Brayden Tritsch, playing close to his Medford, N.J. home, matched par at Medford Lakes Country Club in Medford Lakes, N.J. with a 71 to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division on a warm Wednesday.
The Medford Lakes stop on the Philly Junior Tour drew a big field of junior players, particularly from the South Jersey contingent.
And none of the guys were better than Tritsch. He only had one birdie, at the second hole, but his steady round featured 16 pars, including 10 straight pars from the third through the 12th holes.
Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J. was Tritsch’s closest pursuer among the older guys as he had 12 pars on his scorecard, finishing up his round with four straight pars, as he earned runnerup honors with a 6-over 77.
Finishing in a tie for third place in the 16-to-18 division chase were a couple of Chases, Chase Adomaitis of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. and Chase Baker of Huntingdon Valley.
Adomaitis made birdies at the seventh and 11th holes and had nine pars on his card. Baker made a birdie on the fifth hole and had nine pars on his card, including a string of five straight pars from the 10th through the 14th holes.
Christopher Parrish, a senior on the Kingsway golf team, Thomas Carpenter of Bristol and Trevor Sieben of Medford, N.J., a fixture on Philly Junior Tour leaderboards for several years now, finished in a tie for fifth place, each posting a 79.
Michael Links of Swedesboro, N.J. took eighth place and the trio of Nathan Goblirsch of Hammonton, N.J., Drake Brogan of Ocean View, N.J. and Jack Kessler of Mickleton, N.J. rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each signing for an 82.
Owen Ciesielka, a West Chester resident and incoming freshman at Malvern Prep who is having a nice summer, claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division as he made a birdie on the 12th hole and had 11 pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars to begin his round, on his way to a 5-over 76.
Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J., Ben Nowland, a sophomore on the Avon Grove golf team, and Will Simonson of Haddonfield, N.J. shared runnerup honors as they finished three shots behind Ciesielka, each tallying a 79.
Solano made birdies on the third and seventh holes and had eight pars on his card. Nowland opened his round with a birdie at the first hole and had 11 pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from the third through the seventh holes.
Simonson made a birdie on the ninth hole and had 11 pars on his card, including a string of five straight pars from the second through the sixth holes.
Evan Hahn of Berlin, N.J. rook fifth place with an 80, Luke Bergin of Wayne was sixth with an 83 and Ayaan Verma of Hainesport, N.J. and Noah Gates of Ardmore finished in a tie for seventh, each recording an 85.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was the foursome of Joel Vogt of Rising Sun, Md., Lucas Shank of West Chester, Kunal Khandhar of Moorestown, N.J. and Gavin Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each registering an 87.
The lowest round of the day, guy or girl, came out of the girls 13-to-15 division as the rapidly improving Madison Cabot of Newtown got it into red figures to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory with a sparkling 1-under 70.
Cabot made birdies at the fourth, seventh and 13th holes and had 13 pars on her scorecard, finishing up her round with five straight pars.
Cabot will be starting high school this fall and some school is going to have a talented addition to its roster.
Brianna Stwalley of Jamison and Sabrina Cabinian of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. shared runnerup honors as each carded a 94.
Stwalley had four pars on her card while Cabinian finished up her round with a birdie at the 18th hole and also had a par at 12.
Mallie Heenan of Ocean City, N.J. took fourth place with a 96, Naaya Patel of Moorestown, N.J. was fifth with a 99 and Kyla Fuente, playing close to her Medford, N.J. home, rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished sixth with a 159.
Team Bernardi of Sewell, N.J. dominated the 16-to-18 division as Stella Bernardi finished at the top of the leaderboard with a solid 7-over 78 and Lydia Bernardi took third place with an 89.
Stella Bernardi had 12 pars on her scorecard, including a string of five straight pars from the seventh through the 11th holes. Lydia Bernardi made a birdie on the eighth hole and had five pars on her card.
Morgan Tyhanic of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. battled Stella Bernardi the whole way for first place as she made birdies on the 10th and 17th holes and had eight pars on her card, including a string of five straight pars from the third through the seventh holes, to earn runnerup honors with a solid 8-over 79.
Nicole Tarquinio of Bridgeton, N.J. took fourth place as she finished a shot behind Lydia Bernardi with a 90, Masey Heenan, another member of Team Heenan out of Ocean City, N.J., was fifth a 95 and Emily Renouf of Cinnaminson, N.J. was sixth with a 101.
Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Christina St. Pierre of Yardley as she finished in seventh place with a 105.
Damien Dollard of Cinnaminson, N.J. made birdies at the second and fourth holes and had six pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 1-under 34.
Dollard was coming off a runnerup finish two days earlier in a Philly Junior Tour stop at Wilmington Country Club’s North Course.
Helmut Dang of Newtown Square made a birdie on the second hole and had six pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from three through seven, as he finished two shots behind Dollard in second place with a 1-over 36.
Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg had six pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Dang in third place with a 3-over 38.
Aiden Jose of Brick, N.J. and Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr shared fourth place, each posting a 41, and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. and Samuel Karas of Blue Bell finished in a tie for sixth, each signing for a 44.
Bradan Boal of Woodbine, N.J. took eighth place with a 45 and Dillon Tierney of Marlton, N.J. and Aiden Cooper of Moorestown, N.J. rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each landing on 54.
Sophia Kim of Chester Springs was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she recorded a 53 for nine holes.
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