Luterman captures a Philly Junior Tour victory at a windswept Maple Dale

 

   Jack Luterman, an Ardmore resident and a sophomore on the golf team at The Haverford School, overcame some wild winds to capture the top spot in the 16-to-18 division with a 5-over-par 77 in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Sunday at Maple Dale Country Club in Dover, Del.

   Luterman made birdies on the second and 16^th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard on a day when the wind blew pretty steadily at 20 mph with gusts that reached nearly 40 mph, conditions that were reflected in higher scores.

   The Maple Dale stop on the Philly Junior Tour was a Junior Golf Scoreboard event for the boys with top finishers earning points that can earn them status on some of the higher-profile junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).

   The JGS points are awarded to players in the overall 13-to-18 age group. The Philly Junior Tour breaks out its usual 13-to-15 and 16-to-18 divisions, so I’ll wrap them up and refer to the overall scoring.

   Looks like only the players who teed it up in both of the Philly Junior Tour events in Delaware over the weekend – there was a Philly Junior Tour stop at Rock Manor Golf Club in Wilmington Saturday – were eligible for JGS points at Maple Dale.

   Luterman did not play in both events in the Delaware series, so the first-place finisher in the overall JGS scoring was Jimmy Warmkessel, one of the Episcopal Academy golf team’s junior co-captains last fall, as he got it going on the incoming nine at Maple Dale with a 3-under 33 on his way to a 6-over 78 that left him a shot behind Luterman in second place in the 16-to-18 division.

   Warmkessel had back-to-back birdies at the 11^th and 12^th holes, added a third birdie on the back nine at 15 and had nine pars on his card.

   Tyler Baritz of Blue Bell made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had 10 pars on his card as he finished in third place among the older guys and in a tie for third in the overall scoring with Quinn Gallagher of Bryn Mawr from the 13-to-15 division with an 80.

   Gus Stoltzfus, a sophomore on the Avon Grove golf team, finished in fourth place in the 16-to-18 division and in a tie for fifth place in the overall scoring with Alex DiGiacinto, a freshman on the Nazareth golf team playing in the 13-to-15 division, as each recorded an 81.

   J.P. Hoban, a Havertown resident and a senior on The Haverford School’s Inter-Ac League championship team last fall, and Jake Hollerback, a sophomore on the Sussex Central golf team, finished in a tie for fifth place in the 16-to-18 division, each signing for an 82.

   Hoban, who finished in fifth place among the older guys Saturday at Rock Manor, took seventh in the overall scoring at Maple Dale. Hollerback was not eligible for the overall JGS scoring.

   Andrew Carroccio, a Newtown Square resident and a junior on the Devon Prep golf team that finished in third place in the PIAA Class AA team competition last fall, took seventh place in the 16-to-18 division with an 84 and Chase Mitchell of Medford, N.J. was a shot behind Carroccio in eighth with an 85.

   Neither Carroccio nor Mitchell was eligible for the JGS scoring.

   A couple of Wilmington, Del. guys, Colin Burke and Quinn Marshall, played in both of the Delaware events over the weekend. They rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division with Burke taking ninth place with an 86 and Marshall finishing 10^th with an 87.

   Burke and Marshall also rounded out the top 10 in the overall scoring at Maple Dale with Burke finishing in ninth place and Marshall in 10^th.

   Henry Sokol of Villanova had a steady round in the howling winds as he made a birdie on the 15^th hole and had 10 pars on his scorecard as he claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division and was the runnerup to Warmkessel in the overall scoring with a 79.

   Henry Sokol was one of four players who finished in a tie for third place among the younger guys a day earlier at Rock Manor.

   Bryn Mawr’s Gallagher made a birdie on the second hole and had 11 pars on his card with strings of five pars in a row on the outgoing nine from the fourth through the eighth holes and again on the incoming nine from 11 through 15 as he was the runnerup in the 13-to-15 division with an 80.

   That left Gallagher in a tie for third place in the overall scoring with Baritz from the 16-to-18 division.

   Nazareth’s DiGiacinto made birdies on the fourth and 12^th holes and had seven pars on his card as he took third place among the younger guys with an 81 that left him in a tie for fifth in the overall scoring with Hoban from the 16-to-18 division.

   William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr took fourth place in the 13-to-15 division, finishing a shot behind DiGiacinto with an 82.

