Maine's Jack Wyman Savoring Home-Course Experience at 89th New England Amateur Championship
Jack Wyman - Portland CC (ME)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18. 2018
FALMOUTH, Maine -- Since the summer of 2017, Portland County Club’s Jack Wyman has been the player to beat in Maine.
The 27 year-old southpaw is competing in this week’s New England Amateur Championship at his home course coming off his second consecutive Maine Amateur title. Wyman shot a three-round total of 207 (-6) at Belgrade Lakes Golf Club last week to become the first player since 2011 to defend his title at the state amateur.
Wyman has been one of the top players in the Pine Tree State over the last decade, but his win at the Maine Amateur at Brunswick GC last summer took his confidence to a new level, and top finishes in big events have been a regular occurrence even since.
Wyman was the low amateur at the 2017 Charlie’s Maine Open, and followed that with runner-up finishes at the MSGA’s Match Play Invitational and Mid-Amateur Championship later in the summer.
“After winning last year I definitely found some confidence and I feel like I can compete when I’m playing well,” Wyman admits.
His torrid play last year won him the Dr. Leonardo Buck Player of the Year award, the annual accolade given to the top player in Maine in a year-long points race.
Wyman, who resides in nearby South Freeport, graduated from Endicott College in 2014. Though he holds an MBA from the North Shore school, he has put his business career on hold while he decides if he’s going to pursue golf any further.
Playing in this year’s New England Amateur at his home course is special for Wyman, as he’s been roaming the grounds with his family at Portland CC his entire life, even before he picked up a club for the first time. He’s since won the club championship five of the last six years to join an impressive group of players whose names adorn the walls of the clubhouse, among them 5-time Maine Amateur and 32-time Portland club champion Dr. Ray Lebel.
“Portland has been great this week, and it’s a class event,” he tells. “I love being around here, so it’s been a great week so far.”
Portland CC was one of the founding clubs of the Maine State Golf Association, so it’s only fitting that next year Portland CC will host the 100th Maine Amateur Championship.
Wyman is unsure what the future holds, but if he’s still around and remains an amateur, he’s excited at the chance to play in the Amateur on home turf and will look to become the first player to win three straight titles since Mark Plummer accomplished the feat in 2002.
FALMOUTH, Maine -- Since the summer of 2017, Portland County Club’s Jack Wyman has been the player to beat in Maine.
The 27 year-old southpaw is competing in this week’s New England Amateur Championship at his home course coming off his second consecutive Maine Amateur title. Wyman shot a three-round total of 207 (-6) at Belgrade Lakes Golf Club last week to become the first player since 2011 to defend his title at the state amateur.
Wyman has been one of the top players in the Pine Tree State over the last decade, but his win at the Maine Amateur at Brunswick GC last summer took his confidence to a new level, and top finishes in big events have been a regular occurrence even since.
Wyman was the low amateur at the 2017 Charlie’s Maine Open, and followed that with runner-up finishes at the MSGA’s Match Play Invitational and Mid-Amateur Championship later in the summer.
“After winning last year I definitely found some confidence and I feel like I can compete when I’m playing well,” Wyman admits.
His torrid play last year won him the Dr. Leonardo Buck Player of the Year award, the annual accolade given to the top player in Maine in a year-long points race.
Wyman, who resides in nearby South Freeport, graduated from Endicott College in 2014. Though he holds an MBA from the North Shore school, he has put his business career on hold while he decides if he’s going to pursue golf any further.
Playing in this year’s New England Amateur at his home course is special for Wyman, as he’s been roaming the grounds with his family at Portland CC his entire life, even before he picked up a club for the first time. He’s since won the club championship five of the last six years to join an impressive group of players whose names adorn the walls of the clubhouse, among them 5-time Maine Amateur and 32-time Portland club champion Dr. Ray Lebel.
“Portland has been great this week, and it’s a class event,” he tells. “I love being around here, so it’s been a great week so far.”
Portland CC was one of the founding clubs of the Maine State Golf Association, so it’s only fitting that next year Portland CC will host the 100th Maine Amateur Championship.
Wyman is unsure what the future holds, but if he’s still around and remains an amateur, he’s excited at the chance to play in the Amateur on home turf and will look to become the first player to win three straight titles since Mark Plummer accomplished the feat in 2002.
