Dempsey gets it in red figures at Middletown to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   David Dempsey of Franklinville, N.J. had three of his six birdies consecutively on the front nine on his way to a sizzling 2-under-par 67 at Middletown Country Club in Langhorne that gave him a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division Aug. 19^th.

   Dempsey ripped off three straight birdies at the second, third and fourth holes to jump-start his round. He added birdies at the ninth, 12^th and 17^th holes.

   Dempsey had nine pars on his scorecard, including a string of four straight pars from the 13^th through the 16^th holes as he toured the incoming nine at Middletown in 2-under 32.

   John Thompson, a junior on the Phoenixville golf team, made birdies at the first, third, ninth and 16^th holes and had 10 pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from four through eight, as he earned runnerup honors with a 2-over 71.

   John Thompson toured the outgoing nine at Middletown in 3-under 32.

   John Gross of Swedesboro, N.J. made birdies at the second and fifth holes and had nine pars on his card, including a stretch of five consecutive pars from seven through 11, as he finished in third place with a 5-over 74.

   Justin Wheeler of Warminster and Vaughn Smartt of Bryn Mawr shared fourth place, each posting a 78, Liam Ren of Garnet Valley was sixth with a 79 and Victor Frederico of Moorestown, N.J. finished seventh with an 82.

   Another member of Phoenixville’s Team Thompson, Morgan Thompson, a senior on the golf team for the Phantoms, and Anderson Tineo of Mount Royal, N.J. shared eighth place, each signing for an 84, and Lukas Dohlen of Mullica Hill, N.J. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with an 88.

   Anthony Tray of Newtown Square lit up the outgoing nine at Middletown with a 4-under 31 as he captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 3-over 72.

   Tray ripped off consecutive birdies at the third, fourth and fifth holes and went back-to-back with birdies at seven and eight before adding a sixth birdie at 14. Tray had six pars on his scorecard.

   Jackson Roy of Medford, N.J. made birdies at the fourth, fifth and seventh holes while touring Middletown’s front nine in 1-under 34 as he finished two shots behind Tray in second place with a 5-over 74. Roy had seven pars on his card.

   Helmut Dang, another Newtown Square guy, made birdies at the fifth, seventh and 11^th holes and had seven pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 76.

   Council Rock North sophomore Rithvik Nimma, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, took fourth place with a 77, Mark Westfall, another Medford, N.J. entry, and Gavin Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. shared fifth, each recording a 79, and Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr finished seventh with an 81.

   Ryan Orrino of Ivyland took eighth place with an 82 and Jacob Russell of Wilmington, Del. and Kody Mckeon of Chalfont rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as they finished in a tie for ninth, each registering an 83.

   Gabrielle Kim of Ambler had 13 pars on her scorecard, including four straight pars to close out her round, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 13-to-15 division with a solid 6-over 75.

   Molly Wagner, a Newark, Del. resident and a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, had six pars on her card as she rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division, finishing in second place with an 89.

   Wagner was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous week at Kimberton Golf Club.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr and Samuel Karas of Blue Bell finished in a tie at the top of the leaderboard among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers as each registered a 4-over 39.

   Muego, coming off a win in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship less than a week earlier at McCall Golf & Country Club, had six pars on his scorecard, all six coming consecutively from the third through the eighth holes.

   Karas also had six pars on his card as he opened his round with three straight pars.

   The trio of Kash Gray of Eagleville, Baylor Keim, another Blue Bell guy, and Blake Shurman of Villanova finished in a tie for third place, each carding a 40.

   Gray made a birdie at the ninth hole and added back-to-back pars at three and four.

   Keim, who finished in a tie for second behind Muego in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship at McCall, made a birdie at the ninth hole and had three straight pars at four, five and six.

   Shurman had five pars on his card and they happened consecutively on the last five holes of his round.

   Ryan Kaye of Lansdale took sixth place with a 41 and Jamie Cahn of Penn Valley and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. shared seventh, each posting a 43.

