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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shurman's steady round at Philmont earns him a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Jesse Shurman, a Villanova resident and a sophomore on the golf team at The Haverford School, put together a solid 4-over-par 74 at Philmont Country Club to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division Aug. 24^th.

   Jesse Shurman made birdies at the eighth and 16^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard, including a stretch when he made five straight pars from three through seven, in a nice performance on a challenging Philmont layout.

   Cooper Micucci of Philadelphia had a steady round that included 13 pars, including a string of seven straight pars to open his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 75 that left him a shot behind Jesse Shurman.

   Logan Hyndman, a Newtown resident and a senior on the golf team at The Pennington School, made a birdie at the 12^th hole and had 10 pars on his card, finishing his round with six straight pars to end up in third place with a 76.

   Carter Hemminger, a senior on the golf team at Upper Moreland, and Vaughn Smartt of Bryn Mawr shared fourth place, each posting an 80, Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. was alone in sixth with an 83 and the trio of Victor Frederico of Moorestown, N.J., Jake Capps, a junior on the Abington golf team, and Joey Higgins, a senior on the golf team for defending Philadelphia Pubic League champion Philadelphia Academy Charter, finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for an 84.

   Liam Ren of Garnet Valley took 10^th place with an 87 and Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 11^th with an 89.

   A couple of Newtown Square guys, Bobby Stefanski and Stephen Comly III, had a respective 1-2 finish in the 13-to-15 division.

   Bobby Stefanski made birdies at the fourth, 15^th and 18^th holes and had seven pars on his scorecard, including a stretch of four consecutive pars from 11 through 14, as he finished at the top the leaderboard with a solid 6-over 76.

   Stephen Comly made birdies at the sixth and 16^th holes and had seven pars on his card, matching Bobby Stefanski with a run of four straight pars from 11 through 14, as he earned runnerup honors with an 80.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr and Council Rock North sophomore Rithvik Nimma, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, finished in a tie for third place, each recording an 81.

   Gilbert, who represented the Philly Junior Tour in the Under Armour Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Cup three days earlier at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, made birdies at the fourth, sixth and 10^th holes and had four pars on his card.

   Nimma had nine pars on his card, finishing up his round with four straight pars.

   There was a four-player logjam tied for fifth place at 82 that included Gavin Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J., Mark Westfall of Medford, N.J., Ryan Comly, another member of Newtown Square’s Team Comly, and Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg.

   Charlie Sears of Wilmington, Del. took ninth place with an 85 and Ryan Orrino of Ivyland rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with an 87.

   Emmerson Gleber, a senior on the golf team at the Wilmington Charter School, had the best score among the girls as she had eight pars on her scorecard with separate runs of four straight pars from the sixth through the ninth holes and again from 12 through 15 on her way to an 89.

   Gleber was the lone entrant in the girls 16-to-18 division.

   Gabrielle Kim of Ambler had six pars on her scorecard as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 91.

   Olivia Cahill of Wayne made a par at the seventh hole as she earned runnerup honors with a 115. Naaya Patel of Moorestown, N.J. made a par at the 13^th hole as she finished in third place with a 117.

   Autumn Jue of Wayne rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in fourth place with a 118.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr has been one of the top players among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers, including a victory in the Philly Junior Tour 12-and-under Championship at McCall Golf & Country Club earlier in August.

   He went back-to-back with birdies at the fourth and fifth holes at Philmont, added another birdie at seven and had three pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 2-over 39.

   Ryan Stefanski, another member of Newtown Square’s Team Stefanski, made birdies at the fourth and seventh holes and had three pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 40.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell, coming off co-medalist honors in a Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event at Moselem Springs Golf Club four days earlier, made a birdie at the eighth hole and had three pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 4-over 41.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville took fourth place a 44 and there was a four-way logjam tied for fifth at 45 that included Blake Shurman, another member of Villanova’s Team Shurman, Michael Antolino of Richboro, Ryan Kaye of Lansdale and Ethan Hong of Wayne.

   Smith Rawes of Elkins Park took ninth place with a 50, Adam Feith of Merion Station was 10^th with a 51 and Layton Ng of Huntingdon Valley rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 11^th with a 69.

