Maryland invader Edmonston captures Philly Junior Tour victory at Lebanon

 

   Callen Edmonston of Thurmont, Md. had the best score of the day with a solid 1-over-par 73 at Lebanon Country Club to earn a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division Oct. 19^th.

   Edmonston made birdies at the first, fifth, 10^th and 15^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard and was six shots clear of the rest of the division and five shots better than any of the guys who teed it up at Lebanon.

   Gabriel Boone of Camp Hill, coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory a day earlier at Heidelberg Country Club, made a birdie on the seventh hole and had 11 pars on his card, opening his round with four straight pars, as he earned runnerup honors with a 7-over 79.

   Mason Kim, a freshman on the Wissahickon golf team this fall, and William Thorkeson, a freshman on the golf team at The Haverford School, shared third place, each posting an 80.

   Kim made birdies at the seventh and 12^th holes and had eight pars on his card and Thorkelson had 13 pars on his card in a steady round with seven pars on the outgoing nine at Lebanon.

   Kim and Thorkelson had finished three-four, respectively, a day earlier at Heidelberg.

   Jesse Shurman of Villanova took fifth place with an 81, Collin Padovanni, a sophomore on the Northern Lebanon golf team, was sixth with an 82, Landon Chandler, a sophomore on the Hempfield golf team, was seventh with an 85 and Drew Gebhard, a freshman on the Cedar Crest golf team, was eighth with an 87.

   Bryce Moyer of Bryn Mawr took ninth place with an 89 and Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 95.

   Ayden Wilkinson, a junior on the Wyoming Seminary golf team, made a birdie on the sixth hole and had 11 pars on his scorecard, including a string of four straight pars to open his back nine from the 10^th through the 13^th holes, as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division with a 6-over 78.

   Chris Parrish, a senior on the Kingsway golf team and the winner of the Delaware Junior Boys’ Championship in the summer, also birdied the sixth hole and had 11 pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Wilkinson in second place with a 79.

   Johnny Lee of Glenside and Paul O’Malley, a junior on the Methacton golf team, shared third place, each tallying an 80.

   Lee made birdies on the seventh and 18^th holes and had 10 pars on his card. After a slow start to his round, O’Malley ripped off three straight birdies at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes, added another birdie at 10 and had five pars on his card.

   John McCarthy, who wrapped up his senior season on the Upper Merion golf team this fall, took fifth place with an 81, Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Garnet Valley this fall, was sixth with an 82, Pierce Drake, a junior on the Bishop Shanahan golf team, was seventh and Quinn Marshall, a junior on the Wilmington Friends School golf team, was eighth with an 85.

   Marshall was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory at day earlier at Heidelberg Country Club.

   Joseph Gangemi Jr. of Downingtown took ninth place with an 88 and Blake Shakal of Hershey rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with a 90.

   Raegan Young of Middletown made a birdie on the third hole and had six pars on her scorecard, including three straight pars to close out her round, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 13-to-15 division with a 91.

   Addison Murphy of Phoenixville rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished up her round with a birdie at the 18^th hole and made a par at seven to earn runnerup honors with a 96.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell made birdies at the third and eighth holes and had two pars on his scorecard as he bested a competitive field of 12-and-under boys nine-holers with a 4-over 40.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville made birdies at the fourth and sixth holes and had two pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Karas in second place with a 5-over 41.

   Blake Shurman, another member of Villanova’s Team Shurman, Smith Rawes of Elkins Park and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale finished in a three-way tie for third place, each recording a 42. All three players had four pars on his card.

   Jackson Ehrlich of Berwyn and Damien Dollard of Cinnaminson, N.J. shared sixth place, each signing for a 43, Connor Michaels of Lancaster was eighth with a 44 and Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished ninth with a 46.

   Such is the balance among the boys nine-holers that only six shots separated the top nine finishers at Lebanon. DElia, last of nine at Lebanon, was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory a day earlier at Heidelberg.