Manning, tuning up for districts, wins tiebreaker to earn Junior Tour victory at Linfield National

    It took a scorecard tiebreaker to determine the winner and Downingtown West senior Brady Manning emerged with the victory as he, Springfield senior Ben Pintof and Radnor junior Shaun Mazzalupi tuned up for the District One Championship with matching even-par rounds of 71 in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Saturday at Linfield National Golf Club in Limerick Township.

   Manning’s birdie on the 16^th hole, one of four he had in his round, proved to be decisive in the tiebreaker, giving him the victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Manning also made birdies at the fifth, eighth and 13^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard.

   Pintof made birdies at the third, sixth, seventh and 12^th holes and had 10 pars on his card. Mazzalupi made birdies at the fourth, 10^th and 15^th holes and had 12 pars on his card.

   Manning, Pintof and Mazzalupi will be teeing it up in the opening round of the District One Class AAA Championship Monday at Turtle Creek, not far from Linfield National. Manning emerged from the Ches-Mont League Championship at Applecross Country Club while Pintof and Mazzalupi qualified for districts out of the Central League Championship, which was held a couple of weeks ago at Turtle Creek.

   Mazzalupi, who finished in a tie for fifth place in the Central League Championship with a 4-over 76 at Turtle, advanced to the PIAA Class AAA Championship as a sophomore a year ago out of the district tournament.

   Rijhabh Jupudi of Philadelphia took fourth place with a 2-over 73, Thomas Baschoff of West Chester was fifth with a 75 and Pintof’s Springfield teammate J.P. Devinney, also a senior, and Peter Lafon of Audubon, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth, each signing for an 80.

   Caleb Bennett of Pitman, N.J. took eighth place with an 83, Jakob Chapman of Honey Brook was ninth with an 85 and Jayden Goodson of Philadelphia rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with a 93.

   Trevor Sieben of Medford, N.J. made birdies at the second and 13^th holes and had 13 pars on his scorecard as he was a dominant six-shot winner in the 13-to-15 division with a solid 1-over 72.

   Keegan Redmond of Hummelstown and Nicolas Gaughan of West Chester shared runnerup honors as each posted a 7-over 78. Redmond made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 10 pars on his card and Gaughan made birdies at the fourth, 12^th, 15^th and 17^th holes and had five pars on his card.

   Quin Zuegner of New Hope finished in fourth place, a shot behind Redmond and Gaughan with a 79. Boyertown sophomore Chase Dillman took fifth place with an 81. Dillman will also be in the field when the District One Class AAA Championship tees off Monday at Turtle Creek. Dillman punched his ticket to districts in the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship, which was also held at the Turtle.

   Daniel Rozinsky of Newtown and Michael Liu of Garnet Valley shared sixth place, each recording an 83, and Avery O’Neill of Romansville and Anthony Proud of Stroudsburg finished in a tie for eighth place, each posting an 84.

   Yaejoon Wee of Chesterbrook rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he carded an 85 to finish alone in 10^th place.

   The best score among the girls came out of the 13-to-15 division as Katherine Liu of Moorestown, N.J. made a birdie on the fourth hole and had 10 pars on her scorecard on her way to a solid 9-over 80.

   Corinne McReynolds of Wayne was the only other competitor in the 13-to-15 division and earned runnerup honors with a 101 that featured five pars.

   Camryn Bazulis of Oaklyn, N.J. was the only entrant in the 16-to-18 division and she made four pars on her way to a 94.

   Dane Mohap of Nazareth has dominated the nine-holers in 2022 and he once again bested the field at Linfield National with a 3-over 38 that included seven pars.

   Ian Rotto of Kennett Square has also been a regular on the coed 12-and-under division leaderboard all year and he birdied the ninth hole and had five pars on his scorecard to finish a shot behind Mohap in second place with a 4-over 39.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale made a birdie on the seventh hole and had three pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 40.

   Ethan Clauser of Newtown took fourth place with a 44, Reid Tornetta of Collegeville was  fifth with a 45, and Megan Choi of Penn Valley and William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr shared sixth, each landing on 49.

   Jason Romano of Norristown took eighth place with a 51, Jake Julian of Malvern was ninth with a 53, Noah Gates of Ardmore was 10^th with a 57 and Ibrahim Asrar of Downingtown rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division by finishing alone in 11^th place with a 60.