Davis hangs tough at Iron Valley to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Max Davis, a Newtown Square resident and a freshman on the Malvern Prep golf team, handled a tough golf course in Iron Valley Golf Club in Lebanon in some challenging conditions with a 6-over-par 78 that gave him a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division Saturday.

   The Philly Junior Tour was at both ends of the Philadelphia Section Saturday with an event at LBI National Golf & Resort at the Jersey Shore and the stop at Iron Valley in Lebanon County. A day that started cool and cloudy turned sunny and warmer much earlier in central Pennsylvania than it did at the Jersey Shore.

   Some tricky winds accompanied that clearing weather at Iron Valley and Davis was the only guy in either boys division to break 80.

   Davis, who works with talented Aronimink Golf Club assistant pro Riley Wheeldon on his game, made birdies at the third and 16^th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including a run of four straight pars from 12 through 15.

   Jonah Lowenberg of Villanova made birdies on the second and 16^th holes and had four pars on his card as he finished eight shots behind Davis in second place with an 86.

   Joseph Hynoski IV of Hatfield and Jake Julian of Malvern shared third place, each signing for an 88.

   Hynoski made a birdie on the fifth hole and had four pars on his card.

   Iron Valley fits Julian’s game as he was a Philly Junior Tour winner in its fall stop at the Lebanon layout. Julian had five pars on his card this time, all of them coming on Iron Valley’s incoming nine.

   Sean Nelligan of Gilbertsville finished alone in fifth place with an 89.

   Ethan Moran, a freshman on the Spring-Ford golf team, and Charlie Orio of Downingtown shared sixth place, each tallying a 91 and Winston Chew of Exton and Lucas Shank of West Chester finished in a tie for eighth, each recording a 92.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was the pair of Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore and Alex Salata of Devon as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each registering a 95.

   Luke McGraw, the talented junior on the State College golf team, led a group that included several of his Little Lion teammates as he made back-to-back birdies at the seventh and eighth holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars to finish out his round, as he captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with an 8-over 80.

   McGraw finished in a tie for ninth place in the PIAA Class AAA Championship at Penn State last fall and then led the Little Lions to a tie for second place with Radnor in the Class AAA team chase, just a shot behind state champion Unionville, a day later.

   Keegan Redmond, who wrapped up an outstanding scholastic career at Hershey last fall, had 11 pars on his card, including a string of four straight pars from the 14^th through the 17^th holes, as he finished a shot behind McGraw in second place with an 81.

   Alex Hoskins, a sophomore on the State College golf team, made birdies on the third and 10^th holes and had eight pars on his card as he finished in third place with an 83. Hoskins was not in the lineup for State College in the PIAA Class AAA team championship, but obviously, it was a competitive group.

   Charlie Ladrido was on that state runnerup State College team as a junior last fall and he shared fourth place at Iron Valley with Jesse Shurman of Villanova, each carding an 85.

   Not sure if Wushouyi Sun of State College is the same person as the Jacky Sun who was in the lineup as a junior for the Little Lions in the PIAA Class AAA team competition last fall, but either way, Sun and Brady Morris, a junior on the Governor Mifflin golf team, finished in a tie for seventh place at Iron Valley, each posting an 86.

    Brady Rohn, a junior on the Nazareth golf team, finished alone in ninth place with an 87.

   Charlie Ladrido’s twin brother, Luke Ladrido, also a junior on the State College golf team and also in the lineup for the Little Lions for their runnerup finish in the PIAA Class AAA team chase last fall, and Collin Padovani, a sophomore on the Northern Lebanon golf team, rounded out the top10 in the 16-to-18 division as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each posting an 89.

   The best score among the girls also emerged from the younger 13-to-15 division as Raegan Young of Middletown made a birdie on the 11^th hole and had six pars on her scorecard, including three straight pars at 14, 15 and 16, on her way to an 88 that earned her a Philly Junior Tour victory.

   Molly Wagner of Newark, Del. had four pars on her card as she finished in second place with a 100.

   Reagan Miller of Lancaster had six pars on her card, including three straight pars at the 15^th, 16^th and 17^th holes, as she finished in third place with a 109.

   Annabelle Barr of Gladwyne rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in fourth place with a131.

   Julia Biko, a sophomore on the North Pocono golf team, had three pars on her scorecard as she captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 106.

   Kalista Spence of Phoenixville rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished in second place with a 127.

   Blake Shurman, another member of Villanova’s Team Shurman, made birdies at the third, eighth and ninth holes and pars at four and six as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 3-over 39.

   Jace Collins of Spring Brook Township made birdies at the first and fourth holes and pars at six and nine as he earned runnerup honors with a 42.

   Jack Kolmer of Wayne had five pars on his card, including four straight pars to close out his round, as he finished a shot behind Collins in third place with a 43.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville took fourth place with a 44, Grayson Wright of Philadelphia and Samuel Karas of Blue Bell shared fifth, each signing for a 47, Sid Joshi of Coopersburg was seventh with a 52 and Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit was eighth with a 53.

   Ben Cho of Chesterbrook took ninth place with a 54, Luke Thompson of Havertown was 10^th with a 56 and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 11^th with a 57.

   Lauryn Kirby of Chester Springs made a par on the sixth hole as she bested a short field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 60.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she earned runnerup honors with a 65.