Kaitlyn Lees burst onto the scene last May when, as just a
seventh-grader at Agnes Irwin, she won the Inter-Ac League’s individual title
with a 46 for the front nine at Radnor Valley Country Club.
It appears that Lees, still just in eighth grade, is making
rapid strides in her game. You need no more evidence than her winning score in
the 13-to-15 division as the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour made a stop in its
fall series at The Bucks Club in Bucks County Saturday.
Lees fired a 5-over 75 over the William Gordon design that
measures somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,500 yards for the girls. Lees’
round included 11 pars and a birdie at the 16th.
That’s just really
good playing for anybody, let alone an eighth-grader. The next best score in
her age group was a 99 by Georgia Naples of West Chester.
The next best score of any girl in the field was the 97
posted by Samantha Miller, who recently completed her senior season at
Springfield. Miller, who qualified for the District One Tournament with a 79 at
the Central League Tournament at Turtle Creek Golf Club, finished first in the
16-to-18 division with a birdie at the ninth highlighting her round.
But obviously, the course was hardly playing easy and Lees
mastered it.
Also in the 16-to-18 division, Rada Ilieva, a teammate of
Miller’s at Springfield, finished second with a 105, Kimmy Sanna of Swarthmore
finished third with a 108, Josephine Rider of Newtown Square finished in a tie
for fourth at 109 and Julia Devine of Media was sixth with a 116.
In the boys 16-to-18 division, Jack Hirsh of Villanova and Frankie
McVeigh of Havertown finished in a tie for 21st as each carded a 97.
In the 13-to-15 division, Lucas Zuh of Wayne finished 22nd
with a 102.
Among the nine-holers, James Quinn of Radnor finished third
with a 47, Case Hummer of Glen Mills was fourth with a 48, Hayden Smith of
Havertown was fifth with a 52, Owen Harvey of Havertown finished 10th
with a 59 and Ryan Harvey of Havertown ended up in a tie for 11th
with a 61.
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