MOORESTOWN, N.J.– Wednesday’s 59th edition of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship final is set to be a top-notch duel when Zachary Dilcher of Hartefeld National, the 2005 Junior-Junior Boys’ Champion, goes up against Alex Kane of Radley Run CC in an 18-hole grudge match at Moorestown Field Club (par 36, 2,899 yards).
In Dilcher’s first match, the soon-to-be 9th grader at Kennett High School bested Kyle Martin of Commonwealth National GC, 4&3, Tuesday while Kane, an incoming 8th grader at The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del., defeated Daniel Furman, also of Commonwealth National GC, 2&1.
Dilcher and Kane swapped their methods of victory in their second match as Dilcher defeated David Pompey of the Country Club of Scranton, 2&1, and Kane took down R. Morgan Dougherty of Huntingdon Valley CC, 4&3.
The two 13-year-old players, who have yet to trail at any point in the match play portion of the championship, will face off in an 18-hole, final-round match Wednesday morning to decide the 2007 Junior-Junior Boys’ Championship.
In the first flight semifinals, Evan Galbreath of Huntingdon Valley CC defeated Andrew Willner of White Manor CC, 1-up. Galbreath, the younger brother of Robert Galbreath, Jr., the 2007 Junior Boys’ Champion, now faces off against Patrick Nommensen of Downingtown GC in the final for the first flight. Nommensen beat Jimmy Ryan of Waynesborough CC, 1-up, to advance into Wednesday’s first flight final.
Brendan Papariello of White Manor CC goes up against Zachary Melnick of Plymouth CC in the second flight final and Mitch Van Ostenbridge of Spring Ford Country Club and Darren Raudenbush of Pine Valley Golf Club will meet up to decide the third flight champion.
Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 135 Member Clubs and 60,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The purpose of the Association is simple: To promote, protect and preserve the game of golf in the region.
