O'Doherty gets it in under par at Manor with a 69 to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Twin Valley senior Shayne O’Doherty finished in red figures with a 1-under-par 69 at Manor Golf Course near Reading to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 21^st.

   It was the second straight Philly Junior Tour victory for a regular in the Stonewall caddyshack. O’Doherty’s dad Adam is a Stonewall partner, but Shayne O’Doherty has been a pretty regular looper at the ’Wall. Recent Pope John Paul II graduate Jack Brennan was a Philly Junior Tour winner two days earlier at The Bucks Club.

   Shayne O’Doherty has had a pretty strong summer, highlighted by appearances in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship at the Toftrees Resort near State College and in the Christman Cup, one of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s major junior championships, at Gulph Mills Golf Club in the space of four days last month.

   O’Doherty also had a nice showing in the stroke-play championship at Stonewall a 36-hole test over two days from the tips on the Old Course last month as he finished in a tie for second place. With one Jack Brennan on the bag.

   For a blogger who pays a lot of attention to the junior golf scene, it’s nice to get some insights from a couple of guys who are playing in some of the big junior events.

   O’Doherty’s round at Manor included a birdie at the seventh hole, an eagle at the par-5 12^th hole and another birdie at 14. He also had 12 pars on his scorecard.

   Austin Zweizig of Mohrsville was O’Doherty’s closest pursuer as he earned runnerup honors with a 6-over 76 that left him seven shots out of the top spot. Zweizig made a birdie on the 16^th hole and had 10 pars on his card.

   Pierce Murphy of Ardmore and J.D. Murray of Wayne finished in a for third place, each landing a shot behind Zweizig with a 77. Murphy made a birdie on the ninth hole and had 11 pars on his card and Murray made a birdie at 12 and had 10 pars on his card.

   Alexander Martin of Mountain Top took fifth place with an 82 and Jackson Colonna of Avondale and Anthony Manzi of Aston rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as they finished in a tie for sixth place, each posting an 84.

   Ryan Kelly of Harleysville made a birdie at the 11^th hole and had eight pars on his scorecard as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with an 84.

   Pierce Roth of Penn Valley had four pars on his card, three of them on the incoming nine at Manor, and finished two shots behind Kelly in second place with an 86.

   Rounding out a short field in the 13-to-15 division was Neil Ray of West Chester as he had three pars on his card on his way to a 94 that left him in third place.

   Brooke Graham, who capped an outstanding scholastic career at Boiling Springs by finishing in fifth place in the PIAA Class AA Championship at Penn State’s Blue Course last fall, was the only girl who teed it up at Manor and she put together a solid 7-over 77 in earning a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Graham, who will join the program at Kutztown later this month, made birdies at the sixth, ninth and 12^th holes and had six pars on her scorecard.

   Villanova’s Team Sokol was prominent among the nine-holers as Henry Sokol bested the field with a 4-over 40 and Jack Sokol was a shot behind him in a tie for second place with Nathan Lobo of Collegeville as each landed on 41.

   Henry Sokol had a steady round with seven pars on his scorecard. Jack Sokol had six pars on his card and Lobo finished with four pars on his card.

   Ethan Clouser of Newtown took fourth place with a 44 and Antonella Ferrer of Wynnewood rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division, finishing in fifth place with a 61.