Skyler Fox Wins PIAA Class 2A Golf Championship

Riverside senior Skyler Fox has won the 2019 PIAA Class 2A Golf Championship held at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York, PA this week.

Fox fired a 1-over round of 72 on the second day of the tournament, separating himself from the field in winning by three strokes.

Fox, who shared the first-round lead with Elijah Ruppert of Brandywine Heights and Cam Colbert of Hickory, collected two second-round birdies Tuesday en route to a 144 two-round total (72-72). A shotgun start placed Fox off the back-nine to begin play and, after a slow start, played one-under on the front nine to pace himself to victory.

Austin Outman of Cowanesque Valley had a second-round low score of 70 and took second place at 147. Ruppert and Colbert both faded, each finishing five-over on Tuesday and 148 (+6) for the championship.

WPIAL champion JF Aber of Sewickley Academy finished ninth overall with a two-round total of 156 (81-75) for the tournament. The PIAA victory for Fox may surely atone for falling short in his bid for a fourth WPIAL championship last month. The PIAA Title is a first for Fox.

The champion was met with a police and fire escort around 9:00 pm Tuesday night and made his way through streets of Ellwood City and North Sewickley Township before finishing at Riverside High School.