Tickner, Hinckley take top honors at Norman Puckett Junior Championship George Tickner and Harper Hinckley took home the overall championships at the Norman Puckett Junior Championship on Aug. 7-8 at Natchez (Miss.) Golf Club. Tickner shot a first-round 74 and then a secondround 76 and finished tied with Davis Mercer, who shot a final-round 72.Tickner won in a playoff for the title over Mercer.Wesley Pippins was third at 151.All three players reside in Madison. On the girls side, Harper Hinckley (McComb, Miss.) carded two rounds of 71 to best Sophia Macias (Denham Springs, La.) by two strokes. Macias shot two rounds of 72. Both girls compete in the 13-15 age division. Mercer won the 16-18 boys division, while Tickner George Tickner Harper Hinckley also won the boys 14-15 division. Collins Herrington (Madison) won the boys 12-13 division. Rowdy Foster (Carriere, Miss.) and George Decker (Jackson, Miss.) split the boys 10-11 title. Micah Bertelsen (Natchez, Miss.) won the boys 9-and-under championship. In the girls division, Gracie Bloom (Pass Christian, Miss.) was tops in the 16-18 group. Harper Hinckley also won the 13-15 group. Katie Rae Bloom (Pass Christian, Miss.) won the 10-12 group. Office: 601.977.9411 Mobile: 601.951.5318 www.mississippigolfproperties.com TEE TO GREEN GOLF MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021 ONLINE ISSUE PAGE 18
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