   Adam Feith of Merion Station took ninth place with a 44 and Krishen Arora of Hamilton Township, N.J. and Ethan Hong of Radnor rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for 10^th, each tallying a 45.

   Olivia Konieczki of Sewell, N.J. made pars at the fourth and seventh holes as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 47.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester made a par at the seventh hole as she earned runnerup honors with a 49 that left her two shots behind Konieczki.

   Julie Prickitt of Ambler ripped off three straight pars at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes as she finished in third place with a 51.

   Allison Hong of Wayne rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in fourth place with a 56.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muego, Lobo the respective boys, girls winners in Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship at McCall

 

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr was a dominant winner of the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour’s boys 12-and-under Championship with a sparkling 1-under-par 32 at McCall Golf & Country Club in Upper Darby Aug. 13^th.

   Muego had a hot streak earlier in the summer and continued to be one of the top contenders among a competitive bunch of boys 12-and-under nine-holers.

   But Muego separated himself from the pack at McCall as he made birdies at the first and sixth holes and had six pars on his scorecard, including a stretch of four consecutive pars from two through five.

   When Muego made a birdie at the sixth hole, he was 2-under for his round before the only blemish on his card, a bogey at seven.

   On the girls side, Trisha Lobo, the talented 11-year-old from Collegeville, carded a solid 6-over 39 to capture the title.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville and Baylor Keim of Blue Bell were Muego’s closest pursuers among the guys as they shared second place, each signing for a 3-over 36.

   Charpentier had six pars on his card, including consecutive pars at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes.

   As I mentioned in my post on a regular Philly Junior Tour stop at Kimberton Golf Club near Phoenixville that same day, it looks like Charpentier hustled to Kimberton after his round at McCall was finished and captured a victory at Kimberton.

   It was an all-or-nothing round for Keim at McCall as he made an early birdie at the first hole, went back-to-back with birdies at five and six and added a fourth birdie at eight, although he didn’t have a par on his card.

   Jace Collins of Spring Brook Township took fourth place with a 37 and the trio of Sid Joshi of Coopersburg, Michael Antolino of Richboro and James Wilson of Wilmington, Del. shared fifth, each tallying a 38.

   Rounding out the top 10 among the boys in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship were a couple of Wayne guys, Jack Kolmer and Hudson Avery, and Ryan Stefanski of Newtown Square as they finished in a tie for eighth place, each recording a 39.

   Only seven shots separated first place from the trio tied for eighth as the boys 12-and-under division continues to be very competitive.

   Lobo was the Philly Junior Tour girls 12-and-under division Player of the Year in 2025 and she has continued to improve.

   Lobo made four pars at McCall to take the Philly Junior Tour girls 12-and-under Championship title with her 39.

   Arianna Testaiuti of Newtown Square had three pars on her scorecard, finishing her round with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth holes, to earn runnerup honors with a 46.

   Skylar Crutchfield of Elkins Park had three pars on her card and also closed out her round with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth holes as she finished a shot behind Testaiuti in third place with a 47. Pretty good playing for a Class of 2035 9-year-old.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester took fourth place with a 49, Vivian Anderson of Wilmington, Del. was fifth with a 51, Lauryn Kirby of Chester Springs was sixth with a 53 and Sydney Lim of Harleysville was seventh with a 54.

   Sophia Kim, another Chester Springs girl, took eighth place with a 56 and Julie Prickitt of Ambler rounded out the field in the Philly Junior Tour girls 12-and-under Championship as she finished ninth with a 58.

 

 

Julian finds his groove at Kimberton to capture a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Jake Julian of Malvern had the best score of the day among the guys with a 3-over-par 73 at Kimberton Golf Club in East Vincent, Chester County as he claimed a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division Aug. 13^th.

   Julian made birdies at the seventh and 14^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, opening his round with four straight pars, in a solid outing over the George Fazio design off Route 23 just west of Phoenixville.

