Gohel simply flawless in cruising to a Philly Junior Tour victory at Rancocas

 

   Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J. put together a flawless 4-under-par 67 at Rancocas Golf Club in Willingboro, N.J. to earn an impressive Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division Aug. 4^th.

   Gohel, in the midst of a summer hot streak on the Philly Junior Tour, was bogey-free as he made birdies at the third, fifth, 14^th and 18^th holes and had 14 pars on his scorecard, including eight straight pars to finish up his round.

   Logan Hyndman, a Newtown resident and a senior on the golf team at The Pennington School, played a pretty impressive round of his own as he made a birdie at the fifth hole and then really went off on the incoming nine at Rancocas with birdies at 10, 12, 14 and 18 while touring the back nine in 4-under 32 on his way to a 1-under 70 that left him in second place.

   Hyndman had 10 pars on his card.

   Pennridge senior Tim Croyle, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, went back-to-back with birdies at the fourth and fifth holes, added birdies at 14 and 16 and had nine pars on his card as he finished in third place with a solid 2-over 73.

   Avon Grove senior Shane Cornell, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, took fourth place with a 74 and Finn Cooper, a Lafayette Hill resident and a senior on the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy golf team, was fifth with a 77.

   Carter Smith of Wayne and Shea Henefer of Moorestown, N.J. shared sixth place, each tallying a 78, Holden Stephenson, a West Chester resident and a senior on the Malvern Prep golf team, was eighth with a 79 and David Watts of Haddonfield, N.J. was ninth with an 80.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Vyom Shukla of Berwyn and Evan Hall of West Deptford, N.J. as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each signing for an 81.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale, solid all summer long, made birdies at the fifth, 10^th and 14^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard, including four straight pars to close out his round, as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 2-over 73.

   Helmut Dang of Newtown Square, coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous week at Bluestone Country Club, made a birdie at the seventh hole and had a steady 14 pars on his card, closing out his round with eight consecutive pars, as he finished a shot behind Minio in second place with a 3-over 74.

   Jackson Roy of Medford, N.J. made birdies at the sixth, 10^th and 18^th holes and had nine pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 76.

   Gavin Lane, a sophomore on the Cinnaminson High golf team, took fourth place with a 77, Blake Anderson of Manahawkin, N.J. and Leonard Anthony of Center Valley shared fifth, each recording a 78, and Mark Westfall of Medford, N.J. finished seventh with an 81.

   Jack Burke of Bryn Mawr and Carter Parrish of Woolwich Township, N.J. shared eighth place, each registering an 84 and Charlie Murray of Berwyn rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with an 86.

   Mariana Walker, who wrapped up her scholastic career at Council Rock North last fall, had six pars on her scorecard, including consecutive pars at the 15^th, 16^th and 17^th holes, as she captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with a 92.

   Madison Gibson of Cinnaminson, N.J. had three pars on her card, including back-to-back pars at the 12^th and 13^th holes, as she finished two shots behind Walker in second place with a 94.

   Emily Catalfano, a Lafeyette Hill resident and a senior on the Mount St. Joseph golf team, had four pars on her card, including back-to-back pars at the 14^th and 15^th holes as she finished in third place with a 99.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Taylor Hanna of Cinnaminson, N.J. as she finished in fourth place with a 106.

   Emma Cowan of Moorestown, N.J. had three pars on her scorecard, including back-to-back pars at the 11^th and 12^th holes, as she topped a short field in the 13-to-15 division with a 93.

   Annabelle Barr of Gladwyne made a par on the 12^th hole as she rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division, finishing in second place with a 104.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell made a birdie at the seventh hole and had six pars on his scorecard, including a string of six consecutive pars from two through six, as he bested a typically competitive field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 1-over 36.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr also made a birdie at the seventh hole and made consecutive pars at two, three and four as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 40.

   Ryan Kaye of Lansdale and Kelly Selvesen of Cape May Court House, N.J. shared third place, each posting a 41.

   Kaye, coming off a Philly Junior Tour the previous week at Bluestone, made a birdie at the fourth hole and pars at one and seven. Selvesen made a birdie at the fifth hole and had three pars on his card.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia took fifth place with a 43, Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. and Chase Venne of Moorestown, N.J. shared sixth, each signing for a 44, and Kamran Patel, another Moorestown, N.J. guy, finished eighth with a 48.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division were Quinn Haberman of Ocean View, N.J. and Christian Bandoy of Marlton, N.J. as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each recording a 51.

   Victoria Leonard of Merion Station was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she carded a 58.

 

 

 

 

Throm goes low at Bear Trap Dunes to capture a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Grayson Throm of Delmar, Del. blitzed Bear Trap Dunes’ Grizzly and Kodiak nines in Ocean View, Del. with a sparkling 3-under-par 69 to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division Aug. 3^rd.

   Throm made a birdie at the ninth hole that set the stage for some serious fireworks on the incoming nine as he added a birdie at 14 and then went back-to-back with birdies at 16 and 17 while carding a 3-under 33 on his back nine.

   Throm also had 13 pars on his scorecard, opening his round with seven consecutive pars.

   Charlie Sears of Wilmington, Del. made birdies at the second, 13^th and 16^th holes and had nine pars on his card, including four straight from three through six, to earn runnerup honors among the younger guys with a 4-over 76.

   Patrick Thomas of Hockessin, Del. had 13 pars on his card, including a string of five straight pars from the ninth through the 13^th holes as he finished in third place with a 77, a shot behind Sears.

   Adrian Santiago of Millsboro, Del. took fourth place with an 85, Mason Hall of White Hall, Md. was fifth with an 89, Charlie Wei of Cochranville was sixth with a 90 and Luke Peyton of Frankford, Del. was seventh with a 91.

