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Former Member Wins 1^st Title

Sandy, Utah (September 13, 2009)…With a three-under par 68 in Sunday’s final round, former Hooters Tour member Josh Teater, captured his first Nationwide Tour title at The Utah Championship.(picture left courtesy of Dennis/PGA TOUR)

Teater, a former standout at Morehead State, carded rounds of 65-67-64-68 for a four day total of twenty-under par 264 and a four stroke victory over Tyler Aldridge and a five stroke victory over former member John Kimbell, Andrew Buckle, Steve Wheatcroft and Matt Jones.

With the victory, Teater collects a first place check worth $99,000 and moves from 21^st on the money list to 8^th with $238,200 in earnings and virtually locks up a spot in the TOP 25 at season’s end. The TOP 25 earn their 2010 PGA TOUR cards.

"It's a great feeling," Teater acknowledged. "But you have to keep playing well to finish as high as possible in 'THE 25' to get in as many tournaments as possible next year, so I'm going to keep my foot down and try to keep making birdies."

Teater was a member of the Hooters Tour from 2003-2008. He made the cut in 69 of his 93 starts on the tour and earned over $167,000. Teater’s best season came in 2004 when he finished 13^th on the money list with over $49,000 in earnings.

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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