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3 Past NGA Players Looking for Lucky 13 on PGA Tour
 
Longs, SC—Last week, current NGA Hooters Tour members Roberto Castro and Nick Rousey showed the difference between succeeding on the NGA Hooters Tour and the Nationwide Tour can be as simple as an opportunity.
 
In the PHS Wichita Open, current member Castro, in just his third start this year on the Nationwide Tour, finished at 19-under 265 to take second place while Rousey, a Monday qualifier, shot a final-round 63 to move from 40th to fourth in just his second start on the Nationwide Tour.
 
Castro’s $60,000 payday pushed him to 57th on the money list in three tournaments, and his recent red-hot play also put him atop the PGATour.com’s Power Rankings for this week’s event.
 
With their stout showings, Rousey and Castro will again be teeing it up on the Nationwide Tour in this week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo. Joining the duo will be a smattering of fellow NGA members and slue of past NGA players.
 
Current NGA members Robert Streb, Philip Pettitt Jr., Chad Ginn and Ryan Spears hope to follow the example set last week by Castro and Rousey. Pettitt and Streb both shot 65s in the Monday qualifier to secure their spots in the Price Cutter Charity Championship while Ginn and Spears posted 64s to gain entries into the event. Current NGA member Ted Potter is also in the event as well current members Travis Bertoni, Wes Homan and Rhein Gibson. 
 
And don’t be surprised to see a current or former NGA Hooters Tour player hoisting the hardware on Sunday afternoon, considering that 81 of them are in the field. Not to mention that former NGA golfers Jeff Cook, Stewart Cink, Ryan Howison, Steve Haskins, Brad Ott and Roger Tambellini have won the tournament before.
 
In the PGA Championship, over 30 former NGA Hooters Tour players will be vying for the final PGA “Major” of the season at Whistling Straits. Jim Furyk, a former NGA member, holds down the No. 7 position in the Power Rankings and has to be mentioned among the favorites. And don’t count out former NGA Hooters Tour players John Daly, David Toms and Shaun Micheel, who all have won the PGA Championship before. Entering the PGA Championship, past NGA players have an astounding 12 “Majors” between them. Could this be the week for Lucky 13?
 
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; Lucas Glover, 2009 US Open Champion; Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters Champion; Shaun Micheel, the 2003 PGA 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 12 “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.
 
For more information, visit: www.HootersTour.com.
 
 
Former NGA Players in the PGA Championship:
  1. Ryan Benzel
  2. Kris Blanks
  3. Jason Bohn
  4. Chad Campbell
  5. Stewart Cink
  6. Ben Curtis
  7. John Daly
  8. Brendon de Jonge
  9. Kyle Flinton
  10. Jim Furyk
  11. Brian Gay
  12. Lucas Glover
  13. Scott Hebert
  14. David Hutsell
  15. Zach Johnson
  16. Jerry Kelly
  17. Derek Lamely
  18. Tom Lehman
  19. Mitch Lowe
  20. Bill Lunde
  21. George McNeil
  22. Shaun Micheel
  23. Sean O’Hair
  24. Ryan Palmer
  25. John Senden
  26. Sonny Skinner
  27. Heath Slocum
  28. Mike Small
  29. Chip Sullivan
  30. Vaughn Taylor
  31. David Toms
  32. Camilo Villegas
  33. Bubba Watson
  34. Boo Weekley
  35. Oliver Wilson
Alts:
  1. Chris Riley
  2. John Rollins
 
 
 
 
 
Current and Former NGA Players in the Price Cutter Charity Championship:
  1. Brad Adamonis
  2. Joe Affrunti
  3. Ryan Armour
  4. Brian Bateman
  5. Nick Beach
  6. Camilo Benedetti
  7. Travis Bertoni
  8. Matthew Borchert
  9. Keegan Bradley
  10. David Branshaw
  11. Josh Broadaway
  12. Scott Brown
  13. Ted Brown
  14. Dan Buchner
  15. Roberto Castro
  16. Paul Claxton
  17. Robert Damron
  18. Bubba Dickerson
  19. Ken Duke
  20. Joel Edwards
  21. Todd Fischer
  22. Nick Flanagan
  23. Keven Fortin-Simard
  24. Tommy Gainey
  25. Robert Gamez
  26. Rhein Gibson
  27. Chad Ginn
  28. Kelly Grunewald
  29. Scott Gutschewski
  30. Robert Gwin
  31. Ty Harris
  32. Bob Heintz
  33. Jim Herman
  34. Justin Hicks
  35. Ryan Hietala
  36. Wes Homan
  37. Jesse Hutchins
  38. Brandt Jobe
  39. Andrew Johnson
  40. J.J. Killeen
  41. John Kimbell
  42. Kevin Kisner
  43. Brett Lederer
  44. Bronson La’Cassie
  45. Luke List
  46. Bobby BacWhinnie
  47. William McGirt
  48. Fernando Mecherefee
  49. Brett Melton
  50. David Morland IV
  51. Madalisto Muthiya
  52. Rob Oppenheim
  53. Justin Peters
  54. Philip Pettitt Jr.
  55. Stephen Poole
  56. Ted Potter Jr.
  57. Rick Price
  58. Kyle Reifers
  59. Tag Ridings
  60. David Robinson
  61. Nick Rousey
  62. Dave Schultz
  63. Jason Schultz
  64. Michael Sims
  65. Nathan Smith
  66. Sal Spallone
  67. Ryan Spears
  68. Scott Stallings
  69. B.J. Staten
  70. Scott Sterling
  71. Darron Stiles
  72. Robert Streb
  73. Andrew Svoboda
  74. Kyle Thompson
  75. Brendon Todd
  76. Emmett Turner
  77. Nathan Tyler
  78. Brian Vranesh
  79. Dustin White
  80. Ron Whittaker
  81. Casey Wittenberg
  82. Gary Woodland