Mazzalupi, Dignazio, Legarda finish in a tie for top spot in Phlly Junior Tour stop at Ramblewood

 

   Radnor senior Shaun Mazzalupi, coming off a victory a day earlier at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, shared the top spot in the 16-to-18 division with Michael Dignazio of Wilmington, Del. and Ethan Legarda of Voorhees, N.J., each carding a 1-over-par 73 in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Ramblewood Country Club in Mt. Laurel, N.J.  July 26^th.

   Looks like the stop at Ramblewood was part of a Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) series coupled with the Philly Junior Tour stop the next day at Running Deer Golf Club in Pittsgrove, N.J. JGS events can earn players points that can give them some status on some of the higher-level junior circuits like the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), among others.

   I’ll try to reference the top finishers over both days when I get to the post on the Philly Junior Tour event at Running Deer.

   One of those players is Mazzalupi, whose game was on target in the final week of July, despite soaring temperatures and high humidity.

   Mazzalupi, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier, was particularly hot on the outgoing nine at Ramblewood with birdies at the fourth, fifth and eighth holes. He added a fourth birdie at Ramblewood’s closing hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard.

   Dignazio, who helped Tower Hill School claim the team crown in the Delaware Championship at Baywood Greens as a junior in the spring, made birdies at the first, seventh, 16^th and 18^th holes and had 10 pars on his card in matching Mazzalupi’s 1-over total.

   Legarda’s steady round featured 17 pars against one bogey. I’m sure Legarda had some good looks at birdie, but 17 pars show he never stopped grinding.

   Tommy Marshall of Marlton, N.J. and Justin Forman of Sewell, N.J. finished a shot behind the top three in a tie for fourth place, each posting a 2-over 74.

   Gavin Dirkes of Berwyn and James Ciesielka of Woolwich Township, N.J. shared sixth place, each recording a 76, and Joshua Emel of Wilmington, Del. finished alone in eighth place with a 77.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Liam Shearn of Ardmore and Luke Tappeiner of Northfield, N.J. as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each registering a 78. Pretty competitive division with only five shots separating first place from the duo tied for ninth.

   Trevor Sieben of Medford, N.J. and P.J. Foley of Northfield, N.J. finished in a tie for first place in the 13-to-15 division, each carding a solid 2-over 74. That left them in a tie for fourth place with Marshall and Forman from the older group of players in the overall scoring for all players ages 13 to 18.

   Sieben made birdies on the seventh and 12^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including six straight pars to close out his round. Foley made birdies at the fourth, sixth, seventh and 12^th holes and had eight pars on his card.

   Paul Reilly of West Creek, N.J. had birdies at the eighth and 10^th holes and had 11 pars on his card as he finished in third place among the younger guys with a 3-over 75. Reilly’s solid round landed him in eighth place in the overall scoring.

   Jackson Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. took fourth place in the 13-to-15 division with a 76, Quin Zuegner of New Hope was fifth with a 77 and Judd Fletcher of Moorestown, N.J. and Quinton Joiner of Millington, Md. finished in a tie for sixth place, each posting a 79.

   Michael Liu of Garnet Valley and Daniel Herzchel of Linwood, N.J. shared eighth place, each recording an 80 and Landon Finsen of Westampton, N.J. and Christopher Mark Parrish of Woolwich Township, N.J. rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as they finished in a tie for 10^th, each registering an 83.

   The best score in the girls divisions was recorded by Carly Kuminka of Mickleton, N.J. as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 91. Kuminka made a birdie at the 15^th hole and had five pars on her scorecard.

   Upper Merion junior Alyssa Schuebel rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished in second place with a 105.

   Macai Klein of Moorestown, N.J. had four pars on her scorecard as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 92.

   Amita Oberoi of Cherry Hill, N.J. had two pars on her card and she was the runnerup among the younger girls with a 96.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Masey Heenan of Ocean City, N.J. as she finished in third place with a 111.

   Rayan Shah of Newtown made a birdie on the seventh hole and had seven pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a really solid even-par 36 on Ramblewood’s front nine. Shah has been a fixture on the leaderboard in the coed 12-and-under division all summer.

   Jack Sokol of Villanova and Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J. finished in a tie for second place, each carding a 6-over 42. Jack Sokol got off to a good start with a birdie on the first hole and had two pars on his card while Solano had four pars on his card.

   Henry Sokol, another member of Villanova’s Team Sokol, took fourth place with a 44, Chase Tarantino of Yardley was fifth with a 45 and Gavin Lane of Team Lane out of Cinnaminson, N.J. and Jason Leekley of Moorestown, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth, each registering a 47.

   Nathan Lavin of Burlington, N.J. took eighth place with a 48, Mallie Heenan, another member of Team Heenan out of Ocean City, N.J., was ninth with a 52, Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. was 10^th with a 53 and David Gilman of Cape May Court House, N.J. rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division, finishing 11^th with a 57.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radnor's Mazzalupi matches par at Tanglewood Manor to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Radnor senior Shaun Mazzalupi always seems to be playing his best golf when the scholastic postseason arrives in the fall.

