NGA Hooters Tour

Todd Wins In Utah

Former Member Earns First Nationwide Victory

Sandy, Utah (September 7, 2008)…With a bogey free four-under par 67 Sunday, former Hooters Tour member Brendon Todd captured his first Nationwide Tour victory at The Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank. (picture courtesy of Boehm/getty images)

Todd carded rounds of 64-66-65-67 for a four day total of twenty two-under par 262 and a six stroke victory over six golfers including former member Jeff Klauk.

"Anytime you're in the last group and you haven't won, it's a new feeling," said the University of Georgia standout. "The biggest thing for me this week was staying patient and staying out of my own way. It gives me a confidence boost for the rest of the year."

With the victory, Todd vaults from 53^rd to 15^th on the money list with a $99,000 winner’s check, and finds himself inside the TOP 25 with only six tournaments remaining on The Nationwide Tour schedule. The TOP 25 at season’s end earn their 2009 PGA TOUR cards.

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 2007 Masters champion Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 British Open champion 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, 42% of the players that earned their 2008 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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