Shattuck capped a spectacular spring with his victory in the Conestoga Classic

 

   Catching up on a trio of important events on the Philadelphia Section PGA calendar …

   It was technically still spring when Braden Shattuck, the head of instruction at Rolling Green Golf Club, captured the title in the Conestoga Classic with a sizzling 6-under-par 64 at Conestoga Country Club in Lancaster County June 17^th.

   That put an exclamation point on a spring that Shattuck, a Sun Valley graduate, won’t soon forget.

   It was Shattuck’s second Philadelphia Section PGA victory of the season, the other coming in the Delaware Valley Open at Bellewood Country Club, literally right on the heels of Shattuck earning the low club-pro honors by making the cut and playing the weekend in the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.

   The Delaware Valley Open and the Conestoga Classic were two of the three Silvercrest Cup qualifiers contested to this point and earned Shattuck the $2,500 that comes out of the bonus pool for the Silvercrest Cup qualifiers.

   The Conestoga Classic was also a Rolex/Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year points event, as was the Delaware Valley Open. There’s a long way to go, but the two wins put Shattuck in position to earn the Rolex/Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year honors in the Philadelphia Section for the third year in a row.

   Shattuck’s spring fling began when he punched his ticket to Valhalla as part of the Colebridge Financial Team by finishing in a tie for 16^th place in the PGA Professional Championship at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco at the PGA of America’s new headquarters in Frisco, Texas.

   Then came the week at Valhalla. He had arrived at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. a year ago on the heels of winning the PGA Professional Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.

   Shattuck failed to make the cut in his PGA Tour and major championship debut, but you have to think his experience at Oak Hill paid dividends this spring at Valhalla.

   Shattuck grinded out rounds of 71 and 70 to make the cut at Valhalla, one of just two Colebridge Financial Team members to advance to the weekend, added a 3-under 68 in the third round and closed with a 3-over 74 that gave him low club pro honors with a 1-under 283 total.

   Shattuck had seven birdies against a lone bogey in the Conestoga Classic victory. A birdie at the finishing hole gave him a one-shot edge on Zac Oakley, an instructor at Bidermann Golf Club who posted a 5-under 65.

   Oakley also earned a trip to Valhalla as part of the Colebridge Financial Team as he joined Shattuck in the group tied for 16^th place at PGA Frisco. Oakley failed to make the cut in his second PGA Championship appearance in three years. Oakley and Shattuck were colleagues in the Bidermann pro shop before Shattuck moved on to Rolling Green.

   “I played well today,” Shattuck told the Philadelphia Section PGA website in the aftermath of his Conestoga Classic victory. “I hit my driver pretty well and gave myself a lot of good chances for birdie. It’s pretty cool to win another Silvercrest Cup bonus, too.”

   Oh yeah, a couple of weeks before the Conestoga Classic, Shattuck tied the knot with his new bride Violetta. So yeah, a very, very good spring for Shattuck.

   Shattuck lost in a playoff for the $100,000 jackpot that goes to the winner of the Haverford Philadelphia Golf Classic at Sunnybrook Golf Club the day after Memorial Day, so not everything went his way. But he still played well enough to get into the playoff.

   Brian Bergstol, the talented instructor at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, and Parks Price of Hanover Country Club shared third place in the Conestoga Classic, each finishing a shot behind Oakley with a 4-under 66.

   Six players finished in a tie for fifth place, each landing on 3-under 67, including Shattuck’s colleague in the Rolling Green pro shop, Anthony Sebastianelli, Andrew Cornish of Cedarbrook Country Club, Trevor Bensel of Sandy Run Country Club, Michael Little of Clubhouse 54, Matt Finger of DuPont Country Club and Brendon Post, the men’s golf coach at the University of Delaware.

   Post’s 67 gave him the top spot in the Senior division with Dave Quinn of Laurel Creek Country Club finishing a shot behind him second place with a 2-under 68. George Forster, a PGA Life Member and the former longtime head pro at Radnor Valley Country Club, was another shot behind Quinn in third place with a 1-under 69.

   Bill Sautter from the Philadelphia Cricket Club pro shop finished first in the Super Senior division with a 2-under 68. Wayne Phillips, a PGA Life Member, was the runnerup with a 1-over 71.

   The Conestoga Classic also featured concurrent Central Counties Chapter and Philadelphia Assistants’ Organization (PAO) events.

