Jake Rotelle of Honey Brook carded a solid 4-over-par 75 to
take the top spot in the 16-to-18 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior
Tour stop on a sparkling Saturday at Gilbertsville Golf Club, which will play
host to the opening round of the District One Girls Championship in a couple of
weeks.
It was the first career Junior Tour victory for Rotelle.
Zachary Loninger of Crosswicks, N.J. was the runnerup, just a shot behind
Rotelle with a 5-over 76 over Gilbertsville’s 6,303-yard, par-71 Red and White
Nines.
Matt Walsh of Chester Springs finished third with an 85 and
Matthew Todd of Lincoln University and Jason Rieger of Collegeville shared
fourth place, each carding an 86.
Benjamin Griffaton of Pottstown finished sixth with an 87,
Kevin Deng of Newtown Square was seventh with an 88, George Wicks IV of
Phoenixville was eighth with a 93 and Parker Farnell of Ambler was ninth with a
100.
There was another first-time winner in the 13-to-15 division
as Lucas Steinmetz of Gilbertsville birdied the 17th hole on his way
to an 8-over 79 that gave him the victory. Paul Brady of Schwenksville was the
runnerup with an 81 and Connor Gherghel of Orwigsburg took third with an 83.
Joseph Madden of Oxford, Evan Jozwiak of Chester Springs and
Daniel Shin of Horsham finished in a tie for fourth as each posted an 85. Two
more players – Quinn Bookbinder of Wayne and Jackson Reid of Glen Mills –
shared seventh place at 87.
Drew Clark of Kennett Square finished ninth with an 88 and
Sachin Blake of Berwyn rounded out the top 10 as he finished 10th
with a 100.
Esther Park, one of Delaware’s top scholastic golfers out of
Wilmington, carded a 79 to claim the top spot in the girls 16-to-18 division
for her second straight Junior Tour victory. Park claimed a win in last weekend’s
stop at Spring Hollow Golf Club.
Ava O’Sullivan of Exton was the runnerup with an 84, Jessica
Shao of North Myrtle Beach, S.C. was third with an 86, Marple Newtown junior Gillyoung
Koh was fourth with a 92 and Helen Shaw of Harleysville was fifth with a 96.
Bethany Julias of Schwenksville became the third first-time
winner of the day as she carded an 89 that featured a birdie at the 10th
hole to capture top honors in the 13-to-15 division. Stefania Fedun of
Glenmoore was two shots behind Julias in second with a 91.
Amelia Loninger of Team Loninger from Crosswicks, N.J.
finished third with a 105 and Lily Press of Bryn Mawr was fourth with a 112.
Among the nine-holers, Hunter Probst of Bear Creek was
anything but a first-time winner. Probst birdied the fourth hole on his way to
a sparkling 2-over 37 as he won his fifth straight Junior Tour start.
J.P. Hoban of Havertown won a scorecard playoff for runnerup
honors after he and Ethan Martin of North Wales each carded a 46.
Samuel Feeney of West Chester finished fourth with a 47,
Jamie Ciesielka of Woolwich Township, N.J. was fifth with a 49 and Nick
Linkchorst of Glen Mills was sixth with a 50.
Andrew Donohue of Collegeville took seventh with a 52, Grady
Hearn of Greentown was eighth with a 53 and Liam McFadden and James Schramek of
Chalfont rounded out the top 10 as they finished in a tie for ninth at 59.
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