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1995 NGA Hooters Tour Alumni Stewart Cink Wins First Career Major Championship

Turnberry, Scotland (July 19, 2009)… Former Hooters Tour winner Stewart Cink held off Tom Watson in a playoff to collect his first Major Championship at the BRITISH OPEN contested over The Ailsa Championship Course in Turnberry, Scotland. (AP Photo/ Matt Dunham)

The former Georgia Tech golfer fired rounds of 66-72-71-69 for a four day total of two-under par 278 and a spot in a playoff with Tom Watson. After Watson played the traditional British Open four-hole playoff in four over par, Cink was able to capture the Claret Jug finishing the playoff at two under par.

“It’s mixed feelings, because I’ve watched him (Watson) with such admiration all week” Cink said of the playoff victory over the 59 year old Watson.

"I feel like whether Tom was 59 or 29, you know, he was one of the field, and I had to play against everybody in the field and the course to come out on top," Cink commented. "I don't think anything can be taken away. Somebody may disagree with that, but it's going to be hard to convince me."

Along with the Claret Jug, Cink collected $1,221,005 for the win and moved into 13th place in the FEDEX Cup Points Standings. The Open victory was Cink's sixth on the PGA TOUR.

The NGA/Hooters Tour is the 3^rd largest men’s 72-hole professional golf tour in the country behind the PGA and Nationwide Tours, and boasts alumni like 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk, 2003 British Open Champion Ben Curtis, British and PGA Champion John Daly, Two-time US Open Champion Lee Janzen, British Open Champion Tom Lehman as well as PGA Champion David Toms, Tour Championship winner Chad Campbell and back to back Reno Tahoe Winner Vaughn Taylor to name just a few. In all told, the NGA Hooters Tour alumni have an incredible ELEVEN MAJOR championships to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 golf professionals acquire their PGA, Nationwide and Champion’s Tour cards. In fact, 32% of the players that earned their 2009 PGA Tour cards and 42% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the Hooters Tour.

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