NYSPHSAA golf championships: Big day for Ursuline; long Day for Section 1 boys

Mike Dougherty, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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It was a memorable day for Ursuline, which is coming home from the NYSPHSAA Girls Golf Championship at McGregor Lakes Country Club with a team title. Nina Choe and Sofia Nogalo led the charge for the Koalas, finishing second and third overall.

Albany Academies sophomore Kennedy Swedick captured the championship with an even-par total of 144.

Choe, an eighth-grader, began the final round Monday one shot off the lead. She closed with a 75 and wound up four shots back. Nogalo, a junior, shot a final-round 76 to finish with a 6-over total of 150.

Ursuline eighth-grader Nina Choe, shown here in the final round of the Section 1 girls championship at Whippoorwill, came in second at the NYSPHSAA championship on Monday, June 6, 2022.
Ursuline eighth-grader Nina Choe, shown here in the final round of the Section 1 girls championship at Whippoorwill, came in second at the NYSPHSAA championship on Monday, June 6, 2022.

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Ursuline finished eight shots better than second-place Albany Academies with a 56-over-par aggregate. Julia Kret made it three Koalas in the top 10, finishing at 16-over and Sarah Brannigan tied for 35th.

Section 1 repeated, as well, finishing 20 strokes better than runner-up Section 8.

All players who finished inside the top 20 were named all-state. Scarsdale's Emma Lee, Fox Lane/Byram Hills' Faith Petrino and  Rye's Hailey Ryan joined Choe, Nogalo and Kret on that list.

The girls from Section 1 again finished atop the sectional leaderboard, finishing 20 shots better than Long Island's Section 8.
The girls from Section 1 again finished atop the sectional leaderboard, finishing 20 shots better than Long Island's Section 8.

Scoring

At McGregor Links Country Club, par 72

Section 1 finishers

2. Nina Choe (Ursuline) 73-75-148

3. Sofia Nogalo (Ursuline) 74-76-150

T7. Emma Lee (Scarsdale) 82-75-157

10. Julie Kret (Ursuline) 81-79-160

T18. Faith Petrino (Byram Hills/Fox Lane) 83-81-164

T18. Hailey Ryan (Rye) 82-82-163

T23. Allison Kahn (Scarsdale) 79-87-166

26. Jacqueline Lu (Scarsdale) 80-87-167

T31. Molly Stoltz (Bronxville) 89-83-172

T35. Sarah Brannigan (Ursuline) 84-90-174

NYSPHSAA boys championship

Carmel's Luke O'Grady-Rodgers posted a 1-over-par round of 73 Monday on the final day of the NYSPHSAA boys golf championships to vault into the Top 10. The junior's two-day total of 148 was the best among the nine Section 1 golfers who competed in the event at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira.

Eastchester freshman Kevin Wang also carded a final-round 73 to move into a tie for 20th. He and O'Grady-Rodgers earned all-state honors by virtue of a top-20 finish. Arlington senior Shaun Flaherty, who won the Section 1 championship last month, carded a 77 and was one of seven local players who fared better in Monday's final round.

The contingent from Section 1 tied for seventh among the 11 sections participating.

Here's a look at all of the Section 1 players' scores:

Scoring

At Mark Twain Golf Course, par 72

Section 1 finishers

T9. Luke O'Grady-Rodgers (Carmel) 75-73-148

T20. Kevin Wang (Eastchester) 79-73-152

T29. Tommy Mangan (Harrison) 79-75-154

46. Greydon O'Keefe (Bronxville) 82-77-159

T49. Shaun Flaherty (Arlington) 84-77-161

T49. Eric Soderberg (Pelham) 78-83-161

T83. Henry Hurvitz (Harrison) 89-85-174

T85. Dean DiGuglielmo (John Jay-Cross River) 93-83-176

WD Matthew Choe (Scarsdale) 84-WD*

*withdrew

Mike Dougherty covers boys soccer, boys lacrosse, girls basketball and golf for The Journal News/lohud.com. He can be reached at mdougher@lohud.com, or on Twitter @hoopsmbd, @lohudlacrosse, @lohudhoopsmbd and @lohudgolf.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Section 1 results from 2022 NYSPHSAA boys, girls golf championships