   Coming off co-medalist honors in the 13-to-15 division a day earlier at Rock Manor, Ian Rotto, a freshman on the Kennett golf team, finished in fifth place among the younger guys at Maple Dale with an 83.

   Rotto was the last of the players in the 13-to-15 division to finish among the top 10 in the overall scoring as he ended up in eighth place.

 Trebor Melendez, the phenom from Vineland, N.J., took sixth place in the 13-to-15 division with an 85 and Jack Sokol, Henry Sokol’s twin brother, and Holden Sparks, a freshman on the Nazareth golf team,   finished in a tie for seventh, each landing on 88.

   A couple of Wilmington, Del. guys, Brooks McCall and Ben Meixell, rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as McCall took ninth place with a 91 and Meixell finished 10^th with a 93.

   Isha Garg of Berlin, N.J. made a birdie on the second hole and had seven pars on her scorecard as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 87.

   Coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory at day earlier at Rock Manor, Anna Firko, a junior on the Mt. Pleasant golf team in Delaware, had seven pars on her card as she was the runnerup among the older girls with a 93.

   Brooke Burge of Middletown, Del. had three pars on her card as she rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division, finishing in third place with a 104.

   Ellie Walls of Millsboro, Del. made birdies on the sixth and ninth holes and a par on 11 as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 92.

  Gabrielle Hamstead of Milton, Del. had five pars on her card as she was the runnerup among the younger girls with a 95.

    Hannah LeGrow of Wilmington, Del. made pars on the third and 15^th holes as she rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division, finishing in third place with a 108.

   Michael Perry of Wilmington, Del. had three pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 47.

   Jasper Zhang of West Chester made a par on the sixth hole as he finished two shots behind Perry in second place with a 49.

  Grayson Wright of Philadelphia made a par on the ninth hole as he rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division, finishing in third place with a 52.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swanwick gets the clinching point as Florida beats Texas A&M to claim SEC crown at Sea Island

 

   When Florida’s Zack Swanwick, a freshman from New Zealand, finished off a hard-fought 1-up victory over Texas A&M’s Wheaton Ennis, a freshman from Eagle, Idaho, Sunday at the Sea Island Resort’s Seaside Course on St. Simons Island, Ga., the Gators had clinched the crown in the Southeastern Conference Championship for the 17^th time in the storied history of the program.

  It capped a 3-0 performance in match play by Swanwick that helped Florida, No. 8 in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings, prevail over a typically loaded SEC Championship field, probably the most talented SEC Championship field ever with the addition of national powers Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 for the wraparound 2024-2025 season.

   Florida claimed a 4-1 victory over Texas A&M to cap a week filled with drama, highlighted by the Gators’ 3.5-1.5 takedown of defending SEC and national champion Auburn in Friday afternoon’s semifinals.

   The last time Florida won an SEC title in 2023, it went on to claim the fifth national championship in program history with a victory over Atlantic Coast Conference power Georgia Tech in the Final Match at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

   I can’t imagine there is better preparation for the rigors of match play in the NCAA Championship than surviving the match-play bracket at the SEC Championship. You just have to get there, be one of the last eight teams standing for match play at the NCAA Championship, which will return to the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. for the second straight spring.

   The victory at Sea Island makes Florida the automatic qualifier from the SEC to the NCAA regionals, but the majority of the teams in the field will hear their name called when the six regional fields are revealed in a broadcast on The Golf Channel Wednesday.

   Looks like the Scoreboard rankings were updated Monday in the wake of the conference tournaments all around the country and Auburn, despite falling to Florda in the SEC semifinals, will take the No. 1 ranking into the NCAA regionals.

   But the SEC champion will be Florida.

   In addition to Swanwick’s victory over Ennis, Florida got full points from Luke Poulter, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla., with a 4 and 3 decision over Jaime Montojo, a junior from Spain, Matthew Kress, a junior from San Jose, Calif., with a 5 and 4 win over Aaron Pounds, a sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas, and Ian Gilligan, a senior from Reno, Nev. and No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), with a 2-up verdict over Michael Heidelbaugh, a senior from Dallas, Texas.

   The lone point for the Aggies, No. 12 in the Scoreboard rankings, came from Phichaksn Maichon, a senior from Thailand and No. 19 in the WAGR, who outlasted Jack Turner, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla. and No. 25 in the WAGR, 2-up in a battle of heavyweights.

   Kress was in the lineup as a freshman when Florida knocked off Georgia Tech in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match two years ago.

