NORFOLK, Neb. -- Nebraska Wesleyan University new head men's golf coach David Clouse claimed the 2014 Nebraska Amateur Golf Championship title on Thursday (July 24) at Norfolk Country Club.

Clouse, who was named the head men's golf coach at his alma mater earlier this summer, shot the round of the championship on Thursday with a bogey-free, six-under 66 to finish at 275 (-13) for the championship.  The 54-year old becomes the oldest Nebraska Amateur Champion, breaking Tom Olson's record when he won the 1997 title at the age of 51.

Clouse, also the 1999 Champion, caught fire late on the front nine, after five straight pars, he chipped in for birdie on No. 6.  He made it back-to-back birdies on the par-3 seventh hole, hitting it tight and sinking the putt to get to nine-under for a four-shot lead.  Clouse then hit it long over the difficult ninth green, but hit a perfect chip that struck the middle of the flagstick and dropped for another birdie.

After Renen Sahr pulled within four strokes, Clouse answered rolling in a birdie putt on No. 11 and nearly holing out from the fairway on No. 12, then making the putt for another birdie, his fifth in seven holes.

Clouse then made five straight pars and had a six stroke lead playing No. 18.  He hit a wedge to 10-feet and sank the putt to seal the win, and post the lowest final round score in the 106 year history of the tournament.

The 1983 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan and member of the Athletic Hall of Fame, was an All-American golfer at NWU and will take over the Prairie Wolves golf program this fall.