News >> Brigman Wins First Title Since 2003
Past Players Place Well on PGA, Nationwide Tours
Longs, SC—Former NGA Hooters Tour player D.J. Brigman shot a final round 64 to win the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational on the Scarlet Course at the Ohio State University Club.
Brigman, who played on the NGA Hooters Tour in 2000- 2002, found himself trailing former NGA player Nick Flanagan going into the final round, but his stellar round was good enough for a one-stroke win over Jamie Lovemark.
Flanagan finished tied for third along with former NGA Hooters Tour player David Mathis. William McGirt, who played on the NGA Hooters Tour in 2007 and 2008, finished seventh and jumped inside the top 25 on the money list. Past NGA player Tag Ridings continued his solid play on the Nationwide Tour, grabbing his sixth top-10 of the season with his ninth-place effort.
All total, former NGA Hooters Tour players took 14 of the top-25 positions in the event.
On the PGA Tour, 50 former NGA Hooters Tour players teed it up in the RBC Canadian Open at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Former player Brendon de Jonge led that group with a 13th-place finish in the event. However, nearly 50 percent of former NGA players finished in the money at the Canadian National Championship.
The NGA Hooters Tour is the 3rd largest men’s 72-hole professional golf tour in the country behind the PGA and Nationwide Tours and boasts an impressive list of alumni.
Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open Champion; Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters Champion; Shaun Micheel, the 2003 British Open Champion; Ben Curtis, winner of the 2003 British Open; Jim Furyk, winner of the 2003 US Open; Lee Janzen, a two-time US Open winner; John Daly, a British Open and PGA Champion; Tom Lehman, winner of the British Open; David Toms, a past PGA Champion; Chad Campbell, the 2003 Tour Championship winner; Vaughn Taylor, a two-time Reno Tahoe Open winner; and Craig Perks, winner of the TPC, tested their mettle on the NGA Hooters Tour before tasting success on golf’s grandest stage.
All told, the NGA Hooters Tour’s alumni have an incredible 11 “Majors” to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped hundreds of professionals acquire their PGA, Senior PGA, and Nationwide Tour cards. In fact, 48% of the players that earned their 2010 PGA Tour card, and 53% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the NGA Hooters Tour.
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