Kennett Square’s Richard Kline III was right at home at
Kennett Golf & Country Club Tuesday as he fired a 3-under 68 to win the
13-to-15 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior tour stop.
Kline went 3-under on the inward nine at the 6,702-yard,
par-71 Kennett layout. His hot round at Kennett also enabled him to complete a
first-place finish in the 13-to-15 division in a Junior Golf Scoreboard event
that included a round Monday at The Springhaven Club. Kline had an 81 at the
6,518-yard, par-70 Springhaven layout, a William Flynn design, for a 36-hole
total of 149.
Kline finished three shots clear of Ryan D’Ariano of West
Chester in the JGS event. D’Ariano’s 75 at Kennett left him in a tie for third
in the division for the day and, combined with his 77 at Springhaven, gave him
a 36-hole total of 152.
In Tuesday’s round at Kennett, Haverford School sophomore
Peter Garno matched Kline’s 3-under total on the back nine as he carded a
2-over 73 to finish second to Kline. D’Ariano and Jaden Weisman of Malvern
finished in a tie for third at 75.
W. David Starnes of Kennett Square placed fifth with a 76,
Malvern Prep sophomore Andrew Curran finished sixth with a 77 and Joseph
Morganti of Havertown, Luke Wittenborn of Pennington, N.J. and Aj Aivazpoglou
of Glen Mills shared seventh place, each carding a 79.
Rounding out the top 10 were Brian McCartan of Doylestown
and Davis Flannery of Wayne, who finished in a tie for 10th at 82.
In the 16-to-18 division, Ryan Tall of Collegeville took top
honors in a scorecard playoff with R.J. VanTash of Lancaster and Cal Buonocore
of Newtown Square after all three players came in at 81.
Tall also claimed the two-day JGS title in the division as
he carded a 73 at Springhaven for a 154 total. Buonocore, who also had an 81 at
Springhaven, and VanTash, who also had an 81 at Springhaven, finished in a tie
for second in the JGS event at 162.
In Tuesday’s round at Kennett, A.J. Adams of Malvern
finished fourth with an 82 and Benjamin Sheard of Elizabethtown and James Poot
of Pottstown ended up in a tie for fifth at 83.
Eric Gaver of Chadds Ford placed seventh with an 84 and Drew
Skultety of Tabernacle, N.J., Liam Ward of Malvern and Ryan Jacobs of Newark,
Del. rounded out the top 10 as they finished in a tie for eighth at 87.
Casey Oppenheimer of Conshohocken won the girls 16-to-18
division at Kennett as she carded an 86. It was Oppenheimer’s 14th
Junior Tour victory of the year. Elise Glauser of Newark, Del. was the runnerup
with a 91, Sera McClintock of West Chester took third with a 114 and Kelly
Brown of Coatesville was fourth at 115.
Victoria Kim of West Chester captured the 13-to-15 division
at Kennett with an 87. Lily Byrne of Downingtown was the runnerup with a 99.
Kathleen Mark of Media and Rolling Green Golf Club took
third with a 114, Amanda Schuebel of King of Prussia was fourth with a 119,
Julia Li of Hockessin, Del. placed fifth with a 122 and Audrey Schuebel of King
of Prussia was sixth with a 127.
The Schuebels were the only girls to tee it up at both
Springhaven and Kennett with Amanda winning the 13-to-15 division with a 237
total, 13 shots better than Audrey’s 150 total.
Win Thomas of Coatesville bested the field of nine-holers in
a match of cards with Benjamin Saggers of West Chester after they both signed
for 43.
Jack Davis of Newtown Square finished third with a 44. That
also gave Davis the win in the two-day JGS event. He had a 45 at Springhaven
for an 89 total. Henry Stone of Kennett Square finished second with a 49 at
Springhaven and a 46 at Kennett for a 95 total.
Stone’s 46 at Kennett left him in a tie for fourth with
Nicholas Gross of Dowingtown. Anthony Ciconte of Wilmington, Del. took sixth with a 49, Jeffrey Homer and
Matthew Homer of Wilmington, Del. shared seventh place, each carding a 50.
Kevin Lafond of Blue Bell finished ninth with a 52, Bret
Bergey of Downingtown placed 10th with a 60 and Kaitlyn Ferrer of Kennett
Square was 11th with a 78.
Day 1 of the Junior Golf Scoreboard event at Springhaven
belonged to Radnor senior Michael Sydnes, who matched par with a 70 to take top
honors in the 16-to-18 division. Sydnes, who played a big role in Radnor’s run
to Class AAA District One and PIAA team titles last fall, had four birdies,
including three in a sizzling front-nine 33.
Collegeville’s Tall was the runnerup with a 3-over 73,
former Marple Newtown standout Joey Del Franco was third with a 76 and Dan
DiRita of Media took fourth with a 77.
Archie Filshill of Huntingdon Valley and Liam Ward of Malvern
finished in a tie for fifth, each posting an 80. Newtown Square’s Buonocore and
Lancaster’s VanTash shared seventh place with Richard Solano of Sicklerville,
N.J. at 81. Rounding out the top 10 were Ryan Wagner of West Chester and Ben
Newlon of Wallingford as they finished in a tie for 10th at 82.
Samuel Walker of Radnor was nearly as impressive as Sydnes
as he carded a 1-over 71 to win the 13-to-15 division. Aj Aivazoglou of Glen
Mills was the runnerup with a 74.
Ryan McCabe of Media finished third with a 76, West Chester’s
D’Ariano was fourth with a 76 and Strath Haven freshman Kevin Smith, playing on
his home course, and Davis Flannery of Wayne shared fifth place, each carding a
78.
Zak Summy of Media finished seventh with a 79, Malvern Prep
sophomore Andrew Curran and Luke Watson of Royersford ended up in a tie for
eighth at 80 and Kennett Square’s Kline and Patrick Isztwan of Huntingdon
Valley rounded out the top 10 as they finished in a tie for 10th at
81.
Gabriella Morganti, who helped the Academy of Notre Dame win
its eighth straight Inter-Ac League title as a senior this spring, was the lone
entry in the girls 16-to-18 division as she carded a 95 to claim division
honors.
Lily Young of West Chester won the 13-to-15 division with a
92. The Schuebels of King of Prussia went 2-3 as Amanda posted a 118 and Audrey
carded a 123.
Among the nine-holers, Catherine Civitella of North Palm
Beach, Fla. took top honors by winning in a match of cards with Kristof Kopecky
of Garnet Valley after both ended up at 43.
Newtown Square’s Davis and Chase Stephano of Radnor finished
in a tie for third, each posting a 45. Kennett Square’s Stone took fifth with a
49, Matthew Buckley of Media was sixth with a 51, Charlie Hurchalla of
Wallingford was seventh with a 53, Liam Buckley of Media was eighth with a 54,
Matthew Hurchalla of Wallingford claimed ninth with a 57 and Codie Marsh of
Media ended up in 10th with a 65.
Malvern’s Ward finished fourth in the 16-to-18 division for
the two-day JGS event, following an 80 at Springhaven with an 87 at Kennett for
a 167 total.
In the 13-to-15 division, Glen Mills’ Aivazoglou finished
third, a shot back of D’Ariano at 153. Curran, a Media resident and Overbrook
Golf Club member, was fourth with a 157 total, Wayne’s Flannery was fifth at
160 and Smith, a Wallingford resident, and Starnes of Kennett Square finished tied
for sixth at 161. Smith had an 83 at Kennett to go with his opening-round 78 at
Springhaven. Starnes opened with an 85 at Springhaven before rebounding with a
76 at Kennett.
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