Agnes Irwin junior Kaitlyn Lees, the reigning two-time
Pennsylvania Junior Girls champion, headed the local contingent Tuesday after
two rounds of the PDQ / Philadelphia Runner Junior, an American Junior Golf
Association event being staged at Saucon Valley Country Club’s Weyhill Course
in Bethlehem.
Lees, a Bryn Mawr resident and Philadelphia Country Club
member, had rounds of 76 and 73 over the par-72 Weyhill course, which measured
6,070 for the girls, and stands in sixth place at 5-over-par 149. After
Tuesday’s grueling double round, the tournament concludes with 18 holes
Wednesday.
All the players in the girls division are chasing precocious
Alexa Pano, a 12-year-old from Lake Worth, Fla. who had rounds of 71 and 69 to
take a two-shot lead on the field at 4-under 140. Kyra Cox of South Salem, N.Y.
is alone in second place with rounds of 70 and 72 for a 2-under 142 total.
Komkamol Sukaree (74-70) of Thailand is in third place at
even-par 144, Madasyn Pettersen (72-74) of Rockford, Ill. is fourth at 2-over
146 and Jessie Kweon (76-72) of Little Neck, N.Y. is fifth at 4-over 148.
Gabby Kim, who won the PIAA Class AAA East Regional title as
a junior at Radnor last fall, heads a group of five players tied for seventh at
154. Kim, who helped the Raiders capture District One and PIAA team titles in
Class AAA, had rounds of 80 and 74.
Rylie Heflin, who captured the Philadelphia Junior Girls
title earlier this summer, had a pair of 77s to join Kim in the tie for seventh
at 154.
Also at 154 were Jennifer Cleary (79-75) of Wilmington,
Del., Allison Paik (78-76) of Providence, R.I. and Christine Shao (78-76) of
Green Brook N.J.
Meghan Fahey, who won the Inter-Ac League title with Notre
Dame in the spring, but will join Lees as a junior at Agnes Irwin, is tied for
15th at 160 after posting a pair of 80s. Fahey represented Overbrook
Golf Club and Merion Golf Club in the U.S. Girls’ Junior at Ridgewood Country
Club in Paramus, N.J. earlier this summer.
Cassidy Gavaghan of Ambler is alone in 18th
place, a shot back of Fahey at 161 after rounds of 80 and 81.
On the boys side, Huntingdon Valley’s Brian Isztwan and
Conor McGrath headed up the local entrants as they are tied for ninth at 1-over
145. Isztwan, a junior at Penn Charter, had rounds of 73 and 72 over a Weyhill
Course that measured 6,980 yards for the boys. McGrath added a 1-under 71 to
his opening-round 74.
Jacob Bayer, a Western Kentucky recruit out of Lawrenceville,
Ga., and Alex Jamieson, a Notre Dame commit out of Duxbury, Mass, share the
lead in the boys division at 2-under 142.
Bayer had the afternoon’s best round, a 3-under 69, after
opening with a 73. Jamieson had a pair of 1-under 71s.
The day’s best round belonged to Christian Chapman of
Victor, N.Y., who lit up the Weyhill layout with a remarkable course-record 63
in the morning. He was unable to sustain that level of play in the afternoon as
he carded an 80 that left him in a tie for third at 1-under 143. He was joined
at that figure by Justin Lane of Woodstock, N.Y., who had rounds of 71 and 72.
Four players – Ben Sigel (69-75) of Deephaven, Minn., Ben
Smith (70-74) of Novi, Mich., Viraj Garewal (72-72) of Raleigh, N.C. and James
McKee (73-71) of Windham, N.H. – are tied for fifth at even-par 144.
Kennett senior Evan Brown is tied for 22nd at 150
after rounds of 73 and 77. Episcopal Academy’s Cole Kemmerer (77-76) and Kevin
Scherr (78-75) of Nazareth are tied for 32nd at 153. Robert Beck
(75-79) of Allentown is tied for 38th at 154.
Malvern Prep sophomore John Updike, who won the Pennsylvania
Junior Boys title earlier this summer, is alone in 40th place with
rounds of 77 and 78 for a 155 total. His Malvern Prep teammate, junior Matthew
Davis, is another shot back in a tie for 41st with rounds of 77 and
79 and a 156 total.
Max Siegfried, the former Haverford School standout, is tied
for 44th with rounds of 80 and 77 and a 157 total. Updike, Davis and
Siegfried are all Aronimink Golf Club members.
Tyler Roland (84-80) is in 50th place at 164 and
Alex Cwienkala (78-90) of Allentown is 51st at 168.
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