Henbest rides a fast start to a Philly Junior Tour victory with a 72 at Pennsauken

 

   Alex Henbest of Manahawkin, N.J. got off to a fast start at Pennsauken Country Club on his way to a solid 2-over-par 72 July 17^th that gave him a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Henbest made birdies at the fourth and 16^th holes and had 14 pars on his scorecard in his steady round. Eight of those pars, along with the birdie at the fourth hole, came on the outgoing nine at Pennsauken, which Henbest toured in 1-under 34.

   Ryan Gibson of Cinnaminson, N.J. made a birdie at the sixth hole and had eight pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors among the older guys with an 81.

   Michael Acchione of Sewell, N.J. and Tyler Kulick of Mount Royal, N.J. finished in a tie for third place, each landing on 83.

   Acchione had seven pars on his card while Kulick made a birdie on the 11^th hole and eight pars on his card.

   Michael Reardon of Springfield took fifth place with an 84, Noah Taylor of Columbus, N.J. was sixth with an 84, Timothy Hueber of Westmont, N.J. was seventh with an 87, Chase Adamaitis of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. was eighth with an 89 and Sean Murphy of Cherry Hill, N.J. was ninth with a 95.

   Cole Dopke of Woolwich Township, N.J. took 10^th place with a 101 and Andre Callison of Mount Laurel, N.J. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 11^th with a 107.

   Avon Grove sophomore Gus Stoltzfus matched Henbest for the low round of the day in claiming the top spot in the 13-to-15 division as he also posted a 2-over 72.

   Stoltzfus made birdies on the 11^th and 16^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a run of eight pars in a row from the third through the 10^th holes.

   Jake Smaron of Philadelphia got it going in the middle of the back nine with birdies at the 13^th, 14^th and 16^th holes and had seven pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 4-over 74 that left him two shots behind Stoltzfus.

   Jaxon Piccoli of Berlin, N.J. made birdies at the eighth and 14^th holes and had nine pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Smaron in third place with a 75.

   Quinn Gallagher of Bryn Mawr took fourth place with a 76, Landon Finsen of Westampton, N.J. was fifth with a 77, Thomas Carpenter of Bristol was sixth with a 78 and Judd Fletcher of Moorestown, N.J. and Tyler Whitney of Cherry Hill, N.J. finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for a 79.

   Andrew Bradshaw, another Moorestown, N.J. guy, took ninth place with an 86 and Jacob Shachar of Sewell, N.J. rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with an 88.

   Annalise Capoli of Medford, N.J. had three pars on her scorecard as she captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with a solid 87.

   Isabella Magno of Delran, N.J. finished up her round with a birdie at the 18^th hole and had three pars on her scorecard, all on the incoming nine at Pennsauken, as she earned runnerup honors with a 91.

   Emily M. Renouf of Cinnaminson, N.J. made a par on the 11^th hole as she took third place with a 111.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Sophia Stultz of Monroeville, N.J. as she finished in fourth place with a 119.

   Adriana Seravalli of Philadelphia had seven pars on her scorecard as she finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 92.

   Masey Heenan of Ocean City, N.J. made pars on the 10^th and 13^th holes as she earned runnerup honors among the younger girls with a 101.

   Gabriella Magno, another member of Team Magno out of Delran, N.J., made a par on the eighth hole as she took third place with a 113.

   Francesca O’Neil of Haddonfield, N.J. rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in fourth place with a 121.

   Gavin Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. had five pars on his scorecard, closing out his round with four consecutive pars, as he bested the field of nine-holes with a 6-over 41.

   Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square made a par on the third hole as he took second place, four shots behind Lane with a 45.

   Edmond Speitel of Haddonfield, N.J. also made a par at the third hole as he finished in third place with a 47.

   Mallie Heenan, another member of Team Heenan out of Ocean City, N.J., took fourth place with a 50 and Aiden Jose of Brick, N.J. was fifth with a 51.

   Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division was Rylan Foust of Exton as he finished in sixth place with a 53.