Rhianna Gooneratne of Plymouth Meeting has been just
unbeatable in the final weeks of summer.
Gooneratne ran her Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour
winning streak to, by my count, seven in a row with an 88 Sunday, the last day
of summer, at Bala Golf Club that gave her the top spot in the 13-to-15
division.
Only the two girls divisions and the nine-holers teed it up
at the 5,306-yard, par-68 Bala layout just inside the city limits of
Philadelphia.
Gooneratne opened her round with three straight pars and
finished up the front nine with a birdie at the ninth hole. She has won the
13-to-15 division every time she has teed it up since the Junior Tour turned
the calendar to the wraparound 2019-2020 season in late August.
Josephine Wellons of Montchanin, Del. was the runnerup with a
96, Curstan Bunch of Wilmington, Del. was third with a 104 and Jillian Burks of
Paoli was fourth with a 115.
Burks will represent the Philadelphia Junior Tour at Augusta
National Golf Club April 5, the Sunday of Masters week, in the Drive, Chip
& Putt National Finals.
Burks advanced out of the regional competition earlier this
month at another historic golf venue, Oakmont Country Club in suburban
Pittsburgh, as she finished first in the Girls 10-11 division.
Burks dominated her division, winning the driving and
chipping competition and finishing second in putting for a 133 total. The
runnerup finished with a 101 total.
Baldwin freshman Megan Adelman birdied the 16th
hole on her way to a 90 that gave her the top spot in the 16-to-18 division at
Bala. Adelman finished seventh as an eighth-grader in the Inter-Ac League
Championship at French Creek Golf Club last spring.
Michelle Quinn of Haddon Heights, N.J. was the runnerup with
a 97.
Philadelphian Hank Kancher, playing in his home town, had
three pars to best the field of nine-holers with a 9-over 42. Teddy Plimpton of
Lawrenceville, N.J. was the runnerup with a 45.
Tyler Whitney of Cherry Hill, N.J. won a scorecard playoff
with Colton Orris of Hershey for the bronze medal after each posted a 48.
Nicholas Gatti of West Chester and Liam McFadden of Bryn Mawr shared fifth
place, each carding a 50.
Nate Celentano of Malvern finished seventh with a 52 and
Alex Gibbs of East Norriton, James Ciesielka of Woolwich Township, N.J. and
J.P. Klock of Oreland all landed on 54 to end up in a three-way tie for eighth
place.
Declan Conner of Swarthmore took 11th place with
a 56 and Gavin McClaskey of Williamstown, N.J. was 12th with a 57.
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