The Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour held its qualifier for the
Junior PGA Championship Monday at North Hills Country Club and the girls
division looked very much like the PIAA Class AAA Tournament last fall.
Jackie Rogowicz, a two-time PIAA runnerup, had rounds of 74
and 71 over the par-71 North Hills layout for a 3-over 145 total that earned
her a trip to Miramont C.C. in Bryan, Texas July 29 to Aug. 1 for the Junior
PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Genesis Networks.
Rogowicz, a senior at Pennsbury, finished two shots clear of
reigning PIAA champion Isabella DiLisio, a senior at Mount St. Joseph who had
rounds of 73 and 74 for a 147 total.
Radnor All-Delco Brynn Walker, a junior who finished in a
tie fifth at last fall’s PIAA Tournament, was another shot back of DiLisio with
rounds of 73 and 75 for a 148 total.
All the boys and girls in the field were in the hunt for
just the one qualifying berth to the national junior PGA event, but the Philly
Junior Tour did break out its usual age groups and Agnes Irwin freshman Kaitlyn
Lees dominated the 13-to-15 division with rounds of 82 and 78 for a 160 total.
That left her in seventh place overall.
Radnor sophomore Gabby Kim (87-84) finished third at 171 and
Chichester sophomore Caprian Kan (88-91) was fourth at 179. That left them tied
for 13th and 20th overall, respectively.
Other Delco finishers included Garnet Valley senior Annika
Vandayar (85-78—163, eighth), recent Springfield graduate Samantha Miller
(92-95—187, 26th) and Rada Ilieva (98-104—202, tied for 32nd),
another recent Springfield graduate.
Another one of District One’s top players, Pennsbury senior
Vinay Ramesh, claimed the boys’ ticket to the Junior PGA Championship with
rounds of 71 and 72 for a 1-over 143 total. Blaine Lafferty of Marlton, N.J.
was the runnerup with rounds of 72 and 74 for a 146 total.
As was the case with the girls, most of Delco’s stronger
entries were in the 13-to-15 age group. Nick Miller (79-78—157) of Newtown
Square was third, Jacob Liberman (82-85—167) of Radnor and Jake Calamaro
(82-85—167) of Newtown Square were tied for 11th and Matthew Davis
(84-86—170) of Newtown Square was tied for 15th. Miller was 14th
overall, Liberman and Calamaro were tied for 35th overall and Davis
was tied for 41st overall.
Kim second at Hershey
A Philadelphia PGA Junior Elite Tour event scheduled to be a
two-day affair at Hershey Country Club’s East Course was shortened to one day
as Tuesday’s violent storms left the George Fazio-designed course unplayable
Wednesday.
In the Elite Tour events all the boys and girls complete in
just a 13-to-18 division. Radnor sophomore Gabby Kim fired an 80 over the 5,753-yard,
par-71 Hershey East layout to finish second among the girls. Esther Park, the
Wilmington, Del. player who is a familiar rival of Kim’s, took top honors,
edging Kim by a shot with her 79.
Among the boys, recent Methacton graduate Brandon Vance took
top honors with a 2-over 73 over a course that measures 6,446 yards for the
guys.
Wayne’s John Updike, the only Class of 2019 in the boys
field, carded a 79 to finish in a tie for ninth.
Sydnes goes low at Pennsauken
Members of Andy Achenbach’s powerhouse Radnor program were
playing good golf all over the place as sophomore Michael Sydnes took top
honors in the 13-to-15 division in a Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour stop Tuesday
at Pennsauken Country Club.
Sydnes’ 77 over the 6,213-yard, par-70 Pennsauken layout was
the best score recorded by guys of any age group.
There was a three-way tie atop the 16-to-18 division among
Bryn Mawr’s Ryan Conway, Quakertown’s Joe Rochelle and Abington’s Joshua
Sheerhan at 82 with the title going to Rochelle on a back-nine scorecard
tiebreaker.
Garnet Valley senior Michael Stanilka finished in a tie for
12th with a 90 and Matthew Hoppe of Garnet Valley finished 19th
with a 103.
In the 13-to-15 division, David Hurley of Newtown Square
finished in a tie for 11th with a 90, Frederick Hammer of Wayne
finished in a tie for 14th with a 91 and Aj Aivazoglou of Glen Mills
finished 20th with a 97.
Caroline Barker, who helped Notre Dame win its sixth straight
Inter-Ac League title as a senior this spring, topped the 16-to-18 division
with a 95 for her first Junior Tour victory.
Luke Farquhar of Haddon Heights, N.J. topped the field among
the nine-holers with a 42. Dolan Cox of Newtown Square got a share of second
with a 44, Nicholas Cardow of Wallingford and June Kim of Wayne finished in a
tie for fifth with 49s, Roy Anderson of Chadds Ford was seventh with a 51 and
David Merz of Swarthmore finished eighth with a 52.
Cox third at Moorestown
The nine-holers had the stage to themselves for a
Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour stop at the Moorestown Field Club Friday and Jacob
Zeng of Downingtown bested the field with a 2-over 38 over 2,698-yard, par-36
nine.
The event was sponsored by BagBoy, which presented Zeng with
a Quad Plus push cart in addition to his first-place medal.
Newtown Square’s Cox finished third with a 41, Case Hummer
of Glen Mills was sixth with a 45, Joseph Morganti of Havertown finished in a
tie for seventh with a 46, Davis Flannery of Radnor finished in a tie for 10th
with a 48 and James Quinn of Radnor finished along in 14th with a
49,
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