York Suburban junior Andrew Ekstrom completed a sweep of a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour weekend in York County when he carded a 1-under-par 71 to finish at the top of the leaderboard at Out Door Country Club May 19th.
A day earlier Ekstrom, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, had delivered a sizzling 5-under 67 at Regents’ Glen Country Club that was 10 shots better than his closest competitor and earned him a Philly Junior Tour victory.
The stop at Out Door was a Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) event for the boys with top finishes earning players points that can give them status on some of the higher profile junior circuits, including the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).
The Philly Junior Tour broke out its usual 16-to-18 and 13-to-15 divisions, so I’ll round them up while referencing the overall 13-to-18 scoring that counts toward JGS points.
After making a birdie early in his round at the third hole, Ekstrom added another birdie at 11, went back-to-back with birdies at 13 and 14 and added a fifth birdie at 16. He had nine pars on his scorecard with seven of them coming on the outgoing nine at Out Door.
Ekstrom’s 71 gave him a two-shot victory in the 16-to-18 division and in the overall scoring.
State College junior Chris Warner made birdies at the third, sixth and eighth holes in a 2-under 34 on the front nine at Out Door, added a fourth birdie at 13 and had 10 pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors in the 16-to-18 division and in the overall scoring with a solid 1-over 73.
Archmere Academy sophomore Michael Liu made birdies at the seventh and 10th holes and had eight pars on his card as he finished in third place among the older guys and fifth overall with a 6-over 78.
Boyertown junior Chase Dillman took fourth place in the 16-to-18 division and ended up in a tie for sixth in the overall standings with a 79 and Manheim Central junior Jonathan Breinich was three shots behind Dillman with an 82 that left him in fifth place among the older guys. Breinich rounded out the top 10 in the overall scoring with his 82.
Brennan Dewitt of York took sixth place with an 84 and Mason Umbrell of Hershey rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished seventh with an 86.
Gus Stoltzfus of Lincoln University made birdies on the fourth and sixth holes in a 1-under 35 tour of the outgoing nine at Out Door, added another birdie at 12 and had eight pars on his scorecard as he finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division and was third in the overall scoring with a 4-over76.
Dover sophomore Lawson Leeper, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, made a birdie at the first hole and had 12 pars on his card in a steady 5-over 77 that left him a shot behind Stoltzfus in second place in the 13-to-15 division and fourth in the overall scoring.
Souderton freshman Wyatt Underwood made birdies at the fifth and 10th holes and had 10 pars on his card as he finished in third place among the younger guys and in a tie for sixth with Dillman from the 16-to-18 division in the overall standings with a 7-over 79.
Anthony Gracey of York and Benjamin Robbins of Holland finished in a tie for fourth place in the 13-to-15 division and were tied for eighth in the overall scoring as each signed for an 80.
Luke Fallon of Reading took sixth place in the 13-to-15 division with an 83 and Taimoor Naseem of Sinking Spring, one of several standouts in the coed 12-and-under division a year ago, was seventh with an 84.
William Thorkelson finished in eighth place with an 85, Tyler Myers of York was ninth with an 86 and Chase Baker of Huntingdon Valley rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10th with an 87.
The best score among the girls came out of the 13-to-15 division as Exeter freshman Giulia Weisser, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, made a birdie at the 13th hole and had eight pars on her scorecard to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory with an 81.
Bryn Brandt of Lebanon made a birdie at the 17th hole and had six pars on her card as she rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division by earning runnerup honors with a 91.
Manheim Township junior Alana Cristino had three pars on her scorecard as she captured a Philly Junior Tour win in the 16-to-18 division with a 92.
Warwick sophomore Emily Stauffer made a birdie at the 17th hole and had three pars on her card as she rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division by earning runnerup honors with a 97.
Cole Miller of York made a birdie at the second hole and had two pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a 6-over 42.
Zheng Yan of Malvern made a birdie at the sixth hole and added a par at two to claim runnerup honors with a 48. Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. took third place with a 55.
Walter Kappeler of Elmer, N.J. rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division by finishing in fourth place with a 57.
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