Muego goes low to claim another Philly Junior Tour victory in a weather-shortened Nine-Hole Series stop at Merchantville

 

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr, who has been one of the top players among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers all summer, was 2-under-par for six holes at Merchantville Country Club in Cherry Hill Township, N.J. when play was halted in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event Aug. 27^th.

   Muego made birdies at the second and sixth holes and had four pars on a bogey-free scorecard for a 22 total that gave him another Philly Junior Tour victory in the boys 12-and-under division. Muego made consecutive pars at the third, fourth and fifth holes.

   Muego was the co-medalist in a Nine-Hole Series event a day earlier at Walnut Lane Golf Club in Philadelphia. Earlier in August, he captured the title in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship at McCall Golf & Country Club.

   The Nine-Hole Series stop at Merchantville marked the end of a busy summer schedule for the Philly Junior Tour. The schedule shifted to the weekends beginning last weekend and I’ll start rounding up those events in short order.

   It was likely weather that shortened the stop at Merchantville to six holes. Overall, it was a pretty good summer weather-wise for the Philly Junior Tour, a little hot, to be sure, but most of the events were played.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. had four pars on his card as he finished four shots behind Muego in second place with a 2-over 26 total.

   A trio of players, including Bennett Cho of Chesterbrook, Leonardo Rossi of Ambler and Matthew Meiswich of West Chester shared third place, each ending up a shot behind Rollins with a 3-over 27.

   Cho had three pars on his card, including back-to-back pars at the fifth and sixth holes. Rossi had three pars on his card, going back-to-back with pars at the fourth and fifth holes. Meiswich opened his round with four straight pars.

   Damien Dollard of Cinnaminson, N.J., the Philly Junior Tour Player of the Year in the boys 12-and-under division in 2025, took sixth place with a 28 and the duo of James Hanson of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. and Kash Gray of Eagleville finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for a 29.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was the trio of Krishen Arora of Harrison Township, N.J., Kamran Patel of Moorestown, N.J. and Ethan Hong of Radnor as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each recording a 31.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester made a par at the sixth hole as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 9-over 33.

   Allison Hong of Wayne made a par at the third hole as she earned runnerup honors with a 39.

   Rounding out the field in the girls 12-and-under division was Victoria Leonard of Merion Station as she finished a shot behind Allison Hong in third place with a 40.

 

 

 

Muego, Kaye share top spot in Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event at Walnut Lane

 

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale each carded a solid 2-over-par 33 at Walnut Lane Golf Club in northwest Philadelphia to top the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event Aug. 26^th.

   Muego has been one of the most consistent players in the boys 12-and-under division this summer. He had a Philly Junior Tour victory two days earlier at Philmont Country Club and was the winner of the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship earlier in August at McCall Golf & Country Club.

   Muego had seven pars on his scorecard, opening his round with three straight pars.

   Kaye made a birdie at the sixth hole and had five pars on his card, finishing out his round with three straight pars.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell and Blake Shurman of Villanova shared third place, each ending up two shots behind Muego and Kaye with a 4-over 35.

   Karas, the medalist in the boys 12-and-under division a day earlier at Indian Spring Country Club, had five pars on his card, going back-to-back with pars at the fifth and sixth holes and again to finish out his round at eight and nine.

   Shurman had five pars on his card, including back-to-back pars at the fifth and sixth holes.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville took fifth place with a 36, Michael Antolino of Richboro was sixth with a 38 and Adam Feith of Merion Station and James Schneider of Penn Valley finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for a 39.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division were Leonardo Rossi of Ambler and Bennett Cho of Chesterbrook as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each tallying a 41.

   Julie Prickitt of Ambler, whose improvement has been noticeable from her most recent results, made a birdie at the seventh hole on her way to a 41 that gave her a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 12-and-under division.

   Kasey Bell of Wilmington, Del. rounded out a short field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in second place with a 51.

 

 

 

Gohel's spectacular 67 at Indian Spring earns him another Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Ravi Gohel, a senior on the Lenape golf team, fired his second bogey-free round on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour this summer as his spectacular 3-under-par 67 at Indian Spring Country Club in Marlton, N.J. gave him a victory in the 16-to-18 division Aug. 24^th.

   The high school season for a lot of the Pennsylvania high school-aged players was under way, so the South Jersey contingent – their high school season is in the spring – descended on Indian Spring in force.

   No one was better than Gohel, though, as he rattled off three straight birdies at the third, fourth and fifth holes and parred the other 15 holes on the Indian Spring scorecard, including a stretch of 13 consecutive pars to finish up his round.

   Gohel toured the outgoing nine at Indian Spring in 3-under 32.