   Bergstol and Price, with their 4-under 66s, shared first place in the Central Counties Chapter competition and Oakley’s 5-under 65 gave him the PAO victory.

   Dom DiJulia of the DiJulia School of Golf recorded his first career hole-in-one when his 6-iron shot at the 178-yard 15^th hole at Conestoga found the bottom of the cup.

   The Conestoga Classic was supported by Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Jani-King, Ohana Farm LLC, KM Golf Sales and the PGA Tour.

   Silvercrest, an investment adviser providing asset management and family office services to high net-worth individuals and select institutional investors, sponsors the Silvercrest Cup, which will be contested Sept. 16 at the Union League’s Liberty Hill Course with a total purse of $30,000 up for grabs.

   The last of the four qualifiers for the Silvercrest Cup will be the Doylestown Open July 26 at Doylestown Country Club. As with the other Silvercrest Cup qualifiers, there will be a bonus pool of $$4,000 distributed to the top finishers.

   Two days after the Conestoga Classic, Cedarbrook’s Cornish successfully defended his title by capturing the Hutch Invitational at Berkshire Country Club in Reading with a 3-under 68.

   The Hutch has limited field of just 28 players invited to tee it up by Scott and Karen Hutchinson, longtime supporters of the Philadelphia Section PGA and PGA of America REACH Foundation Philadelphia, the Section’s charitable arm. In addition to presenting the Hutch Invitational, the Hutchinsons are also major supporters of the Tournament Players Championship at Lookaway Golf Club.

   When Cornish won the Hutch Invitational a year ago, it was his first victory in a Philadelphia Section tournament.

   Cornish opened his round at Berkshire with a birdie at first hole. After giving that shot back with a bogey at the second hole, Cornish made back-to-back birdies at four and five followed by a bogey at six. Birdies at the 12^th and 13^th holes got Cornish to 3-under for his round.

   He gave a shot back with a bogey at the 17^th hole, but bounced right back with a birdie at Berkshire’s finishing hole to end up at 3-under.

   Sandy Run’s Bensel finished a shot behind Cornish in second place with a 2-under 68.

   Two players out of the pro shop at host Berkshire, Ben Bewley and Tom Michaels, shared third place with Mike Meisenzahl of Tavistock Country Club, each matching par with a 71.

   The two home pros went 1-2, respectively, in the pro-am as Michaels teamed with Brandon Lynch to claim the top spot with a 10-under 61, one shot better than Bewley and Jacques Jacobson, who posted a 9-under 62.

   The Hutch Invitational was also supported by Holderness & Bourne.

   Last week saw the return to the Philadelphia Section PGA winner’s circle of Brett Walker, back in the Section at Chester Valley Golf Club.

   Walker captured the title in the William Hyndman III Memorial Classic with a 4-under 66 July 1^st at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the William Flynn gem that was the home course of the tournament’s namesake, a legendary amateur player on both the local and national scenes.

   It was Walker’s first Philadelphia Section victory since he captured the title in the rain-shortened 100^th Philadelphia PGA Professional Championship in the summer of 2021 at Aronimink Golf Club. Walker was working out of the Sunnybrook Golf Club pro shop when he won the Philadelphia PGA Professional Championship.

   Walker made a birdie out of the gate at the first hole, but gave the shot back with a bogey at six. But he really got it going on the incoming nine at Huntingdon Valley, rattling off four straight birdies at the 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and 13^th holes to get it to 4-under.

   Walker finished two shots clear of Sandy Run’s Bensel, who was the runnerup with a 2-under 68.

   “My round started pretty well,” Walker told the Philadelphia Section PGA website. “I birdied No. 1 to get off to a nice start. I turned at even-par and then my putter got hot and I made four birdies in a row and then cruised in. The course played fair, but tough.

   “I’m pumped to be back in the Philadelphia Section and honored to have won this event.”

   The William Hyndman III Memorial Classic was a Rolex/Haverford Trust Company Player of the Year points tournament.

   Danny Laws, playing out of Philadelphia Cricket Club at St. Martin’s, and Gulph Mills Golf Club’s Louis Kelly finished a shot behind Bensel in a tie for third place, each recording a 1-under 69.

   Cedarbrook’s Cornish, coming off his victory in the Hutch Invitational, headed a group of five players who matched par with a 70 and finished in a tie for fifth place.

