NGA Hooters Tour Well Represented At 104th U.S. Open

North Myrtle Beach, SC… Zach Johnson, winner of the 2004 BellSouth Classic earlier this year, and Chad Campbell, winner of the 2003 Tour Championship and the 2004 Bay Hill Invitational, are two of eleven former Hooters Tour players to gain full exempt status for the 2004 US Open Championship, scheduled from June 17-20 at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

This impressive list includes 2003 British Open champion Ben Curtis, 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel, Jim Furyk the reigning US Open champ, Stewart Cink, Steve Flesch, Two-time US Open champion Lee Janzen, Jerry Kelly, Cliff Kresge, and David Toms.

While these players gained exempt status into the Championship based on their PGA performances, a group of current and former Hooters Tour members fought through Local and Sectional Qualifiers to gain one of the remaining 80 spots.

In Kahuku, Hawaii, Parker McLachlin, winner of the 2004 Hooters Golden Corner Charity Classic, took medalist honors to advance to his first US Open. McLachlin wasn’t the only current member to take medalist honors, as David Roesch and Andrew Tschudin took those honors in St. Louis, MO and Midway, PA respectively. Current members, Joey Maxon and Eric Axley fired two round totals of 138 and 139 to move through the Columbus, Ohio Sectional on their way to Shinnecock.

2003 Member and current PGA Tour member Dan Olsen heads up a list of former Hooters Tour players that will represent the Hooters Tour in New York next week.

Tripp Isenhour- Co-medalist Orlando, Florida Sectional

Craig Bowden- Summit, New Jersey Sectional

Kristopher Cox- Summit, New Jersey Sectional

Spike McRoy- Summit, New Jersey Sectional

Jeff Maggert- Columbus, Ohio Sectional

Skip Kendall- Columbus, Ohio Sectional

David Morland IV- Summit, New Jersey Sectional

In all told, 25 current or former Hooters Tour players will be in the field for the 104^th US Open, June 17-20, 2004 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, NY.