Brennan finishes strong at The Bucks Club to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Recent Pope John Paul II graduate Jack Brennan toured the back nine at The Bucks Club in 1-under-par 33 on his way to a 2-over 72 that gave him a three-shot Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 19^th.

   When Brennan isn’t playing winning golf on the Philly Junior Tour, he is helping golfers have their best possible experience as a looper at Stonewall.

   The Bucks Club in Jamison, Bucks County is not all that far from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, where Brennan will continue his academic career and join the golf program.

   Brennan, who made it to the second day of the District One Class AAA Championship at Turtle Creek Golf Course as a PJP senior last fall, made birdies on the seventh and 14^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard at The Bucks Club. Eight of those pars, along with the birdie at the 14^th, came on the incoming nine.

   David Florita, playing close to his Jamison home, made a birdie at the ninth hole and had 11 pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 75.

   Central Bucks East senior Will Dunsmore, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier last fall, made a birdie on the third hole and had 11 pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Florita in third place with a 77.

   Caden Quinn of Haddonfield, N.J. took fourth place with a 78, Devin Carpenter of Philadelphia was fifth with an 80, Liam Gamble of Line Lexington was sixth with an 82 and Drew Soltys of Warrington and David Orford of Doylestown finished in a tie for seventh place, each recording an 84.

   Zach Shrager, another guy playing close to his Jamison home, took ninth place with an 86 and James Castronuovo of Maple Glen rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished alone in 10^th place with an 88.

   Drake Brogan of Ocean View, N.J. earned his second Philly Junior Tour win in as many days as his steady 8-over 78 featured 12 pars and gave him a two-shot victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   Brogan finished atop the leaderboard in the division in a Philly Junior Tour stop a day earlier at Laurel Creek Country Club.

   William Shuford of Wayne and Ty Sheftic of Blue Bell finished in a tie for second place, each registering an 80.

   Shuford opened his round with back-to-back birdies at the first and second holes, added a third birdie at 14 and had seven pars on his scorecard. Sheftic made a birdie at the 14^th hole and had eight pars on his card.

   Christopher Mark Parrish of Woolwich Township, N.J. and Judd Fletcher of Moorestown, N.J. finished in a tie for fourth place as each carded an 82.

   Nicolas Gaughan of West Chester took sixth place with an 84, Anderson Brexler of Doylestown and Ayden Pino of Sellersville shared seventh, each posting an 85, and Jake Patterson of Malvern was ninth with an 86.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were James Rogers of Philadelphia and Ben Mayer of Garnet Valley as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each registering an 87.

   Recent Germantown Academy graduate Serena Bagga of Blue Bell had the best score among the girls, carding a solid 8-over 78 to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Bagga, who helped the Patriots claim the Inter-Ac League crown in 2021, made a birdie on the sixth hole and had 11 pars on her scorecard.

   Carly Kuminka of Mickleton, N.J. made birdies at the eighth and 16^th holes and had five pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors among the older girls with an 85. Downingtown West junior Rachel Schuda had seven pars on her card as she took third place with a 92.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Lilly Reagan of Philadelphia as she finished in fourth place with a 124.

   Maya Kuminka, another member of Team Kuminka out of Mickleton, N.J., had three pars on her scorecard as she earned a Philly Junior Tour win in the 13-to-15 division with a 95.

   Freja Jensen of Solebury finished a shot behind Maya Kuminka in the division as Jensen had four pars on her card to end up in second place with a 96. Mariana Walker of Richboro made a par on the 13^th hole as she took third place with a 107.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Christina St. Pierre of Yardley as she finished in fourth place with a 117.

   Max Davis of Newtown Square made a birdie on the first hole and had four pars on his scorecard as bested a typically contentious group of nine-holers with a 3-over 39.

   Rayan Shah of Newtown, who, like Davis, has appeared frequently on the coed 12-and-under division leaderboards all season, and Ben Meixell of Wilmington, Del. shared runnerup honors as each recorded a 4-over 40 to finish a shot behind Davis.

   Shah’s steady round featured five pars while Meixell made a birdie at the first hole and had three pars on his card.

   William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr took fourth place with a 41, Madison Cabot of Langhorne was fifth with a 48, Ethan Meersman of Fort Washington was sixth with a 49 and Joseph Aronson of Souderton was seventh with a 50.

   Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division was Emilie Davoli of Ambler as she finished in eighth place with a 52. Davoli is listed as Class of 2032, which makes her, what, a fourth-grader? That’s pretty good playing by the youngster.