Nathan Smith of Chestertown, Md. really got it going in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour event at Back Creek Golf Club in Middletown, Del., lighting it up with a 4-under-par 67 to breeze to an eight-shot victory in the 16-to-18 division Aug. 24th.
Smith made birdies at the first, fifth, sixth, ninth, 14th and 17th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard, closing with a 2-under 34 on Back Creek’s incoming nine.
Joshua Freeman, playing close to his Middletown, Del. home, made birdies at the 11th and 13th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard as he earned runnerup honors with a 4-over 75. Back Creek played pretty tough for everybody except Smith.
Evan Gephart of Camden Wyoming, Del. made birdies at the fifth and 11th holes and had 11 pars on his card, including five straight to close out his round, as he finished in third place with a 5-over 76.
Michael Dignazio, who helped Tower Hill School win the Delaware state team crown to cap his junior year in the spring, took fourth place with a 79, Orville Potts of Elkton, Md. was fifth with an 85 and Rudy Mench of Wilmington, Del. was sixth with an 86.
Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Braden Potts, another member of Team Potts out of Elkton, Md. who finished in seventh place with an 88.
Wyatt Cudmore, another Elkton, Md. guy, made a birdie at the third hole and had 11 pars on his scorecard as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 6-over 77.
Archmere Academy sophomore Michael Liu made a birdie on the seventh hole and had 10 pars on his card as he finished four shots behind Cudmore in second place with an 81.
Jack Okonowicz, playing close to his Middletown, Del. home, had 12 pars on his card, including five straight to close out his round, as he finished in third place with an 82.
Evan Smith, yet another Elkton, Md. entry, took fourth place with an 85, Collin Burke of Wilmington, Del. was fifth with a 92, Grayson Levy of New Hope was sixth with a 97 and Stanley Marchlik, another guy playing close to his Middletown, Del. home, was seventh with a 98.
Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Michael Tucker of Bear, Del. as he finished in eighth place with a 99.
Only three shots separated the top three contenders in the girls 13-to-15 division with Stella Bernardi of Sewell, N.J. making six pars on her way to a 90 that gave her a Philly Junior Tour victory.
Miranda Post of Lincoln University had five pars on her scorecard as she claimed runnerup honors with a 92. Gabrielle Hamstead of Milton, Del. had six pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Miranda Post in third place with a 93.
Kiera Post, another member of Team Post out of Lincoln University, took fourth place with a 97 and Lydia Bernardi, another member of Team Bernardi out of Sewell, N.J., rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished fifth with a 104.
Ben Meixell of Wilmington, Del. made a birdie on the seventh hole and had four pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a solid 3 -over 38.
Ethan Meersman of Fort Washington and Rayan Shah of Newtown shared runnerup honors as each finished five shots behind Meixell with an 8-over 43.
Meersman had two pars on his card while Shah, who has been a dominating force on the coed 12-and-under division all summer, had four pars on his card.
Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore took fourth place with a 46 and Declan Mayo of Chadds Ford was fifth with a 49.
Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division was Lucas Shank of West Chester as he finished in sixth place with a 52.
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