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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Tanabe rides another fast start to Pennsylvania Amateur victory at Aronimink


   Bucknell junior Chris Tanabe, playing out of Sewickley Heights Golf Club, continued his domination of the front nine at Aronimink Golf Club, the Donald Ross gem in Newtown Square, and it resulted in a comfortable victory for him in the 106th Pennsylvania Amateur Championship Wednesday.
   Tanabe, the 2016 PIAA Class AA champion as a senior at Quaker Valley, had taken control of the tournament with a stunning 7-under-par 28 tour of the front nine at Aronimink on his way to a 5-under 65 in Tuesday’s second round. It gave Tanabe a three-shot lead going into Wednesday’s final round.
   And he kept the rest of a talented field in the Pennsylvania Amateur, presented by LECOM, at bay with three more birdies in a 2-under 33 on the front nine in Wednesday’s final round. His fast start enabled him to survive a double bogey-bogey finish after severe weather forced an 87-minute delay.
   Tanabe still carded a 1-over 71 in the final round for a 5-under 205 total and a misleading two-shot margin of victory over Nate Menon, a redshirt sophomore at Stanford playing out of LedgeRock Golf Club, and Kansas State junior Kyle Vance, a two-time District One Class AAA champion at Methacton.
   “I was able to set myself up in good positions on the front nine today and took advantage of it,” Tanabe told the Pennsylvania Golf Association (PAGA) website. “I just wanted to hit fairways, hit greens and give myself a good look for birdie and I was able to do so for the most part.”
   A hole-out for eagle on the first hole jump-started Tanabe’s sizzling start in Tuesday’s second round. He didn’t match that, but he did hit his approach to 15 feet and made the birdie putt to quickly get it to 7-under.
   After a bogey at the fourth hole dropped him back to 6-under, Tanabe stiffed his approach to four feet at the sixth hole and rolled in the birdie putt. He drilled his approach at the seventh hole to six feet and again converted his birdie try to make the turn at 8-under.
   He offset a bogey at the 10th hole with a birdie at the par-5 16th hole to again get it to 8-under before stumbling a little on the final two holes.
   Menon, who bested Tanabe to claim the 2015 PIAA Class AA champion when he was a junior at Wyomissing, closed with a solid even-par 70 to finish at 3-under 207. Menon was a member of the Stanford team that claimed the NCAA Championship in the spring, although he was not in the starting five for the Cardinal at either the regional or the nationals at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
   Aronimink, the site of next summer’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the 2026 PGA Championship, was the perfect tuneup for Menon as he prepares for the U.S. Amateur, which tees off in a couple of weeks at the Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in Pinehurst Village, N.C.
   The No. 2 Course at Pinehurst, where the majority of the match-play portion of the National Amateur will be contested, is also the work of Ross, one of the acknowledged masters of golf course design. The recently renovated Pinehurst No. 4 will be the other course for qualifying and will also be used in the championship match, scheduled for 36 holes.
   Vance, a PAGA individual member, put his considerable talent on display as he closed with a 2-under 68 to share second with Menon at 3-under. Vance has had a tough time making the starting lineup for the Wildcats, but he served notice this week that he’s ready to become more of a contributor for the underrated Big 12 program.
   Drexel senior Connor Schmidt, playing out of Nemacolin Country Club, fired a 3-under 67, sharing honors for low round of the day with Lafayette sophomore and former Conestoga standout Ryan Tall, to finish in a tie for fourth place at 2-under 208. It was a solid defense of the title Schmidt won a year ago at Sunnehanna Country Club outside of Johnstown.
   Schmidt was joined at 2-under by talented Central Dauphin junior Garrett Engle, who finished with a 1-under 69. Engle will certainly be one of the players to watch on the high school scene this fall.
   Brett Young, another entry playing out of Nemacolin, posted his second straight even-par 70 to finish alone in sixth place at 1-under 209.
   Virginia junior Max Siegfried, crowned the club champion at Aronimink Sunday, capped a solid week with a second straight 1-over 71 to finish alone in seventh place at even-par 210. Siegfried was a scholastic standout at The Haverford School.
   Spring-Ford Country Club’s Tall, winner of the 2018 Golf Association of Philadelphia Junior Boys’ Championship, got a share of eighth place at 1-over 211 with his sparkling final-round 67. 
   Former Kennett standout Evan Brown, who captured the Delaware Amateur in June at Maple Dale Country Club, joined Tall in the tie for eighth at 211. Brown, a PAGA individual member, had a strong spring to conclude his sophomore season at Loyola of Maryland.
   Huntingdon Valley Country Club’s Benjamin Cooley earned a top-10 finish as he carded a final round of 2-over 72 to end up alone in 10th place at 2-over 212.
   It’s been a strong final summer of junior golf for Talamore Country Club’s Patrick Sheehan, who won the Jock MacKenzie Memorial and was the runnerup in the GAP Junior Boys’ Championship. The Penn State-bound Sheehan, the District One Class AAA champion as a senior at Central Bucks East last fall, matched par in the final round with a 70 to get a share of 11th place at 3-over 213.
   LuLu Country Club’s Michael Brown Jr., who will defend his Patterson Cup title next week at Applebrook Golf Club, also landed on 213 with a final round of even-par 70.
   Loch Nairn Golf Club’s Zachary Barbin, whose younger brother Austin defeated Sheehan in the GAP Junior Boys’ final, rounded out the trio tied for 11th at 3-over. The Liberty University junior had surged into contention with a 4-under 66 in Tuesday’s second round, but struggled to a 76 in Wednesday’s final round.



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