   Joining Cornish at even-par were Mike Caldwell, Patrick Algeier of Aronimink, Rob Singer at Union League Liberty Hill, and Stephen Swartz of Carlisle Country Club.

   Mike Molino of Elmhurst Country Club and Terry Hatch of Bent Creek Country Club shared the top spot in the Senior division, each signing for a 2-over 72.

   Michael Versuk, a PGA Life Member, claimed top honors in the Super Senior division with a 4-over 74. The Cricket Club’s Sautter and Phillips, the PGA Life Member long associated with Lehigh Country Club, shared runnerup honors as each ended up a shot behind Versuk in a tie for second place with a 5-over 75.

   Sandy Run’s Bensel won the concurrent PAO event with his 2-under 68 a shot better than the 1-under 69 turned in by Gulph Mills’ Kelly.

   Brittany Waddell of Green Valley Country Club finished at the top of the leaderboard in the Women’s division with an 8-over 78. Waddell spent some time in the pro shop at Stonewall before moving on to Green Valley.

   Kelly Sanderson of host club Huntingdon Valley finished two shots behind Waddell in second place with an 80.

   Two-time reigning Philadelphia Section Women’s Player of the Year Joanna Coe, the head of instruction at Merion Golf Club, has been missing from the leaderboard in recent weeks, but the word I hear from some Merion insiders was that Coe was about to give birth to her first child at some point late in the spring or early this summer.

   Coe had earned a spot in the field for last week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. by finishing in a tie for fifth place in last summer’s LPGA Professional National Championship at the Kingsmill Resort’s River Course in Williamsburg, Va.

   Pretty sure the spot Coe earned for this year’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major championship on the LPGA Tour, will carry over to next year’s edition at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Texas.

   Can’t let a William Hyndman III Memorial Classic pass without mentioning the tremendous player whose memory the tournament honors.

   Bill Hyndman had an amateur career that stretched from the Philadelphia Amateur title he won in 1935 at age 19 to the second of the two U.S. Senior Amateur crowns he captured in 1983 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

   In between there were nine appearances in the Masters Tournament and the five times he represented the United States in the Walker Cup Match. True greatness.

   The William Hyndman III Memorial Classic was supported by the Hyndman family, Callaway Golf, Jock Jolly & Son Inc., Jani-King, KM Golf Sales/Kevin McClellan, Ohana Farm LLC and the PGA Tour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zhang comes all the way from China to claim title in two-day Philly Junior Tour event at Hickory Valley

 

   A youngster from China, Minghe Zhang, showed up in New Hanover Township on the western edge of Montgomery County and claimed a four-shot victory in the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour’s annual two-day stop at Hickory Valley Golf Club’s 36-hole facility June 27^th and 28^th.

   Zhang came halfway around the world to match par with a 72 on Hickory Valley’s par-72 Presidential Course in the second round after opening with a 2-over 73 on the par-71 Ambassador Course in the opening round for a 2-over 145 total.

   Boyertown senior Chase Dillman didn’t travel nearly as far as Hickory Valley is only a few miles from his Gilbertsville home. He earned low-American honors with a 6-over 149 total that left him four shots behind Zhang.

   Dillman had grabbed the lead with an opening round of 1-under 70 at the Ambassador Course before struggling a little in the second round with a 7-over 79 at the Presidential Course.

   The Philly Junior Tour stop at Hickory Valley was a Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) event, offering points that can earn players status on some of the higher-profile junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).

   The JGS scoring is for players ages 13-to-18. The Philly Junior Tour breaks out its usual 16-to-18 and 13-to-15 divisions, so I’ll wrap up those divisions while referencing the overall scoring.

   In his second round at the Presidential Course, Zhang made birdies at the fourth, 14^th and 17^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including six in a row from the fifth through the 10^th holes, to overcome the three-shot deficit he faced.

   In his opening round at the Ambassador Course, Zhang made birdies at the first and 10^th holes and had 12 pars on his card, also rattling off six pars in a row from the 11^th through the 16^th holes.

   Zhang’s 2-over total for the two rounds earned him the top spot in the 16-to-18 division and in the overall scoring.

   Coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory a day earlier at nearby Raven’s Claw Golf Club, Dillman rode that momentum to a fast start in his opening round at the Ambassador Course. He made birdies at the seventh, 10^th, 11^th, 15^th and 16^th holes and had nine pars on his card. The four birdies on the incoming nine at the Ambassador Course enabled Dillman to tour that side in a sparkling 2-under 33.