   Eric Cunningham of Wayne made birdies at the 10^th and 14^th holes and had 12 pars on his card, closing out his round with four straight pars, as he finished a shot behind Julian in second place with a 4-over 74.

   Sam Whitehouse of Pottstown made a birdie at the 10^th hole and had 13 pars on his card, twice making four pars in a row from six through nine and again on the last four holes of his round, as he finished a shot behind Cunningham in third place with a 75.

   Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore and Cole Jacobson of Phoenixville shared fourth place, each signing for a 76, and Gavin Brand of Newtown Square finished sixth with a 77.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was a four-player logjam tied for seventh place at 78 that included Jack Ferry of Port Deposit, Md., John Wenzel of Maple Glen, Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square and Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr.

   Only five shots separated the top-10 finishers in a very competitive group of 13-to-15 division players.

   The trio of Grady O’Hair of Downingtown, John McCarthy of Conshohocken and Jimmy Warmkessel of Malvern shared the top spot in the 16-to-18 division as each posted a 4-over 74.

   O’Hair, the son of PGA Tour pro Sean O’Hair and a junior at Malvern Prep, made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a stretch of seven consecutive pars from four through 10.

   McCarthy, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Upper Merion last fall, had an early birdie at the third hole, went back-to-back with birdies at 14 and 15 and had eight pars on his card, including a string of five straight pars from seven through 11.

   Warmkessel, a senior co-captain on Episcopal Academy’s Inter-Ac League championship team last fall, made birdies at the 15^th and 17^th holes and had 10 pars on his card, including a run of six straight pars from five through 10.

   Max Berish, a senior on the Owen J. Roberts golf team, took fourth place with a 78, Matt DeMarco, a senior on the Cardinal O’Hara golf team, and Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. shared fifth, each recording a 79 and Liam Ren of Garnet Valley finished seventh with an 83.

   Braiden Loaiza, a junior on the Appoquinimink golf team, and Aidan Corter of West Chester shared eighth place, each tallying an 84, Luke Bergin of Wayne was 10^th with an 85 and Rory Jones of Glenside rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 11^th with an 88.

   Really solid showing by Molly Wagner, a Newark, Del. resident and a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, as she made a birdie at the ninth hole and had 10 pars on her scorecard, including three straight pars at 10, 11 and 12, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 6-over 76.

   Allison Choi of Penn Valley had four pars on her card, including back-to-back pars at the 15^th and 16^th holes, as she earned runnerup honors with a 96.

   Mae Racowski of Newtown Square rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division, finishing in third place with a 101.

   Reagan Miller, a junior on the Lampeter-Strasburg golf team, was the lone entrant in the 16-to-18 division and she made a birdie at the seventh hole and had five pars on her scorecard, including back-to-back pars at five and six and again at 15 and 16, as she posted an 83.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville had seven pars on his scorecard, opening his round with three straight pars, as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 2-over 36.

   Charpentier had registered a Philly Junior Tour victory a week earlier at Paxon Hollow Country Club. Looks like Charpentier might have hit Kimberton on his way home from the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship, held earlier in the day at McCall Golf & Country Club in Upper Darby. That should be my next post.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville made a birdie at the seventh hole and had five pars on his card, also opening his round with three straight pars, as he finished two shots behind Charpentier in second place with a 4-over 38.

   Dino Luccia of North Wales and Tyler Drinker of West Chester shared third place as each tallied a 40.

   Luccia made a birdie at the sixth hole and had three pars on his card and Drinker also made a birdie at six and had four pars on his card.

   Bennett Cho of Chesterbrook took fifth place with a 46 and Jacob Salansky of Gilbertsville and Beau Townend of Devon shared sixth, each recording a 48.

   Ethan Hong of Radnor took eighth place with a 49 and Soren Cohen of Bala Cynwyd rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished ninth with a 54.

   Allison Hong of Wayne finished in first place in a short field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 51.

   Victoria Leonard of Merion Station rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she was the runnerup with a 63.