsylvania Junior Girls title earlier this summer, is in the girls field.

   And last, and certainly not least, Aurora Kan, a three-time Daily Times Player of the Year and the 2010 PIAA champion at Chichester, will tee it up in the first round of qualifying Monday at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, being held at The Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Kan tees off at 9 a.m. off the 10^th tee.

   Kan is coming off a sophomore campaign at Purdue during which she finished in a tie for 15^th in the individual chase at the NCAA Tournament and helped the Boilermakers take third in the team race.

   Two rounds of qualifying in Charleston are scheduled to conclude Tuesday with the top 64 finishers advancing to match play beginning Wednesday. That will be the goal for Kan as she goes up against a field of the top amateur golfers in the world. If the 2010 Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur champion can get into match play, well, anything can happen in match play.