   Dillman made birdies at the third and sixth holes and had eight pars on his card the next day at the Presidential Course as he earned runnerup honors in the 16-to-18 division and in the overall scoring with his 6-over total.

   The Presidential Course generally played tougher than the Ambassador did, although there were some notable exceptions.

   It was seven shots back to Perkiomen Valley junior Andrew Brendlinger as he struggled to an 82 in the second round at the Presidential Course to finish in third place among the older guys and in the overall scoring with a 156 total.

   Brendlinger had 11 pars on his card in the second round at the Presidential Course. He made back-to-back birdies at the 15^th and 16^th holes and had 11 pars on his card in a solid 3-over 74 in the opening round at the Ambassador Course.

   Alexander Hall of Schwenksville finished three shots behind Brendlinger in fourth place in the 16-to-18 division and seventh in the overall scoring with a 159 total as he added an 80 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 79 at the Ambassador Course.

   Archbishop Carroll senior Jason DiRita opened with a 79 at the Ambassador Course, but struggled to an 88 in the second round at the Presidential Course as he finished in fifth place among the older guys with a 167 total.

   Charlie Crossed of Wayne struggled to a 90 in the second round at the Presidential Course after opening with an 80 at the Ambassador Course as he finished in sixth place in the 16-to-18 division with a 170 total.

   Harriton junior Carson Deringer and Harry Traynor of Malvern finished a shot behind Crossed in a tie for seventh place in the 16-to-18 division, each landing on 171.

   Deringer added an 86 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 85 at the Ambassador Course. Traynor got off to a good start with a 7-over 78 at the Ambassador Course, but struggled to a 93 in the second round at the Presidential Course.

   Drake Brogan of Ocean View, N.J. added an 87 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 90 at the Ambassador Course to finish in ninth place among the older guys with a 177 total.

   Quakertown senior Whyatt O’Rourke rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished a shot behind Brogan in 10^th place with a 178 total. O’Rourke struggled in the opening round with a 94 at the Ambassador Course, but shaved 10 shots off that total with an 84 in the second round at a Presidential Course that was playing tougher for much of the field.

   Salesianum School sophomore Luke LaScala, Souderton sophomore Wyatt Underwood and another Asian invader, Matthew Kim of Shanghai, shared the top spot in the 13-to-15 division and finished in a tie for fourth place in the overall scoring, a shot behind Brendlinger from the 16-to-18 division, as each landed on 157.

   LaScala finished strong with a 5-over 77 in the second round at the Presidential Course. He made birdies at the first, sixth, 16^th and 18^th holes and had six pars on his scorecard. LaScala made birdies at the 10^th and 15^th holes and eight pars on his card in an opening-round 80 at the Ambassador Course.

   Underwood had a share of the lead in the 13-to-15 division as he made birdies at the seventh, 10^th, 12^th, 14^th and 15^th holes and had seven pars on his card in a solid 4-over 75 at the Ambassador Course in the opening round. The four birdies on the incoming nine enabled him to go 1-under 34 on that side at the Ambassador Course.

   Underwood made a birdie at the sixth hole and had eight pars on his card in a second-round 82 at the Presidential Course.

   Kim made birdies at the sixth and 11^th holes and had eight pars on his card as he finished up with an 80 at the Presidential Course in the second round to get his share of the top spot in the division. Kim made 13 pars, including six in a row to close out his round, on his way to a 6-over 77 in the opening round at the Ambassador Course.

   Avon Grove sophomore Gus Stoltzfus matched Underwood’s opening round of 4-over 75 at the Ambassador Course that gave him a share of the lead in the division. He struggled to an 87 in the second round at the Presidential Course that left him in fourth place in the 13-to-15 division and eighth in the overall scoring with a 162 total.

   Carter Hippauf of Quakertown and Haverford School sophomore Jack Luterman rounded out the top 10 in the overall scoring as they finished in a tie for ninth place and were tied for fifth in the 13-to-15 division, each landing on 166.

   Hippauf added an 82 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 84 at the Ambassador Course. Luterman, an Ardmore resident, opened with a 79 at the Ambassador Course, but couldn’t solve the Presidential Course in the second round, struggling to an 87.

