CENTRE COUNTY — The tournament action at Centre County golf clubs included the popular Osceola Open held at the Philipsburg Elks Club, the Red, White and Blue Tournament held at Skytop Mountain Golf Club and the AJGA Boys Junior All-Star Tournament held at the Toftrees Resort.
Here is a closer look at each of these events.
AJGA Boys’ Junior All-Star Tourney
The American Junior Golf Association All-Star Tournament returned to Toftrees for the fourth time from June 30 to July 3.
The event featured 96 boys aged 12-15 competing in a 54-hole stroke play format over the three days. There was a cut after the first 36 holes.
The boys — all members of the ICL Academy Junior All-Star Series — represented six different countries, 25 states, and had 30 members of the Class of 2029. There were seven Pennsylvania natives in the field.
The overall winner was Riku Takase of Takamatsushi, Japan, who shot a 4-under par 212 on the way to winning his first AJGA tournament. Takase shot a bogey-free front nine in his final round and carded a total of eight birdies. He also had an eagle on the par 5, 17th hole on Wednesday.
“I am very excited to have my first AJGA win,” Takase said. “I really enjoyed the course and had a lot of fun. My putting was the best part of my game this week.”
Second place went to Ryan Hang of Coto de Caza, Calif. Hang shot a 2-under par 214. Hang carded 11 birdies in the three rounds, and this was his fourth top five finish.
There was a two-way tie for third place.
Dustin Zhao of Maple, Ontario and Hudson Warner of Las Vegas, Nev. both shot 1-under par 215.
Parker Tokar of Orrtanna was the top Pennsylvania finisher with a 6-over 222.
Tournament stats, quotes and photos can be found at www.ajga.org.
Red, White and Blue Tournament.
The 5th Annual Red, White and Blue Tournament was held at the Skytop Mountain Golf Club on July 3 at the club.
The tournament — a four-person scramble with 11 participating teams — raised over $1,300 for the Port Matilda American Legion.
First place, with a score of 53 went to the team of Greg MacQueen, Dylan Hose, Tommy Reading and Clayton Frey. The team sank a 20-foot putt on the final hole that gave them the one stroke victory.
Second place, with a score of 54, was the team of Sam Williams, Mark Robbins, Kyle Kirsh and Preston Lanager.
Third place went to the team of Mathew Weinzen, Mathias Weinzen, Trevor Dyson and Jonathan Daviao.
Other winners included Closest to the Pin – Mike Conway, Longest Drive – Tommy Reading, and after a 3-person putt-off, Dylan McAndrew won the Ray Cook 56 degree wedge.
Upcoming events at Skytop include Casino Golf on July 26, Tyrone Football Outing on Aug. 8, and the Pets Come First Tournament on Aug. 15.
2026 Osceola Open
It may have been a sweltering hot day in Philipsburg, but the scores in the 2026 Osceola Open certainly didn’t reflect very many problems.
The tournament, played under the four-person shamble format, featured a full course for both a morning 7:30 a.m. tee time and an afternoon time of 1 p.m.
The shamble format has a team choose their best drive and then each player plays his or her own ball from that point. Every player plays his own ball on the par 3 holes. Winners were determined with both individual and team scores.
The overall individual winner was Jared Anderson with a net score of 14-under par 56 over the par 70 course.
Second place went to Johnny Harpster with a 12-under 58, and third place was Haylee Hayward at 11-under 59.
Payton Guelich, Tim Blake, Chris Thompson, Gabi Healy, Chris Sherkel, Mollie Neidrick and Jason Lankin rounded out the top 10.
In the team event, the first place winners were the team of Anderson, Guelich, Harpster and Thompson with a score of 38-under 102.
Second place went to Haylee Hayward, Hayden Hayward, Mike Horton, and Tyler Martin, and the third place team was Tim Blake, Sam Blake, Larry Blake, and Jason Lankin.
Gross skin winners were Spike Morelli, Anderson, Jeff Martell and Chirs Sherkel.
Net skin winners were Randy Way, Millie Neidrick, Tyler Martin, Georgiann Way, Spike Morelli, Anderson, Jim Moskel and Chris Sherkel.
Upcoming events at the club include Teeing Off for T-Cells on July 10, P-O Softball on July 17, and the Pete Byron Memorial on July 18.
