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Eastern Michigan Alum uses 40-foot bomb to claim first win-

Calabash, N.C. - January 19, 2012 - Every up-and-coming golfer looks for a watershed moment that lets them know they can compete at the highest levels of golf. Rookie Martin Jeppesen had his on Thursday.

Jeppesen of Ypsilanti, Mich., shot a 4-under 68 in the final round of the NGA Pro Golf Tour Carolina Winter Series event at Farmstead Golf Links to force a playoff with Nationwide Tour member Darron Stiles and birdied the first extra hole to earn his inaugural professional victory.

“I will remember this the rest of my life,” said Jeppesen, an Eastern Michigan alumnus. “It’s a great feeling to get a win, and it means even more to do it against a guy like Darron. I mean he’s fully-exempt on the Nationwide Tour.” 

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 All-NGA Final Paring Ends with Wilson's 5th PGA Win- 

La Quinta, Calif. - January 22, 2012 - For much of the final round of the Humana Challenge, the question wasn’t if a NGA Pro Golf Tour alumnus would win the PGA Tour event, but rather which one.

 Halfway through Sunday’s final round, five former NGA Tour players found themselves tied for the lead. But as the holes dwindled, 1998 NGA Pro Golf Tour players Robert Garrigus and Mark Wilson made it a two-way race.

In the end, Wilson birdied the final hole of regulation to claim his fifth PGA Tour victory and his fourth in the calendar year. The three-time NGA Tour winner finished with rounds of 66-62-67-69 for a 24-under 264 total.

Playing in the final group with Wilson, Garrigus trailed the leader by one shot heading into the par-5 18^th hole. Unfortunately for Garrigus, his eagle try narrowly missed the cup and so did his comeback, leaving him in tie for second with alum John Mallinger at 22-under par 

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Domenico Geminiani, 15, finishes T29-

Sorrento, Fla. - January 18, 2012 - Standing on the first playoff hole with PGA Tour veteran Danny Ellis and Nationwide Tour veteran Rob Oppenheim, rookie T.J. Bordeaux struggled to look calm.

“I know they could see me squirming,” said Bordeaux. “I don’t care; I was nervous.”

However, those nerves were replaced with elation after Bordeaux birdied the second playoff hole to win the NGA Pro Golf Tour Bridgestone Winter Series event at Red Tail Golf Course on Wednesday.  

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Florida Southern Alum Torches Field, Southern Dunes for 1st win-

Haines City, Fla. - January 12, 2012 - Lakeland’s Brian Richey went wire-to-wire to win the NGA Pro Golf Tour’s Bridgestone Winter Series event at Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club.

The former PING Division II All-American at Florida Southern opened the three-round event with a 6-under 66 and never looked back, recording a tournament-low 63 in the second round before finishing off the tournament - and the field - with a 5-under 67 in Thursday’s final round. Richey finished with a 20-under 196 total en route to a seven-shot win over Jim Renner and David Johnson.

“I’m riding high right now,” said an elated Richey. “Twenty under is pretty ridiculous. I think I missed the last four cuts before Christmas, so I took a little break. And then I came out here this week and I was in la-la land.”

Perhaps low-low land is a better description. Richey, whose previous best finish on the NGA Pro Golf Tour was a T13, shot or matched the low round of the day in all three rounds. But even though he was 15-under par after two rounds, Richey wasn’t able to cruise to his first victory.  

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Bradley picks up sixth CWS win, third at Black Bear-

Longs, S.C. - January 12, 2012 - Former College of Charleston standout Kyle Bradley survived a playoff with Nemanja Savic to win the NGA Pro Golf Tour Carolina Winter Series event at Black Bear Golf Club on Thursday afternoon.

After finishing the event with matching 11-under 205 totals, Bradley and Savic both birdied the first extra hole and missed the green on the second playoff hole. Bradley was able save his par, while Savic failed to convert his 10-foot par putt, giving the former Cougar his sixth CWS win.

“I didn’t have a lot of expectations entering this week because I haven’t played much since [PGA Tour] Q-School,” said Bradley, who earned $4,520. “But I’ve always played well at Black Bear, and I’m very comfortable with the layout.” 

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Three 2011 Members finish Top 20 in full-field PGA opener-

Honolulu, Hawaii - January 16, 2012 - Former NGA Pro Golf Tour player Sean O’Hair shot a 3-under 67 in the final round of the PGA Tour’s Sony Open to move into a tie for second.

O’Hair, who played on the NGA Tour in 2001, finished the event with rounds of 67-67-68-68 for a 11-under 269 total, two shots behind winner Johnson Wagner.

After finishing inside the top 100 on the PGA Tour money list during his rookie season in 2011, Michael Thompson, the 2010 NGA Pro Golf Tour Player of the Year, got off to a solid start in his sophomore season on the No. 1 tour. Thompson shot a final-round 67 at Waialae Country Club on Sunday to finish T6 at 10-under par. Alum Brian Gay and Matt Every also finished T6 at 10-under par.

NGA Pro Golf Tour players John Rollins and Brendon de Jonge also picked up top-10 finishes in the first full-field event of the season, posting 9-under totals and grabbing a share of 10^th.

In his first PGA Tour start, Ted Potter Jr., a 2011 NGA Tour member, showed the form that has earned him two POY awards and seven wins on the NGA Tour. The scrappy lefty played all four rounds even par or better, finished T13 at 8-under par and collected nearly $100,000 in his inaugural PGA Tour start.

Keegan Bradley, a 2009 NGA Tour member/winner, also carded four rounds of par or better to join Potter and alums Jeff Maggert, Chris Stroud and Brendon Todd in a tie for 13^th.