Congratulations to Champions Golf Academy student Kris Blanks (pictured) for earning his 2009 PGA TOUR card. Blanks, who finished 13th on the Nationwide Tour money list with $280,588, won the Bank of America Open in June. Blanks will begin his 2009 season in Honolulu, Hawaii in January at the Sony Open. Blanks has been working with CGA Director of Instruction Hugh Royer, III for the past four years.
Also, CGA student Brennan Webb has advanced to the final stage of PGA TOUR Qualifying School to be held in Palm Springs, California on December 3-8, 2008. Webb, a native of Bracebridge, Ontario, played collegiate golf at East Tennessee State University, turned professional in 2001, and has competed on the Canadian and Hooters Tours and has been training with Royer for the past three years.
Says Webb, “My 2008 season really turned around after some intense training with Hugh where I went on to have three consecutive top-10’s on the Hooters Tour, finished 9th at the first stage of Q-School in Florence, South Carolina, and then 8th at second stage in Brooksville, Florida to get to the finals.
"What makes Hugh different than most instructors it that he is more than just a swing coach - he also knows how to play the game at the highest level.”
The top-25 at the finals will receive their PGA Tour cards, the next 50 will receive fully exempt membership on the Nationwide Tour, and the remaining players in the field will have conditional status on the Nationwide Tour.
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