The area’s top junior golfers gathered Monday at Concord
Country Club for a special stop on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour
calendar as they vied for college scholarships at the 14th annual
Harry Hammond Invitational.
The event is named for Harry Hammond Jr., a PGA Master
Professional and the Director of Golf at Penn Oaks Golf Club. In his free time,
Hammond is the golf coach at West Chester University.
Scholarships are awarded to the top three boys and girls
finishers. This year $3,000 in scholarships were awarded. Juniors will receive
their money when they enter their first year of post-high school education.
David Herbst of Mechanicsburg took top honors among the boys
with a 1-over 72 over the 6,269-yard, par-71 Concord layout.
The other two scholarship winners were recent Spring-Ford
High graduate John Foley and Cooper Kronenberger of West Chester, both of whom
carded 2-over 73s. Foley parred the first hole of a playoff to claim second
place.
Radnor senior Michael Sydnes and recent Harriton graduate
Erik Reisner, a two-time Central League champion, were in a group of five
players who shared fourth place at 3-over 74.
Among some of the other finishers were: Luke Shevlin (76,
tied for 13th) of Thornton; Marple Newtown senior Joey DelFranco (78,
tied for 19th); and Ryan Conway (86, 32nd) of Bryn Mawr.
On the girls side, Morgan Frazier made it a sweep for the
Mechanicsburg contingent as she fired a 3-over 74 to easily capture the top
prize.
The other scholarship winners were Allentown’s Kelsey
Patterson, who was the runnerup with an 84, and Newtown’s Lauren Muhlbauer, who finished third with an 84.
Some members of Notre Dame’s Inter-Ac League powerhouse also
teed it up at Concord with junior Bridget Pyott finishing a tie for seventh
with a 90, senior Maddie Keane placing ninth with a 94 and senior Gabriella
Morganti finishing 10th with a 98.
Look for more golf news in
the Daily Times print edition Friday and Saturday. Friday’s roundup will
include a change in dates for next summer’s U.S. Women’s Amateur at Rolling
Green Golf Club, a wrapup of Daily Times
Player of the Year Brynn Walker’s week at the PGA Junior Championship in Bryan,
Texas and results from Round 1 of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s
Patterson Cup at Chester Valley Golf Club. Saturday’s regular Golf Notebook
will feature a more extensive report from Round 2 of the Patterson Cup, the
last major on the GAP calendar, and a victory in the Philadelphia Section PGA’s
Assistant Pro Championship for Billy Stewart, the former Malvern Prep and Saint
Joseph’s standout who is an assistant at The ACE Club.
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