Devon Prep’s Ryan McCabe, a Media resident, will be one of
the best high school golfers in Pennsylvania when the fall season tees off in
late August.
He was the District One Class AA champion as a freshman and
finished 15th in the PIAA Championship. When Devon Prep moved to the
Catholic League last fall, McCabe captured the District 12 Class AA crown and
finished in a tie for second in the PIAA Championship.
McCabe’s ability was on display Monday as he matched par
with a 72 at Wyncote Golf Club in Oxford, where the wind always blows, to top
the field in the 16-to-18 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour
stop.
McCabe had three birdies in a strong showing over the
6,350-yard, par-72 Wyncote layout. Garnet Valley senior Jake Sokalsky kept it
in the fairway off the tee all day as he finished just a shot behind McCabe in
second place with a 1-over 73.
It was another eight shots behind Sokalsky to Luke Pastore
of Holmes in third place with an 81. Holmes had four pars and two birdies early
to get his round going. Hunter King of Atglen took fourth with an 83.
Strath Haven senior Nick Cardow placed fifth with an 85,
Rocco Giannangeli of Oxford was sixth with an 86 and Lachie Alexander of Bryn
Mawr was seventh with a 90.
Quinn Bookbinder of Wayne and Matthew Todd of Lincoln
University shared eighth place, each posting a 91, and Trevor Dydo of Ephrata
rounded out the top 10 as he finished alone in 10th place with a 92.
Joseph Madden, playing on his home course at Wyncote, carded
a 5-over 77 to finish first in in the 13-to-15 division. It was Madden’s first
career Junior Tour victory. Noah Kim of Royersford had nine pars as he carded a
solid 79 to claim runnerup honors.
Jeet Patel of Ephrata and Eli Shah of Newtown Square finished
in a tie for third place, each signing for an 80. Kristof Kopecky of Garnet
Valley took fifth place with an 81, Radnor sophomore Chase Stephano was sixth
with an 83, Drew Clark of Kennett Square was seventh with an 84 and John Lee of
Jamison was eighth with an 85.
Ryan Garvey of Media finished ninth with a 90 and Alec
Plante of Glen Mills and Michael Dignazio of Wilmington, Del. rounded out the
top 10 as they shared 10th place, each carding a 93.
Ava Svindland of Wilmington, Del. was the only entry in the
girls 13-to-15 division and posted a 90. She made a couple of early pars to get
her round off to a good start.
It was a three-way logjam at the top of the leaderboard
among the nine-holers as Declan Conner of Swarthmore, Hank Kancher of
Philadelphia and Sean Curran of Newtown Square each carded a solid 7-over 43 to
share medalist honors.
Samuel Feeney of West Chester and Jake Grossman of Elkins
Park finished in a tie for fourth place, each posting a 46. Jax Puskar of
Kennett Square took sixth with a 50.
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