Nationwide Tour player spotlight  Editor's note: Each week PGATOUR.com will be spotlighting several Nationwide Tour players. BRADLEY HUGHES  Born in Melbourne, Australia.... Resides in Simpsonville, S.C......Turns 40 on Feb. 10.... Married with five children.....Played in Australia's 1982 Victorian Open as a 14-year-old amateur....Winner of Australasian Tour's 1993 Australian Masters and 1996 Australian Players Championship.... Has bounced between the PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour since 1997....Claimed his first Nationwide Tour victory at the 2004 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open...Has competed in 214 PGA TOUR events with two career-best runner up finishes (1998 CVS Charity Classic & 1999 Kemper Open)....Replaced an then-ill Greg Norman on the International Team in 1994 Presidents Cup competition. NICK FLANAGAN  Born and resides in New South Wales, Australia....Age 22....Finished 32nd on the 2006 Nationwide Tour money list in his rookie year...Played well in both events Down Under, placing third at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship, followed by a T21 at the ING New Zealand PGA Championship.... Posted a career-best runner-up finish at the Price County Charity Championship....Has competed in 11 PGA TOUR events with a career-best T23 at the 2005 British Open...beat Casey Wittenberg in 37 holes at Oakmont Country Club to win the 2003 U.S. Amateur.
 Born in Fort Worth, TX.... Plays out of TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas ....Age 31....Married.... 2000 graduate of University of Oklahoma....After finishing his college golf eligibility, won the U.S Public Links and the Porter Cup in back-to-back weeks....Public Links victory gave him an exemption into the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach and the 2000 Masters.... Member of the 1999 U.S Walker Cup team....Has competed in 104 Nationwide Tour events and has two Knoxville Open titles under his belt (2004 & 2006).....Member of PGA TOUR in 2001 and 2005 with best finish being T10 at the 2005 BellSouth Classic....No relation to current Champions Tour member Jay Haas, but has six brothers and sisters all of whom play competitive golf. JIM McGOVERN  Born in Teaneck, NJ....Resides in Oradell, N.J.....Just turned 42....Married w/four children.... Graduate of Old Dominion University.....1987 Intercollegiate champion....PGA TOUR member from 1991-99 with one title (1993 Shell Houston Open).... Has split time between the Nationwide Tour and PGA TOUR since 2000.... Had a phenomenal year in 1990 winning three Nationwide Tour events (Lake City Classic, New Haven Open & Texarkana Open) en route to a second-place finish on 1990 Nationwide Tour money list.... Tied for second at the season-opening Panama event in both 2005 and 2007.... Brother Rob was a linebacker in the NFL. |
