Dillman, Lysik match par at Linfield National to share top spot in Philly Junior Tour stop

 

   Boyertown junior Chase Dillman, tuning up for next week’s District One Class AAA Championship, and Davin Lysik of Wilmington, Del. each matched par with a 71 to share first place in the 16-to-18 division in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Sunday at Linfield National Golf Club in Limerick Township.

   Dillman will tee it up right up the road from Linfield National at Turtle Creek Golf Course when the first round of the district tournament gets under way Monday. Dillman finished in ninth place in the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship with an 81 at the Turtle.

   Dillman really got it going on the incoming nine at Linfield National. He made birdies on the 11^th, 12^th, 15^th, 16^th and 18^th holes, five of them in all, on his way to a sizzling 4-under 32 on the back nine. Dillman also made a birdie on the fifth hole and had six pars on his scorecard.

   Lysik had a steadier round as he made birdies on the fourth and 13^th holes and had 14 pars on his card, including a string of eight in a row from the fifth through the 12^th holes.

   Alex Miller of Hershey and Joey Simonetti of Bellmawr, N.J. finished in a tie for third place, each recording an 88. Miller made a birdie on the 17^th hole and had four pars on his card while Simonetti had six pars on his card.

   Ryan Marsh of Coatesville rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished in fifth place with a 107.

   It was a District One tuneup for both of the top two finishers in the 13-to-15 division as well as Unionville sophomore Nicolas Gaughan put together a solid 2-over 73 to finish four shots ahead of Radnor sophomore Lannon Boyd and claim a Philly Junior Tour victory. Gaughan made birdies on the second and eighth holes and had 13 pars on his scorecard.

   A day later, Gaughan matched par with a 72 in the Ches-Mont League Championship at Wyncote Golf Club to finish in a tie for fourth place and punch his ticket to the district tournament at Turtle Creek.

   Boyd earned runnerup honors among the younger guys with a 6-over 77. Boyd made an eagle at the par-5 17^th hole, added birdies at eight, 11 and 16 and had eight pars on his card.

   Boyd was coming off earning a share of medalist honors in the Central League Championship Sept. 20^th with a solid 1-over 73 at the Turtle.

   Archmere Academy sophomore Michael Liu and John Gavaghan of Ambler finished a shot behind Boyd in a tie for third place as each tallied a 7-over 78.

   Liu made birdies at the eighth, 10^th and 12^th holes and had seven pars on his card. Gavaghan had 11 pars on his card.

   Luke Fallon of Reading and Anderson Brexler of Doylestown shared fifth place, each registering an 80, William Shuford of Wayne was seventh with an 81, Mason Stephan of Collegeville was eighth with an 82 and Joseph Gangemi Jr. of Downingtown was ninth with an 84.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was Kyan DeLong of Allentown as he finished alone in 10^th place with an 86.

   Bryn Brandt of Lebanon had nine pars on her scorecard, including four straight to open her round, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 13-to-15 division with a 91.

   Megan Choi of Penn Valley had three pars on her card as she finished in second place with a 95.

   Emma Gangemi of Downingtown’s Team Gangemi rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she had two pars on her card to end up in third place with a 108.

   The Sokol twins of Villanova were at it again among the nine-holers.

   Henry Sokol made birdies on the fourth and ninth holes and had five pars on his scorecard as he matched par on Linfield National’s outgoing nine with a 35 to finish in first place. Jack Sokol had six pars on his card as he finished three shots behind his sibling in third place with a 3-over 38.

   Taimoor Naseem of Sinking Spring got in between the Sokol twins as he had seven pars on his card, including four straight to close out his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 2-over 37 that left him two shots behind Henry Sokol.

   Jacob Russell of Wilmington, Del. took fourth place with a 45, Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore and Bryce Moyer of Bryn Mawr shared fifth, each recording a 46, and two members of Malvern’s Team Yan, Zheng Yan and Jia Yan, finished in a tie for seventh, each posting a 52.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr took ninth place with a 53 and Benjamin Gangemi, another member of Downingtown’s Team Gangemi, finished 10^th with a 56.

   Erin Kim of Penn Valley rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division, finishing in 11^th place with a 62.