   A day earlier, it was Turner who earned the clinching point in the Gators’ win over defending champion Auburn in the semifinals with a 2 and 1 victory over Jackson Koivun, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, N.C. and No. 2 in the WAGR.

   Koivun was the consensus player of the year as a freshman a year ago, winning both the Fred Haskins Award and the Ben Hogan Award. And he had a lot to do with Auburn’s run to the national title last spring at La Costa.

   Koivun made his presence felt with a sizzling 6-under 64 over the 7,005-yard, par-70 Seaside Course layout in Thursday’s final round of qualifying for match play to capture the SEC individual crown with a 12-under 198 total.

   Koivun had posted back-to-back 3-under 67s in the first two rounds and trailed LSU’s Jay Mandell, a sophomore from Lafayette, La., by three shots going into the final round.

   In claiming medalist honors, Koivun also led the Tigers to the top seed in the match-play bracket with a spectacular 38-under 802 total that was nine shots clear of LSU, No. 6 in the Scoreboard rankings.

   Auburn was nothing short of sensational in three days of stroke play as the Plains Tigers opened with a 16-under 264 and added a 10-under 270 in Thursday’s second round that left them tied with the Bayou Tigers going into the final round. Auburn, behind Koivun’s heroics, closed with a 12-under 268.

   Florida, however, would not be denied in the semifinals.

   In addition to Turner’s victory over Koivun, Poulter handed Auburn redshirt junior Carson Bacha, the 2019 PIAA Class AAA champion as a senior at Central York and No. 23 in the WAGR, a 3 and 2 setback, and Swanwick cruised to a 6 and 4 decision over Cayden Pope, a sophomore from Lexington, Ky.

   Auburn got a full point from Brendan Valdes, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla. and No. 6 in the WAGR who knocked off Kress, 6 and 4.

   The match between Florida’s Gilligan and Auburn’s Josiah Gilbert, a sophomore from Pratville, Ala. and No. 28 in the WAGR, was tied when Turner clinched the outcome with his victory and was declared a draw.

   Koivun, Bacha, Valdes and Gilbert were all in the lineup for Auburn in its 3-2 victory over Florida State, an ACC power, in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match last spring at La Costa.

   Bacha wasn’t the only former state champion from Pennsylvania competing in the SEC Championship.

   Alabama freshman Nick Gross, the 2021 PIAA Class AAA champion as a sophomore at Downingtown West, dropped a hard-fought 2-up decision to Texas A&M’s Pounds as the Crimson Tide, No. 15 in the Scoreboard rankings, fell, 3-2, to the Aggies in the match-play semifinals.

   Ennis delivered the clinching point for Texas A&M as he rallied from 3-down early in his match with Jonathan Griz, a junior from Hilton Head, S.C. and No. 72 in the WAGR, to pull out a victory on the 19^th hole.

   Texas A&M’s other full point came from Heidelbaugh, who claimed a 2 and 1 decision over Connor Brown, a senior from Pinehurst, N.C.

   Alabama got a point from Dominic Clemons, a junior from England and No. 41 in the WAGR who rolled to a 5 and 4 victory over Montojo.

   The other point for the Crimson Tide came courtesy of Jones Free, a senior from Selma, Ala. who took a 2 and 1 decision over Maichon.

   Gross also dropped a tough match in the opening round of match play as he suffered a 1-up setback at the hands of another freshman, LSU’s Arni Sveinsson from Iceland and No. 40 in the WAGR.

   Alabama, however, pulled off probably the biggest upset of the quarterfinals with its 3-2 victory over the Bayou Tigers.

   LSU was the runnerup in qualifying for match play with a 29-under 811 total while Alabama rallied in the final round of stroke play with a 5-under 275 to finish in a tie for seventh place with Texas, No. 4 in the Scoreboard rankings, with a 6-under 834 total.

   The seventh-seeded Crimson Tide, however, got a 4 and 3 win from Clemons over Matthew Dodd-Berry, a junior from England, a 1-up verdict from Griz over Algot Kleen, a senior from Sweden and No. 23 in the WAGR, and a 3 and 2 decision from Free over Alfons Bondesson, a junior from Sweden, to earn a spot in the semifinals.

   Florida’s road to the SEC title began with a tough assignment as the Gators, seeded fifth, drew new shooter Oklahoma, No. 7 in the WAGR.

