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Greensboro College alum earns 2nd Carolina Series win-

Calabash, N.C. - After missing several cuts in a row, Brock Elder knew his time on the NGA Pro Golf Tour Carolina Summer Series would be limited if he didn’t start cashing some checks. But with his performance at Brunswick Plantation this week, the former Greensboro (N.C.) College golfer bought himself some more time to chase his dream.

Elder shot a 2-under 70 in the final round of the Carolina Series event at Brunswick Plantation to finish at 11-under par and win by two shots over Roberto Diaz on Thursday. The win was Elder’s second on the Carolina Series paid out $5,000, enough to replenish his depleted golf account.

“My golf bank account was approaching empty and I had to pray long and hard about even entering this tournament,” said Elder of Randleman. “I missed my first cut as a professional at Brunswick, but I was led by faith to compete this week.”

Elder would need that faith in the final round as well.  

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Long-running event has hosted some of the greats of the game-

Myrtle Beach, S.C. - May 1, 2012 - For the past 20 years, the NGA Pro Golf Tour has played under the tagline of “Where Tomorrow’s PGA Champions Are Playing Today!” While the slogan may seem a bit lavish to those unfamiliar with the No. 3 tour in the country, one look a the Tour’s alumni list proves the slogan is a perfect fit.

Bubba Watson, the 2012 Masters champion; Keegan Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner; Jim Furyk, the 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year and 2003 U.S. Open champion; Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open champion; Lucas Glover, a U.S. Open champion; Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion; Shaun Micheel, the 2003 PGA Championship winner; Ben Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion; Lee Janzen, a two-time U.S. Open champion; John Daly, a British Open and PGA Championship winner; Tom Lehman, a British Open winner; David Toms, a PGA Championship winner, Chad Campbell, the 2003 Tour Championship winner; Michael Thompson, the 2010 NGA Player of the Year and current PGA Tour member; and 2011 PGA winners Sean O'Hair, Scott Piercy, Scott Stallings, Mark Wilson and Gary Woodland all cut their teeth on the NGA Tour before excelling on the world’s top tour.  

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Final Round Update: NGA’ers sweep podium in Athens-

Nationwide Tour: Athens, Ga. - Hudson Swafford, a 2011-12 Bridgestone Winter Series competitor, shot a 9-under 62 in the final round of the Stadion Classic at UGA to edge BWS winner Luke List and former NGA Player of the Year Lee Janzen by one shot for his first Nationwide victory.

Swafford finished with rounds of 66-70-69-62 for a 17-under 267 total. List and Janzen shot 6-under 65s in the final round to finish at 16-under par and tied for second. Swafford’s victory was the sixth victory by NGA Tour alums on the Nationwide Tour in 2012.

Former NGA Tour member Jim Herman shot a 2-under 69 at the University of Georgia Golf Club on Sunday to finish in sixth at 13-under par, while former Kandy Waters Memorial Classic winner Justin Bolli finished 12 under and tied for seventh with NGA alum Paul Claxton.

Fellow NGA Tour winner Bubba Dickerson shot a 4-under 67 in the final round to move into a tie for 13^th with alum David May at 11-under par. NGA’ers Andrew Svoboda, Aron Price and Cliff Kresge, along with 2011 NGA Tour member Shawn Stefani, finished T16 at 10-under par.  

North Augusta, S.C. - May 6, 2012 - While three different golfers traded the lead during the first three rounds, there was one constant in the Kandy Waters Memorial Classic: the player recording the lowest score of the day was at the top of the leaderboard at the conclusion of play.

The same held true in the final round of the NGA Pro Golf Tour event at Mount Vintage Plantation on Sunday as Robby Ormand of Austin, Texas, matched the low round of the day with a 5-under 67 to force a playoff with Nick Rousey and won his first NGA Tour event with a birdie on the third extra hole.

“This win is very cool,” said Ormand, who earned $22,000. “It was so much fun being in that situation and coming out on top.”

After carding just one bogey over the first three rounds, Ormand, who started the final round two shots off the lead, continued his steady play on Sunday, navigating the 7,127-yard layout without a blemish for the third time of the week.

With third-round leader Ryan Spears struggling, Ormand, a former Texas Christian University standout, used two birdies on the front side to pull even with Rousey, who started Sunday in second place.