From Hooters Tour To Butler Cabin
Former Hooters Tour Member Johnson Wins The Masters
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Augusta, GA (April 8, 2007)…With a tap-in par on the final hole, Hooters Tour alumnus Zach Johnson shocked the golf world Sunday by capturing his first Major title by winning The Masters at the incredibly tough Augusta National Golf Club. The win is Johnson’s first since winning the Bellsouth in the 2004 season.
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"I knew if I stayed in the present, I'd do well,'' he said. "I kept rolling that ball, and it was my day, I guess. Pretty lucky.''
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Augusta, GA (April 8, 2007)…With a tap-in par on the final hole, Hooters Tour alumnus Zach Johnson shocked the golf world Sunday by capturing his first Major title by winning The Masters at the incredibly tough Augusta National Golf Club. The win is Johnson’s first since winning the Bellsouth in the 2004 season.The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native fired rounds of 71-72-76-69 for a four day total of one-over par 289, and a two stroke victory over world number one Tiger Woods, two-time US Open winner Retief Goosen and Rory Sabatini. Johnson’s final round 69 was fueled by three birdies on a crucial four-hole stretch on the back nine. Johnson’s one-over par 289 matched the highest winning score in The Masters since 1956.
"I felt like I've been blessed and I'm good enough to take home the green jacket,''
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said the 31-year old Johnson. "That's what I was trying to tell myself the entire time and it worked out in my favor.''
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said the 31-year old Johnson. "That's what I was trying to tell myself the entire time and it worked out in my favor.''
“I did not go for any (par-5) green in two this week,” Johnson said. “I had limitations on what clubs I had to have in. I had good lay-up numbers. I had a good game plan on how to approach every pin. I don’t have many wedges into many of the holes here, so I was able to take advantage of good numbers.”
With his win, Johnson collects $1,305,000 and becomes the tenth winner of a Major by an alumnus of the Hooters Tour. Johnson joins John Daly (British Open and PGA), Lee Janzen (Two US Opens), Tom Lehman (British Open), David Toms (PGA), Jim Furyk (US Open), Ben Curtis (British Open) and Shaun Micheel (PGA).
"I knew if I stayed in the present, I'd do well,'' he said. "I kept rolling that ball, and it was my day, I guess. Pretty lucky.''Johnson played the Hooters Tour during the 2001 and 2002 seasons and the first two events of the 2003 season collecting four wins and Player of the Year honors in 2001. In his 38 starts, Johnson made the cut in 36 with 24 top tens and over $206,700 in earnings and had a scoring average of 69.051
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 alumni like 2007 Masters Winner Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 British Open champion
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Ben Curtis, 2003 US Open champion Jim Furyk, British Open and PGA champion John Daly, two-time US Open winner 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 Open winner Vaughn Taylor to name just a few. All told, the NGA/Hooters Tour alumni have an incredible nine Majors to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 golf professionals acquire their PGA, Nationwide and Champion’s Tour card. In fact, 50% of the players that earned their 2007 PGA Tour cards, and 47% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the NGA Hooters Tour.
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Ben Curtis, 2003 US Open champion Jim Furyk, British Open and PGA champion John Daly, two-time US Open winner 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 Open winner Vaughn Taylor to name just a few. All told, the NGA/Hooters Tour alumni have an incredible nine Majors to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 golf professionals acquire their PGA, Nationwide and Champion’s Tour card. In fact, 50% of the players that earned their 2007 PGA Tour cards, and 47% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the NGA Hooters Tour.
For more information about the NGA Hooters Tour, please check out our website at www.hooterstour.com or contact the Tour office toll free at 800-992-8748.(PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES)