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Former Hooters Tour Player Wins Third Title
 
Jersey City, NJ (August 30, 2009)…With a clutch twenty foot par putt on the eighteenth hole in Sunday’s final round of The Barclays, former Hooters Tour player Heath Slocum captured his third PGA TOUR title (Photo Courtesy of PGA TOUR).
 
The former South Alabama golfer fired rounds of 66-72-70-67 for a four day total of nine-under par 275 and a one stroke victory over Ernie Els, Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker
 
"It was an incredible day, incredible experience," Slocum said. "I was just kind of lucky to come out on top. A lot of good players. At the end of the day, that putt on the last was magical. I'll remember that for the rest of my life."
 
"That's what it's all about," Slocum said. "I was sweating it out last week. I didn't even know if I'd be here. I came in here with the attitude that I had nothing to lose."
 
With the win, Slocum collects $1,350,000 and moves from 124th to 3rd on the FedEX Cup points list, giving him a shot at the $10 million prize next month in Atlanta.
  
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 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink, 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk, 2003 British Open Champion Ben Curtis, British and PGA Champion John Daly, Two-time US Open Champion 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 Winner Vaughn Taylor to name just a few. In all told, the NGA Hooters Tour alumni have an incredible ELEVEN MAJOR championships to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 golf professionals acquire their PGA, Nationwide and Champion’s Tour cards. In fact, 32% of the players that earned their 2009 PGA Tour cards and 47% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the Hooters Tour.
 
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