   Mazzalupi’s victory at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club in Quarryville, Lancaster County July 25^th was only his second on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour this season, but he has been a fixture on the leaderboards on the Philly Junior Tour and elsewhere all summer.

   Mazzalupi, it appears, is ready to make a run at becoming a three-time qualifier for the PIAA Class AAA Championship.

   Mazzalupi made birdies on the sixth, 12^th and 15^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard on his way to a solid even-par 72 that gave him a five-shot victory in the 16-to-18 division at Tanglewood Manor.

   Drew Clark of Kennett Square made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had 11 pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 5-over 77.

   Noah Richardson of Malvern and Joseph Fargnoli of Mickleton, N.J. shared third place, each posting an 81. Richardson made a birdie on the sixth hole and had nine pars on his card while Joseph Fargnoli had 10 pars on his card.

   Brandon Carrigan of Warrington took fifth place with an 87, Colin Odum of Collegeville was sixth with a 93 and Caden Quinn of Haddonfield, N.J. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished seventh with a 97.

   Brendan Schott of Wilmington, Del. made a birdie at the fifth hole, made back-to-back birdies at 10 and 11 and had seven pars on his card as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with an 8-over 80.

   Cameron Werder of Lititz made birdies on the second and 10^th holes and had three pars on his card as he finished in second place with an 83.

   Nicholas Fargnoli, another member of Team Fargnoli out of Mickleton, N.J., and Luke Daniels of Devon ended up in a tie for third place, each recording an 87. Both Nicholas Fargnoli and Daniels had five pars on his scorecard.

   Carter Appleby, another Lititz entry, took fifth place with an 88 and Kie Shaw, another Wilmington, Del. representative, was sixth.

   Max Miller of Hershey took seventh place with a 91, Caidan Jordan of Rising Sun, Md. was eighth with a 92 and Braydon Dolan of Springfield rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as he finished in ninth place with a 107.

   Only two girls teed it up at Tanglewood Manor, but it turned to be a tight battle in the 16-to-18 division between Brooke Graham of Carlisle and Rachel Schuda of Downingtown.

   Graham, who capped an outstanding scholastic career at Boiling Springs by finishing in fifth place in the PIAA Class AA Championship last fall, captured the Philly Junior Tour victory with an 87. Graham, who will join the program at Kutztown later this month, had nine pars on her scorecard, including a run of five in a row from the third through the seventh holes.

   Schuda, a junior at Downingtown West, had seven pars on her card as she finished two shots behind Graham in second place with an 89.

 

 

 

Quartermain solves Phoenixville with a 38 to claim Philly Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series win

 

   William Quartermain of Bryn Mawr carded a solid 3-over-par 38 at the challenging Phoenixville Country Club to cruise to an easy victory in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour Nine-Hole Series event July 24^th.

   It would prove to be a preview of things to come as Quartermain, a product of the junior program at Llanerch Country Club, would claim the coed 12-and-under division Philly Junior Tour Championship at McCall Golf & Country Club three days later. There will be a separate post on that event.

   The nine-holers are the focus of the Nine-Hole Series events, but there were a few other players who took the opportunity to compete over nine holes. Another draw might have been the location as Phoenixville might be the best nine-hole layout in the region.

   Quartermain made a birdie on the ninth hole and had four pars on his scorecard to best the field of nine-holers at Phoenixville. Quartermain toured the last six holes in even-par.

   Quartermain was the only player who solved the Phoenixville layout to any great extent.

   The runnerup in the coed 12-and-under division was Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg as he finished 11 shots behind Quartermain with a 49. Thomas’ round was highlighted by a par at the eighth hole.

   Logan Turner of Berwyn made a par on the ninth hole as he finished a shot behind Thomas in third place with a 50.

   Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square took fourth place with a 51, Joe McDonald of Bryn Mawr and Gray Biborosch of Berwyn shared fifth, each landing on 52, Vidushi Gupta of Malvern was seventh with a 54 and Joseph Aronson of Souderton was eighth with a 55.

   Owen Ciesielka of West Chester took ninth place with a 56 and Pratik Fernandes of Radnor rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division as he finished in 10^th place with a 61.

   Luke Farnese of Lafayette Hill was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division and he had a par on the ninth hole on his way to a 44.

   Luke Fediukov of Downingtown had the second-best score of the day as he finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 43. Fediukov had four pars on his scorecard.

   Noah Brand of Newtown Square started strong with four pars on the first four holes on his way to a 44 that left him a shot behind Fediukov in second place.

   Walker Mannon of Phoenixville followed up a par on the fourth hole with a birdie at five as he took third place with a 49.

   Two other Phoenixville entries rounded the field in the 13-to-15 division as John Thompson took fourth place with a 51 and Ben Michel finished fifth with a 55.

   Another member of Radnor’s Team Fernandes, Anika Fernandes, was the only girl to tee it up at Phoenixville in the 13-to-15 division and recorded a 66.