August 2, 2007 - Brewington to play in PGA Nationwide Tour Event / Qualified for U.S. Amateur Tournament
August 2, 2007
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College Golf
Brewington to play in PGA Nationwide Tour Event/
Qualified for U.S. Amateur Tournament
LAWRENCEVILLE—Tyler Brewington (Orangeville, Pa./Benton), who will be a senior on the Rider University golf team in the fall, has received one of two sponsors exemptions and will play in the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic on the PGA Nationwide Tour in Scranton, Pennsylvania August 6-12. Brewington has also qualified for the 107th United States Amateur Tournament in San Francisco, California, August 20-26.
The PGA tournament, which consists of four rounds and match play, will be held at the 6,990 yard, par-70 Glenmaura National Golf Club with the U.S. Amateur hosted by the Olympic Club. Brewington is scheduled to tee off on August 9 at 2:00pm.
“It’s exciting,” said Brewington who received All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference honors with a third place finish in the conference championships this past spring. “The tournament is going to be on television and it’s going to be great exposure for our program.”
Brewington, along with Penn State grad Greg Pieczynski received the exemptions as the top local amateurs in Pennsylvania.
Brewington qualified for the U.S. Amateur after shooting a two-round score of 147 in qualifying on July 23 at the Meadowlands and Cedarbrook Country Clubs in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
“What Tyler has done and will do is big, not only for himself but for Rider University and the golf program,” said head coach and Rider grad Bob Whartenby. “I personally know how difficult it is to qualify for the U.S. Amateur and for Tyler to accomplish that is pretty impressive. It’s a big step in his career.”
Brewington himself has had a good set of footsteps to follow in as Whartenby also received All-MAAC honors and attempted to qualify for the U.S. Amateur. “Coach Whartenby has competed at a very high level and has helped me a lot with my swing,” said Brewington. “He has gone down the path that I am going down so that helps with the mental and physical preparation.”
“The U.S. Amateur is the top amateur tournament in the world,” Brewington added. “It took four tries but I finally made it. A lot of good players have never qualified for the U.S. Amateur and I didn’t want to be one of those guys. I have really high expectations for myself in both events and sometimes that can hurt me because you can try too hard but I just want to get through stroke play and qualify for match play. In match play, anything can happen. Guys like Tiger [Woods], Phil [Mickelson], Arnold [Palmer] and Jack [Nicklaus], guys you know by first name, they have won this tournament and by getting there you never know what can happen.”
Brewington’s goals for the future go far beyond the personal accomplishment of eventually turning pro. “Our golf program at Rider has a lot of talent,” Brewington said. “I hope my teammates see that I was able to do this, and that gives them the confidence so they realize that they have a chance to attain this level of competition.”
“You don’t have to go to a large school like Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech or Florida,” Brewington added. “You can accomplish things like this by going to Rider. I’m as equal as someone who qualified from U.S.C. or some of the other schools and that should help the team going forward.”
So if you happen to see a list of golf names at the end of the summer, you may have to add Tyler from Rider University to the list of household names like Tiger, Phil and Jack.
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