August 2018 Month in Review

Philadelphia Junior Tour

August 2018 In Review Presented By:

Spring Ford Country Club

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - SPRING FORD COUNTRY CLUB

August 6, 2018 Men 17-24 1st Place— Thomas Schaffer (85) 2nd Place— Benjamin Sheard (93) Women 17-24 1st Place— Emily McGarrigle (90) 2nd Place— Elaina McGarrigle (94) Boys 16-18 1st Place— Peter Garno (71) 2nd Place— Jack Cooley (73) T-3rd Place— Dylan Gooneratne (79) T-3rd Place— Benjamin Lee (79) Boys 13-15 1st Place— Ryan McCabe (75) 2nd Place— Luke Watson (77) 3rd Place— Kyle Resuta (80) Girls 16-18 1st Place— Alyson Rentschler (93) Girls 13-15 1st Place— Serena Bagga (83) 2nd Place— Lauren Jones (86) 3rd Place— Ava Lichok (102) 12 & Under 1st Place— George Deming (45) 2nd Place— Ethan Martin (46) T-3rd Place— Kate Roberts (49) T-3rd Place— Kayley Roberts (49) T-3rd Place— Ajeet Bagga (49) T-3rd Place— Rhianna Gooneratne (49)

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Yardley Country Club

Boys 16-18 T-1st Place— Nicholas Hano (75) T-1st Place— Will Gerity (75) T-1st Place— Hayden Greer (75)

Boys 13-15 1st Place— Ryan Rearden (78) 2nd Place— Kristof Kopecky (80) 3rd Place— Noah Sim (82)

Girls 16-18 1st Place— Liv Juliana (89) 2nd Place— Julie Cohen (106)

Girls 13-15 1st Place— Chaela Barnett (92) 2nd Place— Morgan Santaguida (102)

12 & Under 1st Place— Paul Reilly (46) T-2nd Place— Shea Braun (49) T-2nd Place— Tim Johnson (49) T-2nd Place— Brendan Burke (49) Click here to view Full Press Release

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - YARDLEY COUNTRY CLUB

August 6, 2018

DCP—The ACE Club

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - DCP THE ACE CLUB

August 7 2018 Boys 14-15 1st Place— Devin Smith (160) 2nd Place—Marlin Toney (142) 3rd Place— Benjamin Galko (126) Boys 12-13 1st Place—Michael Maslanka (150) 2nd Place— Matthew Vital (143) 3rd Place— Ajeet Bagga (127) Boys 10-11 1st Place— Evan Gross (131) 2nd Place— Nicholas Werner (129) 3rd Place— Aaron Fortney (127) Boys 7-9 1st Place— Karl Unger (121) 2nd Place— Samuel Vinc (119) 3rd Place— John Leet (100) Girls 14-15 1st Place— Hayley Ekert (130) 2n d Place—- Chaela Barnett (129) 3rd Place— Evelyn Wong (128) Girls 12-13 1st Place— Hannah Barrett (130) 2nd Place— Hannah Rabb (129) 3rd Place— Kiran Bagga (102) Girls 10-11 1st Place— Mya Morgan (97) 2nd Place— Mallory Rohrbaugh (93) 3rd Place— Emma Lewis (92) Girls 7-9 1st Place— Chloe Donohue (83) 2nd Place— Alaina Carson (81) 3rd Place— Alli Troxell (78)

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August 7, 2018

Boys 16-18 1st Place— Richard Kline III (72) 2nd Place— William Bennink (73) T-3rd Place— William Mirams (74) T-3rd Place— Tyler Wassell (74)

Girls 16-18 1st Place— Morgan Sohosky (77) 2nd Place— Christina Carroll (82) 3rd Place— Casey Oppenheimer (83) Click here to view Full Press Release

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - HARRY HAMMOND INVITATIONAL

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - THE SHORE CLUB

Harry Hammond Invitational at Penn Oaks

Paxon Hollow Country Club

Boys 16-18 1st Place— Ryan D’Ariano (72) T-2nd Place— Zak Summy (75) T-2nd Place— Charlie Baker (75)

Boys 13-15 1st Place— Joshua Ryan (64) T-2nd Place— Luke Watson (73) T-2nd Place— Ryan McCabe (73)

Girls 16-18 1st Place— Liv Juliana (90) 2nd Place— Anna McCormick (96)

Girls 13-15 1st Place— Lauren Jones (76) T-2nd Place— Abigail Lynn (84) T-2nd Place— Amanda Gerrish (84)

12 & Under 1st Place— Daniel Shin (37) 2nd Place— Nicholas Gross (39) T-3rd Place— Hank Kancher (48) T-3rd Place— Tyler Debusschere (48) Click here to view Full Press Release

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - LEDGEROCK GOLF CLUB

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - PAXON HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB

