The Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Honeybrook Golf Club was cut short by the quick-hitting thunderstorm that swept through northwestern Chester County late in the afternoon Sunday, although all the divisions competed enough holes to crown some winners for the day.
Cardinal O’Hara senior Thomas Larkin made birdies at the second and seventh holes as he posted a 1-over-par 40 total for 10 holes that enabled him to claim the top spot in the 16-to-18 division. That left him one shot ahead of Adam Chen of Wayne, who birdied the eighth hole and had six pars on his scorecard on his way to a 2-over 41.
Downingtown East junior Jake Leon parred the last seven holes he played as he posted a 3-over 42 to finish in third place. Matthew Pulcinella, a junior at Garnet Valley, and Jared Fultz of Wyomissing shared fourth place, each landing on 4-over 43.
Pulcinella’s teammate and fellow Garnet Valley junior Nick Woods was part of a group of four players tied for sixth place, each signing for a 44. Joining Woods at that figure were Downingtown East senior Dylan Gute, Garrett Wible of Royersford and Brady Manning of Downingtown.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Nick Parr of Spring City and Christopher DiRita of Drexel Hill, each of whom registered a 45 to finish in a tie for 10th place.
The 13-to-15 division competitors got in 13 holes and Maxwell Wager of State College parred nine of them as he earned the victory with a 4-over 53. Wager rattled off four straight pars on the 18th, first, second and third holes after starting his round on Honeybrook’s back nine.
Strath Haven sophomore Tyler Debusschere birdied the par-5 15th hole and had seven pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 7-over 56 that left him three shots behind Wager. Debusschere finished fourth and led the Panthers to the tournament team title in last fall’s Central League Championship at Downingtown Country Club.
Daniel Flaherty of Springfield, Charlie Ferrise of Phoenixville and Noah Wallace of Elkton, Md. finished in a tie for third place, each carding an 8-over 57. Flaherty birdied the 12th hole and Ferrise and Wallace each made birdie on the par-5 15th.
Jack Logan of Berwyn took sixth place with a 58 and Havertown’s J.P. Hoban, winner of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior-Junior Championship last summer at West Chester Country Club, finished alone in seventh place with a 61.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were three players -- Jacob Gabbard of Lewes, Del., Shayne O’Doherty of Glenmoore and Chase Dillman of Gilbertsville -- who finished in a tie for eighth place, each landing on 63.
The girls 16-to-18 division competitors completed 14 holes and North Penn sophomore Hayley Ekert parred five of them as she earned a victory with a 13-over 67. Silvana Gonzalez of Exton made pars on the sixth, seventh and 10th holes as she claimed runnerup honors with a 71.
Phoenixville freshman Kate Roberts had four pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 77. Ekert and Roberts were both District One Class AAA qualifiers last fall.
The girls teeing it up in the 13-to-15 division completed 15 holes and Kiersten Bodge of West Chester made seven pars, including four straight at the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th holes, on her way to an 11-over 70 that left her atop the leaderboard. Clarissa Leung of Villanova was the runnerup as she had seven pars and finished a shot behind Bodge with a 71.
Only three shots separated the top three finishers as Kayley Roberts, another member of Phoenixville’s Team Roberts, had four pars to end up two shots behind Leung in third place with a 73. Rounding out the 13-to-15 division field was Sophia DeSantis of Glen Mills, who finished in fourth place with an 82.
The coed 12-and-under division competitors did complete their tour of the front nine at Honeybrook and Anthony Proud made it a sweep of the Philly Junior Tour weekend by claiming the top spot in the division with a 2-over 37 that featured a birdie at the par-4 sixth hole and five pars. Proud had bested the field of nine-holers in Saturday’s Philly Junior Tour stop at Olde Homestead Golf Club in Lehigh County.
Ian Larsen of Glenmoore had five pars as he signed for a 4-over 39 that left him two shots behind Proud in second place. Lawson Leeper of York and Ian Rotto of Kennett Square each had four pars on his scorecard in a 6-over 41 that left them in a tie for third place.
Chase Mitstifer of Sinking Spring took fifth place with a 44. Colby Komancheck, the son of the RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve pro shop team of Jamie and Kelly Komancheck, was a shot behind Mitstifer in sixth place with a 45.
Giula Weisser of Reading took seventh place with a 47, Alaina Carson of Broomall was eighth with a 48, Declan Cooper of Swarthmore was ninth with a 49 and Cole Amann of Downingtown rounded out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under division as he finished alone in 10th with a 51.
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