News >> Hooters Tour Well Represented at 108th US Open
N. Myrtle Beach, SC…2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson, 2003 US Open winner Jim Furyk and two-time US Open winner (‘93 & ‘98) Lee Janzen are three of fifteen former Hooters Tour members to gain exempt status for the 108th US Open Championship, scheduled from June 9-15 at The Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California. This impressive list includes 2003 British Open champion Ben Curtis, 2003 PGA champion Shaun Micheel, David Toms, Steve Flesch, Jerry Kelly, Sean O’Hair, John Rollins, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley and Stewart Cink.
While these players were exempt from Local and Sectional Qualifying into the Championship based on their PGA Tour performances and world rankings, a group of former and current Hooters Tour members fought through Qualifiers to earn one of the remaining spots.
Current Hooters players Joey Lamielle, Kevin Silva, Andrew Dresser, Chris Devlin, Brian Bergstol and Travis Bertoni all qualified for the US Open. The group joined former Hooters Tour players Chad Campbell, Justin Hicks, Eric Axley, Jason Bohn, John Merrick, Scott Piercy Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, D.J. Brigman, Scott Sterling, Michael Letzig and 2007 Hooters Tour Player of The Year Casey Wittenberg.
In all told, 33 current or former Hooters Tour players will be in the field for the 108th US Open Championship, June 9-16, 2008 the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, CA.
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Lee Janzen
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Jim Furyk
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Zach Johnson
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Ben Curtis
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Shaun Micheel
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David Toms
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Steve Flesch
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Joey Lamielle
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Chad Campbell
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Stewart Cink
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Kevin Streelman
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Bubba Watson
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Jerry Kelly
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Camilo Villegas
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Sean O’Hair
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Boo Weekley
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Eric Axley
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Scott Verplank
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John Rollins
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Chris Stroud
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Justin Hicks
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DJ Brigman
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Jason Bohn
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John Merrick
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Scott Piercy
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Kevin Silva
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Andrew Dresser
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Chris Devlin
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Brian Bergstol
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Travis Bertoni
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Scott Sterling
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Michael Letzig
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Casey Wittenberg
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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 Winner Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 British Open champion Ben Curtis, 2003 US Open champion Jim Furyk, British Open and PGA champion John Daly, two-time US Open winner 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 Open winner Vaughn Taylor to name just a few. All told, the NGA/Hooters Tour alumni have an incredible nine Majors to their credit. The NGA Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 golf professionals acquire their PGA, Nationwide and Champion’s Tour card. In fact, 42% of the players that earned their 2008 PGA Tour cards, and 47% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the NGA Hooters Tour.
For more information about the NGA Hooters Tour, please check out our website at www.hooterstour.com or contact the Tour office toll free at 800-992-8748.