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HUSKERS IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF Sieckmann was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 2005. His daughter, Lauren, was a setter for the Nebraska volleyball team in 2012. In 2015, Sieckmann purchased the Palmbrook Country Club in Sun City, Ariz. Mike Schuchart (Lincoln, Nebraska) Following in the footsteps of Tom Sieckmann and Mark Maness, Mike Schuchart became the third Husker golfer to earn a spot on the PGA Tour. Schuchart, who was the Nebraska Class A Individual State Champion at Lincoln East High School in 1979, earned a place on the PGA Tour for the first time in 1990. He was back on the PGA Tour in 1993, before turning his attention to teaching. An eight-time Nebraska PGA Section Player of the Year (1992, 2002-08), Schuchart has been a PGA Class A Professional for 27 years. He was named the Nebraska PGA Teacher of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2019 and was named the Nebraska PGA Professional of the Year in 2016. He is the Head Professional/
Director of Instruction at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln. He was also an assistant coach for the Nebraska women’s golf team from 2002 to 2018. Schuchart was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 2010. He was a four-time letterwinner at Nebraska (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985). Mark Maness (Carrollton, Texas) A member of the PGA Tour in 1988, Mark Maness was the second Husker to earn a spot on the professional tour. Following his stint on the PGA Tour, Maness became an outstanding instructor and is currently a PGA Professional at the Golden Bear Golf Center in Carrollton, Texas. In 2004, he was named the Northern Texas PGA Teacher of the Year. He has served as the Director of Instruction at The Golf Center at the Highlands for 25 years (1995-2019). He also spent seven years with the Nicklaus/Flick Golf Schools (19962002) and eight years training instructors for Nicklaus Academies. He was the Head Golf
Brandon Crick was a fixture on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 and 2020, including a trip to the Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2019.
Professional at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in McKinney, Texas (1993-95). Maness was a fouryear letterman at Nebraska (1980-83). Ty Capps (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) A talented golfer out of Colorado High School powerhouse Thunder Ridge, Ty Capps was active on PGA Tour Latinoamerica, the Nationwide Tour, the Adams Tour, the Florida Professional Golf Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He captured a PGA Tour Latinoamerica victory at the Roberto De Vincenzo Invitational Copa NEC in 2014. Capps spent two seasons at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Ariz., before lettering for the Huskers in 2006 and 2007.
A member of the PGA Tour in 1990 and 1993, Mike Schuchart is the long-time Head PGA Professional/ Director of Instruction at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln. Schuchart is an eight-time Nebraska PGA Section Player of the Year and a four-time Nebraska PGA Teacher of the Year. He was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 2010.
Brandon Crick (McCook, Nebraska) Brandon Crick has been active on several professional tours since completing his final season at Nebraska in 2010. Most recently, Crick competed in a full schedule of Korn Ferry Tour events in 2020, after finishing in the Top 50 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list in 2019. He previously participated on the Web.Com Tour, The Dakotas Tour, the eGolf Tour, the Adams Tour, Dreamchasers Tour and the Gateway Tour. He joined the Web.com Tour in 2016. Crick was a member of two Class B state championship teams at McCook High School, producing a trio of top-three individual finishes. He competed at Gonzaga in 2007 and 2008, earning West Coast Conference Freshman-of-the-Year honors in 2007. He transferred to Nebraska and earned letters for the Huskers in 2009 and 2010. He was the Nebraska Amateur of the Year in 2009 and earned an NCAA Regional bid in 2010. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in 2015.
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