Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr and Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square have been spending a lot of time at or near the top of the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour leaderboards in the boys 12-and-under division lately.
So, it wasn’t a huge surprise that they shared the top spot in a Nine-Hole Series event at Phoenixville Country Club July 28th.
Gilbert and Stefanski had finished in a tie for first place among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers the previous week in a Philly Junior Tour stop at The Bucks Club. A couple of days later, Gilbert captured a victory at Rancocas Golf Club with Stefanski finishing in a tie for second place.
At Phoenixville’s classic nine-hole layout, the work of Hugh Wilson, the same architect who laid out Merion Golf Club’s historic East Course, Gilbert and Stefanski each carded a solid 1-over-par 36 to finish in a tie for first place in what has become an increasingly competitive group of 12-and-under guys.
Gilbert made birdies at the first, third and eighth holes and had three pars on his scorecard. Stefanski joined Gilbert at 1-over as he made a birdie at the eighth hole and had six pars on his card.
Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg went back-to-back with birdies at the second and third holes and had four pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Gilbert and Stefanski in third place with a 2-over 37.
Helmut Dang, another Newtown Square guy, took fourth place with a 39, Charlie Sears of Wilmington, Del. was fifth with a 41 and Michael Perry, another Wilmington, Del. entry, and Damian Dollard of Cinnaminson, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth, each signing for a 42.
Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was a five-way logjam tied for eighth place at 43 that included Nicholas Chung of Berwyn, Dean Matta of West Grove, Ryan Kaye of Lansdale, Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville and Baylor Keim of Blue Bell.
Only seven shots separated the top 12 finishers in the division.
Trisha Lobo, a talented 10-year-old from Collegeville, bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holes as she made a birdie on the second hole and three pars on her scorecard on her way to a 4-over 39.
Lobo represented the Philadelphia Section PGA in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals to kick off Masters week in 2024 at the Augusta National Golf Club as she finished in third place in the Girls 7-9 Division, topping the field in the putting competition.
Lillian Fry of Pennsburg made a par on the seventh hole as she earned runnerup honors with a 49. Alexa Mcelwain of Schnecksville made pars on the first and fourth holes as she finished two shots behind Fry in third place with a 51.
Aashi Chakraborty of Kennett Square took fourth place with a 52 and Allison Choi of Penn Valley and Skylar Crutchfield of Elkins Park shared fifth place, each landing on 53.
Addison Sabatini of West Chester rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in seventh place with a 56.
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