Thai gets Fourth of July weekend started wtih a Philly Junior Tour victory at Susquehanna Valley

   Winston Thai, who capped his scholastic career by earning a trip to the PIAA Class AA Championship as a senior at Lancaster Country Day School last fall, carded a solid 9-over-par 79 to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division at Susquehanna Valley Country Club in Selinsgrove to kick off the Fourth of July weekend June 30^th.

   It was a short field that wrapped up a busy week on the Philly Junior Tour and Thai had nine pars on his scorecard, seven of them on Susquehanna Valley’s incoming nine, to grab a one-shot victory over Miles Wilson of Hershey among the older guys.

   Wilson made a birdie on the 15^th hole and had seven pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with an 80.

   Talon D’Angelo of Mansfield made a birdie on the seventh hole and had three pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 90.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was James Ciccarelli of Danville as he finished in fourth place with a 92.

   Christopher Everly of Atglen had five pars on his scorecard, four of them on Susquehanna Valley’s incoming nine, as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with an 87.

   Harrison Perry of Berwyn made pars on the sixth and 18^th holes as he claimed runnerup honors with a 97.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Neil Ray of West Chester as he made a par on the 17^th hole to take third place with a 100.

   Hannah Kopac of State College was the only player to tee it up in the girls divisions and she made pars on the seventh and 14^th holes on her way to a 102 that gave her a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Logan Turner of Berwyn bested the field of nine-holers as he made a birdie on the seventh hole and had three pars on his scorecard on his way to a solid 7-over 42. Turner was coming off a runnerup finish in a Philly Junior Tour stop at Coatesville Country Club a day earlier.

   Bryce Bussom of Lewisburg made a par on the fifth hole as he earned runnerup honors with a 46.

   Raegan Young of Middletown took third place with a 57 and Ryan Englehart of Schwenksville rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division, finishing fourth with a 60.