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Former Member Wins Third Title

Springfield, MO (August 16, 2009)…Another week on the Nationwide Tour another victory by a former Hooters Tour member. Justin Bolli, who started three strokes behind the leaders, birdied five of his final nine holes for his third career Nationwide Tour title.

Bolli, a former walk-on at the University of Georgia, carded rounds of 65-67-69-66 for a four day total of twenty-one under par 267 and a one stroke victory over former Hooters Tour members Chad Collins and Derek Lamely.

With the victory, Bolli’s $125,000 first-place check moves him from 17^th to 8^th on the Nationwide’s money list with nearly $247,000 in earnings. Currently 8^th on the money list, Bolli has secured his spot in the season ending Top 25 and a guaranteed spot on the PGA Tour next season.

"I'm definitely looking forward to getting back to the big tour," he said. "But it doesn't change my mindset for this season -- I need to keep playing events and keep playing well. It's very important how high you finish for your priority and status."

Bolli was a member of the Hooters Tour from 2000-2003 collecting three wins, most recently during the 2003 season where he won the President’s Broadwater Casino Classic.

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 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink, 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 41% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the Hooters Tour.

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