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Brandon Crick won his duel with John Hurley to claim his second Nebraska Amateur golf title in three years.
“It means a lot, especially the scores I shot,'' Crick said. “I played the most solid week of golf probably in my career.''
Crick closed with a 68 Friday at Ironwood to finish at 17-under 271, matching the second-lowest winning score in tournament history. He finished four strokes ahead of Hurley, who ended at 13 under after a final-round 71.
“I got off to a good start, 2 under after seven, and I'm one back at that point, but the double bogey I made on 8 killed me,'' Hurley said. “You can't make double when he makes only three bogeys all week.''
Crick bogeyed the hole, but increased his lead to two strokes. Hurley never got closer. Crick had three birdies on the back nine, nearly acing the par-3 17th.
This week was another chapter in memorable summers for both small-town golfers.
Crick, from McCook, was a semifinalist in the U.S. Amateur Public Links championship last week. The University of Nebraska senior had the best showing in a USGA event for a Nebraskan since 1976.
Hurley, from O'Neill, won the state match-play title — beating Crick 1-up in the semifinals — and earlier this month was sixth in the national Players Amateur in South Carolina. The Texas A&M junior played No. 3 for the Aggies' first national championship team in men's golf.
Theirs is a friendly rivalry. Their parents sometimes walk together on the course.
“There might have been a little less talking to do than yesterday,'' Crick said. “We're both competitive people, and we're out there trying to do our best.''
Ben Tewes of Lincoln, a former Southern Methodist golfer, shot 69 to take third place at 9 under, ahead of Andrew Storm of Omaha (73) at 7 under.
In all, the eight golfers who broke par 288 were the most for the championship since 11 broke par at Lochland in 1998, when Steve Friesen of Lincoln shot the tournament record of 21 under.
Brandon Crick, McCook 67-67-69-68—271
John Hurley, O'Neill 67-68-69-71—275
Ben Tewes, Lincoln 75-69-66-69—279
Andrew Storm, Omaha 70-68-70-73—281
Bobby Knowles, Omaha 73-68-72-71—284
Ryan Nietfeldt, Omaha 71-71-69-73—284
Andy Sajevic, Fremont 76-73-70-66—285
Blake Giroux, Omaha 71-71-74-71—287
Mike Coatman, Lincoln 74-79-68-67—288
Josh Reinertson, Gibbon 81-72-66-71—290
John Sajevic, Fremont 73-72-71-74—290
Tom Gross, Omaha 72-74-75-70—291
Patrick Duffy, Omaha 74-72-74-71—291
Austin Zimmerman, Lincoln 71-72-75-73—291
John Sutko, Omaha 76-72-69-74—291
Bryce Brown, Lincoln 76-76-70-70—292
David Easley, Lincoln 72-71-75-74—292
Travis Minzel, Lincoln 74-76-72-71—293
E.J. Hamilton, Omaha 71-72-75-75—293
Patrick Hanzel, Lincoln 79-72-71-72—294
Rob Mullin, Omaha 71-74-74-75—294
Kevin Stanek, Bellevue 77-76-73-69—295
John Rasmussen, Omaha 76-69-74-76—295
Jayson Brueggemann, Lincoln 74-76-72-74—296
Greg Pohlmann, Columbus 75-71-73-77—296
Richard Schneider, Beemer 77-70-76-74—297
Michael Kampschneider, Omaha 74-78-75-71—298
Nick Vondrak, Omaha 74-75-75-74—298
Dylan Heng, Nebraska City 76-76-76-71—299
Tad Leistico, Omaha 74-75-72-78—299
Myron Parsley, Lincoln 74-76-76-74—300
Collin Craft, Omaha 75-73-77-75—300
Mike Vanier, Lincoln 77-75-73-75—300
Scott Tridle, Lincoln 78-72-74-76—300
Alex Farrell, Kearney 70-76-73-81—300
Adam Shiffermiller, Omaha 79-72-78-72—301
Tim Davis, Cozad 75-76-74-76—301
Chad Elder, Kearney 75-75-79-74—303
Pete Godwin, Omaha 81-72-75-75—303
Ryan Knispel, Omaha 74-75-78-76—303
Steve Stevenson, Lincoln 77-74-76-76—303
David Ping, Omaha 76-76-74-77—303
Steve Blocher, West Point 75-78-71-79—303
Nate Jaeger, Lexington 75-71-76-81—303
Jordan Reinertson, Gibbon 77-75-76-76—304
Larry Sock, Lincoln 76-74-76-78—304
Kevin Gillick, Lincoln 77-73-75-79—304
Devon Kastler, Kearney 77-72-79-77—305
Mark Stovie, Omaha 74-79-75-77—305
Kris Koelzer, Wood River 78-71-79-78—306
Ryan Butler, Superior 73-78-76-79—306
Dave Overman, Omaha 77-76-77-79—309
Ed Person, Omaha 77-74-79-81—311
Tom Kelley, Omaha 74-79-78-81—312
Will Anderson, Lincoln 73-78-82-80—313
David Walker, Omaha 76-76-81-82—315
Ben Porter, Kearney 74-76-78—DQ
David Paulus, Lincoln 75-78-85—WD
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