Thor and Fiddle Claim Top Honors at MPGA Junior Public Links

OAKDALE, Minn. – Converting a late eagle Friday at Oak Marsh Golf Course helped Taylor Thor to a 7-over 112, claiming a one-stroke victory at the 39th Minnesota Junior Public Links Championship.

Thor posted a 5-over 75 during the first 18 holes of the championship to trail by two strokes with nine holes to play before she played her final four holes in 2-under par, thanks to an eagle at the par-5 seventh.

Finishing with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth, Thor claimed a one-stroke victory over Briana Simek.

Simek carded a 4-over 74 to open the championship one shot back of the lead, but she would stumble with three bogeys over her first five holes and would card a bogey at the 27th hole of the championship to fall one stroke short of Thor at 8-over 113.

Madalyn Fee posted a 9-over 114 to finish third, while Addie Schinka placed fourth by carding a 10-over 115, three shots back.

A Late-Round Flurry Steers Fiddle to Boys’ Title
Capping off the final nine holes of play at the 39th MPGA Junior Public Links Championship with an eagle-birdie-birdie finish, White Bear Lake High School sophomore Easton Fiddle cruised to four-stroke victory over Wayzata’s Tyler Hoppe.

Fiddle finished the first 18 holes of regulation in a tie with Hoppe after both carded a 4-under 66 before Fiddle posted three birdies and an eagle to pull away with a four-shot win.

Hoppe played 26 holes of bogey-free golf before his lone blemish on the scorecard came at the par-4 ninth. Hoppe would go on to post a 5-under 100 to finish second.

Edina’s Charlie Nielson played his final nine holes in 1-over 36 to card an even par 105 to finish third.