   Florida pulled out a 3-2 victory as Poulter claimed a 4 and 3 win over Matthew Troutman, a junior from Louisville, Ky. and No. 97 in the WAGR, Gilligan rolled to a 5 and 4 decision over Clark Van Gaalen, a freshman from Turlock, Calif. and Swanwick earned a 4 and 3 triumph over Ryder Cowan, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla.

   The feature match pitted Florida’s Turner against Oklahoma veteran Drew Goodman, a senior home boy from Norman, Okla. and No. 35 in the WAGR. Goodman, the runnerup to Koivun in stroke play with an 11-under 199 total, pulled out a 2-up victory.

   Auburn’s “reward” for taking the top seed in match play was a quarterfinal match with a formidable Texas team.

   Bacha suffered a 5 and 4 setback at the hands of Daniel Bennett, a freshman from South Africa and No. 62 in the WAGR.

   But the rest of the Plains Tigers responded in a 4-1 victory as Koivun knocked off Luke Potter, a junior from Encinitas, Calif. and No. 39 in the WAGR, 4 and 3, Pope claimed a 4 and 3 decision over Tommy Morrison, a junior from Dallas, Texas and No. 8 in the WAGR, Josiah Gilbert pulled out a 1-up thriller over Christiaan Maas, a junior from South Africa and No. 10 in the WAGR, and Valdes edged Jack Gilbert, a sophomore from Houston, Texas, 1-up.

   The last of the quarterfinals saw Texas A&M, which was seeded third, claim a 4-1 victory over Georgia, No. 23 in the Scoreboard rankings.

   Montojo pulled out a hard-fought 1-up decision over George Langham, a graduate student from Peachtree City, Ga., but none of the other three match wins for the Aggies reached the 18^th hole.

   Heidelbaugh earned a 3 and 2 decision over Carter Loflin, a junior from Duluth, Ga., Ennis rolled to a 6 and 5 victory over Grayson Wood, a sophomore from Fredericksburg, Va., and Maichon claimed a 4 and 3 verdict over Buck Brumlow, a senior from Cartersville, Ga. and No. 54 in the WAGR.

   James Earle, a freshman from Jupiter, Fla., got the lone point for the Bulldogs as he edged Pounds, 1-up.

   LSU had opened qualifying for match play with a solid 9-under 271 and caught Auburn with a sizzling 17-under 263, the low team round of the tournament, in the second round that gave the Bayou Tigers a share of the lead going into the final round.

   LSU closed with a 3-under 277 to finish nine shots behind Auburn in second place with a 29-under total.

   Mendell had fueled LSU’s strong showing in the first two rounds as he added a 5-under 65 in the second round to his opening-round 66 to take the lead in the individual chase.

   He could only match par in the final round with a 70 and finished among a quartet of players tied for third place at 9-under 201 that included Auburn’s Bacha, Texas A&M’s Maichon and Texas’ Maas.

   Texas A&M, behind Maichon, finished six shots behind LSU in third place with a 23-under 817 total as the Aggies were solid throughout, opening with a 9-under 271 and adding a 6-over 274 in Thursday’s second round before closing with an 8-over 272.

   After opening with a 1-under 69, Maichon ripped off back-to-back 4-under 66s to get his share of third place in the individual chase.

   Oklahoma, behind Goodman’s runnerup finish individually, finished two shots behind Texas A&M in the team standings in fourth place with a 21-under 819 total. After opening with a 6-under 274, the Sooners erupted with a 12-under 268 in Thursday’s second round before closing with a 3-under 277.

   Goodman recorded back-to-back 4-under 66s in the first two rounds and was only a shot behind Mendell in the individual chase going into the final round. Goodman closed with a 3-under 67 to finish a shot behind Koivun in second place at 11-under.

   Gilligan closed with a 5-under 65 to finish in seventh place in the individual standings and lead eventual champion Florida to a fifth-place finish in the team standings with 16-under 824 total that left them five shots behind Oklahoma.

   After opening with a 5-under 275, Florida struggled a little in Thursday’s second round with a 1-under 279 before closing with a 10-under 270 to grab one of the coveted match-play berths.

   After opening with a 4-under 66, Gilligan backed off with a 1-over 71 in Thursday’s second before fueling the Gators’ final-round surge with his 5-under finish.

   Georgia sandwiched a 3-under 277 in Thursday’s second round with a pair of 4-under 276s to finish five shots behind Florida in sixth place with an 11-under 829 total.

   Alabama and Texas grabbed the final two spots in the match-play bracket as they finished in a tie for seventh place, each ending up five shots behind Georgia with a 6-under 834 total.

