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| Norton Brick |
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Birth Date: April 22, 1953 |
| Player Notes: |
| Works for Century Equipment, which is a dealer of Toro machinery, as a distributor of Toro mowing equipment to local golf clubs; lives only 1 _ hours from Inverness, but has never played there; in the Northeast Ohio Amateur, has finished everywhere in the top-10 but first-place; is the three-time defending Greater Cleveland Amateur champion; attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open many years ago, but nevera did qualify. This will be his first showing in a USGA event and, as he just turned 50, first time in a Senior Open. . . a dream come true. Remembers qualifying round at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Columbus as windy and rainy, double bogied the final hole which he assumed took him out of contention, but still ended up with 71, good for medalist honors; at Cleveland State, a walk on who wound up with a full scholarship; tells the story of night before NCAA tournament in California, where coaches changed his grip from baseball grip to interlocking, that year the team finished 11th in Division II; friend Joe Skupski, also an amateur, is an alternate from the Columbus site, the two planned on being the two qualifiers from Wedgewood but it didn’t work out that way, as Skupski lost in a playoff; has been married for 19 years, but has no children; golfing buddy Bob Quaisar will be caddieing for him after Quaisar claimed Brick as his player after learning that he had qualified for the Senior |
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