Morristown's Quinn, Delbarton's Lee decide Morris County Tournament golf title in playoff
MOUNT OLIVE — Shane Quinn has been part of four playoffs in his long golf career. Three of them have been at Flanders Valley Golf Course.
On Tuesday afternoon, Quinn finally won one. He defeated Delbarton junior Tyler Lee on the second playoff hole to capture the Morris County Tournament title.
Both players shot even-par 72 on the Blue and White courses. They also were even on the par-4 first hole, then went to No. 8.
Quinn was particularly pleased not to continue to the second hole, where he'd lost a playoff at the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference Championships as a freshman. Shane also recalled when his older brother, Evan Quinn, lost the MCT title in a playoff his freshman year.
With a gallery trailing the duo, Quinn two-putted for a 1-over 4, and Lee's six-foot second putt came up short.
"If it's that close after 18, I wouldn't expect it to be any different in a playoff," said Quinn, a Morristown senior who also shot a 72 last year to place second.
"It was sort of nice to get a bit of redemption. We normally go to (the second hole). Switching it up gave me a clean slate."
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Morristown also defended its MCT team trophy, as three of the four players medaled. The Colonials totaled 301 strokes, 14 ahead of second-place Chatham, and 17 up on Delbarton.
Morristown sophomore Cormack Meldrum shot a 1-over 73 to finish third as an individual. Freshman Liam Pasternak turned in a 74 and was fifth on a match of cards.
"We came together well as a team," said Colonials sophomore Caroline Fixter, one of three girls in Tuesday's MCT – and the second-place finisher at the girls golf MCT on April 28.
"We lift each other up when it needs to be done."
Lee was unfamiliar to most of the other Morris County golfers.
Though he grew up in New Jersey and has played since age 8, Lee's family relocated to Dallas before he started middle school. They returned in May 2021, settling in Franklin Lakes and this is Lee's first season of New Jersey high school golf.
"Its definitely more competitive in Texas, which did help me bring my game over here," said Lee, who has committed to Berkeley.
"I struck the ball well. I kept the ball in play. I tried to hit a lot of greens and two-putt. I tried to play very steady."
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Individual medalists
Shane Quinn (Morristown) 72; Tyler Lee (Delbarton) 72; Cormack Meldrum (Morristown) 73; Shiv Manhas (Parsippany) 74; Liam Pasternak (Morristown) 74; Alex Patel (Madison) 75; Avery Cohen (Kinnelon) 75; Ronan Valli (Chatham) 77; Eli Kaufman (Montville) 77; Finn O'Rourke (Delbarton) 77; Devon Patel (Madison) 78; Jack Schenone (Chatham) 78; Tim Triano (Chatham) 79; Chris Lubas (Mendham) 79; Dan Arena (Montville) 79.
Team scores
Morristown 301: Shane Quinn 34-38-72, Liam Pasternak 38-36-74, Cormack Meldrum 37-36-73, Caroline Fixter 42-40-82; Chatham 315: David McNamara 39-41-80, Ronan Valli 39-38-77, Jack Schenone 41-38-79, Tim Triano 40-39-79; Delbarton 318: Tyler Lee 36-36-72, Finn O'Rourke 40-37-77, Charley Foley 44-39-83, Christian Carbeau 41-45-86; Montville 326: Daniel Arena 40-39-79, Eli Kaufman 39-48-77, Colin Volpe 45-40-85, Matt Trifari 45-40-85; Madison 333: Alex Patel 39-36-75, Devan Patel 39-39-78, Nathan Tallinder 45-39-84, Jack Koehler 43-53-96; Kinnelon 334: Avery Cohen 35-40-75, Scott Sanczyk 42-38-80, Mike Bruczyski 50-45-95, Mike Tchejeyan 44-40-84; Mendham 337: Chris Lubas 40-39-79, Liam Brandt 39-43-82, Michael Pocker 43-46-89, Anders Farley 46-41-87; Morristown Beard 341: Sam Sommer 45-48-93, Justin Benbassat 43-42-85, Hollis Humphries 43-39-82, Thomas Cotter 40-41-81; Mountain Lakes 353: Will Span 46-43-89, Kyle Maute 45-44-89, Ryan Powers 46-41-87, Scott Donohue 44-44-88; Morris Catholic 365: A.J. Gervasio 44-45-89, Andrew Mount 45-44-89, Hailey Munoz 50-51-101, Mary Korab 41-45-86; West Morris 369: J.J. Lawrence 41-51-92, Kevin Young 46-40-86, Lucas Domingues 48-46-94, Nick Raguseo 47-50-97; Mount Olive 372: Jonathan Song 38-48-86, Tyler Bienus 42-42-84, Jack Bastarrika 46-51-97, Michael Tierney 55-50-105; Morris Knolls 386: Andrew Kopas 43-43-86, Rob Gantert 49-43-92, Christian Monaco 57-52-109, Luke Fetherman 48-51-99; Morris Tech 386: Aydin Coutts 43-42-85, Matt Leinfuss 57-52-109, Cameron Purrington 48-48-96, Mike Kratzel 52-44-96; Park Regional 387: Aiden Markey 48-46-94, Mike Monahan 44-44-88, Alex Allonardo 50-48-98, Dawson D'Andrea 52-55-107; Randolph 393: Riley Brown 43-48-91, Dominic Spagnulo 53-56-109, Joseph Armento 98-49-97, Andrew Parton 46-50-96; Parsippany 402: Shiv Manhas 36-38-74, Landon Weiss 42-43-85, Ronin Wani 64-67-131, Charlie Cordasco 55-57-112; Jefferson 413: Josh Picciotti 49-40-89, Aiden Ferguson 54-51-105, Will Weihmiller 56-50-106, Jake Poirier 58-55-113; Pequannock 419: Aden Rau 41-48-89, Matt Bernard 59-57-116, Julian Evanchik 53-53-106, Ethan Karaty 53-55-108; Morris Hills 453: Rohan Ganesh 64-57-121, Matt Caproni 54-63-117, Krishna Chidrawar 53-53-106, Rishi Sappidi 55-54-109
Butler: Adam Avery 54-54-108, Kevin Hornig 61-63-124; Parsippany Hills: Trevor Glovelite 65-61-126, Jona Yenzer 50-60-110, Dylan Ostolaza 63-56-119; Roxbury: Jake Morgan 41-40-81, Sean Finnan 41-42-83, Mike Temple 53-49-102.
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