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Friday, May 10, 2019

Bina goes on a birdie binge at Makefield Highlands to earn ticket to U.S. Open sectional qualifying


   Carey Bina, a PIAA qualifier in 2011 as a junior at Radnor High, wants to play professional golf.
   That’s what the 23-year-old told the Golf Association of Philadelphia website after a breathtaking run of six birdies on the front nine of a GAP-administered U.S. Open qualifier at Makefield Highlands Golf Club in Yardley Monday earned him a trip to “golf’s longest day,” a U.S. Open sectional qualifier June 3.
   Bina had expressed similar sentiments the last time I came upon his name when he led the Dixie Amateur in Coral Springs, Fla. for three rounds in January before coming up a shot short of a playoff for the title.
   Even with an undergraduate degree from Elon in his back pocket, the pro golf itch just won’t go away for Bina. So, he’s planning to scratch it.
   “This is likely to be my last summer as an amateur,” Bina told the GAP website after firing a 1-under 70 over the 6,982-yard, par-71 Makefield Highlands layout to finish a shot behind Bent Creek Country Club amateur Ryan Dornes, who wrapped up his college career at Penn State a couple of weeks ago, for medalist honors. “I’m almost 90 percent clear that I will be turning professional in the fall.
   “I haven’t played in the U.S. Amateur yet. Golf, for me, is not about money, or even a career. I just know that I’ve chosen a career because I want to play golf.”
   Bina put his talent on display on Makefield Highland’s front nine, with the notable exception of a double bogey at third hole.
   He hit a 7-iron from 184 yards away to 12 feet and made birdie at the first hole. After making the double bogey, though, he really got going. He hit a 54-degree wedge from 116 yards away to five feet at the fourth and made that putt, dropped his 58-degree wedge to four feet at the fifth and holed the birdie try, bombed a 6-iron from 196 yards away at the sixth and drained a 20-footer for birdie, blasted a 9-iron from 160 yards away at the seventh to 22 feet and watched that putt fall in the hole and then dropped a 15-footer for birdie at the ninth.
   If Bina does turn pro, trust me, it is a decision that is well thought out. In the post I did on the Dixie Amateur, I mentioned how analytical Bina was on the golf course, even as a high school kid.
   He understands how difficult the path he is heading down is. He’s too smart not to. It sounded like he was doing whatever the gig economy could offer him in the winter in Florida as he sought opportunities to compete on the golf course. The GAP website said he’s caddying at Philadelphia Cricket Club these days. He’s probably good at that, too.
   He also is two good rounds of golf away from playing in the U.S. Open at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. It would be a heck of a story if he gets there.
   I’m sure Dornes, the runnerup in the 2014 PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior at Manheim Township, was disappointed that the 2-over 72 he shot at the Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course in the final round of the Big Ten Championship a couple of weeks ago turned out to be final round of his Penn State career.
   I thought the Nittany Lions had a decent shot at earning an at-large bid to an NCAA regional, but the call never came. Their 10th-place finish at the Cricket Club on a weekend that featured a spectacularly windy Saturday, might have sealed their fate.
   The 22-year-old Dornes started on the back nine at Makefield Highlands and turned a so-so round into the qualifying medal by finishing with four straight birdies at the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth holes that gave him a 3-under 68.
   Dornes, who will finish up the credits he needs to complete his undergraduate degree in business this summer, plans to tee it up in the sectional qualifier at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
LuLu Country Club’s Christopher Ault, one of the mid-amateurs on the GAP scene, and Zachary Barbin, a sophomore at Liberty playing out of Loch Nairn Golf Club, each matched par with a 71 to grab two more of the tickets to sectional qualifying.
   The 32-year-old Ault was one of the four local players who earned a spot in match play when the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship was played at Stonewall in 2016.
   Barbin has had a hard time cracking a talented lineup for a Liberty team that is No. 22 in the latest Golfstat rankings and is seeded fourth in the NCAA Athens Regional, which tees off Monday at University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.
   Zachary Barbin will be joined in the sectional qualifier at Woodmont by his brother Austin, who advanced out of a local qualifier at Hillendale Country Club near Baltimore.
    The final ticket to sectional qualifying out of the Makefield Highlands qualifier went to reigning BMW Philadelphia Amateur champion Jeremy Wall, who plays out of the Manasquan River Club at the Jersey Shore.
   Wall put a quick end to a five-for-one playoff that included younger brother Ethan Wall by burying a 55-foot birdie putt on the first hole of the playoff. Jeremy Wall got into the playoff by posting a 1-over 72.
   The first alternate slot went to another amateur, Nathan Bazant, who just completed his junior year at Rider. Mark Miller, a professional from Philadelphia, was the second alternate.
   Ethan Wall and Griffin Smith, a teammate of Bazant’s at Rider and a former Council Rock South standout, were the other two players involved in the playoff. Smith just completed his sophomore season at Rider.
   Heading up the near-miss category were two other collegians, Peter Bradbeer, who just completed a solid junior season at Bucknell, and Lukas Clark, who just wrapped up his sophomore season at Penn State. Both players carded a 2-over 73 to miss being part of the playoff by a shot.
   Bradbeer, a Friends’ Central product, won the 2017 Patterson Cup, a GAP major championship, at Wilmington Country Club’s South Course. Clark starred scholastically at Council Rock South.

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