Norton, Kulka Earn Jackson County Titles at Mercer Event

Natalie Kulka.   Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.

By Jeff Steers
JTV Sports

(June 27, 2022 7:52 PM) It was a good day Jackson High School golfers.

Junior Colin Norton and senior Natalie Kulka earned titles at the R.W. Mercer Jackson Junior Golf Tour event at Cascades Golf Course on Monday.

The Mercer Tour winner at Cascades is named as the Jackson Junior County champion.

Norton shot a 6-under-par 66 at Cascades in winning the tournament and the age 15/16 group.

Kulka won the girls’ event with an 81 and also won the girls’ 16-up event for 18 holes.

Jayce Swihart won the boys’ 10-under for nine holes with a 46; Sam Swihart won the boys 11-13 title for nine holes with a 41; Jake Brafford won the boys 13/14 event for 18 holes scoring an 88; and Justin Bunch shot a 2-under-par 70 claiming the boys’ age 17/18 event.

Camryn Boldt won the girls’ 13-up nine hole event scoring a 66, and Maggie Loomis won the girls’ 13-15 event for 18 holes scoring a 134.

The Mercer Tour will take a couple of weeks off with the next event on July 13 at Burr Oak Golf Course.  

R.W. Mercer Jackson Junior Golf Tour

County Open at Cascades Golf Course

Boys 10 under, nine holes

Jayce Swihart 46

Jacob Sturgill 50

Brayden Jenks 57

Logan Banks 59

Brecken Gough 60

Boys 11-13, nine holes

Sam Swihart 41

Andrew Boldt 46

Aiden Mohlman 46

Sullivan Mohlman 46

Maden Brady 47

Andrew Parrott 47

Lucas Schwartz 47

Leo Nguyen 48

Carson Spencer 48

Brandon Kulka 50

Shawn Potter 51

Gabe Cooper 54

Maddox Mulnix 54

Soren Crosthwaite 54

Cooper Flick 56

Parker Gough 56

Spencer Johnson 56

Lucas Parrott 57

Jack Sturgill 60

Patrick Thompson 69

Naveen Kulkarni 70

Warren Huffman 76

Boys 13/14, 18 holes

Jake Brafford 88

Brandon Ruhl 93

Eli Bowman 103

Darius Ambs 105

Brady Baum 107

Anderson Jacobs 107

Ian Knoblauch 121

Javen Palmer 135

Boys 14-up, nine holes

Cayne Hays 62

Cooper McBride 79

Boys 15/16, 18 holes

Colin Norton 66

Carson Ritz 74

Jacob Rothman 82

Jacob England 84

Cody Rowe 84

Hayden Kim 85

Connor Parisien 85

Charlie Saunders 85

Kamryn Banks 87

Hoyt Wrona 87

Eli Herrington 88

Bentley Coon 89

J.J. Miller 90

Anthony Kulka 91

Nate Arntz 94

Carter Baker 97

Hikura Matzen 97

Zachary Mains 99

Eagan Lewis 111

Tobin Warren 117

Daniel Puckett 124

Boys 17/18, 18 holes

Justin Bunch 70

Ben Maino 72

Nash Hanchett 74

Josh Baker 76

Ryder Pickering 76

Brendan Stevens 79

Brady Applegate 80

Ridley Fast 88

Zander Brezvai 100

Jacob Beer 104

Zachary Puckett 118

Girls 13-up, nine holes

Camryn Boldt 66

Girls 13-15, 18 holes

Maggie Loomis 134

Girls 16-up, 18 holes

Natalie Kulka 81

Anna McClure 84

Logan Bentley 86

Sydnie Redovich 88

Anna Reisner 93

Kyleigh Ramos 98

Alexa Spencer 99

Lucy Whelan 99

Marrisa Berro 107

Brenna DuMont 108

Emma Hubbard 120

Rylie Raehtz 128

Madalynn Williamson 128