Radnor freshman Gabby Kim had a big weekend, playing well in
two different stops on the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour.
In Saturday’s stop at Lu Lu Country Club, Kim fired a 5-over
76 to easily take top honors in the 13-to-15 age group. Kim had three birdies
on the back nine. Meher Mankikar of Bridgewater, N.J. was a distant second with
an 84 and Chichester freshman Caprian Kan was third with an 88.
Sunday’s stop at Woodcrest Country Club was a qualifier for
this weekend’s Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event at Wyncote Golf Club with only
the top finisher among boys and girls 13 to 18 earning a ticket to Wyncote. Kim
just missed as she lost in a playoff in the 13-to-15 age group to a familiar
Junior Tour rival in Esther Park of Wilmington, Del.
Park and Kim each fired an 85 to finish in a tie for first
and Park parred the first hole of the playoff to get the spot in the Hurricane
Junior Tour event.
Also in that age group at Woodcrest, Agnes Irwin
eighth-grader Kaitlyn Lees, who will defend her Inter-Ac League title in a
couple of weeks, was fourth with a 91 and Chi’s Kan was sixth with a 99.
Back at Lu Lu Saturday, John Updike of Wayne won the
13-to-15 division with a sparkling 3-over 74. He finished two shots ahead of
David Robbins of Holland, who had a 76.
Also in that age group, Billy Civitella of Berwyn and
Aronimink Golf Club finished in a tie for 11th with an 86, Daniel
Bullock of Wayne finished in a tie for 17th with an 89, Jack
McKnight of Villanova was 24th with a 95 and William Condran of
Radnor finished 26th with a 98.
Among the nine-holers, Kevin Civitella, Billy’s younger
brother, topped the field with a 47. June Kim of Wayne finished fifth with a
50, Joseph Morganti of Havertown was seventh with a 54 and Aidan Lowe of Villanova
was eighth with a 58.
In the 16-to-18 division, Marple Newtown sophomore Joey Delfranco
finished in a tie for sixth with an 84. Richard Vanni took top honors in the
age group with an 80. Brandon Dejesse finished 21st with a 104.
In the girls 16-to-18 division, Radnor sophomore Caitlin
Bullock finished fourth with a 117 and Notre Dame sophomore Gabby Morganti finished
fifth with a 120. Julia Shinkle took top honors in the age group with a 99.
In addition to Kim’s strong showing at Woodcrest,
Springfield senior Samantha Miller finished third in the 16-to-18 division with
a 104. Morgan Frazier of Mechanicsburg won the division with an 88.
In the boys 16-to-18 division, Cardinal O’Hara junior Andrew
Fisher finished in a tie for ninth with a 94 and Nick Andreade of Broomall
finished 18th with a 106.
In the 13-to-15 division, D.J. Colleran of Radnor finished in
a tie for seventh with an 88, Aj Aivazoglou
of Glen Mills finished 19th with a 99, Jack McKnight of Villanova
finished in a tie for 20th with a 101 and Matthew Barkann of Newtown
Square finished 29th with a 118.
William Mirams of Stroudsburg earned the spot in the field
at Wyncote, but he had to fight for it. He finished in a tie with Connor Boham
of Collegeville after both shot 82 and the two players went to a sixth hole of
sudden death before Mirams finally won with a par.
Among the nine-holers, Dolan Cox of Newtown Square finished
fifth with a 48, James Quinn of Radnor finished sixth with a 49, June Kim of
Wayne finished in a tie for eighth with a 51, Jackson Fields of Glen Mills
finished 10th with a 52 and Hayden Smith of Havertown finished 11th
with a 53.
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