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Former Member Earns First Title

Broussard, LA (March 29, 2009)…With a fourteen foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday, former Hooters Tour member Bubba Dickerson defeated Brian Vranesh to capture The Chitimacha Louisiana Open (picture left courtesy of Graythen/Getty Images).

The former United States Amateur champion carded rounds of 71-64-69-70 for a total of ten-under par 274 and spot in a playoff with Vranesh, who carded a five-under par 66 in the final round.

"It's been a long time coming," said Dickerson, who pocketed $99,000 for his first Tour title. "It keeps building. Every day. Every week. It gets tougher to win. We all know it. There are so many good players out here. I always felt like if I could keep putting myself in position to win, I'd eventually get there."

With the win, Dickerson moves from 72^nd on the season long money list to 5^th with over $103,000 in earnings. The Top 25 at season’s end earn their 2010 PGA Tour cards.

In his final season on the Hooters Tour (04), Dickerson made 15 of 16 cuts and finished 7^th on the money list with $73,259.

The NGA/Hooters Tour is the 3^rd 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 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.

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