   Gross, the Downingtown West product, had his best round in stroke play with a 2-under 68 in the opening round to help the Crimson Tide start off with a 1-under 279. Alabama matched par in Thursday’s second round with a 280 before closing with a 5-under 275 to earn a spot in the match-play bracket.

   After struggling to a 6-over 286 in the opening round, Texas bounced back with a 5-under 275 in Thursday’s second round before closing with a solid 7-under 273.

   Maas, the talented South African, led the way for the Longhorns as he added a 3-under 67 in Thursday’s second round to his opening round of 4-under 66 that left him just two shots out of the lead. He closed with a 2-under 68 to join the quartet tied for third place at 9-under.

   Bacha backed up his teammate Koivun with a really solid performance in three rounds of stroke play. After opening with a 1-under 69, Bacha posted a sizzling 5-under 65 in Thursday’s second round before closing with a 3-under 67 that enabled him to join Texas A&M’s Maichon, Texas’ Maas and LSU’s Mendell in the tie for third place at 9-under.

   Valdes gave Auburn a third finisher among the top eight as he finished in a tie for eighth place with LSU’s Bondesson and Georgia’s Brumlow, each landing on 7-under 203.

   Valdes registered back-to-back 2-under 68s in the first two rounds before closing with a 3-under 67.

   Josiah Gilbert was solid for Auburn as well as he fueled the fast start for the Plains Tigers with a sizzling 6-under 64 in the opening round before matching par in the final two rounds with back-to-back 70s to finish in a tie for 11^th place with a 6-under 204 total.

   Rounding out the Auburn lineup in qualifying for match play was Pope as he finished among the group tied for 16^th place with a 4-under 206 total. Like Josiah Gilbert, Pope got off to a great start, contributing a 5-under 65 to Auburn’s opening-round surge. He cooled off with a 1-over 71 in Thursday’s second round before matching par in the final round with a 70.

   Bondesson gave LSU a second finisher among the top eight as he opened with a 1-under 69 before adding back-to-back 3-under 67s in the final two rounds to join the trio tied for eighth place at 7-under.

   Georgia’s Brumlow led the way for the Bulldogs as he opened with a sparkling 4-under 66, added a 1-under 69 in Thursday’s second round and closed with a 2-under 68 to finish in the tie for eighth place at 7-under.

   After a nice start, Alabama’s Gross struggled a little in the final two rounds with a 3-over 73 in Thursday’s second round and a 4-over 74 in the final round that left him among the trio tied for 63^rd place with a 5-over 215 total.

   It’s easy to forget sometimes that the kid is a freshman. He’s been in the starting lineup for Alabama all season and the Crimson Tide will head for a regional with a really good shot at making a run to the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turner, Rotto match par in first Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship qualifier at Rock Manor

 

   Logan Turner of Berwyn and Ian Rotto, a freshman on the Kennett golf team, each matched par with a 71 while dodging the raindrops Saturday at Rock Manor Golf Club as they finished in a tie for first place in the 13-to-15 division in the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop.

   There was a little added incentive for the boys who showed up at Rock Manor as the top 18 finishers among the overall 13-to-18 competitors secured a spot in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship, which will be played July 1 at the RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve.

   The top finishers at RiverCrest in July will earn a trip to the Boys Junior PGA Championship, one of the premier national events for junior golfers which will tee off July 29 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

   Turner made birdies at the first and third holes and then ripped off consecutive birdies at nine, 10 and 11 before adding a sixth birdie at 17. Her had eight pars on his scorecard and toured the outgoing nine at Rock Manor in 2-under 34.

   Rotto made a birdie at the third hole and then had four more birdies on the incoming nine at Rock Manor at the 11^th, 13^th, 16^th and 17^th holes on his way to a 2-under 33 on the back. Rotto also had nine pars on his card.

   The Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship field will include players from ages 13 to 18. The Philly Junior Tour broke out its usual 13-to-15 and 16-to-18 divisions, so I’ll break down those divisions and refer to the overall standings in the process.

   By matching par, Turner and Rotto shared the top spot in the overall scoring in the first of a series of qualifiers that will lead up to the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship.

   There was a four-way logjam behind Turner and Rotto in a tie for third place among the younger guys as Jackson Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J., Owen Gallagher of Bryn Mawr, Holden Sparks, a freshman on the Nazareth golf team, and Henry Sokol of Villanova each recorded a 6-over 77.