   Colin Schreiber of Kunkletown added an 85 in the second round at the Presidential Course to an opening-round 82 at the Ambassador Course as he finished in seventh place in the 13-to-15 division, a shot behind Hippauf and Luterman with a 167 total.

   Henry Sokol of Villanova and Trevor Sieben of Medford, N.J. shared eighth place among the younger guys as each ended up a shot behind Schreiber with a 168 total.

   Sokol added an 83 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 85 at the Ambassador Course. Sieben had the same splits, opening with an 85 on the Ambassador Course before finishing up with an 83 in the second round at the Presidential Course.

   Chase Andrews of Harleysville rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as added an 89 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 81 at the Ambassador Course for a 170 total.

   Polytech senior Kylie Yiengst was easily the best among the girls at Hickory Valley as she opened with a sparkling 1-over 73 over an Ambassador Course that is a par 72 for the girls and added an 81 in the second round at the Presidential Course for a 10-over 154 total.

   Yiengst, who finished in third place in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Championship at Maple Dale Country Club in May, finished first in the 16-to-18 division by 22 shots and in the overall scoring by seven shots.

   Yiengst made birdies at the first, sixth, 10^th, 12^th and 13^th holes and had nine pars on her scorecard in her fast start at the Ambassador Course. She made birdies at the second and 10^th holes and had eight pars on her card in the second round at the Presidential Course.

   Downingtown West junior Malaina Druffner earned runnerup honors among the older girls and finished in sixth place in the overall standings with a 176 total.

   Druffner, who helped the Whippets capture the Ches-Mont League title last fall, made birdies at the fifth, 14^th and 15^th holes and had six pars on her card in a solid 84 in the second round of the Presidential Course. Druffner struggled in the opening round with a birdie on the 16^th hole and three pars on her way to a 92 on the Ambassador Course.

   Upper Merion senior Alyssa Schuebel rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished in third place with a 243 total. Schuebel made pars on the 10^th and 15^th holes on her way to a 127 in the second round on the Presidential Course and made pars on the third and 13^th holes in a 116 in the opening round at the Ambassador Course.

   Schuebel also rounded out the field in the overall standings with her ninth-place finish.

   Charlotte Reid of Cream Ridge, N.J. had the best score of the day among the girls with her 6-over 78 in the second round at the Presidential Course as she finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division and earned runnerup honors behind Yiengst in the overall standings with a 161 total.

   Reid made birdies at the fourth, ninth and 17^th holes and had seven pars on her scorecard at the Presidential Course. Reid made an eagle at the par-5 10^th hole, made birdies at the first and 15^th holes and had five pars on her card as she opened with an 83 at the Ambassador Course.

   Perkiomen Valley sophomore Saloni Patel and Isabelle Studli of Fairfield finished 12 shots behind Reid in a tie for second place in the 13-to-15 division and in a tie for third in the overall scoring, each landing on 173.

   Patel had six pars on her card as she finished up with an 85 in the second round at the Presidential Course. She had seven pars on her card in an opening-round 88 at the Ambassador Course.

   Studli made a birdie on the sixth hole and had six pars on her card on her way to an 87 in the second round at the Presidential Course. In the opening round, Studli made a birdie at the 13^th hole and had eight pars on her card, including a run of seven straight pars from the sixth through the 12^th holes, as she signed for an 86 at the Ambassador Course.

   Exeter sophomore Giulia Weisser finished a shot behind Patel and Studli in fourth place among the younger girls and in fifth overall with a 174 total. Weisser, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a freshman last fall, added an 85 in the second round at the Presidential Course to her opening-round 89 at the Ambassador Course.

   Zuzu Connolly of Wilmington, Del. finished in fifth place in the 13-to-15 division and was seventh overall with a 181 total. Connolly added an 86 in the second round at the Presidential Course to her opening-round 95 at the Ambassador Course.

   Eliza Meersman of Fort Washington rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in sixth place and was eighth overall with a 196 total. Meersman bounced back from an opening-round 102 at the Ambassador Course with a 94 at the Presidential Course in the second round.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale topped the nine-holers with a solid 6-over 78. Minio made a birdie at the third hole and had five pars on his scorecard in a 39 in his second round at the Presidential Course. He had six pars on his card as he also registered a 39 in the opening round at the Ambassador Course.

   Sam Whitehouse of Pottstown finished three shots behind Minio in second place with an 81. Whitehouse had five pars on his card in a 41 in the second round at the Presidential Course and six pars on his card in an opening-round 40 at the Ambassador Course.

