The Golf Notebook
in Saturday’s Daily Times was a
wrapup of all the golf news that fit from events this week through Thursday. So the blog this week takes care of some breaking news and some Junior Tour results that there simply wasn't room for on the printed page.
But Radnor
All-Delco Carey Bina, who had already had a big week by qualifying for the
Philadelphia Open and qualifying for match play and winning a match in the Golf
Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Boys Championship, made it an even bigger
week Friday by qualifying for the U.S. Junior Amateur.
Bina dropped a
10-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff at Indian Valley Country
Club to survive a three-for-one playoff and earn a trip to the U.S. Junior
Amateur, which will be held July 22-27 at Martis Camp Club in Truckee, Calif.
Bina had rounds of
75 and 73 over the 6,864-yard, par-72 Indian Valley layout for a 148 total that
left him in a tie for the fourth and final qualifying berth with Logan Membrino
of Ponte Vedre Beach, Fla. and Zach Smith of Pleasanton, Calif.
Medalist honors
went to Wissahickon senior Jalen Griffin, who had a pretty good week himself
having earned medalist honors in a Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour qualifier
Monday and medalist honors in the GAP Junior Boys. Griffin had rounds of 73 and
70 for a 1-under 143 total.
At another U.S.
Junior Amateur qualifier Thursday at Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, N.J.,
Malvern Prep senior Michael Davis, a Newtown Square resident and Aronimink Golf
Club member, claimed medalist honors with a 139 total.
It will be the
second trip to the U.S. Junior Amateur for Davis. He was the Inter-Ac League
champion as a freshman in the league’s final spring campaign. He was hampered
by back problems during the scholastic
season last fall, but appears to be fully healed.
Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour
It was a busy week
on the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour, highlighted by a 36-hole Elite Tour event
presented by Cleveland/Srixton Golf Wednesday at Turtle Creek Golf Club and two
girls who keep improving had solid showings in the girls divisions.
Kaitlyn Lees, who
won the Inter-Ac League Tournament as a seventh-grader this spring, had rounds
of 83 and 81 to finish six shots back of Kara Walton of Avondale (78-89—158) in
the overall 13-to-18 division. Wayne’s Gabriella Kim, expected to compete for a
spot on the roster of reigning PIAA Class AAA champion Radnor this fall,
finished fourth with rounds of 91 and 81, eight shots back of Lees. Lees and
Kim were second and third, respectively, in the 13-to-15 division.
Garnet Valley senior
Jack Highfill had a pair of 78s at the Turtle Creek layout that has been the
traditional site of the District One Tournament and finished tied for 11th
overall among boys 13 to 18 and tied for eighth in the 16-to-18 division at
156.
Some of Delco’s
younger golfers had nice rounds in a Junior Tour stop at Cedarbrook Country
Club Monday.
In the 13-to-15
division, Radnor’s Jacob Liberman,
Media’s Ryan Brennan and Bryn Mawr’s Michael Sydnes all had 88s to
finish in a tie for 12th. Brian Kilroy of Drexel Hill had a 94 to
finish 19th and Connor Hale of Garnet Valley checked in with a 98 to
finish in a tie for 24th.
Among the
nine-holers, D.J. Colleran (48) of Radnor finished tied for ninth, James Quinn
(51) of Radnor, Case Hummer (51) of Glen Mills and Lucas Zhu (51) of Wayne all finished tied for 13th,
and June Kim (52) of Wayne finished another shot back in 17th.
On the girls side,
Springfield senior Samantha Miller
finished sixth in the 16-to-18 division with a 94, Notre Dame senior Caroline Barker finished
ninth with a 107 and Josephine Rider of Newtown Square was 11th with
a 117.
There were also a
pair of Junior PGA qualifiers conducted by the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour.
Monday at Lebanon
Country Club, recent Springfield graduate Kyle Hakun, the Central League
champion last fall, fired a 78 to finish fifth and earn one of the 18 berths
available in the 16-to-18 age group.
Garnet Valley’s
Highfill was another shot back in a tie for sixth at 79.
The medalist was
Wissahickon’s Griffin, who opened his big week by firing a 2-under 70 at
Lebanon.
Friday, there was
another Junior PGA qualifier staged down the shore at Avalon Golf Club.
Highfill finished
tied for seventh in the 16-to-18 division with an 80 over the 6,272-yard,
par-71 Avalon layout. Highfill shared seventh place with Christopher Chizauskie
of Thornton, who also had an 80. Cardinal O’Hara senior Kevin George just
missed the qualifying cutoff with an 85.
Penncrest junior
Griffin Colvin finished second in the 13-to-15 division with an 81. Matthew
Davis of Newtown Square also grabbed a qualifying berth in that age group by
finishing in a tie for fifth with an 83.
Among the girls,
Caprian Kan of Boothwyn carded an 88 to qualify in the 13-to-15 age group.
U.S. Mid-Amateur coming to Stonewall
It was already
going to be a big year for Pennsylvania in 2016 with the U.S. Open returning to
storied Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh and the U.S. Women’s Amateur
coming to Delco and Rolling Green Golf Club.
Well, it got even
better this week when the USGA announced that the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Championship will be staged at Stonewall Links, in the far northwest corner of
Chester County, West Nantmeal Township, to be specific.
I got a look at
Stonewall while covering the 2009 Philadelphia Amateur final in which Conrad
Von Borsig downed fellow All-Delco James Kania Jr. and it is a really neat
course.
The Old Course at
Stonewall, a Tom Doak design, opened in 1993 with the adjoining North Course,
also a Doak design, being added in 2003.
“The members and
staff of Stonewall Links are pleased to host the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship,”
said Frank Foster, the championship chairman and vice president of Stonewall. “Stonewall
has two championship courses which are ready to test the players. The championship
committee has already begun preparations for what promises to be an exciting
event. We look forward to welcoming all the participants, officials and
spectators.”
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