RYAN VERMEER CAPTURES NATIONAL CAR RENTAL NEBRASKA IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 3, 2015
PGA ASSISTANT CHAMPIONSHIP
Contact: David Honnens
402-489-7760
dhonnens@pgahq.com
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Ryan Vermeer of Omaha, Nebraska won the National Car
Rental Nebraska PGA Assistant Championship Monday, August 3 rd at Riverside Golf
Club in Grand Island, Nebraska
By winning, Vermeer qualified for the 38th National Car Rental PGA Assistant
Championship, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, at PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker Course) in Port St.
Lucie, Fla. The facility will be hosting its nineteenth consecutive PGA Assistant
Championship.
Vermeer posted a final-round 66 for a tournament total of 137 and a one-stroke
victory over Alex Carper of Lincoln. Carper was the leader after round one with a oneunder-par 70. Both players got off to a hot start in their afternoon rounds and separated
themselves from the field. Carper’s stellar play also earned him a spot into the 38 th
National Car Rental PGA Assistant Championship.
The 132-man field for this year’s 39th edition of the PGA Assistant Championship
consists of the top-4 finishers from last year’s Championship, if eligible, as well
assistant’s and apprentices from a weighted average of total entries of the 41 PGA
Sections.
The winner of the 39th National Car Rental PGA Assistant Championship earns
$9,000 out of a total purse of $100,000. The top-70 finishers and ties after the second
round will make the cut.
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1 Ryan Vermeer Tiburon GC
2 Alex Carper
Hidden Valley
3 Brent McGrew Quail Run
T4 Devon Kastler Ashland GC
T4 Jacob Pribnow The Country Club of Linco
6 Billy Keane Sioux City Country Club
71-66--137 -7
70-68--138 -6
74-73--147 +3
74-75--149 +5
74-75--149 +5
72-78--150 +6
7 Jonathan Moore Field Club of Omaha
8 Tony Baranowski Shadow Ridge CC
T9 Alex Janssen Sioux City Country Club
T9 Brandon Wedding Happy Hollow
11 Tom Johnson Champions Run
T12 Kalan Fread
Awarii Dunes GC
T12 Jon Robins
The Pines Country Club
14 Joel Wiest
Champions Run
T15 Tyler Lane
Stone Creek
T15 Nick Onken
Oakland GC
17 Scott Ethington Eagle Run GC
18 James Weaver Lochland Country Club
19 Mark Christensen Jackrabbit Run Golf Course
20 Brian Radebaugh Benson Park GC
76-75--151 +7
73-79--152 +8
76-77--153 +9
77-76--153 +9
73-81--154 +10
80-75--155 +11
75-80--155 +11
79-79--158 +14
82-77--159 +15
83-76--159 +15
80-86--166 +22
83-85--168 +24
85-84--169 +25
93-81--174 +30