August 8, 2018

DCP—Applebrook Golf Club

Boys 14-15 1st Place—Jake Kegley (131) 2nd Place— Matthew Zerfass (126) 3rd Place— Gunner Redmond (116) Boys 12-13 1st Place— Evan Jozwiak (142) 2nd Place— Reilly Shaffer (133) 3rd Place— Tyler Debusschere (130) Boys 10-11 1st Place— Dylan Ramsey (135) 2nd Place—Jonathan Nelson (110) 3rd Place— Connor Foley (100) Boys 7-9 1st Place— Leo Martin (134) 2nd Place— Jack Forstein (101) 3rd Place— Logan McGinn (100) Girls 14-15 1st Place— Ava O’Sullivan (125) 2n d Place— Madeline Kent (113) 3rd Place — Abigail Lynn (101) Girls 12-13 1st Place— Sydney Yermish (146) 2nd Place— Avery McCrery (124) 3rd Place— Sania Sawale (112) Girls 10-11 1st Place— Jillian Burks (117) 2nd Place— Kayley Roberts (113) 3rd Place— Jolie Pastorick (108) Girls 7-9 1st Place— Joann Bee (93) 2nd Place— Reagan Falconi (80) 3rd Place— Ella Pastorick (78)

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS - DCP APPLEBROOK GOLF CLUB

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - MOORESTOWN FIELD CLUB

August 14, 2018

Jon M. Pritsch Cup at Essex Fells CC

NJPGA

Singles Results

PPGA

James Bagdones

< 7&6

Cole Shew

Jason Lee

4&3>

Nikita Romanov

Tyler Galantini

2&1>

Dylan Gooneratne

Brandon Valvano

4&3>

Alex Pillar

Paul Ulanich

3&2>

Jake Maddaloni

Austin Liao

<4&2

Win Thomas

Derek Weaver

<5&3

Jackson Debusschere

Hunter Po

4&3>

Jacob Sokalsky

Isaiah Williams

6&5>

Ryan McCabe

Anjali Dhayagude

<4&3

Christina Carroll

Kaja Wu

<7&6

Angelina Tolentino

NJPGA

Fourball

PPGA

Bagdonas/Lee

< 1 up

Shew/ Romanov

Galantini/ Chouraqui

<4&3

Gooneratne/ Sheehan

Valvano/Ulanich

6&5>

Pillar/ Maddaloni

Liao/Weaver

<5&3

Thomas/ Debusschere

Po/ Williams

5&4>

Sokalsky/ McCabe

Dhayagude/Wu

<4&3

Caroll/ Tollentino

Total

NJPGA

PPGA

Singles

6

6

Fourball

4

2

Total

10

8

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS - ESSEX FELLS COUNTRY CLUB

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - JON M. PRITSCH CUP

August 17, 2018

August 20, 2018 Boys 16-18 1st Place— Finian McGarry (77) 2nd Place— Michael Festa (78) T-3rd Place— Ryan Kennedy (79) T-3rd Place— Nicholas Schnur (79) T-3rd Place— Stephen Lorenzo (79) T-3rd Place— Ryan D’Ariano (79) Boys 13-15 T-1st Place— Win Thomas (77) T-1st Place— James Dalzell (77) 3rd Place— Jacob Sokalsky (79) Girls 16-18 1st Place— Isabella McCloskey (83) 2nd Place— Casey Oppenheimer (85) 3rd Place— Abigail Han (90) Girls 13-15 1st Place— Lauren Jones (83) 2nd Place— Lily Yang (84) 3rd Place— Amanda Gerrish (86) 12 & Under 1st Place— Nicholas Gross (35) 2nd Place— Ajeet Bagga (39) T-3rd Place— Daniel Shin (42) T-3rd Place— Rhianna Gooneratne (42) T-3rd Place— George Deming (42)

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS - JUNIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT OLD YORK

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - JUNIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Junior Tour Championship at Old York Road CC

Indian Spring Country Club

Boys 16-18 1st Place— Logan Hay (75) 2nd Place— Matthew Feeney (78) 3rd Place— Simon Miller (81)

Boys 13-15 1st Place— Jack Ross (68) T-2nd Place— Zachary Loninger (79) T-2nd Place— Matthew Normand (79) T-2nd Place— Jack Davis (79)

Girls 16-18 1st Place— Olivia Strigh (94) 2nd Place— Sarah Scarpill (95)

Girls 13-15 1st Place— Kiera Bartholomew (84) 2nd Place— Clare Gimpel (87) 3rd Place— Abigail Lyn (95)

12 & Under 1st Place— Huntern Probst (41) 2nd Place— Ethan Martin (44) 3rd Place— Noah Moelter (45)

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS - INDIAN SPRING COUNTRY CLUB

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - Indian Spring Country Club

August 24, 2018

Newark Country Club

Boys 16-18 1st Place— Jaden Weisman (143) 2nd Place— Michael Mitnick (152) 3rd Place— John Bradbeer (156)

