Gravinese heats up at Indian Valley to cruise to a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Spring-Ford sophomore Michael Gravinese had the best score of the day among the guys as he carded a 1-over-par 73 at Indian Valley Country Club in Telford June 18th to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   Gravinese went back-to-back with birdies at the third and fourth holes and again at seven and eight and added a fifth birdie at 12 in his solid 1-over round. Gravinese had eight pars on his scorecard.

   Three players, Rayan Shah of Newtown, Jake Patterson of Malvern and Chase Baker of Huntingdon Valley, shared runnerup honors as each signed for a 7-over 79 that left them six shots behind Gravinese.

   Shah made a birdie at the 17^th hole and had 11 pars on his card. Patterson made a birdie at the 15^th hole and had 10 pars on his card. Baker made birdies at the third and 13^th holes and had seven pars on his card.

   Cole Henning of Harleysville took fifth place with an 81 and Carter Hippauf of Quakertown and William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr shared sixth place, each posting an 83. Vyom Shukla of Berwyn and Daniel Ross of Harleysville finished in a tie for eighth place, each tallying an 86.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were four players who ended up in a tie for 10^th place, including Beck Rosenthal of Ambler, Wyatt Underwood, playing close to his Telford home, Mason Stephan of Collegeville and Gus Wolfe of Downingtown, each of whom recorded an 87.

   Downingtown West junior Justin Marcus made birdies at the second, 10^th and 18^th holes and had eight pars on his scorecard as he finished atop the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division with a 4-over 76.

   Governor Mifflin senior Nate Radwanski, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, finished a shot behind Marcus in second place with a 5-over 77 as Radwanski made a birdie at the 12^th hole and had 13 pars on his card, eight of them on the outgoing nine at Indian Valley.

   There was a three-way tie for third place at 6-over 78 among Alexander Hall of Collegeville, Sean Mariano of Lansdale and Owen Hammer of Gladwyne.

   Hall made birdies at the sixth, eighth and 16^th holes and had six pars on his card. Mariano made birdies at the 12^th and 15^th holes and had eight pars on his card. Hammer got it going on the front nine at Indian Valley with birdies at the first, fourth and eighth holes and finished with seven pars on his card.

   Andrew Elliott of Souderton took sixth place with an 81 and the trio of Donato Stridacchio of Doylestown, Kasimere McManus of Quakertown and Colby Seislove of Limerick finished in a tie for seventh place, each recording an 85.

   Another Quakertown guy, Whyatt O’Rourke, rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished in 10^th place with an 87.

   Central Bucks South senior Sophia Branca earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division as she made a birdie on the fifth hole and had 10 pars on her scorecard on her way to a solid 6-over 78.

   Sophia Stultz of Monroeville, N.J. rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division as she had two pars on her card to finish in second place with a 108.

   Gabrielle Kim of Ambler was the lone entry in the 13-to-15 division and she had five pars on her scorecard, four of them on Indian Valley’s outgoing nine, as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory with a 99.

   John (Jack) Shea of Harleysville had six pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a 3-over 39.

   Eric Cunningham of Wayne also had six pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Shea in second place with a 4-over 40.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr made a birdie at the eighth hole and had three pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 45.

   Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. took fourth place with a 48, Aiden Herbert of New Hope was fifth with a 50 and Jaxson Refold of Bryn Mawr was sixth with a 51.

   The trio of Baylor Keim of Blue Bell, Zheng Yan of Malvern and Carson McNamee of Harleysville shared seventh place, each recording a 53.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under division were Michael Menichello of Harleysville and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each signing for a 55.