   That quartet finished in a tie for ninth place in the overall scoring with Tyler Baritz of Blue Bell and Jamie Ciesielka of Woolwich Township, N.J. from the 16-to-18 division.

   Lane made birdies at the ninth and 14^th holes and had nine pars on his card. Gallagher made a birdie on the 13^th hole and had 10 pars on his card, opening his round with five straight pars.

   Sparks made birdies at the fourth, 11^th and 14^th holes and had seven pars on his card. Henry Sokol’s steady round featured 12 pars, seven of them on Rock Manor’s incoming nine.

   Alex DiGiacinto, a freshman teammate of Sparks on the Nazareth golf team, was the last player from the 13-to-15 division to earn a spot in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship as he finished in seventh place among the younger guys with a 79 that left him in a tie for 15^th place with Zach Raihill, a junior on the West Chester Rustin golf team, from the 16-to-18 division, in the overall scoring.

   Jack Sokol, the twin brother of Henry Sokol, finished in eighth place in the 13-to-15 division as he signed for an 88.

   Pierce Drake, a sophomore on the Bishop Shanahan golf team, took ninth place with a 90 and Jack Gioffre of Newtown Square rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 91.

   Luca Kleinschmidt, a junior on the Strath Haven golf team, and Daniel Herzchel of Linwood, N.J. shared the top spot on the 16-to-18 division leaderboard and finished in a tie for third place in the overall standings as each registered a 1-over 72.

   Kleinschmidt, a District One Class AAA qualifier last fall, went back-to-back with birdies at the third and fourth holes and again at 11 and 12 and also had birdies at nine and 14 and had six pars on his scorecard.

   Herzchel made birdies at the sixth, ninth and 11^th holes and had 11 pars on his card.

   Liam Crowley, a junior on the Episcopal Academy golf team, and P.J. Foley of Northfield, N.J. finished a shot behind Kleinschmidt and Herzchel in a tie for third place among the older guys and in a tie for fifth in the overall scoring as each posted a 2-over 73.

   Crowley made birdies on the fourth, fifth, 11^th and 15^th holes and had 10 pars on his card. Herzchel made back-to-back birdies at the second and third holes and again at 10 and 11, added a fifth birdie at 16 and had seven pars on his card.

   J.P. Hoban, a Havertown resident who helped The Haverford School capture the Inter-Ac League crown as a senior last fall, finished in fifth place in the 16-to-18 division and was seventh in the overall scoring with a 4-over 75.

   Landon Finsen of Westampton, N.J. finished a shot behind Hoban in sixth place among the older guys and in eighth place in the overall standings with a 5-over 76.

   Baritz and Ciesielka finished in a tie for seventh place in the 16-to-18 division and were part of the group of six players tied for ninth overall as each tallied a 77.

   West Chester Rustin’s Raihall finished alone in ninth place among the older guys and was tied with DiGiacinto from the 13-to-15 division for 15^th place in the overall scoring with a 79.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Harry Traynor, a junior on the Great Valley golf team, and Quinn Marshall of Wilmington, Del. as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each carding an 80.

   Traynor and Marshall were the last two players from the group of older guys to earn a spot in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship as they ended up in a tie for 17^th place in the overall standings.

   Anna Firko, a junior on the Mt. Pleasant golf team in Delaware, made a birdie on the ninth hole and had seven pars on her scorecard as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 81.

   Emily Stauffer, a junior on the Warwick golf team, had six pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with a 93.

   Mariana Walker, a junior on the Council Rock North golf team, had two pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Stauffer in third place with a 94.

   Brooke Burge of Middletown, Del. took fourth place with a 98, Christina St. Pierre of Yardley was fifth with a 104 and Shloka Vishwanath, a sophomore on the Downingtown West golf team, rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished sixth with a 115.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. had seven pars on his scorecard, making five straight pars to open his round, as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a solid 2-over 38.

   Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. made a birdie on the fifth hole and had four pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Rollins in second place with a 4-over 40.

   Benjamin Adkins of Lewes, Del. and James Wilson of Wilmington, Del. finished in a tie for third place, each landing on 42. Adkins made back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes and back-to-back pars at eight and nine. Wilson made a birdie on the fifth hole and had two pars on his card.

   Noah Howard of Lafayette Hill rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished in fifth place with a 48.

   Mia DeCarlo of Glen Mills was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she had three pars on her scorecard in a 46 over nine holes.