Quaker Valley grad Tanabe leads Pennsylvania Amateur after 2 rounds
Chris Tanabe shot a 5-under-par 65 on Tuesday during Round 2 of the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 106th annual Amateur Championship and takes a three-shot lead into the final round Wednesday at Aronimink Golf Club near Newtown Square.
The 2017 Quaker Valley grad will be a junior at Bucknell in the fall.
He began the second round with an eagle. He shot a 28 on the front nine. Tanabe is at 6-under par 134.
Tanabe leads Nate Menon and Zach Barbin, both at 3-under 137.
Latrobe’s Brady Pevarnik and Peters Township’s Connor Schmidt are tied for 14th at 1-over par 141.
Greensburg’s Mark Goetz is tied for 19th at 3-over 143.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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