Evan Barbin of Elkton, Md. and West Chester Rustin junior Ryan D’Ariano battled the heat and a tough Chesapeake Bay Golf Club layout Thursday in North East, Md. to each card a solid 4-over-par 75 and share the top spot in the 16-to-18 division of a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop.
Pretty sure Chesapeake Bay is the home base of Team Barbin, which includes Liberty senior Zach Barbin, who captured the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship earlier this summer at Lancaster Country Club, and Maryland sophomore Austin Barbin, the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Player of the Year in 2019.
The big brothers have set a pretty high bar for Evan Barbin, but, as he proved at the par-71 Chesapeake Bay layout, he’s got some game. Evan Barbin started strong, making three birdies while going out in 1-under 34.
D’Ariano, who finished seventh in the District One Class AAA Championship at Turtle Creek Golf Club last fall, finished strong, posting an even-par 36 on Chesapeake Bay’s incoming nine with a birdie.
Stephen Starnes of Kennett Square was a shot behind the co-medalists with a solid 5-over 76 that included a birdie in a 1-over 37 on the back nine. Matthew Pulcinella of Chadds Ford took fourth place with a 78 and Radnor High senior Rishi Khanna was fifth with an 81.
Nicklaus Meisinger of West Chester finished in sixth place with an 83, Grey Conta of Hummelstown was seventh with an 85, Joseph Madden of Oxford was eighth with an 88 and Nick DiPietro of Swedesboro, N.J. rounded out the 16-to-18 field, ending up alone in ninth place with a 93.
The low round of the day for the boys emerged from the younger 13-to-15 age group as Nathan Guertler of Merchantville, N.J. continued his strong run of recent play, making three birdies in a 1-under 35 on the back nine on his way to a 2-over 73.
Like Guertler, Strath Haven sophomore Tyler Debusschere has been playing some pretty solid golf lately and he had two birdies in a 2-under 33 on the front nine on his way to a 5-over 76 that earned him runnerup honors, three shots behind Guertler.
Zachary Antao of Chadds Ford and Noah Wallace of Elkton, Md. shared third place, each signing for a 79. Antao toured the outgoing nine at Chesapeake Bay in 2-over 37 while Wallace birdied the sixth hole in a 3-over 38, also on the front nine.
Rajan Khanna of Bryn Mawr’s Team Khanna and Samuel Feeney of West Chester finished in a tie for fifth place, each carding an 82. Travis Robertson of Fort Washington took seventh place with an 83 and Shane Powelson of Kennett Square was eighth with an 86.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were two players – Brady Manning of Downingtown and Joseph Fargnoli of Mickelton, N.J. – who finished in a tie for ninth place, each registering an 87.
Suzie Ahn of Paoli had two pars on her way to a 90 that gave her a victory in the girls 16-to-18 division. Meredith Beyer of Avondale had eight pars as she chased Ahn home with a 92 that gave Beyer runnerup honors.
Avery O’Neill made a birdie at the par-4 fourth hole while posting a solid 4-over 39 that bested the field of nine-holers. Declan Conner of Swarthmore had three pars on his way to a 43 that gave him runnerup honors in the coed 12-and-under division.
Meredith Finger of Wilmington, Del. had three pars on her scorecard as she finished a shot behind Conner in third place with a 44.
It was a successful trip to North East, Md. for Bryn Mawr’s Team Khanna as Ravi Khanna finished in a tie for fourth place with Ian Rotto of Kennett Square and Gus Stoltzfus of Lincoln University, each putting together a 46.
Miles McGinty of Lititz took seventh place with a 49, Nicholas Fargnoli of Team Fargnoli out of Mickelton, N.J. was eighth with a 50 and Connor Smolenski of West Chester was ninth with a 52.
Rounding out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under division was Colin Burke of Wilmington, Del., who finished alone in 10th place with a 54.
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