News >> Johnson Wins Sony Open
Former Hooters Tour Member Wins Fifth PGA Title
Honolulu, Hawaii (January 18, 2009)…With a five-under par 65 Sunday, former Hooters Tour Player of The Year Zach Johnson, captured his fifth PGA TOUR title at the Sony Open. (Picture courtesy of BADZ/PGA Tour)The Cedar Rapids, IA native carded rounds of 69-65-66-65 for a four day total of fifteen-under par 265 and a two stroke victory over former Hooters Tour member David Toms and Australian Adam Scott.
With the victory, Johnson collects a first place check worth $972,000 and moves to 1st in the FedEx Cup points.
Johnson played the Hooters Tour during the 2001 and 2002 seasons and the first two events of the 2003 season collecting four wins and Player of the Year honors in 2001. In his 38 starts, Johnson made the cut in 36 with 24 top tens and over $206,700 in earnings and had a scoring average of 69.051.
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 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 TEN 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 41% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the Hooters Tour.
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