Sung tames Linfield National with a 70 to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Conestoga junior Chris Sung put together a solid 1-under-par 70 at Linfield National Golf Club in Limerick Township to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory July 29^th in the 16-to-18 division.

   Sung has been playing well this summer and that continued at Linfield National, where he made birdies at the eighth, 10^th and 15^th holes and had 13 pars on his scorecard, finishing up with pars on his last four holes.

   Recent Penncrest graduate Ryan Anderson made birdies at the third and sixth holes, went back-to-back with birdies at 11 and 12 and had 10 pars on his card as he matched par with a 71 to finish a shot behind Sung in second place.

   Ajeet Bagga, one of the Inter-Ac League’s top players at Germantown Academy, made birdies at the second and fourth holes and had 13 pars on his card, finishing up his round with pars on the last six holes, as he ended up a shot behind Anderson in fourth place with a 1-over 72.

   Bagga will join the program at NYU later this month.

   Boyertown senior Chase Dillman was a shot behind Bagga in fourth place with a 2-over 73 and Archmere Academy junior Michael Liu and Luke Daniels of Devon finished in a tie for fifth place, each posting a 5-over 76.

   Liu, a Garnet Valley resident, helped the Auks capture the state championship in Delaware in the spring.                                                                                                                                       

   Springfield High junior Trent Graci took seventh place with a 77, Malvern Prep junior William Shuford was eighth with a 78 and Boyertown junior William Swartley and Perkiomen Valley senior Jacob Loladze rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division, as each recorded a 79 to finish in a tie for ninth.

   Chase Andrews of Harleysville made back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a run of eight straight pars from eight to 15, as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 2-over 73 to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory.

   Adam Cifra of Blue Bell and Patrick Hiltner of Northfield, N.J. shared runnerup honors as each tallied a 3-over 74 to finish a shot behind Andrews.

   Cifra, coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory four days earlier at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, made back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes, added birdies at 10 and 15 and had nine pars on his card. Hiltner made a birdie on the 14^th hole and had 13 pars on his card, grinding out eight straight pars to finish his round.

   Devon Prep sophomore Andrew Carroccio, who helped the Tide capture the PIAA Class AA team crown as a freshman last fall, took fourth place with a 76, Pierce Drake of Glenmoore was fifth with a 77, Parker Bohn of Harleysville was sixth with a 78 and Malvern Prep sophomore Ayden Gillen was seventh with a 79.

   Jackson Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. and Thomas Weller of Wilmington, Del. shared eighth place, each signing for an 80, and William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he registered an 81 to finish alone in 10^th.

   Nadia Yackanicz, a senior on the Perkiomen Valley girls golf team, made a birdie on the 17^th hole and had seven pars on her scorecard as she captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 84.

   Andi Jones of Glenside made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had four pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with a 90.

   Fortress Chryst of Wescosville rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as she had three pars on her card to finish in third place with a 99.

   Eric Cunningham of Wayne and Gavin Lane, another member of Team Lane out of Cinnaminson, N.J., shared top honors among the nine-holers as each carded a solid 4-over 39.

   Cunningham and Gavin Lane had similar scorecards as they both made a birdie at the second hole and recorded four pars.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr had three pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Cunningham and Gavin Lane in third place with a 6-over 41.

   There was a four-way logjam of players tied for fourth place, each with a 43, that included John (Jack) Shea of Harleysville, Samuel Karas of Blue Bell, Connor Masulis of Pottstown and Ty Thompson of Devault.

   Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore took eighth place with a 46, Michael Menichello of Harleysville was ninth with a 48 and Kolton Vannoy of Phoenixville was 10^th with a 53.

   Talan Wolstenholme, another Phoenixville entry, rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division with a 68 and an 11^th-place finish.