Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
Williamson won at least a third of the golf tournaments he entered during his four years at Chadron State. He broke into the sport at CSC with a bang. He won the first tournament his freshman year before he had met the coach, Harry Simonton, or practiced with the Eagles. The tourney was at Rapid City, S.D., and the CSC contingent swung by his home in Custer, S.D., to take him along.
“That was great coaching,” Simonton remarked several years afterwards.
Williamson’s collegiate career was highlighted by winning first place at the NAIA District 11 Tournament in 1974 with a 141 total over 36 holes.
After graduating, Williamson won countless tournaments in the region. He qualified for the U.S. Golf Association’s Mid-Amateur Tournament in Dallas in 1987, and won the Nebraska Amateur Golf Championship in 1994 by shooting eight strokes under par and five strokes better than the runner-up. He has been the Chadron State registrar since 1992.
