Amateur Golfer of the Year Award (2009)

CRICK IS AMATEUR GOLFER OF THE YEAR

The Nebraska Golf Association (NGA) is proud to announce Brandon Crick of McCook as recipient of its’ 2009 Nebraska Amateur Golfer of the Year award.

Crick claimed his third men's state championship last July winning the 101st Nebraska Amateur Championship at Omaha's Ironwood Golf & Country Club. Just prior to that, Crick advanced to the semifinals of the United States Golf Association's (USGA) Amateur Public Links Championship played at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma. It was the furthest any Nebraskan had advanced in a USGA championship since 1972 when the tournament format was stroke play.

In addition to his July success, Crick made it to the semifinals of the Nebraska Match Play Championship, advanced to sectional qualifying for the United States Open, was topped in a play-off for Nebraska's lone spot in the U.S. Amateur and was runner-up, again following a play-off, at the Ironwood Classic. Crick also competed as a member of the NGA squad in the Nebraska Cup Matches against the state's top golf professionals.

The 21-year old Crick is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln competing for the men's Husker golf team. It is the first time he has been recognized as the state's top amateur golfer.

Crick will receive his award Friday at the Nebraska Golf Association's annual awards banquet. In addition, the NGA will recognize the boy’s and girl’s junior amateur golfers of the year, the women’s amateur golfer of the year and each of the 2009 amateur golf champions.

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