   Julie Prickitt of Ambler, coming off a victory in the Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series stop at Moselem Springs, made a par on the third hole as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 48.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester made a par at the fourth hole as she earned runnerup honors with a 53.

   Allison Hong, another member of Wayne’s Team Hong, rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in third place with a 65.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melendez, Dang, Gilbert shine for Philly Junior Tour in Pritsch Cup loss to New Jersey Junior Tour

   Trebor Melendez, the talented youngster from Vineland, N.J., made a couple of forays into the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit this summer, but was able to represent the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour in the 20^th Under Armour Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Cup, a series of Ryder Cup-style matches against top players from the New Jersey Section PGA Junior Tour.

   The matches were held Aug. 21 at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J. The New Jersey Junior Tour kids ran their win streak in the series to nine straight with an 11-7 victory over the top players from the Philly Junior Tour.

   The two teams were made up of the top 10 point-getters from their respective tour’s current season with two wild-card selections rounding out each team.

   The Philly Junior Tour got individual wins from Melendez, Quinn Gallagher, a Bryn Mawr resident and a senior on the golf team at The Haverford School, Helmut Dang of Newtown Square and Jack Gilbert, another Bryn Mawr guy.

   Melendez, Dang and Gilbert also helped the Philly Junior Tour pick up three points in the simultaneous four-ball matches. The teams deadlocked at 3-3 in the four-ball matches with the New Jersey Junior Tour going 8-4 in the 12 singles matches.

   Melendez claimed a 3 and 1 decision over the New Jersey Junior Tour’s Graydon Dziadzio and then Melendez teamed with Wissahickon senior Ty Sheftic, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago, to earn a 2 and 1 victory over Dziadzio and Justin Peck in their four-ball match.

   Dang rolled to a 6 and 5 verdict over Sean Curtis and then Dang teamed with Preston Minio of Lansdale to capture a 2 and 1 win over Curtis and Neil Parikh in their four-ball match.

   Gilbert, the son of Gulph Mills Golf Club head pro Tom Gilbert, edged Raunak Gill, 1-up, and then Gilbert teamed with Brody Campbell, a Plymouth Meeting resident and a sophomore on the Malvern Prep golf team, to earn a 4 and 3 victory over Gill and Isaac Sharief in their four-ball match.

   Gallagher picked up the fourth point for the Philly Junior Tour in the singles matches with a 1-up victory over Tyler Whitney.

   Whitney and Ethan DiPetrillo teamed up for the New Jersey Junior Tour to claim a 2-up victory over Gallagher and Avon Grove senior Shane Cornell, a District One Class AAA qualifier a year ago.

   DiPetrillo edged Cornell, 2 and 1, in their singles match.

   The New Jersey Junior Tour got strong performances at the top of its lineup as Sohan Madane and Axel Brandes accounted for three points, each claiming singles victories and rolling to a four-ball victory.

   Madane cruised to a 4 and 3 victory over Billy Nikolaidis, a junior on the Muhlenberg golf team, and Brandes rolled to a 6 and 5 decision over Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J.

   Madane and Brandes then teamed up for a 4 and 3 victory over Nikolaidis and Gohel in their four-ball match. Nikolaidis and Gohel had been two of the hottest players on the Philly Junior Tour this summer.

   The New Jersey Junior Tour also got singles wins from Peck, who pulled out a 2-up verdict over Sheftic, Parikh, who earned a 3 and 2 victory over Minio, and Sharief, who claimed a 4 and 2 win over Campbell.

   It was a dominant showing for the two girls on the New Jersey Junior Tour side as Sophia Mysliwiec and Savannah Laverty swept their singles matches and won their four-ball match.

   Mysliwiec cruised to a 6 and 5 victory over Raegan Young of Middletown and Laverty of Moorestown, N.J. rolled to a 5 and 4 win over Cardinal O’Hara junior Alaina Carson, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier in each of her first two seasons of scholastic golf.

   Mysliwiec and Laverty claimed a 5 and 3 victory over Young and Carson in their four-ball match.

   The Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Cup is dedicated to the memory of a junior golfer who was taken too soon at age 17 in 1991.

   The Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Fund raises money to fund scholarships for junior golfers who hope to pursue a career in the golf business.