Llanerch's Murosky, Quartermain team up to take Pro-Junior Championship title

   In a busy week for junior golfers, some of them teamed up with a Philadelphia Section PGA pro in the Section’s Pro-Junior Championship Wednesday at Applecross Country Club off Route 322 in West Brandywine Township, Chester County.

   It was a shotgun start at high noon and when the numbers were all counted, the Llanerch Country Club pair of Jared Murosky and Haverford High sophomore Riley Quartermain topped the net division with a sparkling 12-under-par 60 over the 6,440-yard, par-72 Applecross layout.

   Scoring was better-ball of partners with junior players getting 80 percent of his or her handicap. Quartermain had a solid freshman season at Haverford, earning a trip to the girls District One Class AAA Championship.

   The father-son team of The Country Club at Woodloch Springs director of golf John Pillar and Alex Pillar finished four shots behind the winners in second at 8-under 64. The Sunnybrook Golf tandem of  Branden Allen and T.J. Robertson finished third, posting a 7-under 65.

   Another father-son duo, Spring-Ford Country Club head pro Rich Steinmetz and Hill School senior Drew  Steinmetz, got a share of fourth with a 6-under 66. Joining Team Steinmetz in the tie for fourth was the Rolling Green Golf Club pair of Scott Chisholm and Kathleen Mark, coming off a freshman season this spring in which she was a key contributor during Episcopal Academy’s Inter-Ac League championship run.

   John Cooper and John Cooper of Green Valley Country Club – likely another father-son pair – headed a group of three teams that finished tied for seventh at 5-under 67.

   Don Allan and Tanner Cole of Burlington Country Club and Chris Krueger and Sawyer Brockstedt of Kings Creek Country Club joined Green Valley’s Team Cooper in the group tied for seventh at 67. Brockstedt represented Delaware earlier this year when she finished tied for fourth in the 10-and-11 age group in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday of Masters week.

   Team Pillar from The Country Club at Woodloch Springs finished first in the gross scoring with a 7-under 65.

   The winners of the net division, Llanerch’s Murosky and Quartermain, and Spring-Ford’s Team Steinmetz were among four teams that shared second place in the gross scoring at 4-under 68.

   Joining them in the tie for second were M Golf Range head of instruction Stu Ingraham and Devon Prep sophomore Ryan McCabe and Linfield National Golf Club head pro Robert Kleckner and Joshua Ryan, who will represent Norristown High as a sophomore this fall.

   McCabe and Ryan were two of the top freshmen in District One last fall with McCabe capturing the District One Class AA individual crown and leading Devon Prep to the district team crown and Ryan earning a trip to the PIAA Class AAA Championship.