News >> Gainey Wins Title

College Park, MD (June 6, 2010)…Former NGA Hooters Tour winner Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey captured his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday at the Melwood Prince George’s County Open at The University of Maryland Golf Club (picture left courtesy of Badz/PGA TOUR).
 
Gainey, who won the inaugural Bentonville Open on the NGA/Hooters Tour in 2007, started the final round three shots off the lead shared by former player B.J. Staten and Jin Park, but quickly went to work on Sunday with four birdies and an eagle over his first seven holes to take the outright lead by two strokes.
 
After a bad drive on the 9th hole that left him with an unplayable lie, Gainey made a costly double bogey 6 that dropped back into a tie with the pack.
 
"As bad a tee shot as I hit there, I deserved whatever I made there," he said. "My blood pressure was pretty high and I'll leave it at that."
 
However, the long time touring pro from South Carolina was able to regroup thanks to his caddie and he rolled in another birdie at number 11 to regain the lead and then two putted the finishing hole for another birdie and a one stroke victory over Frank Lickliter II and Jin Park.
 
"It's unbelievable. I don't know any other way to describe it," said Gainey. "This is one step in getting back to the PGA TOUR but this is also to say that these guys out here on the Nationwide Tour are really great players. There are no slouches out here."
 
Gainey closed the tournament with a six-under par 65 after starting the week with rounds of 69-69-64 for a seventeen-under par 267 total.
 
Gainey earned $108,000 for his first win of the 2010 season moving him from 18th on the money list all the way down to number 2. The Top 25 golfers at season’s end on the Nationwide Tour earn their 2011 PGA TOUR cards.
  
While Gainey took the title, he wasn’t the only NGA Hooters Tour alum to fair well for the week. Joining him were Paul Claxton (T-4), Nick Flanagan (T-4), Craig Barlow (T-7), Skip Kendall (T-7), David Mathis (T-10), Adam Meyer (T-10), Jesse Hutchins (T-12), William McGirt (T-12), Justin Peters (T-12), Tag Ridings (T-17), Andrew Svoboda (T-17), Jim Herman (T-22), Scott Stallings (T-22), Darron Stiles (T-22), Ron Whitaker (T-22), B.J. Staten (T-30), Justin Hicks (T-35), Gary Christian (t-37), Kevin Kisner (T-37), Dave Schultz (T-37), D.J Brigman (T-41), Jay Woodson (T-41), J.J. Killeen (T-41), Brad Adamonis (T-46),  George Bradford (T-46),  Michael Clark II (T-46), Kyle Thompson (T-46), Gary Woodland (T-52), Josh Broadaway (T-55), Cliff Kresge (T-55), Scott Dunlap (58), Scott Sterling (59) and Bobby MacWhinnie (T-60),
 
For complete results from The Melwood Prince George’s County Open visit www.pgatour.com/h.
 
While these players had successful weeks on the Nationwide Tour in Maryland, a handful of NGA Hooters Tour alums had successful weeks in Ohio at The Memorial Tournament. The list includes Stewart Cink (T-8), Jim Furyk (T-10), Brendon de Jonge (T-12), Sean O’Hair (T-12), Chad Collins (T-23), Ben Curtis (T-28), Camilo Villegas (T-28), Tom Pernice Jr, (T-33), Bubba Watson (T-33), Kevin Streelman (T-33), Spencer Levin (T-33), Tom Lehman (T-41), Tom Gillis (T-41), Jerry Kelly (T-47), Zack Johnson (T-47), J.P. Hayes (T-55), Bret Quigley (T-55), Vaughn Taylor (t-60), John Merrick (T-64) and Erik Compton (71).
 
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 British Open winner Ben Curtis, 2003 US Open winner Jim Furyk, two time U.S. Open winner Lee Janzen, British Open and PGA Champion John Daly, as well as British Open winner Tom Lehman, PGA Champion David Toms, 2003 Tour Championship Winner Chad Campbell, 2004 & 2005 Reno Tahoe Open winner Vaughn Taylor and TPC winner Craig Perks to name just a few. All told, the NGA/Hooters Tour’s alumni have an incredible 11 “Majors” to their credit. The NGA/Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 professionals acquire their PGA, Champions, and Nationwide Tour cards.

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