Born: April 18, 1917
Hometown: Meridian, MS
Year Induction: 1983
Deceased : January 13, 2016
Ole Miss (1935-1937)
Yale (1942-1943)
Mississippi Amateur champion (’39, ‘47, ’48)
Mississippi Amateur runner-up (’41, ‘48)
Northwood Country Club Champion (’33, ‘35-’38, ‘40, ’42, ‘47, ’48, ‘51)
Northwood Invitational champion (’41, ‘42, ’43, ‘46, ’48, ‘52)
Shot Northwood Country Club record 63 (’48)
83 tournament titles; 20 times tournament runner-up
Hunter George Weddington shot 19 holes-in-one in his career. He and his daughter, Lou Weddington Hart form the first father-daughter combination in history of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
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