Frankie Sass, a recent West Chester East graduate, ripped off three straight birdies on the back nine at Kimberton Golf Club on a blazing hot Aug. 4th to claim a one-shot victory in the 16-to-18 division with an even-par 70 in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop.
Kimberton, in East Vincent Township just outside Phoenixville, has always been a popular stop on the Philly Junior Tour circuit and this year was no exception.
Sass made birdies at the eighth and 10th holes and then came the three in a row at 15, 16 and 17 as he closed with a 2-under 34 on Kimberton’s incoming nine. Sass also had eight pars on his scorecard.
Jake Micewski, a recent Marple Newtown graduate, was even hotter on the back nine at Kimberton with a 3-under 33 as he earned runnerup honors with a 1-over 71, just a shot behind Sass. Micewski, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a senior last fall, made birdies at the 11th, 15th and 17th holes and had 12 pars on his card.
Harriton senior Cyrus Parvizi and Germantown Academy senior Charles Ota finished in a tie for third place, each signing for a 3-over 73.
Parvizi made an eagle at the par-4 10th hole and back-to-back birdies at 15 and 16 while touring the incoming nine in 2-under 34. He also had 10 pars on his card. Ota, a member of the Patriots’ Inter-Ac League championship team last fall, made birdies at the 10th and 15th holes and had 12 pars on his card in a solid round.
Rex Opdahl of West Chester took fifth place with a 74, Tyce Dendler of Yardley was sixth with a 75, Radnor junior Shaun Mazzalupi, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, was seventh with a 77 and recent Owen J. Roberts graduate Victor Mominey was eighth with a 78.
Aidan Young of Reading took ninth place with an 80 and Owen J. Roberts junior Erik Harken rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished alone in 10th place with an 81.
Gavin Pychinka of Northampton made birdies at the fourth and 13th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard as he finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 4-over 74.
Stroudsburg sophomore Hunter Probst, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a freshman last fall, made birdies at the fifth and 14th holes and had nine pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Pychinka in second place with a 75.
Patrick Duda, playing close to his Phoenixville home, and Quin Zuegner of New Hope finished in a tie for third place as each ended up a shot behind Probst with a 6-over 76.
Duda made birdies at the 10th and 13th holes and had 10 pars on his card while Zuegner’s steady round featured 13 pars.
Ian Larsen of
Glenmoore took fifth place with a 77 and Trevor Dendler, another member of
Yardley’s Team Dendler, was sixth with a 78.
Nick Linkchorst of Glen Mills, Lucas Albert of Fort Washington, and Boyertown sophomore Chase Dillman shared seventh place, each signing for an 80.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were Colby Komancheck of Royersford and Link Matozzo of Philadelphia as they finished in a tie for 10th place, each landing on 82.
The best score among the girls emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Meredith Finger of Wilmington, Del. made a birdie at the 16th hole and had 13 pars on her scorecard, eight of them on the front nine at Kimberton, on her way to a solid 3-over 73 that earned her a Philly Junior Tour victory.
Upper Dublin
junior Talia Hoffner made birdies at the sixth and eighth holes and had seven
pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with an 82.
Katherine Liu of Moorestown, N.J. and Mina Benedetto of West Chester finished in a tie for third place, each signing for an 85. Liu made a birdie at the 16th hole and had six pars on her card while Benedetto had five pars on her card.
Hannah Webb of
Woolwich, N.J. took fifth place with an 88, Rachel Schuda of Downingtown was
sixth with a 100 and Annalise Capoli of Medford, N.J. was seventh with a 106.
Rounding out
the field in the 13-to-15 division was Anika Fernandes of Radnor as she finished
in eighth place with a 115.
Sabrina Swope of Levittown had eight pars on her scorecard as she finished at the top of the 16-to-18 leaderboard with an 83. Sarah Lawrie of Eagleville had six pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Swope in second place with an 84.
Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Jiayin Ou of Pottstown as she had two pars on her card to finish in third place with a 96.
Ian Rotto of Kennett Square had six pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a 3-over 37.
Dane Mohap of
Nazareth had four pars as he finished in second place with a 6-over 40. Mohap
was coming off a tie for second place in the Philly Junior Tour’s coed
12-and-under Championship a day earlier at Pennsauken Country Club in
Pennsauken Township, N.J.
Ethan Clouser of Newtown made a birdie on the third hole and had a par at four as he finished in third place with a 41.
Sebastian Park of Lansdale took fourth place with a 42, Declan Mayo of Chadds Ford was fifth with a 47 and Camden Blevins of Glen Mills was sixth with a 49.
Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division were Madison Cabot of Langhorne and Ethan Kim of Dresher as they finished in a tie for seventh place, each landing on 50.
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