Gray claims a Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series win at DuPont's Montchanin nine

 

   Kash Gray of Eagleville carded a solid 6-over-par 35 over DuPont Country Club’s Montchanin nine to best the field of boys as the 12-and-under nine-holers had the stage to themselves in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event July 6^th.

   The Philadelphia Girls Junior PGA Championship, a 36-hole test, was being played simultaneously at DuPont’s Nemours Course. It rained a lot of places that Monday, but the golf gods smiled on suburban Wilmington, Del. and the girls and the nine-holers got their appointed rounds in.

   The Montchanin nine is an executive course, short with a par of 29, but longer than the par-3 layouts that seem to be all the rage these days.

   Gray, who has been popping up on the boys 12-and-under leaderboards all summer, had six pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars from the second through the sixth holes, to capture a Philly Junior Tour victory.

   Ryan Scully of Chesterbrook and Jackson Larrabee, playing not far from his Wilmington, Del. home, shared runnerup honors, each ending up a shot behind Gray with a 9-over 36.

   Scully had four pars on his card, three of them consecutively at the second, third and fourth holes. Larrabee had three pars on his card.

   Ryan Stefanski of Newtown Square took fourth place with a 37 and the trio of Kamran Patel of Moorestown, N.J. and Hudson Avery and Maxwell Avery, both of Wayne and both Class of 2032 competitors, so maybe twins, finished in a tie for fifth, each posting a 38.

   Landon Post, the son of Delaware’s Patty Post, who oversees both the men’s and women’s programs, and Brandon Post, the head of the men’s team for the Blue Hens, and Benjamin He of Chadds Ford finished in a tie for eighth place, each signing for a 40.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was Luca Saienni, another Wilmington, Del. guy playing a home game at DuPont who finished in 10^th place with a 41.

   Aashi Chakraborty of Kennett Square opened her round with a par at the first hole as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 10-over 39.

   Vivian Anderson, another Wilmington, Del. entry playing not far from home, and Addison Sabatini of West Chester shared runnerup honors, each ending up a shot behind Chakraborty with a 40.

   Anderson made back-to-back pars at the fourth and fifth holes. Sabatini made pars on the first and fifth holes.

   Rounding out the field in the girls 12-and-under division was Katelyn Cunningham of Havertown, who finished in fourth place with a 52.