   Gohel had put together a bogey-free round in his Philly Junior Tour victory earlier in August at Rancocas Golf Club. He had represented the Philly Junior Tour against the top players from the New Jersey Junior Tour in the Under Armour Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Cup three days earlier at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J.

   Shea Henefer of Moorestown, N.J. got on a birdie streak of his own, rattling off consecutive birdies at the eighth, ninth, 10^th and 11^th holes, and had 10 pars on his card, including three straight pars to finish up his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 2-over 72.

   Henefer toured the incoming nine at Indian Spring in 1-under 34.

   Chase Wittenberg, playing close to his Medford, N.J. home, made a birdie at the ninth hole and had 10 pars on his card, including three straight pars to close out his round, as he finished in third place with a 6-over 76.

   The trio of David Dempsey of Franklinville, N.J., Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. and Matthew Perez of Linwood, N.J. shared fourth place, each signing for a 77.

   Another trio, including Bradford Bergstrom of Moorestown, N.J., Torrin Denton of Mullica Hill, N.J. and Anderson Tineo of Mount Royal, N.J., shared seventh place, each tallying a 79.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Vyom Shukla of Berwyn and Victor Frederico as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each recording an 82.

   Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square claimed his second Philly Junior Tour victory in as many days in the 13-to-15 division as he made birdies at the seventh, 11^th and 13^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard on his way to a solid 1-over 71.

   Coming off a victory in the 13-to-15 division a day earlier at Philmont Country Club, Bobby Stefanski had a stretch of five consecutive pars from the second through the sixth holes and finished up his round with four straight pars.

   Gavin Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. jump-started his round with an eagle at the par-4 fourth hole and had 11 pars on his card, including a pair of strings of four pars in a row from five through eight and again from 13 through 16, as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 75.

   Noah Gates, a sophomore on the Haverford High golf team, made a birdie at the 15^th hole and had nine pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 78.

   Jackson Roy, playing close to his Medford, N.J. home, took fourth place with a 79, Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr and Jack Venne of Moorestown, N.J. shared fifth, each registering an 81 and Carter Parrish of Woolwich Township, N.J. finished seventh with an 85.

   Gilbert also represented the Philly Junior Tour against the stars from the New Jersey Junior Tour in the Pritsch Memorial Cup at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster the previous week.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was the trio of Hudson Dingmann of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Coleman McKenzie of Broomall and Mark Westfall, another Medford, N.J. guy playing close to home, as they finished in a tie for eighth place, each posting an 88.

   The best score among the girls emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Hailey Cousins of Port Republic, N.J. made birdies at the first and ninth holes and had eight pars on her scorecard while recording a really solid 7-over 77.

   Emma Cowan of Moorestown, N.J. made birdies at the second and 16^th holes and had four pars on her card, finishing up her round with back-to-back pars at 17 and 18, as she earned runnerup honors with an 87.

   Julie Costello of Ocean City, N.J. had six pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 92.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Lela Canataro of Mount Laurel, N.J. as she finished in fourth place with a 103.

   Olivia Bond of Del Haven, N.J. was the lone entrant in the girls 16-to-18 division and she made a par at the 17^th hole on her way to a 120.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell made a birdie on the fourth hole and had four 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 3-over 38.

   Karas was coming off earning co-medalist honors in a Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series stop at Moselem Springs Golf Club five days earlier.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. made a birdie at the fifth hole and had three pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Karas in second place with a 4-over 39.

   The trio of Ryan Stefanski, another member of Newtown Square’s Team Stefanski, Kash Gray of Eagleville and Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr finished in a tie for third place, each landing on 40.

   Ryan Stefanski had four pars on his card, including three consecutive pars at the sixth, seventh and eighth holes. Gray had four pars on his card, including back-to-back pars at the fourth and fifth holes.

   Muego, who had captured the title in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship earlier in August at McCall Golf & Country Club, had four pars on his card.

   Massimo Testaiuti, another Newtown Square guy, took sixth place with a 42, Chase Venne, another member of Team Venne from Moorestown, N.J., and James Schneider of Penn Valley shared seventh, each signing for a 45, and Jamie Cahn, another Penn Valley guy, finished ninth with a 46.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division were Kayaan Patel of Mullica Hill, N.J. and Krishen Arora of Harrison Township, N.J. as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each tallying a 48.

   Arianna Testaiuti, another member of Newtown Square’s Team Testaiuti, made pars at the fourth and sixth holes as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 48.

   Olivia Konieczki of Sewell, N.J. made a par at the sixth hole as she finished in second place with a 50.

   Allison Hong of Wayne rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in third place with a 60.