Merion's Bradbeer takes second at Makefield Highlands

   Merion Golf Club’s Peter Bradbeer did all he could, firing a 6-under 66 Wednesday at Makefield  Highlands Golf Club in the second round of a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Elite Tour event, but it wasn’t enough to catch William Mitchell of Moorestown, N.J.

   Mitchell had a 66 of his own in the first round and never took his foot off the pedal. He settled for a second-round 71 over the 6,516-yard, par-72 Makefield Highlands layout, but made seven birdies in the round. His 7-under 134 total gave him the title in the boys division by three shots over Bradbeer, who had an opening-round 74 before his sparkling no-bogey 66 for a 4-under 140 total.

   The Elite Tour events don’t break the divisions down by age groups, so all the 13-to-18-year olds are competing against each other.

   Davis Flannery of Radnor finished up strong with a second-round 76 and was alone in 33^rd place at 163 and David Hurly of Newtown Square had rounds of 86 and 81 to finish in a tie for 35^th at 167.

Theresa Luu of Mullica Hill, N.J. was a runaway winner among the girls with rounds of 81 and 80 for a 161 total. Chloe Niu (86-93) of Gladwyne and Joanie Gannon (89-90) of Lansdale finished tied for second, 18 shots behind Luu at 179.

   Check out Tom McNichol’s Golf Notebook in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Times featuring a second-place finish for Radnor senior Brynn Walker at the AJGA Philadelphia Junior at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, a report on the Golf Association of Philadelphia Junior-Junior Boys Championship and the emergence of a talented group of Class of 2019 and Class of 2020 boys with Delco ties, and a report on the Pennsylvania Amateur championship from the Country Club of Scranton.