Zachary Barbin of Elkton, Md. and Brianna Marmorstein of
Havertown capped the 2015-16 Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour season Monday
by earning the Graham Cup in the respective boys and girls divisions at the
BagBoy Junior Tour Championship at Hartefeld National Golf Club in New Garden
Township.
Barbin, who has been solid all summer long, fired a 3-under
69 in breezy conditions over the 6,638-yard, par-72 Hartefeld National layout. Marmorstein,
who helped the Academy of Notre Dame win its eighth straight Inter-Ac League
title in the spring, carded a 79 on a Hartefeld National layout that measures
5,990 yards for girls.
Barbin had five birdies on his last 13 holes and had a
4-under 32 on the back nine to take the overall title and top the 16-to-18
division.
Kohltin Bartlow of Montgomery and J.T. Spina of
Schwenksville shared runnerup honors in the division, each carding a 2-over 74.
Reed Winkler of Wilmington, Del. took fourth with a 75 and
Caleb Ryan of Norristown and Jacob Liberman of Radnor shared fifth place at 76.
Nathan Guerrini of Collegeville was alone in seventh place with a 77.
Rounding out the top 10 were four players tied for eighth at
78, including Andrew Gallagher of Mount Laurel, N.J., Jacob Macinanti of
Lancaster, Andrew Forjan of York and Ryan Tall of Collegeville.
Stephen Lorenzo of Lower Gwynedd captured top honors in the
13-to-15 division in a match of cards after finishing in a tie for first with
Jonathan Lumley of Royersford and Nikita Romanov of Wilmington, Del., all three
players posting a 2-over 74.
Richard Kline III of Kennett Square and Drue Nicholas of Egg
Harbor Township, N.J. finished in a tie for fourth at 76. Akhil Giri of
Moorestown, N.J. took sixth with a 77, A.J. Aivazoglou of Glen Mills was seventh
with a 78, Morgan Lofland of Paoli was eighth with an 80, Liam Hart of Holland
was ninth with an 81 and Hayden Moffat of Hatboro was 10th with an
82.
Four players shared 11th place at 83, including
the Kennett Square pair of Christopher Skean and D.J. Scott, Haverford School
sophomore Peter Garno and Samuel Walker of Radnor.
Marmorstein, a junior at Notre Dame, had a pair of birdies
in her round of 79 to capture top honors in the 16-to-18 division. Chichester
senior Caprian Kan was the runnerup with an 83.
Alexandra Lowder of Wrightsville and Grace Hickey of
Downingtown shared third place, each carding an 85. Genesis Diaz of Elkton, Md.
was alone in fifth place with an 86, Karly Brown of Buckingham took sixth with
an 88 and Casey Oppenheimer of Conshohocken was seventh with a 90.
Sophia Mancuso of Jamison finished eighth with a 92, Elise
Glauser of Newark, Del. was ninth with a 97 and Kiera McGrath of Denver was 10th
with a 99.
Haley Quickel of Middletown, Del. carded an 83, which
included a birdie at the par-5 eighth hole, to top the field in the 13-to-15
division. Sunshine Gu of Yardley was the runnerup, just a shot back of Quickel
with an 84.
Elizabeth Beek of Blue Bell finished third with an 87, Lily
Yang of West Chester was fourth with an 88 and Michelle Cox of Allentown and
Lily Byrne of Downingtown shared fifth place, each posting a 90. Victoria Kim
of West Chester finished seventh with a 92 and Savanna Haas of Pottstown was
eighth with a 97.
In what has been a competitive group of nine-holers all
summer, Henry Fish of Malvern had a steady round during which he made just two
bogeys to take top honors with a 2-over 38. He finished a shot ahead of William
Pabst of Roaring Brook Township, who capped a recent hot streak with a 3-over
39, matching his score at all three stops on the Junior Golf Scoreboard SKIMP
Pocono Series last week.
Hannah Lydic of Ocean View, Del. finished third with a 41
and Evan Barbin of Elkton, Md., Win Thomas of Coatesville and Darren Nolan of
Glenside shared fourth place, each carding a 42.
Joshua Ryan of Norristown and Jack Davis of Newtown Square
finished in a tie for seventh at 43, the Downingtown duo of Nicholas Gross and
Bret Bergey shared ninth place at 45 and John Olsen of Boalsburg placed 11th
with a 48.
The Junior Tour Championship is also the perfect occasion to
give a shout-out to all the parents who have been shuttling these young golfers
to golf courses in three states all year. If the Junior Tour players have
improved as golfers this summer, and the numbers say they have, you deserve a little
of the credit for that improvement.
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