While winter refuses to loosen its grip on the region, the
calendar said St. Patrick’s Day, so it was time for the Philadelphia Section
PGA Junior Tour to get going again with its annual spring opener at The
Vineyards at Renault in Egg Harbor City, N.J.
By recent standards, it wasn’t a horrible day. Not sure if
the temperature reached 50 at the Jersey Shore, but the wind backed off a
little. And the guys and gals who regularly tee it up on the Junior Tour have
certainly played in colder conditions.
It certainly didn’t seem to bother Cole Shew of West
Chester, who fired a 1-over-par 73 over the 6,308-yard, par-72 Vineyards layout
to capture top honors in the 16-to-18 division. Shew had four birdies, two on
each side, and generally seemed to be in midseason form.
Jackson Paradee of Dover, Del. wasn’t bad either as he
claimed runnerup honors with a 2-over 74.
Central Bucks East junior Patrick Sheehan, who played some,
at times, spectacular golf in earning runnerup honors to Spring-Ford’s Ben
Pochet in last fall’s District One Class AAA Championship at Turtle Creek,
headed a trio of players tied for third at The Vineyards at 4-over 76.
Joining Sheehan in the tie for third were Finnian McGarry of
Haddonfield, N.J. – possibly enjoying a little luck of the Irish -- and Troy
Kelleher of Clarks Summit. Bryan Donato of Chester Springs finished alone in
sixth at 78.
Kyle Rogers of Jackson, N.J. and Calen Sanderson of
Skillman, N.J. shared seventh place, each posting an 80. Rounding out the top
10 were Christopher Vonhof of Georgetown, Del. and Jake Armstrong of
Haddonfield, who finished tied for ninth, each posting an 82.
James Vinson of Princeton Junction, N.J. captured top honors
in the 13-to-15 division with an 8-over 80 that featured a birdie on the sixth
hole.
Kevin Motil of Sewell, N.J. and Adrian Jordan of
Lawrenceville, N.J. shared second place as each carded an 82. James Ulsh of
Carlisle finished fourth with an 83 and Jacob Sokalsky, a sophomore at Garnet
Valley, was another shot behind Ulsh in fifth with an 84.
Kendall Gordon of Burlington Township, N.J. finished sixth
with an 87, Elijah Ruppert of Fleetwood was seventh with an 88, Jackson Reid of
Bryn Mawr took eighth with a 90 and Jaden Han of Mahwah, N.J. placed ninth with
a 92.
Rounding out the top 10 were Matthew Hammond of Lamberton,
N.J. and Dante Biloni of Lancaster, both of whom came in with a 94. Hammond was
the Sam Penecale Scoring Average Leader among the nine-holers for the 2016-’17
Junior Tour campaign.
Kayla Gutierrez of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. was unopposed in
winning the girls 16-to-18 division. She posted a solid 84 that featured a
birdie on the 14th hole.
Sydney Yermish of Wynnewood took top honors in the girls
13-to-15 division in a scorecard playoff with Haverford High freshman Riley
Quartermain after each carded an 85. Yermish’s 28 shots over the final six
holes gave her the tiebreaker edge. Yermish’s round was highlighted by a pair
of birdies.
The division featured several players whose games improved
noticeably in 2017 and they didn’t show much rust after several months during
which probably the only place they could swing a golf club was by utilizing a simulator.
Victoria Kim of West Chester finished a shot behind Yermish
and Quartermain in third place with an 86. Angelina Tolentino of Mount Laurel,
N.J. and Kathleen Mark, a Media resident who plays out of Rolling Green Golf
Club, shared fourth place as each carded a 90.
Addi Mann of Cherry Hill, N.J. finished sixth with a 91,
Gwendolyn Powell of Madison Township was seventh with a 95 and Katrinia Cabinian
of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. placed eighth with a 96.
Among the nine-holers, Michael Maslanka of Taylor finally
emerged with the victory after the scorecard playoff went several criteria deep
as he and Nicholas Gross of Downingtown each carded a solid 4-over 40.
Hunter Probst of Bear Creek was another shot behind Maslanka
and Gross in third with a 41. John Keba of Emmaus finished fourth with a 45 and
Nicholas Joyce of Quakertown took fifth with a 46.
Daniel Shin of Horsham finished sixth with a 47, Mason
Tucker of York was seventh with a 50 and Jillian Burks of Paoli was eighth with
a 51.
Rachel Joyce, the second of the Quakertown Joyces to tee it
up, finished ninth with a 52 and Reed Krosse of York rounded out the top 10
with a 56.
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