Kaye has a steady round at Phoenixville to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory in a Nine-Hole Series event

 

   Ryan Kaye of Lansdale bested a tough field with a solid 3-over-par 38 as the 12-and-under nine-holers had the stage to themselves in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series stop at Phoenixville Country Club June 29^th.

   Phoenixville, designed by the same Hugh Wilson whose credits included the iconic East Course at Merion Golf Club, is as tough a nine-hole layout as you can find.

   Kaye had six pars on his scorecard, rattling off three straight pars at the third, fourth and fifth holes to edge Ryan Stefanski of Newtown Square and Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr, both of whom finished a shot behind Kaye in a tie for second place with a 4-over 39.

   Stefanski, a 10-year-old, birdied the first hole and had five pars on his card. Muego, who has frequently appeared on the leaderboard in the boys 12-and-under division in 2026, also made a birdie at the first hole and had three pars on his card.

   Hudson Avery of Wayne took fourth place with a 42, Samuel Karas of Blue Bell and Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit shared seventh, each posting a 42, and Nolan English of Villanova and Baylor Keim, another Blue Bell guy, finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for a 43.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville, coming off a share of medalist honors in a Nine-Hole Series event the previous week at Manor Golf Club, finished in ninth place with a 44.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was Jack Kolmer of Wayne as he finished in 10^th place with a 45.

   Only six shots separated one through 10, a fairly typical outcome among a very competitive group of boys 12-and-under nine-holers.

   Trisha Lobo, the talented 11-year-old from Collegeville, made pars at the first and fifth holes as she finished at the top of the leaderboard among the girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 45.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester earned runnerup honors with a 50 and Katelyn Cunningham of Havertown made a par on the first hole as she finished in third place with a 53.

   Skylar Crutchfield of Elkins Park took fourth place with a 57 and Sophia Kim of Chester Springs rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished fifth with a 65.

 

 

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Saccente's eagle helps him grab a Philly Junior Tour victory at The Country Club of Harrisburg

 

   Ethan Saccente, a junior on the Mechanicsburg golf team, carded a solid 5-over-par 76 at The Country Club of Harrisburg to claim a victory in the 16-to-18 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop June 29^th.

   Only the two boys 18-hole divisions competed at The Country Club of Harrisburg. The nine-holers had the stage to themselves in a Nine-Hole Series event at Phoenixville Country Club.

   Saccente made an early birdie on the third hole and then added an eagle at the par-5 eighth hole. He had nine pars on his scorecard, including a pair of streaks of four pars in a row on The Country Club of Harrisburg’s incoming nine from the 10^th through the 13^th holes and again from 15 to 18.

   Billy Nikolaidis, a junior on the Muhlenberg golf team, had 12 pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from the second through the sixth holes, as he finished a shot behind Saccente in second place with a 6-over 77.

   Tony Gracey and Zack Beaverson, both juniors on the Central York golf team, shared third place, each ending up a shot behind Nikolaidis with a 78.

   Gracey made a birdie on the fourth hole and had 10 pars on his card. Beaverson made birdies at the second, eighth and 18^th holes and had nine pars on his card.

   Noah Levengood, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Owen J. Roberts last fall, took fourth place with an 80, Everett Harrold, a senior on the Central York golf team, was sixth with an 81, Carter Johnson, a junior on the Conestoga golf team, was seventh with an 82 and Grady Rupe, a senior on the Perkiomen Valley golf team, was eighth an 84.

   Rupe was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous week at Berkleigh Golf Club.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Jaden Irvin, a senior on the Hershey High golf team, and Hayden Bartie, a senior on the Southern Lehigh golf team, as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each posting an 86.

   Liam Woznicki, a sophomore on the Hazleton golf team, made birdies at the eighth and 11^th holes and had seven pars on his scorecard as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with an 80.

   Peter Heilman of Mechanicsburg had eight pars on his card, including three straight pars to close out his round as he earned runnerup honors with an 84.

   Jayson Rush, a sophomore on the Hazleton golf team, had seven pars on his card as he finished in third place with an 85.

   Jack Ferry of Port Deposit, Md. took fourth place with an 87 and Will Sylvester of Wayne and Colin McCabe of West Chester shared fifth, each recording an 89.

   James Park, a sophomore on the Central Bucks West golf team, took seventh place with a 90, Ethan Moran, a sophomore on the Spring-Ford golf team was eighth with a 91 and Benjamin Lear of West Chester finished eighth with a 92.

   Bobby Gladwin of Phoenixville rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished in 10^th place with a 93.

 

 

 

 

 

Charpentier, Gray share top spot in a Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series stop at Manor

 

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville and Kash Gray of Eagleville have been appearing on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour leaderboards pretty regularly in the 12-and-under division in 2026.

   With the nine-holers having the stage to themselves in a Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event June 25^th at Manor Golf Club, Charpentier and Gray finished in a tie for first place, each finishing with a 3-over-par 39.

   Charpentier made a birdie on the third hole and had five pars on his scorecard, including four straight pars to close out his round. Gray made a birdie on the third hole and had five pars on his card.

   Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit made a birdie on the fourth hole and had two pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 5-over 41.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr took fourth place with a 42 and Andrew Herman of Telford and Grayson Wright of Philadelphia shared fifth, each signing for a 43.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell took seventh place with a 46, Nolan English of Villanova was eighth with a 48 and Smith Rawes of Elkins Park was ninth with a 49.

   Beau Townend of Devon took 10^th place with a 52 and Jaxon Price of York rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 11^th with a 56.

   Arianna Testaiuti of Newtown Square bested a short field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 49.

   Julie Prickett of Ambler rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she earned runnerup honors with a 64.