One of the many accomplishments for Austin Barbin of Elkton,
Md. this summer was his victory in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA
Championship at The Springhaven Club.
It earned Barbin, who also captured the title in the 105th
Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Boys’ Championship at Coatesville
Country Club, a ticket to the 44th Boys Junior PGA Championship as a
representative of the Philadelphia Section PGA’s Junior Tour.
In the second round of the Boys Junior PGA Championship
Wednesday, Barbin surged into contention with a sizzling 7-under-par 63 at the
Keney Park Golf Course in Windsor, Conn. that left him in a group of three
players tied for 11th at 7-under 133.
Barbin had a little bit of a disappointing trip to the U.S.
Junior Amateur at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio when he failed to qualify
for match play, finishing a shot out of an eight-man playoff for the final
seven spots in the bracket.
Barbin, who will join the Maryland program in a few weeks,
started a little slowly with an even-par 70 on a Keney Park layout that has
been vulnerable to low scores from many of the top junior players in the world.
But Barbin got it going Wednesday. He started fast with a
birdie at the second hole and an eagle at the par-4 fifth hole. Barbin stumbled
momentarily with a bogey at the sixth hole, but he then rattled off birdies on
four of the next five holes, the eighth, 10th, 11th and
12th holes.
Barbin gave a shot back with a bogey at the 13th
hole, but bounced right back with birdies at the 14th and 15th
holes to get it to 7-under, seven shots behind halfway leader Canon Claycomb of
Bowling Green, Ky.
Palmer Jackson, who won the PIAA Class AAA Championship as a
senior at Franklin Regional last fall, fired a second straight 4-under 66 and
was a shot better than Barbin among the four players tied for seventh at
8-under 132.
Jackson, who reached the third round of the U.S. Junior Amateur
at Inverness, finished in a tie for 23rd in the Boys Junior PGA
Championship a year ago at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
Another Pennsylvania scholastic standout, Central York
senior Carson Bacha, struggled a little Wednesday with a 3-over 73 after
opening with a 68 that including a sizzling front-nine 30. Bacha, who plans to join
the Auburn program in the summer of 2020, made the cut on the number at 1-over
141.
The other Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour
representative, recent Westtown School graduate Jaden Weisman, just failed to
survive the cut as he added an even-par 70 to his opening-round 72 for a 2-over
142 total.
Claycomb, who plans to join the Alabama program in January
of 2020, added a 6-under 64 to his opening-round 62 to maintain his hold on the
top spot at 14-under 126. Claycomb finished in a tie for third a year ago at
Valhalla.
But the round of the day belonged to Jake Beber-Frankel, a
17-year-old out of Miami, Fla. who blitzed the Keney Park layout with 10
birdies in a course-record 10-under 60. Combined with his opening-round 67, it
left Beber-Frankel, who plans to join the Stanford program in the summer of
2020, a shot behind Claycomb at 13-under 127.
Peyton Snoeberger of Lafayette, Ind. and Jack Heath of
Charlotte, N.C. were two shots behind Beber-Frankel in a tie for third at
11-under 129.
Snoeberger, who will join the Purdue program later this
summer, added a 5-under 65 to his opening-round 64 while Heath, who plans to
join the Tennessee program in the summer of 2020, added a 6-under 64 to his
opening-round 65.
Jolo Timothy Magcalayo of the Philippines, who has launched
his last two campaigns on the national junior scene on the Philadelphia Section
PGA Junior Tour, was alone in fifth place at 10-under 130. Magcalayo had shared
the lead with Claycomb after an opening-round 62, added a 2-under 68 in
Wednesday’s second round.
Magcalayo, like Barbin, was a shot out of the playoff for
the final seven spots in match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness.
Andy Mao of Johns Creek, Ga. was alone in sixth place at
9-under 131 after adding a 3-under 67 to his opening-round 64. Mao plans to
join the Georgia Tech program later this summer.
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