Nikita Romanov of Wilmington, Del. and Alex Pillar of Hawley
made birdies in bunches and ended up sharing first place in the
16-to-18-year-old division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop
Sunday at the Pine Meadows Golf Complex in Lebanon.
Romanov, the 2016 Junior Tour 13-to-15 Player of the Year,
and Pillar made nine birdies and an eagle between them as each carded a
sparkling 2-under 70 over the 6,319-yard, par-72 Pine Meadows layout.
I’m going to guess – for the second time and I haven’t been
told otherwise yet – that Pillar is the son of John Pillar, the director of
golf at The Country Club at Woodloch Springs in Hawley. John Pillar, by the
way, will be trying to earn a trip to the U.S. Open at Erin Hills in a
sectional qualifier Monday, “Golf’s Longest Day,” and one of my favorite days
in golf each year.
The Junior Tour did not break ties with scorecard playoffs,
at least for this day. Bottom line: Romanov and Pillar both played winning golf
Sunday.
Michael Robinson of Gettysburg matched par with a 72 to
finish alone in third place. Brock Fassnacht of Lititz was fourth with a 76 and
Connor Boham, a member of Spring-Ford’s District One Class AAA championship team
last fall, was fifth with a 79.
Blaine Weaver of Myerstown, Corbin Babyak of Tafton and
Thomas Butler of Telford shared sixth place, each carding an 80. Logan Hess of
Willow Street finished ninth with an 81.
Rounding out the top 10 were three players tied for 10th
at 82, including Shaun Fedor of Lancaster, Ryan Woefling of Myerstown and Simon
Asadoorian of Richboro.
Bobby Lugiano of Jackson Township claimed his first Junior
Tour victory, topping the field in the 13-to-15 division with a 6-over 78 that
included a biride on the par-3 17th. Dylan Gooneratne of Plymouth
Meeting was the runnerup, a shot behind Lugiano with a 79.
Four players – Graham Calhoun of Lititz, Evan Drummond of
Exton, Darren Nolan of
Glenside and Jacob Sokalsky of Garnet Valley – finished in a tie for third at 81. Morgan Lofland of Paoli finished eighth with a 82 and John Peters of Carlisle was ninth with an 84.
Glenside and Jacob Sokalsky of Garnet Valley – finished in a tie for third at 81. Morgan Lofland of Paoli finished eighth with a 82 and John Peters of Carlisle was ninth with an 84.
Four more players rounded out the top 10 in a tie for 10th
at 85, including Clay Breidenstine of Hummelstown, Tyler Kipp of Reading, John
Olsen of Boalsburg and Luke Watson of Royersford.
In the girls 16-to-18 division, Jessica McClellan of
Freeland claimed her first Junior Tour victory with an 89. Olivia Wirsching of
Blue Bell was the ruunerup with a 96. Anne Shand of Lancaster and Helen Shaw of
Harleysville shared third place, each carding a 115, and Alexandra Schaffer was
fifth with a 118.
Elizabeth Beek, the 2016 Junior Tour 13-to-15 Player of the
Year, was at her dominating best in winning her 10th straight Junior
Tour start with a sizzling 1-over 73 that included four birdies.
It will be interesting to see where the Wissahickon Middle
School sixth-grader takes her game this summer.
Amanda Gerrish of Hummelstown was the runnerup with an 87.
Ava O’Sullivan of Exton finished third with a 93, Peyton Kraras of Wyomissing
was fourth with a 100 and Paige Richter of Camp Hill was fifth with a 103.
Maybe there was no matching of cards Sunday because it was
easier to just call four players who shared the top spot among the nine-holers
the winners than it was to break the tie.
Nicholas Ciocca of Devon, Angelina Tolentino of Mount
Laurel, N.J., Matthew Norman of Lumberton, N.J. and Benjamin Saggers of West
Chester each carded a 5-over 41 to share the title among the nine-holers.
Henry Stone of Kennett Square and Tyler Fortney of
Fayetteville finished tied for fifth at 47.
Julien de Brechard of Brooklyn, N.Y. finished alone in
seventh with a 48. Lance Barbour of Etters and Hunter Probst of Bear Creek
finished tied for eighth at 49 and Stefania Fedun of Glenmoore rounded out the
top 10 with a 50.
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