   John (Jack) Shea of Harleysville finished two shots behind Whitehouse in third place with an 83. Shea had five pars on his card in a 41 in the second round at the Presidential Course. He had four pars, closing his round with four straight pars, in an opening-round 42 at the Ambassador Course.

   Connor Masulis, another Pottstown guy, finished in fourth place with a 94 as he carded a 47 in the second round at the Presidential Course after opening with a 47 at the Ambassador Course.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr took fifth place as he finished three shots behind Masulis with a 97. Gilbert added a 47 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 50 at the Ambassador Course.

   Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division was Nolan English of Villanova as he added a 53 in the second round at the Presidential Course to his opening-round 50 at the Ambassador Course to finish in sixth place with a 103 total.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boyertown's Dillman cruises to a Philly Junior Tour victory at Raven's Claw

   Boyertown senior Chase Dillman put together a solid 2-over-par 73 at Raven’s Claw Golf Club June 26th to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Dillman made birdies at the first and third holes and rattled off 12 straight pars beginning at the seventh hole to conclude his round at the par-71 Raven’s Claw layout where Lower Pottsgrove Township meets Limerick Township.

   Raven’s Claw hosted an event on what was then known as the Symetra Tour (now Epson Tour), the developmental circuit for the LPGA Tour, in 2018 and 2019.

   Harriton junior Carson Deringer made a birdie on the 15^th hole and had seven pars on his scorecard as he earned runnerup honors in the 16-to-18 division with an 82 that left him nine shots behind Dillman.

   Dillman’s Boyertown teammate, William Swartley, a junior, had eight pars on his card as he finished three shots behind Deringer in third place with an 85.

   Lucas Zhang of Yardley took fourth place with an 86, Devin Carpenter was fifth with an 88, Scott Twilley of Pipersville was sixth with a 90 and Joshua Kriegel of Lawrenceville, N.J. was seventh with a 95.

   Chase Kuech of Hatboro took eighth place with a 96 and Gabriel Bracy of Cherry Hill, N.J. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished ninth with a 109.

   Benjamin Robbins of Holland finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division as he made a birdie on the 10^th hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard, eight of them on the front nine, on his way to a 4-over 75. Robbins joined Dillman as the only two players who broke 80 on the challenging Raven’s Claw layout.

   Parker Bohn of Harleysville made a birdie at the 10^th hole and had nine pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors among the younger guys with an 81.

   Matthew McGinnity of West Chester made a birdie on the third hole and had nine pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Bohn in third place in the 13-to-15 division with an 82.

   Braydon Dolan of Springfield took fourth place with an 83, Mason Stephan of Collegeville and Tyler Harris of Cinnaminson, N.J. shared fifth, each signing for an 84, and Chase Baker of Huntingdon Valley and Chase Andrews of Harleysville finished in a tie for seventh, each recording an 85.

   Thomas Cronan of Penn Valley took ninth place with an 86 and Landon Stern, another Harleysville guy, rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 91.

   The best score among the girls emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Perkiomen Valley sophomore Saloni Patel made birdies at the fourth and 12^th holes and had six pars on her scorecard on her way to a solid 9-over 80.

   Madison Cabot of Newtown was right behind Patel as Cabot made a birdie on the eighth hole and had eight pars on her card to finish three shots behind Patel in second place with an 83.

   Sue Fanelli of Villanova finished with a flourish, making a birdie on the 18^th hole, and had 11 pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 93.

   Shioka Vishwanath of Downingtown rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in fourth place with a 110.

   Fortress Chryst of Wescosville was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division and collected a Philly Junior Tour win with a 124.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr had three pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of nine-holers with a 6-over 42.

   Bryce Bussom of Lewisburg and Xunnan Dang of Newtown Square shared runnerup honors as they finished a shot behind Gilbert, each signing for a 43. Bussom had five pars on his card and Dang made a birdie on the fourth hole and had two pars on his card.

   Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square took fourth place with a 45, Stephen Comly III, another Newtown Square guy, and Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore shared fifth, each recording a 46, Connor Masulis of Pottstown was seventh with a 47 and Ryan Comly, another member of Newtown Square’s Team Comly, was eighth with a 48.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under were Erin Kim of Penn Valley and Carson McNamee of Harleysville as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each registering a 51.