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Taylor Finishes 2nd, Four Others Finish Top 25
 
Verona, NY (October 5, 2009)…Coming into this week’s PGA Tour’s Turning Stone Resort Championship, Hooters Tour alumni Vaughn Taylor found himself outside of the Top 125 and in jeopardy of losing his playing privileges for 2010 but a strong second place finish has vaulted the Augusta, Georgia native well inside the Top 125. (Pictured left: Vaughn Taylor).
 
Taylor carded rounds of 67-67-71-66 for a four day total of seventeen-under par 271 and spot in a playoff with Matt Kuchar. After two holes of sudden death playoff on Sunday evening, play was suspended due to darkness and resumed Monday morning with Kuchar paring the sixth hole while Taylor made double bogey after hitting his tee shot in the hazard.
 
With his second place finish at The Turning Stone Resort Championship, Taylor collects $648,000 and moves from 131st on the money list to 72nd with $1,167,282 in earnings and locks up his 2010 PGA TOUR card.
 
Taylor, the 1999 Rookie of the Year on the Hooters Tour, was a member of the Hooters Tour from 1999-2003 and collected four wins in his four plus years on the tour.
 
Vaughn recently was the special guest host for the Hooters Tour’s 10th annual Kandy Waters Memorial Classic pro-am in Augusta, Georgia at Gordon Lakes golf club inside Fort Gordon on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. The Pro-Am benefitted the Wounded Warriors. (Pictured Right: Vaughn Taylor welcomes everyone to the pro-am benefitting the Wounded Warriors)
 
Taylor wasn’t the only former Hooters Tour player that played well during The Turning Stone Resort Championship as fellow alums Scott Piercy (T-12), Scott Gutzchewski (T-18), James Nitties (T-18) and Jason Bohn (T-23) all finished in the Top 25 for the week.

While these players made statements on the PGA Tour Sunday, fellow alums Derek Lamely (2nd), Brian Stuard (T-3), Craig Bowden (T-6), Justin Hicks (T-8), Michael Sims (T-11), Chad Collins (T-14), current member Justin Smith (T-18), Sal Spallone (T-18) and Garrett Willis (T-23) all played well in the Nationwide Tour's Soboba Classic in San Jacinta, California.
 
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 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink, 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 ELEVEN 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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