Boyce claims a Junior Tour victory with a 79 at The Links

   Jacob Boyce of Elkton, Md. had the day’s best score, an 8-over-par 79, to claim top honors in the 13-to-15 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Saturday at The Links Golf Club in Marlton, N.J.

   Boyce was steady all day, registering 10 pars over the 6,305, par-71 Links layout. Charles Ota of Blue Bell had two birdies on the back nine to claim runnerup honors with an 80, a shot behind Boyce.

   Ajeet Bagga of Blue Bell took third place with a 90, Luke Turse of Hainesport, N.J. was fourth with a 92 and Luke Harris, another entry from Hainesport, and another entry from Team Boyce of Elkton, Md., Mike Boyce, shared fifth place, each carding a 93. Tiger Li of Newtown finished in seventh place with a 95.

   Christopher Waldmann of Malvern opened his round with three straight pars and made pars on the final hole of each nine on his way to an 82 that gave him a victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Carl Michael Lim of Franklinville, N.J. and James Vinson of Princeton, N.J. shared second place, each posting a 96. Another entry from Team Boyce of Elkton, Md., William Boyce, finished fourth with a 107.

   The best score among the girls also came out of the younger 13-to-15 division as Ava Svindland of Wilmington, Del. captured top honors with an 84, a round that featured eight pars. Another Wilmington entry, Curstan Bunch, was the runnerup with a 92.

   Mary Emma Guldi of West Chester was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division and earned her first career Junior Tour win with a 104.

   Savannah Laverty of Moorestown, N.J. had five pars in a 7-over 42 that bested the field of nine-holers. Theodore Plimpton of Lawrenceville, N.J. made pars on both par-3s to take runnerup honors with a 9-over 44.

   Tyler Whitney of Cherry Hill, N.J. finished in third place with a 45, Declan Conner of Swarthmore was fourth with a 46, Kiran Bagga of Blue Bell’s Team Bagga was fifth with a 47 and Nicholas Gatti of West Chester was sixth with a 48.

   Nathaniel Celentano of Malvern took seventh place with a 52, Gavin McCloskey of Williamstown, N.J. was eighth with a 56, Michael Liu of Garnet Valley was ninth with a 59 and Kyle Citro of Doylestown was 10^th with a 61.