Ryan Mccormick Of Suburban Wins Bergen Amateur Championship

Ryan McCormick of Suburban, winner of the 2012 State Amateur, added another championship to his resume on Sunday, Sept. 8, when he won the Bergen County Amateur Championship at Rockleigh Golf Course.

McCormick, the 2012 NJSGA Player of the Year, shot an 1-over-par 72 over the final day despite shooting 5-over-par on his final four holes. His 67-72-139 total was four shots better than seven players who tied at 143. Included in that group was Mike Hyland of Little Mill, the 1998 State Amateur champion.

Of interest, Pat Wilson of Panther Valley, the Met Amateur champion who leads this year’s NJSGA Player of the Year race, missed the cut with a 78, and caddied for McCormick on the final day. McCormick turns 22 on Nov. 7.

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In 2012, McCormick became only the fifth player in history to win the NJSGA and MGA Amateurs in the same year and the first since 1949. He also was within one stroke of winning the Met Open, but nonetheless won low amateur honors. He would have become the first golfer ever to win all three in the same summer.

The Player of the Year Award recognizes the top amateur player in the state.

McCormick is the second youngest to win the player of the Year. Chris Nallen of Panther Valley, born in April, was also 20 when he won the first Player of the Year Award in 2002. Nallen is currently a standout player on the Web.com Tour.

McCormick, a senior at St. John’s University, finished with 958.75 points to edge two-time Player of the Year Brian Komline of Black Oak, the 2012 Mid-Amateur winner, who totaled 916.25 points. Komline last year became the first to win all five NJSGA majors.