   Carter Tracy of Smyrna, Del. took eighth place with a 95 and Brendan Wik of Berwyn rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as he finished ninth with a 119.

   Garnet Valley senior Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, made birdies at the fourth and seventh holes, went back-to-back with birdies at 11 and 12 and had eight pars on his scorecard as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division with a 2-over 74.

   Ferm matched par on his front nine with a 36.

   Grady Rupe, a senior on the Perkiomen Valley golf team, and Hayden Bartie, a junior on the Southern Lehigh golf team, shared second place, each ending up a shot behind Ferm with a 3-over 75.

   Rupe, coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous week at Meadia Heights Golf Club, made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 14 pars on his card, opening his round with five straight pars.

   Bartie made birdies at the second, eighth, 10^th and 17^th holes and had eight pars on his card.

   Ryan Bechtel of Cherry Hill, N.J. took fourth place with a 76 and Drake Brogan of Ocean View, N.J. and Joey Higgins, a senior on the golf team at reigning Public League champion Philadelphia Academy Charter, shared fifth, each recording a 77.

   Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. took seventh place with a 78, Chris Cipollone, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Haverford High last fall, was eighth with a 79 and Ben Fifer of Wyoming, Del. was ninth with an 80.

   Liam Kirk of Mickleton, N.J. rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished in 10^th place with an 81.

   Gabrielle Hamstead, a sophomore on the Cape Henlopen golf team, made birdies at the third and eighth holes and had eight pars on her scorecard, including four consecutive pars from 11 through 14, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 80.

   Ellie Walls, who capped her sophomore season at Indian River by finishing in third place in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Championship at Baywood Greens in May, made a birdie at the 12^th hole and had eight pars on her card, finishing up her round with pars at 16, 17 and 18, as she earned runnerup honors with an 84.

   Emmerson Gleber, a senior on the golf team at the Charter School of Wilmington, had four pars on her card, three of them on her incoming nine, as she finished in third place with a 91.

   Sommer Baker, a junior on the West Chester Henderson golf team, rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished in fourth place with a 108.

   Tyler Drinker of West Chester was the lone entry in the boys 12-and-under division and he made pars at third and ninth holes on his way to an 8-over 44.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rupe's steady round at Meadia Heights earns him a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Grady Rupe, a senior on the Perkiomen Valley golf team, carded a solid 1-over-par 72 at Meadia Heights Golf Club in Lancaster to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 30^th.

   Rupe made birdies at the 14^th and 17^th holes and had 13 pars on his scorecard, including a string of eight consecutive pars from two through nine.

   Ben Nowland, a junior on the Avon Grove golf team, went back-to-back with birdies at the 10^th and 11^th holes and had 12 pars on his card, including a run of six straight pars from four through nine, as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 74.

   Nowland’s Avon Grove teammate, Shane Cornell, a senior who was a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, and John Thompson, a junior on the Phoenixville golf team, finished in a tie for third place, each tallying a 77.

   Cornell had 13 pars on his card, including four straight pars to conclude his round. Thompson made a birdie at the 11^th hole and had 11 pars on his card.

   Reid Shultz, a junior on the Lampeter-Strasburg golf team, took fifth place with a 78, Austin Vicari, a junior on the Cumberland Valley golf team, was sixth with an 80, Felix Chen, a junior on the Lancaster Country Day School golf team was seventh with an 81 and Cole Eckenroth, a junior on the York Suburban golf team, finished eighth with an 82.

   Dylan Campion of Bala Cynwyd took ninth place with an 84 and Charlie Jones of Villanova rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with an 85.

   Ian Huber, a sophomore on the Manheim Township golf team, ripped off three consecutive birdies at the eighth, ninth and 10^th holes and had seven pars on his scorecard as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 6-over 77.

   Liam Woznicki, a sophomore on the Hazleton High golf team, made birdies at the sixth and 11^th holes and had eight pars on his card as he was the runnerup with a 78 that left him a shot behind Huber.

   Bryce Bussom of Lewisburg and Jack Bishay of West Chester shared third place, each signing for an 82.

   Bussom made a birdie at the eighth hole and had nine pars on his card. Bishay had 11 pars on his card, including a run of four consecutive pars from the seventh through the 10^th holes.

   Benjamin Lear of West Chester took fifth place with an 83, Chandler Lutz, a sophomore on the Exeter golf team, was sixth with an 85, Toby Lerner, a junior on the Hatboro-Horsham golf team, was seventh with an 86 and Ty Thompson of Devault was eighth with an 88.

   Owen Fanning, a Gap resident and a sophomore on the Malvern Prep golf team, took ninth place with a 95 and Josiah Zimmerman of Camp Hill rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 96.

   The best score among the girls came from the lone entry in the 13-to-15 division as Raegan Young of Middletown made birdies at the 13^th and 16^th holes and had six pars on her scorecard while recording a solid 81.

   Reagan Miller, a junior on the Lampeter-Strasburg golf team, finished strong with back-to-back birdies at the 16^th and 17^th holes and had five pars on her scorecard as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with an 86.

   Greta Polanco of Malvern made a par at the 14^th hole as she was the runnerup in a short field in the 16-to-18 division with a 117.

   Jack Kolmer of Wayne, in the midst of a strong summer on the Philly Junior Tour, made a birdie at the sixth hole and had four pars on his scorecard, closing out his round with consecutive pars at seven, eight and nine, as the bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 4-over 39.

   Lorenzo Carbonel of Mount Joy made birdies at the fourth and sixth holes and added a par at nine as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 40.

   Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. opened his round with back-to-back birdies at the first and second holes as he finished in third place with a 43.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell and Smith Rawes of Elkins Park shared fourth place, each tallying a 49 and Ethan Hong of Radnor finished sixth with a 52.

   Victor Nikolaus of Haverford rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished in seventh place with a 67.