Boys 13-15 1st Place— Ryan Dolan (161) 2nd Place— Kristof Kopecky (164) 3rd Place— Kevin Deng (172)

12 & Under 1st Place— Joseph Mancini (112) Click here to view Full Press Release

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - Newark Country Club

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - NEWARK COUNTRY CLUB

August 27-28, 2018

Medford Village Country Club

Boys 16-18 1st Place— Luke Simeone (74) T-2nd Place— Ryan Kennedy (76) T-2nd Place— Maxwell Rubin (76)

Boys 13-15 1st Place— Matthew Normand (78) 2nd Place— Jack Ross (81) 3rd Place— Henry Stone (85)

Girls 16-18 T-1st Place— Gilyoung Koh (86) T-1st Place— Olivia Strigh (86)

Girls 13-15 1st Place— Kiera Bartholomew (83)

12 & Under 1st Place— Rhianna Gooneratne (41) 2nd Place— Avery McCrery (43) 3rd Place— Hannah Puc (44)

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS - MEDFORD VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB

TOURNAMENT RESULTS - Medford Village Country Club

August 29, 2018

Sunday, September 9—Greate Bay Country Club Saturday, September 15—Frog Hollow Golf Club Sunday, September 16—Union League National (NJ) Saturday, September 22—Spring Hollow Golf Club Sunday, September 23—Bala Golf Club Saturday, September 29—Gilbertsville Golf Club Sunday, September 30—Linwood Country Club Saturday, October 6— The Bucks Club Sunday, October 7— Ballamor Golf Club Saturday, October 13— Heritage Hills Golf Resort Sunday, October 14— Heidelberg Country Club Saturday, October 20— Foxchase Golf Club Sunday, October 21— Regents Glen Golf Club Sat., October 27-Sun., October 28— Bustard Memorial Sunday, October 28— Woodcrest Country Club Sat., November 3-Sun., November 4— Seaview Hotel & Golf Club Saturday, November 10— Pitman Golf Course Sunday, November 11— Mainland Golf Course Sat., November 17-Sun., November 18— Precision Pro Golf Open @ Hershey CC

PJT FALL SCHEDULE

UPCOMING PJT TOURNAMENTS

PJT Fall Schedule

The 43rd Boys Jr. PGA Championship was held July 31-August 3, 2018 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. The 144 player field included some of the top junior boys in the country. Players qualified for the event either by exemption or through their local PGA section championship. Both the Philadelphia Section PGA and Philadelphia Junior Tour were well represented at the championship with 2 players from the section in the field. Patrick Sheehan (Doylestown, PA) and Luca Jezzeny (Furlong, PA) were the PJT members in attendance at Valhalla Golf Club.

Sheehan finished the tournament in a tie for 41st place with a total of 294 (+6). Sheehan started his tournament off with rounds of 71 (-1) and 75 (+3) to make the cut. He finished the tournament with rounds of 75 (+3) and 73 (+1).

Sheehan was the 2018 Boys Philadelphia Jr. PGA Champion.

Jezzeny came in with 83 (+11) in round one and 77 (+5) in round two. His exciting playoff victory in the 2018 Boys Philadelphia Jr. PGA Championship allowed Jezzeny to punch his ticket to the National Championship. After 36 holes at the Boys Philadelphia Jr. Championship, Jezzeny, along with two others, were tied for second place and forced a playoff. After 3 playoff holes, Jezzeny was awarded as the tournament runner-up.

BOYS JR. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

BOYS JR. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

Philadelphia Junior Tour at the Boys Jr. PGA Championship

Philadelphia PGA at the Jon M. Pritsch Cup

Going into 2018, the Philadelphia Junior Tour team has momentum after winning the cup the past three years. The 2018 team was trying to keep the cup in Philadelphia for at least one more year.

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top junior golfers in the nation. To date, the Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Fund has raised over $140,000 and given away over 100

2018 JON M. PRITSCH CUP

JON M. PRITSCH CUP RECAP

The 12th Annual Jon M. Pritsch Cup took The Story Behind the Jon. M place on Friday, August 17 at Essex Fells Pritsch Cup Country Club in Essex Fells, NJ. The Pritsch The Jon M. Pritsch Cup is played to Cup matches 12 Philadelphia Junior Tour members against 12 New Jersey PGA mem- honor the memory of Jon M. Pritsch, bers in a Ryder Cup-style format. Players who earn their spot on the team by positioning tragically passed away in May of 1991, themselves atop the Player of the Year at the age of 17. Before his passing, points list and great play throughout the season.

