The Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour headed for the
Shore Wednesday and a stop at The Shore Club, formerly known as Wildwood Golf
& Country Club, in Cape May Court House, N.J.
Noah Petracci of Atco, N.J. captured top honors in the
16-to-18 division in a scorecard playoff with Colton Murray of Sewell, N.J.
after each player carded a 7-over-par 79 over the 6,319-yard, par-72 Shore Club
layout.
Nathan Potts of Wilmington, Del. took third with an 81.
Jack Davis of Newtown Square was the third boy to register a
79 at The Shore Club, which gave him a one-shot edge on James Dalzell of
Linwood, N.J. for a victory in the 13-to-15 division. Dalzell carded a solid
80.
Jack Fialko of Berwyn, who will by vying for some varsity
appearances on Gary Duda’s Malvern Prep golf team this fall, finished third
with an 82.
Callie Jean Burns of Wynnewood was the only player to tee it
up in the girls 16-to-18 division and posted a 95.
Abigail Lynn of Furlong carded a 90 to take top honors in
the girls 13-to-15 division. Olivia Strigh of Hammonton, N.J. was the runnerup
with a 92 and Isabella Freund of Ocean View, N.J. took third with a 119.
It took another match of cards to determine the winner among
the nine-holers with Hank Kancher of Philadelphia getting the decision over
Rajan Khanna of Bryn Mawr after each posted a 12-over 48. Savannah Thompson of
Seaville, N.J. finished third with a 56.
The winner among the nine-holers a year ago at what was then
still Wildwood Golf & Country Club was Wynnewood’s Sydney Yermish with a
43. After being in contention in the coed 12-and-under division quite a bit, it
marked Yermish’s first Junior Tour win.
Monday, the 12-year-old Yermish has a 12:37 p.m. Pacific
Daylight Time (3:37 p.m. our time) starting time in the U.S. Girls’ Junior
Championship at the Poppy Hills Golf Course on northern California’s Monterey
Peninsula.
Now, I’m not saying that all the kids playing with the
nine-holers on the Junior Tour this summer are going to be playing in USGA
championships a year later. But with some dedication, determination and a lot
of hard work, Yermish proves it is possible.
I’ll have more on Yermish’s journey when I wrap up her first
round of qualifying for match play at Poppy Hills Monday. And, I expect, the
blog will be following her progress for years to come.
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