Pritsch was recognized as one of the

On Thursday, August, 16th Griffin Haas stepped up to the last hole of a non-league match hitting a 7 iron to the par 3, 156 yard ninth hole at Hartefeld National for a hole-in-one. Yet for Griffin it wasn't enough, coming back the next day for a practice round and acing the exact same hole at 168 yards to a back right pin! The odds of an amateur making a hole in one is 12,500 to 1 , Griffin defied the odds and aced the exact same hole two days in a row. Congratulations to Junior Tour Member Griffin Haas on his hole-in-ones!

JON M. PRITSCH CUP RECAP

JUNIOR TOUR MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Congratulations to Junior Tour member Griffin Haas for Back To Back Hole in Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s!

The 2017-2018 Philadelphia Junior Tour season came to an end on Monday August 20 at Old York Road Country Club as 52 juniors teed it up in the Junior Tour Championship. The William Gordon design proved to be a fair test of golf, playing at 6,366 yards for the boys and 5,502 for the girls. These 52 juniors were considered to be the top players of the year by qualifying for this event. In order to do so, juniors either had to win a tournament or finish in the top 25 in The Graham Company Player of the Year Points the boys/girls 13-18 division. The Graham Company Player of the Year races would come to end as well as the Sam Penecale Scoring Average Leaders.

Finnian McGarry (Haddonfield, NJ) won the Boys 16-18 Division with a round of 77 (+6). McGarry picked up two birdies during his round, one on each side. Win Thomas (Unionville, PA) claimed both the Boys 13-15 Division and the Overall Boys 13-18 title with a round of 77 (+6). Thomas took the top spot in a three-person playoff, winning on the second hole of sudden death. James Dalzell (Linwood, NJ) was the second-place finisher in the division, also with a round of 77 (+6). Rounding out the division in third place was Jacob Sokalsky (Garnet Valley, PA) with a round of 79 (+8).

Isabella McCloskey (Princeton Junction, NJ) won the Girls 16-18 Division with a round of 83 (+12). McCloskey played steady golf throughout the day, making five straight pars in the middle of her round. Just a few shots back in second place was Casey Oppenheimer (Conshohocken, PA) with a round of 85 (+14). Oppenheimer highlighted her round with a birdie on No. 9. Abigail Han (Hummelstown, PA) finished in third place with a round of 90 (+19).

In the Girls 13-15 Division, Lauren Jones carded a round of 83 (+12) to pick up first place in the division and the Overall Girls 13-18 title as well with her win in a sudden death playoff. Jones got her round off to a hot start with a birdie on No. 1. Lily Yang (West Chester, PA) was a shot behind in second place with a round of 84 (+13). Completing the top three in the division was Amanda Gerrish (Hummelstown, PA) with a round of 86 (+15).

Nicholas Gross (Downingtown, PA) won the 12 and Under Division with a round of 35 (E). Gross made two birdies during his round on No. 10 and 15. A couple shots back in second place was Ajeet Bagga (Blue Bell, PA) with a round of 39 (+4). Bagga made six straight pars to start his round. Tying for third place was Daniel Shin (Horsham, PA), George Deming (Philadelphia, PA) and Rhianna Gooneratne (Plymouth Meeting, PA) with rounds of 42 (+7).

JUNIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

PHILADELPHIA JUNIOR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

2018 Philadelphia Junior Tour Championship

What’s it all about? There will no longer be any restrictions when a ball is in a “penalty” area. A player will be allowed to touch or move loose impediments and touch the ground with a hand or club in a “penalty” area (such as grounding the club right behind the ball) for any reason, subject only to the prohibition on improving conditions for the stroke (see new Rule 8.1a).

Why Change? The USGA found that the ruling was never practical, so a series of exceptions were created for rules 13-4, 12-1, and various decisions. The current prohibitions have led to penalties that some view as overly harsh, such as:  Where the breach was so inconsequential that the player could not have gained any advantage or where even a careful player could not have avoided the penalty, and  In a televised competition, where the breach could not be detected by the player or others on the course and was discovered only through later video review.

Rule 17 In Action: On August 15th 2010 Dustin Johnson hit his drive right on the 72nd hole of the 2015 PGA Championship and the ball was resting in a sanded area. When Dustin approached his ball he lined up and grounded his club. At Whistling Straights every “sanded area” is considered a bunker or penalty area, and even though it looked like a trampled mud patch it is still a one stroke penalty for grounding your club in a penalty area. Because of this , Dustin Johnson was pulled from the playoff. Here the player did not gain any advantage and it was detected after the fact by video review. Is it fair that Dustin Johnson was penalized?

Why is this change Important?

For Dustin Johnson to lose the opportunity to possibly win the PGA Championship for grounding his club in an area that was difficult to define as a bunker, is a little unpractical. This was a huge reason for the change, the USGA understood that over the past decade multiple rule changes made the game significantly more complex. This increased the difficulty of spreading the game to other demographics that were not as prominent at the time. This is one change , of many, that will create a better experience for new players and hopefully grow the game even more.

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